Manhattan Beach Police Officer Chad Swanson’s memory to live on, fellow officers promise
[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”2806″ display=”masonry” ngg_triggers_display=”always”]by Kevin Cody Manhattan Beach Police Officer Donovan Torres, a resource officer at Mira Costa High School, with a degree in education, said he couldn’t adequately paint a picture of Manhattan Beach motor officer Chad Swanson. Torres stood in front of the Manhattan Beach Police and Fire Facility Friday evening, addressing 500 people gathered for a candlelight vigil in memory of Swanson. Two days earlier, on Wednesday, October 4, Swanson was riding his police motorcycle to work on the 405 Freeway when he was hit during a four-car, chain reaction collision. The 13-year MBPD veteran was 35, with three young sons. “Whatever I say will fall short,” Torres said. Then he started to paint the picture. “Chad was a warrior. He looked danger straight in the eye, and flipped it off. He was widely read. He was the smartest guy in the room, and he was the life of the party.” “Chad was the ‘breaker’ on our SWAT team. The ‘breaker’ is the guy who gets access for the rest of us. His preferred tool was the battering ram. He always succeeded on the first, or maybe second try. He didn’t want us standing in front of that…
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