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Police and Fire Memorabilia Show January 19th

ByAdmin January 12, 2019

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ICE Combats Maritime Smuggling Along the California Coast
ByAdmin September 20, 2011September 30, 2011

It’s nearly a daily occurrence. Small, 30-foot fishing boats try to make their way to shore along the California coast. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HIS) agents typically find two things onboard – thousands of pounds of dope or more than a dozen illegal aliens. Supervisory Special Agent Jeremy Scott attributes…

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Ensuring Critical Communications for 13 Agencies Across Los Angeles County With Computer Aided Dispatch Upgrade
ByAdmin May 13, 2020

The Verdugo Fire Communications (VFCC) center operates out of the Glendale Fire Department and is owned by the cities of Glendale, Burbank and Pasadena, the Tri-Cities. Just last year, the dispatch center answered almost 180,000 calls for 13 agencies, including Glendale, Burbank, Pasadena, Alhambra, Arcadia, Monrovia, Montebello, Monterey Park, San Gabriel, San Marino, Sierra Madre,…

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Art Bell Returning to Nighttime Radio
ByAdmin August 5, 2013

Long an overnight AM radio fixture on “Coast to Coast AM,” Art Bell, W6OBB, will return to the air with a new show via SiriusXM satellite radio. The topics he’ll explore on “Art Bell’s Dark Matter” will be largely the same, however — the paranormal and unexplained, such as UFOs and alien visitors, weird science…

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Two Communications Towers to Go Up in Whittier, Puente Hills for Emergency Response System
ByAdmin October 10, 2011

Los Angeles County officials are looking to ensure that its 34,000 first responders are linked to one another and can communicate instantaneously in the event of a large-scale crisis or other catastrophic emergency – an issue that became nearly impossible to tackle during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The county is in the process of…

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The Public’s Right To Take Photos At Incident Scenes
ByAdmin September 7, 2011September 30, 2011

Do public safety personnel have the authority to stop people from taking photos at emergency scenes? Does it matter whether the filming is being done by the media or ordinary citizens? Perhaps as a result of the wide spread use of digital and cellphone cameras, these questions continue to resurface time and time again. Last…

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Garden Grove HazMat Incident Shows the Public Safety Problem With Encrypted Radio Systems
ByRich Sauer May 25, 2026May 25, 2026

The Garden Grove hazardous materials emergency is a perfect example of why public safety radio encryption matters. A chemical tank incident at the GKN Aerospace facility forced large evacuations, road closures, school closures, and a massive multi-agency response. At one point, fire officials warned that the tank could either rupture and spill hazardous material or…

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