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ANNOUNCING - The NAACC
(can be read "N, double A, double C") |
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NAACC - a new
national name
for our work !!
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And now you can follow, and recommend us, on:
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National Association for Alert and Concerned Citizens - a new national name and web site for our out-of-pocket, grassroots efforts
NAACC.org - This is the home of the National Association for Alert and Concerned Citizens (can be read "N, double A, double C" or "N, double A, C, C"), a grassroots non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging individuals to actively participate within their own neighborhoods to improve their public safety and quality of living, both locally and nationwide.
Its founder is Bill Murray, president and founder of the well known and much respected regional non-profit effort, LA Community Policing (www.LACP.org), his response to the events of 9-11-2001, which has existed since early 2002. The LACP web site has nearly 5,000 pages of information and ideas devoted to an identical mission to that of NAACC: to provide a forum for the dissemination of information, sharing of ideas, and suggesting of ways the community can be engage in making our streets safer, and improve the quality of American life.
The basic difference is that the NAACC is dedicated to reaching a nation-wide audience and membership. |
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| ...Main Articles 2012: |
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| Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch |
May |
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| ICE - Top Stories of the Week |
May |
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Top Stories of the Week
San Jose store owner indicted for trafficking in counterfeit designer goods
HSI dismantles multi-state prostitution ring based in Indianapolis
Medical supply company owner sentenced for healthcare and immigration fraud
Federal law enforcement agencies join movie industry to unveil new anti-piracy warning
Mexican man sentenced to 20 years for cocaine trafficking, and more |
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| Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch |
May |
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| DHS and FEMA Updates |
May |
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This Citizen Corps News Digest is provided by FEMA's Individual & Community Preparedness Division to highlight community preparedness and resilience resources and activities recently announced by federal agencies and Citizen Corps partners.
Are you Prepared for Severe Weather?
Youth Preparedness is Coming to Columbus, Ohio!
Work with States to Promote Disaster Preparation, Response, and Recovery!
Communities Across the Nation are Embracing CERT Training for Teens!
Are You Ready for Hurricane Season? and more! .. |
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| ICE - Top Stories of the Week |
May |
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Top Stories of the Week
HSI seizes more than $47 million in counterfeit merchandise at Patapsco Flea Market
Leader in alien smuggling ring sentenced to 18 years in prison
HSI targets bandit crews that exploit the Arizona border
Texas man sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for producing child pornography
ICE arrests 13 during enforcement operation targeting convicted criminal aliens in the Boston-area, and more |
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| Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch |
May |
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| DHS and FEMA Updates |
Apr |
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This Citizen Corps News Digest is provided by FEMA's Individual & Community Preparedness Division to highlight community preparedness and resilience resources and activities recently announced by federal agencies and Citizen Corps partners.
Learn What You Can Do to Prepare Yourself Financially for Disasters
Who Will Be Recognized in September for the Work they Do
The New Teen CERT Materials Are Here
Pledge to Prepare: Leading up to National Preparedness Month
Learn How You Can Volunteer in Your Community and more! .. |
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| Los Angeles Children Learning to Say NO to Bullying |
Apr |
Monica Harmon |
LAPD / community volunteer Monica Harmon present Anti-Bullying program for kids
EDITOR'S NOTE: The actions taken by community members can make a BIG difference. Here's an update on our good friend Monica Harmon's ongoing Anti-Bullying Campaign that she's been presenting across Los Angeles in partnership with LAPD.
Students Pledge To Stop
Monica Harmon, a long time LAPD volunteer and Public Safety Advocate has been making presentations on Anti-Bullying at public schools, parks and town hall meetings for about a year now.
These eye opening presentations on ‘Bullying” have caught the attention of the Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Unified School District and many community members throughout the City of Los Angeles. |
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| ICE - Top Stories of the Week |
Apr |
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Top Stories of the Week
Wanted Brazilian national deported from the US
Miami man pleads guilty in ozone-depleting substance case
HSI arrests fugitive wanted for illegal possession, sale of firearms
Boston doctor sentenced to 21 years for traveling to Alaska to have sex with minor
California man charged with trafficking counterfeit computer software, and more |
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| Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch |
Apr |
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| DHS and FEMA Updates |
Apr |
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This Citizen Corps News Digest is provided by FEMA's Individual & Community Preparedness Division to highlight community preparedness and resilience resources and activities recently announced by federal agencies and Citizen Corps partners.
