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After Los Angeles Police Department radio communications went down for half the day on Tuesday, a city councilman on Wednesday demanded the firing of the official whose agency caused the problem. Councilman Mitch Englander said he will call for the dismissal of General Services Department general manager Tony Royster for the power outage Tuesday at…
The FCC granted the first waiver of the Jan. 1, 2013, VHF/UHF narrowbanding deadline to the Missouri counties of St. Louis and St. Charles, the Jefferson County 9-1-1 Dispatch Board and the East-West Gateway Council. The FCC’s narrowbanding mandate requires private land mobile radio licensees in the 150 – 174 MHz and 450 – 512…
In response to the Congressional directive to prepare a study to assess Amateur Radio’s role in emergency and disaster communications and the impact of private land use regulations on the amateur community’s ability to provide such communications, the FCC issued DA 12-523 soliciting comments from the public. The period for public comment runs until May…
San Diego Gas & Electric rolled out two mobile command centers and three satellite communications systems Monday to be used for emergencies like earthquakes or widespread power outages. The new equipment has up-to-date technology to help maintain communications in emergency situations, when traditional methods are unavailable, to help company officials manage a crisis, according to…
Santa Monica on Monday named Inglewood Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks as chief of the city’s Police Department. Seabrooks, 50, spent 25 years at the Santa Monica Police Department, where she rose from officer to captain before being named chief in Inglewood 4 1/2 years ago. She will assume her new post in May, succeeding Timothy J. Jackman,…
A great opportunity to monitor local military frequencies! Don’t be alarmed by the sight and sound of massive military planes buzzing above the Los Alamitos area this weekend. The U.S. Air Force Reserve, Coast Guard, Navy and Homeland Security will be simulating a joint forces response to a natural disaster as part of Operation Patriot…
The acquisition of a mobile mapping system that will enable Riverside County sheriff’s deputies to more quickly locate crime scenes and other hot spots was approved Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors. In a 4-0 vote, with Supervisor Jeff Stone absent, the board signed off on Sheriff Stan Sniff’s request for a $647,000 optional multi-year…
Imagine you are on a bus trying to call home. Your cell phone has no signal. But soon you realize it’s not a dead zone, you can’t make the call because some guy is zapping your phone with a high-tech device. All because he doesn’t think you should be talking in public. View more videos…
As police agencies in the tri-city Burbank/Glendale/Pasadena area settle into new digital radio systems, many departments have made, or are considering making, those communications secret, saying it is a response to a growing propensity of listeners to interfere with operations. After spending $7 million on upgrades to comply with a federal 2013 deadline to switch…
