The Los Angeles Police Department will absorb the General Services police and security officers under a plan approved Tuesday. The City Council voted unanimously to consolidate the two agencies, transferring the 220 officers and security guards from General Services to the LAPD. With the move, the LAPD will take on the work of General Services […]
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A protracted effort to expand the powers of Los Angeles International Airport’s police force has moved to Sacramento, where state lawmakers are considering a bill strongly opposed by the LAPD. The union representing officers who patrol LAX, Ontario and Van Nuys airports say Assembly Bill 2137 would allow the agency to perform seemingly routine functions
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A wild pursuit ended with a bank robbery suspect being pulled out of a minivan by a police K-9 in Whittier. It all started just after 10 a.m. Monday at the First Financial Credit Union in the 2500 block of E. Workman Ave. in West Covina. According to police, an armed parolee entered the credit
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The city of Costa Mesa has voted to keep its fire department instead of contracting services with Orange County. In a unanimous vote late Tuesday night, the council rescinded layoff notices to 87 firefighters, effectively canceling a proposal to use the Orange County Fire Authority, the Daily Pilot reported. Under that plan, the county was
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is expected to propose merging two of the city’s law enforcement agencies in a cost-cutting move that would also let him fulfill a campaign promise to expand the LAPD to 10,000 officers. As part of his budget being released Friday, Villaraigosa is proposing to shift the Department of General Services’ Office of
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The publication Urgent Communications has a nice Q and A article on the new law requiring a reallocation of the 700 MHz “D Block” to Public Safety in return for their give-back of the 470 – 512 MHz T-Band frequencies. Here it is: HERE’S A LITTLE T-BAND AID By Alan Tilles Naturally, all of the
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The city of Chicago is questioning the FCC over a new law requiring them to move off the T-Band. Will other areas that heavily use the T-Band (like Los Angeles and the planned LA-RICS system) follow? This is going to be an interesting debate. With a new law mandating that the city of Chicago must
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With the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach taking place this weekend, SCMA Member Glen Rothstein, LA-145, passed along the following web site which lists frequencies used by the Indy Car series, drivers and teams. Thanks Glen! https://www.racebyrace.com/drivers/irldrivers.phtml?year=2012 If anyone happens to pick up any other frequency information please pass it along.
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The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) has taken delivery of its third AgustaWestland AW-139 helicopter. After a cross county flight from the AgustaWestland plant in Philadelphia, Pa, the aircraft, “Fire 2,” will give the LAFD additional firefighting and rescue capability. The new aircraft was delivered with an EMS-equipped cabin, Goodrich external hoists and specialized rescue
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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
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