Webinar Reminder -- Money Matters in Disasters
Pledge to Prepare: Leading up to National Preparedness Month
ShakeOut with the Great State of Utah!
FEMA Individual & Community Preparedness Division
New Teen CERT Materials Now Available!
FEMA CERT Update -- The New Teen CERT Materials are Here! , and more .. |
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| Education-Based Incarceration and Recidivism -- (see also: LACP's Think Tank) |
Apr |
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The Ultimate Social Justice Crime Fighting Tool
Chapters 8 & 9 by LACP's own Arthur Jones
EDITOR'S NOTE: We're very proud that LACP's own Arthur Jones was lead author of Chapters 8 and 9 in the newly released book Education-Based Incaceration and Recidivism, a work that takes a penetrating look at the needs and challenges of society's disenfranchised jail populations.
An increased body of researchers in educational leadership, ethics, law, sociology, corrections, law enforcement, criminal justice, and public health agree that social justice is concerned with equal justice, not just in the courts, but in all aspects of society. Social justice demands that people promote a just society where people have equal rights and opportunities; everyone, from the poorest person on the margins of society to the wealthiest deserves an even playing field. |
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| Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch |
Apr |
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| LAFD Provides Additional Information Regarding 9-1-1 Response Times |
Apr |
"Serving with Courage,
Integrity and Pride" |
The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) is currently being asked: have response times gotten worse since the budget was cut a few years ago? It's a question being posed to fire departments across the country that are all having to do more with less. The LAFD is no different.
The Fire Department's budget has been cut by nearly $80 million over the past three fiscal years. To adapt to these cuts the LAFD has used various iterations of deployment and coverage plans that have saved the Department millions of dollars while continuing to ensure the high level of protection and emergency response the public deserves and expects.
The LAFD responds daily to over 1,000 calls across 469 square miles. As calls for emergency medical services continue to increase, the LAFD uses response times to the most critical medical calls as a benchmark. A recent review of data under the newest Deployment Plan shows, as predicted, response time did increase, but the overall impact is minimal. |
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| ICE - Top Stories of the Week |
Apr |
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Top Stories of the Week
New Mexico retired teacher arrested on federal child pornography charges
San Juan BEST seizes 28 kilograms of cocaine from cargo ship
President of an Arizona drywall company sentenced for employing illegal aliens
West Texas man sentenced to more than 7 years in federal prison for transporting child pornography
ICE arrests more than 3,100 convicted criminal aliens and immigration fugitives in nationwide operation, and more |
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| Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch |
Apr |
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| DHS and FEMA Updates |
Apr |
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This Citizen Corps News Digest is provided by FEMA's Individual & Community Preparedness Division to highlight community preparedness and resilience resources and activities recently announced by federal agencies and Citizen Corps partners.
Pledge to Prepare: Leading up to National Preparedness Month
Meeting the Needs of Latino Communities in Emergency Management
Webinar REMINDER: April Monthly FEMA Preparedness Update
Implementing Youth Preparedness in Your Organization
Additional information about FEMA's youth programs, and more .. |
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| LAFD Community Emergency Response Team Program (CERT) - pdf file |
Apr |
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Schedule of Trainings - Classes & Program - (pdf file)
The Los Angeles Fire Department's CERT Program (free of charge) was developed because of the need for a well-trained civilian emergency work force. The CERT Program provides for community self-sufficiency through the development of multifunctional response teams who act as an adjunct to the city's emergency services during major disasters.
When emergencies happen, CERT members can give critical support to first responders, and provide immediate assistance to victims. CERT members can also assist with non-emergency projects that help improve the safety of the community.
Through this unique program, people from community organizations, business and industry, and city employee groups will become CERT members. They work as a team member and perform as individual leaders by directing untrained volunteers in the initial phase of an emergency. |
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| ICE - Top Stories of the Week |
Apr |
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ICE arrests more than 3,100 convicted criminal aliens and immigration fugitives in nationwide operation - Top Stories of the Week
WASHINGTON — As part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) ongoing commitment to prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens and egregious immigration law violators, the agency announced today the results of a six-day national "Cross Check" enforcement operation-which led to the arrest of more than 3,100 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration violators.
