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, […]
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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
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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
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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
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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
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) – President Barack Obama’s visit is likely to tie up traffic Wednesday afternoon in Beverly Hills and adjacent Westside neighborhoods, but City Councilman Bill Rosendahl said delays will not be terrible. Obama is scheduled to arrive at Los Angeles International Airport shortly after 3 p.m. and fly by helicopter to the Veterans
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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
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The Department of Homeland Security awarded the Encinitas Fire Department the Assistance to Firefighters Grant in the amount of $126,709 to purchase 44 portable, mobile and base station radios. Receiving this grant enables the department to upgrade current communications equipment to meet the standards of Project 25. San Diego and Imperial Counties are preparing to
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The Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) board approved a proposed contract which would see OCFA absorb 192 Santa Ana firefighters. The proposed contract now goes back to the Santa Ana City Council for final review on February 6th. If approved it would save Santa Ana about $10 million annually, and could take effect as early
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Riverside County officials say they will roll out a $148 million radio system by year’s end that will greatly improve communications for sheriff’s deputies, and to a lesser extent for firefighters. “This is a great leap forward for the county,” Supervisor Bob Buster said Tuesday, during a progress report to the Board of Supervisors. “And
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