Good Stuff Strand Cam ends after 25 years, ‘swatting’ to blame
by Laura Garber For over 25 years Good Stuff restaurant in Hermosa Beach has livestreamed a block of The Strand capturing the daily musings of passing tourists, bikers and 13th street volleyball players to online audiences worldwide. Last week, the Good Stuff Strand Cam was taken down as a safety precaution, according to Cris Bennet, the restaurant’s owner. “[Anonymous callers] will call the police, and they’ll say, ‘There’s a guy down there in Hermosa, on 13th Street, that has a black backpack, a blue shirt and they’re carrying a bomb,’” Bennet said. Hermosa Beach Police Sergeant and Public Information Officer Keaton Dadigan said a trend called ‘swatting’ has sprung up nationwide and most recently in Hermosa Beach. Swatting is a criminal hoax where someone places a fake 911 call to lead law enforcement into sending a tactical team to an unsuspecting person’s home or business. “It usually happens where there’s live cameras and people are taking advantage of this live camera and the 911 service in general, and essentially making false reports to 911 in order to get a reaction out of the police, film it and try to put it online,” Sergeant Dadigan said. Threats were called into HBPD…
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