"The results of this targeted enforcement operation underscore ICE's ongoing commitment and focus on the arrest and removal of convicted criminal aliens and those that game our nation's immigration system," said ICE Director John Morton. "Because of the tireless efforts and teamwork of ICE officers and agents in tracking down criminal aliens and fugitives, there are 3,168 fewer criminal aliens and egregious immigration law violators in our neighborhoods across the country." |
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| Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch |
Apr |
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| April 2012 - LAPD Chief of Police Monthly Message |
Apr |
 LAPD Chief Charlie Beck |
April 2012
by Chief of Police Charlie Beck
In the business of law enforcement, success and failure often hinge on the commitment of the organization to its goals, the employees which serve, and the collaborative efforts within the community. As a Department we could not achieve our successes without the help from our community and the dedicated service of our sworn and civilian employees.
There is one unique way, however, in which community and police work come together and have a tremendous impact on the lives that we protect and the community that we serve.
I'm referring to our Reserve Officers. |
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| DHS and FEMA Updates |
Mar |
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This Citizen Corps News Digest is provided by FEMA's Individual & Community Preparedness Division to highlight community preparedness and resilience resources and activities recently announced by federal agencies and Citizen Corps partners.
FEMA Calls for Nominations to the National Youth Preparedness Council
FEMA Think Tank March Conference Call
Webinar REMINDER: Meeting the Needs of Latino Communities in Emergency Management
Naperville, Illinois to Honor Residents with President's Volunteer Service Award
The Great Utah ShakeOut is Coming Up, and more .. |
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| Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch |
Mar |
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| DHS and FEMA Updates |
Mar |
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This Citizen Corps News Digest is provided by FEMA's Individual & Community Preparedness Division to highlight community preparedness and resilience resources and activities recently announced by federal agencies and Citizen Corps partners.
FEMA Preparedness Update Scheduled for TODAY!
Engaging Your Community Faith-Based Organizations in Emergency Management
Get Ready for National Preparedness Month 2012
FEMA Calls for Nominations to the National Youth Preparedness Council
FEMA Major Disaster Declarations Updates, and more .. |
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| ICE - Top Stories of the Week |
Mar |
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Top Stories of the Week
Canadian man sentenced for alien smuggling
Avery Biomedical Devices Inc. becomes the latest IMAGE partner
ICE announces selection of HSI special agent in charge in New Jersey
Wanted Brazilian national deported from the US
ICE ERO deports convicted child predator wanted in Canada for child sex crimes, and more .. |
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| Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch |
Mar |
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| DHS and FEMA Updates |
Mar |
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This Citizen Corps News Digest is provided by FEMA's Individual & Community Preparedness Division to highlight community preparedness and resilience resources and activities recently announced by federal agencies and Citizen Corps partners.
Monthly Preparedness Call Moved to March 13!
Learn What FEMA and DHS are Doing About Issues Impacting Women and Children
PPD-8 National Planning Frameworks and Recovery Interagency Operational Plan
Youth Preparedness Coming to a Town Near You
Learn What FEMA and DHS are Doing to Help You Prepare for Floods, and more .. |
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| March 2012 - LAPD Chief of Police Monthly Message |
Mar |
LAPD Chief
Charlie Beck |
March 2012
by Chief of Police Charlie Beck
In December 2011, the Managed Hiring Committee approved our repeated requests to grant some long overdue promotions and upgrades. Since then we have advertised 85 sworn upgrades, nine Detective IIIs and 76 Police Officer IIIs. Additionally, we have promoted 11 Lieutenants and 24 Sergeants. For Civilians we have hired a Police Administrator I to be the Risk Manager for the Department, promoted three Personnel Analyst I's and upgraded one Criminalist II.
Rest assured I will do everything I can to secure the future of our Department by continuing to work for the promotions you deserve.
I know that many of you are involved in commendable acts everyday but I wanted to acknowledge two that have occurred recently: |
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| Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch |
Mar |
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| DHS and FEMA Updates |
Mar |
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This Citizen Corps News Digest is provided by FEMA's Individual & Community Preparedness Division to highlight community preparedness and resilience resources and activities recently announced by federal agencies and Citizen Corps partners.
