CHP Guardian Units
Security outside the Hancock Park home where Obama was holding a fundraiser Monday evening. It takes a few CHP motors (Guardian Units) to secure the motorcade when the Prez is in town.
Credit: Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times
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UPDATE: SCMA member Alex Thompson with venice311.org was kind enough to provide her photos and videos for our members to view. Los Angeles firefighters relentlessly battled an extremely hot and stubborn Major Emergency blaze at a large Venice storage facility that injured five firefighters. Just after 7:30 PM on October 25, 2014, the Los Angeles…
The Pasadena Police Department was an early adopter at the advent of two-way radio technology early in the last century. Boston installed the first radio sets allowing officers to communicate with a dispatcher at the station in 1934; by 1937, Pasadena had the equipment in its own squad cars. Even earlier, in 1930, Pasadena became…
Lights, sirens and discussions of a terrorist attack Monday in Downey are merely a training exercise by federal agents, law enforcement agencies and medical personnel to prepare for the worst. Students from local high schools will serve as volunteers for the event and play the roles of victims during the staged scenario envisioning a terrorist attack…
With President Trump heading to the Los Angeles area Tuesday for a high-dollar campaign fundraiser on his first White House visit to California, law enforcement will be ratcheting up in preparation for potential protests. While details of the Trump visit remain clouded in secrecy, he is scheduled to attend an evening fundraiser for his reelection…
A group of volunteers is watching closely for suspicious behavior and reminding the public about the high fire danger along roadsides in Orange County near wilderness areas and parks. “Most of the county’s major wildfires have started from a roadside, whether by accident or intentional, and were caused by people,” said Dave Raetz, who heads up the Fire Watch…