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Manhattan Beach Police and Fire Departments are hosting the Annual Police and Fire Open House on Saturday, May 11, 2013. This long-time event has been a community favorite for many generations and serves as recognition for Fire Service Day and National Police Week (also known as Blue Ribbon Week). In addition, the 6th Annual Peace Officer…
We’ve uploaded some photos from the SCMA Christmas Party held on December 12, 2012. This was a great get together that more than 50 members attended and many of those went home with some of the almost $500 in raffle prizes. Check out the photos via the link at our Multimedia Page or click HERE….
Parker Center, the iconic headquarters of the Los Angeles Police Department for over half a century, has closed its doors for the last time. Using a chain of handcuffs, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck on Tuesday January 15th locked the doors as several active and retired police officers, some wearing uniforms of years past, looked on….
A technology that dates back to the 1950s is being trialed in the world’s busiest shipping lanes to provide highly-accurate navigation that is not dependent on the weak, and easily jammed, satellite signals. Called eLoran, the system uses high-power, low-frequency, radio transmitters, nine of them across Europe, to provide a location signal. The system has…
A new data-delivering pill could help firefighters monitor their reactions to heat stress, a new trial in Australia shows. Heat stress can lead to various problems for firefighters working in hot environments, including unconsciousness and cardiac arrest, and the standard method of measuring core body temperature through the ear is not always effective enough. Firefighters…
Anyone interested in collecting patches for police, fire, and other agencies or with an interest in collecting memorabilia should set aside January 19th for a visit to the annual Porky D. Swine patch show in Claremont. DATE: SATURDAY, January 19, 2013 LOCATION: Taylor Hall, 1775 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont, CA 91711 TIME: 9:00am-3:00pm HOSTED…
It only comes around once every hundred years! Join us on 12/12/12 – that’s December 12, 2012 – for the SCMA Christmas Party and Meeting. We’ve got some great raffle prizes that can be yours for the price of a one dollar ticket. The major prizes this year are TWO Baofeng UV-5R Dual Band Handhelds,…
The following letter was posted on the GRE America Web Site: GRE Official Announcement 10/23/2012 October 23, 2012 To our valued Dealers and Customers, Due to circumstances beyond its control, General Research of Electronics of Japan (GRE) is temporarily not able to manufacture the GRECOM and Radio Shack branded radio scanners. The Chinese…
A post on the RadioReference.com forums indicates that all manufacturing of GRE scanners has been shut down. GRE employees in Japan and the U.S. have been let go. This means that distributors and dealers are no longer going to receive any stock or product, including Radio Shack. GRE America is still up and running and…