Citizen Corps Program Grant and Effective Funding Practices Webinar
Featuring FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate
FEMA's Individual and Community Preparedness Division will host a FREE Citizen Corps Program Grant and Effective Funding Practices Webinar, featuring FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, to highlight strategies for meeting community preparedness funding needs and provide an update on the 2012 grants.
Oregon Severe Winter Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, and more .. |
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| ICE - Top Stories of the Week |
Mar |
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Top Stories of the Week
New interagency enforcement center opens
Feds arrest suspected large-scale smuggler of counterfeit sex drugs
Crips gang member sentenced to 64 months for illegally re-entering US
Upstate New York teacher indicted on child pornography charges
Virginia man sentenced for conspiracy to import drugs using cruise ship employees, and more .. |
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| Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch |
Mar |
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| Despite weak economy, crime in Los Angeles County still declines |
Mar |
Community Policing |
There were thousands fewer crimes reported in 2011 than 2010 in areas the LAPD and Sheriff's Department patrol. The trend puzzles some but reinforces a common police view that other factors are at play.
by Joel Rubin, Los Angeles Times - January 5, 2012
EDITOR'S NOTE: Here at LACP we're not hard pressed to explain the consistent reduction of crime in the LA area. The same phenomenon has been seen across the county for at least the last decade. To our mind, the philosophy of "community-based policing" has been accepted and implemented by more and more agencies all around America ever since the events of 9-11. The fact is that the residents have more and more become partners with law enforcement. Their ranks now include thousands of individuals who serve as a "force multiplier" .. proof beyond a shadow of a doubt that community participation matters, and that it works! |
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| Public Safety in City of Los Angeles -- 2011 another good year for LAPD / LAFD |
Mar |
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2011 another good year for LAPD / LAFD !
by Bill Murray, LACP - January 5, 2012
There's no question we've got a lot to be grateful for when it comes to public safety in the City of Los Angeles. Our two principal agencies charged with keeping us safe, the LAPD (police department) and LAFD (fire department), have been doing a great job.
The statistics bear this out, and show both consistent reductions in crime and significant improvements in public safety over the last decade.
Mayor Villaragosa, LAPD's Chief Beck and LAFD's Chief Cummings announced the good news in press appearances yesterday. Here are the two press releases that followed their presentations. |
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| ICE - Top Stories of the Week |
Mar |
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Top Stories of the Week
ICE hosts special response training for Kuwait, UAE delegates
Bodog and 4 Canadians indicted for conducting Internet gambling business
HSI arrests Chicago man wanted in Korea
Agents confiscate thousands of counterfeit goods at NBA All-Star Weekend
31 charged as part of decade-long human smuggling organization, and more .. |
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| Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch |
Feb |
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| DHS and FEMA Updates |
Feb |
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This Citizen Corps News Digest is provided by FEMA's Individual & Community Preparedness Division to highlight community preparedness and resilience resources and activities recently announced by federal agencies and Citizen Corps partners.
Don't Miss the Citizen Corps Program Grant and Effective Funding Practices Webinar
Featuring FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate
Citizen Corps Program Grant and Effective Funding Practices Webinar POSTPONED
The HSIN webinar system is currently undergoing serious technical issues that are not expected to be resolved by the time of the webinar as originally scheduled. We understand that this topic is timely and important to you, so we are working to reschedule the webinar as soon as possible. We will send out another message once we have confirmed a new date and time. We apologize for the inconvenience, and appreciate your patience. |
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| Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch |
Feb |
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| ICE - Top Stories of the Week |
Feb |
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Top Stories of the Week
San Juan BEST seize guns and drugs, arrest 8
East Texas man sentenced for receiving child pornography
Special-needs man named honorary 'Special Agent'
'Raza Unida' gang member convicted for methamphetamine trafficking
ICE, CBP repatriates eight cultural artifacts to Guatemala, and more .. |
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| Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch |
Feb |
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| February 2012 - LAPD Chief of Police Monthly Message |
Feb |
LAPD Chief
Charlie Beck |
February 2012
by Chief of Police Charlie Beck
As a world-class law enforcement agency, ensuring public safety is the mandate of the Los Angeles Police Department. A review of the 2011 End of Year crime statistics reveals, once again, that your hard work and dedicated service to the citizens of Los Angeles is paying off.
