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The Culver City Police Department will be holding their open house on October 18th from 10 AM to 3 PM. The public will be able to tour the police station and jail, explore police vehicles and equipment, visit with officers and CSI forensic specialists, watch K-9 demonstrations, view police weapons and even get a picture…
Heads up to everyone who likes to monitor special events. This week we’ll see separate visits from both the President and Vice President giving us opportunities to monitor some tactical frequencies and messing up traffic for those on the West Side. Vice President Joe Biden will speak at a fundraiser and also take part in…
From Katherine Main, Spokesperson for LAFD A stubborn wharf fire causes evacuation of Los Angeles Port employees and closure of several shipping terminals. The Los Angeles Fire Department was called at 6:41 PM on September 22, 2014, to 802 S Fries Ave in Wilmington. Firefighters arrived quickly by air, land, and sea to find fire billowing…
The United States is not the only place where pirate broadcasters appear to be thriving. Law enforcement agencies in China have uncovered pirate radio stations operating in big cities and provinces using equipment that could disrupt communications between pilots and air traffic controllers, according to a state media report. A lack of regulations controlling the…
Tucked beneath green tennis courts in a hidden corner of Bel Air Crest, a 10-by-20-foot shed holds enough emergency equipment to stock a small hardware store — a 13,000-watt tri-fuel generator, a satellite phone and neatly organized boxes of medical supplies. And then there’s the eight portable toilets with pop-up privacy tents. “You can’t have…
On September 8th AOR released details regarding a new multi-mode digital communications receiver. The AR-DV1 is described as a standalone SDR reciever, which does not need to be hooked up to a computer to operate. This radio will decode the following digital emission modes: DMR (MotoTrbo), dPMR (European version of FRS/GMRS), D-Star (Icom’s Amateur Radio Digital…
The Irwindale Speedway is honoring all first responders on Saturday September 13, 2014. All Police, Fire and EMS workers with proper ID will be admitted free. There will be a staging area for fire apparatus during the on-track autograph session and a parade lap just before the racing begins.
A 93 year old water main broke near the campus of UCLA sending a torrent of raging water through parking structures and athletic facilities. The 30-inch pipe’s rupture shot water 30-feet into the air sending an estimated 20 million gallons roaring onto roads and the campus. Urban search and rescue crews from the LAFD searched the flooded parking garages…
Editorial Note: The following article is from Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors member Zev Yaroslavsky’s newsletter. A hard-hitting new audit says the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department has failed to live up to its multimillion dollar contract to police the Metro system, while the transit agency itself has done a poor job of monitoring the…
