“THE POLICE CARS AND HELICOPTERS are a lot less annoying than the sounds of the bums who go around in the middle of the night with their drunken ranting and
“SOME 30 YEARS AGO, A YOUNG BOY child was laying on a Santa Monica sidewalk in the 1100 block of 11th Street alone in a comatose state. The Santa Monica
“UNFORTUNATELY, THESE ARE THE sounds that now attempt to keep us safe. And add to that dreadful racket, the ambulance sirens roaring all day long and all through the night.
“ONCE AGAIN THE DAILY PRESS IS trying to antagonize the public into believing the police are doing something wrong. As a Santa Monica resident I feel far safer than anywhere
“USUALLY WHEN THE POLICE MAKE a lot of noise it’s to intimidate the public into thinking that they are being protected. Criminals are taught to fear helicopters from which
“MOST OF THE CRIME IN SANTA MONICA seems to be committed by gang bangers and homeless. The city is encouraging them to move here with low-income housing and all
This week’s Q-Line question asks: Should these sounds be considered comforting, albeit inconvenient, parts of keeping the peace or just pariahs to the ear?
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