Crime in all of the major Part One categories, with the exception of homicides, was down for the ninth straight year. While year-to-date homicides increased by one, the overall homicide rate remains at levels that we have not seen since 1967. This is a remarkable accomplishment.
Particularly impressive are the gang-related statistics. Gang-related crimes account for a large portion of the City's total crime; this is why the 15.2% drop in criminal gang activity is a particularly impressive accomplishment. |
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| DHS and FEMA Updates |
Feb |
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This Citizen Corps News Digest is provided by FEMA's Individual & Community Preparedness Division to highlight community preparedness and resilience resources and activities recently announced by federal agencies and Citizen Corps partners.
Engaging Your Community in Preventing Terrorism
Tools to Help Emergency Managers Meet the Needs of Latino Communities
2012 State of FEMA Report
Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS)—Celebrating a Decade of Service, and more .. |
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| Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch |
Feb |
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| DHS and FEMA Updates |
Feb |
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This Citizen Corps News Digest is provided by FEMA's Individual & Community Preparedness Division to highlight community preparedness and resilience resources and activities recently announced by federal agencies and Citizen Corps partners.
2.3 Million and Counting…
New Preparedness Webinars
Engaging Your Community in Preventing Terrorism
Get Ready to ShakeOut!, and more .. |
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| Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch |
Feb |
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| ICE - Top Stories of the Week |
Jan |
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Top Stories of the Week
ICE deports man wanted for murder in El Salvador
Las Vegas woman sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for cocaine smuggling
50 individuals charged in Puerto Rico with allegedly trafficking identities of Puerto Rican US citizens
ICE, CBP release report on 2011 counterfeit seizures
ICE HSI agents arrest fugitive, member of Juarez kidnapping ring, and more .. |
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| DHS and FEMA Updates |
Jan |
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This Citizen Corps News Digest is provided by FEMA's Individual & Community Preparedness Division to highlight community preparedness and resilience resources and activities recently announced by federal agencies and Citizen Corps partners.
Disaster Preparedness at the White House
Youth Preparedness Coming to a Town Near You
CERT Webinar Reminder
FEMA's Online Community, and more .. |
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| Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch |
Jan |
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| DHS and FEMA Updates |
Jan |
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This Citizen Corps News Digest is provided by FEMA's Individual & Community Preparedness Division to highlight community preparedness and resilience resources and activities recently announced by federal agencies and Citizen Corps partners.
Webinar on New CERT Training - Tues. Jan. 24th at 2 pm ET
New CERT Training Tools
Millions Will Drop, Cover and Hold On!
FEMA Fire Management Assistance Declarations, and more .. |
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| Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch |
Jan |
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| DHS and FEMA Updates |
Jan |
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This Citizen Corps News Digest is provided by FEMA's Individual & Community Preparedness Division to highlight community preparedness and resilience resources and activities recently announced by federal agencies and Citizen Corps partners.
Community Preparedness Accomplishments and Future Plans
Free Emergency Management Training
Millions Will Drop, Cover and Hold On!
CERT Webinar - Jan 24th, and more .. |
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| Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch |
Jan |
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| Jan 2012 - LAPD Chief of Police Monthly Message |
Jan |
LAPD Chief
Charlie Beck |
January 2012
by Chief of Police Charlie Beck
With the new-year upon us and a successful 2011 in our rear view mirror, I would like to take this opportunity to set the table for the coming year. As I'm sure all of you are aware, I set specific goals for the Department when I first became your Chief. This year I would like to continue our focus on those goals.
Our commitment to constitutional policing remains steadfast and strong. Continued crime reduction and community engagement is a top priority. Vigilance in our efforts to prevent terrorism is key and maintaining the personnel strength of the Department is my top priority. Finally employee wellness is vital to our overall strength as an organization and is something I really want to continue to focus on. |
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| DHS and FEMA Updates |
Jan |
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This Citizen Corps News Digest is provided by FEMA's Individual & Community Preparedness Division to highlight community preparedness and resilience resources and activities recently announced by federal agencies and Citizen Corps partners.
New CERT Training Now Available
Monthly Ready Call, A Year in Review Webinar
Upcoming Youth Preparedness Workshop
FEMA Major Disaster Declarations Updates, and more .. |
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| Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch |
Jan |
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Local Law Enforcement
