CITY GETS $12.5 MILLION TO AID SECURITY.Byline: Mariel Garza Staff Writer In its first allocation of federal homeland security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States funds, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. will receive $12.5 million to fight terrorism, officials said Tuesday. Los Angeles and six other cities considered high-threat areas received funding for equipment and personnel to prepare and prevent terrorism. San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden received about $10.7 million. ``This is great news for Los Angeles,'' Mayor James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California said in a statement, noting that the city had already spent more than $100 million to buy security equipment for vulnerable spots like Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX and provide anti-terrorism training for LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. officers. ``Los Angeles is in great need of the $12 million.'' Last month, the City Council freed up $4.4 million from the already overspent city budget to buy protective suits and masks for police officers responding to a chemical or biological terrorism attack. The Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . just received its first shipment
of several thousand suits, and expects the masks to arrive by ship
Saturday or Monday, Sgt. John Pasquariello said.
Hahn said he would create a working group from city's Homeland Security Cabinet to figure out how to spend the $12.5 million. Councilman Jack Weiss, who has become the council's point man on the city's anti-terrorism efforts, said Los Angeles needs to improve communications between agencies, train law enforcement personnel in anti- terrorism tactics, increase intelligence and enhance port security and biological weapons preparedness. ``As you begin to realize when you start to prioritize, $12 million doesn't get so far. We can't do all those things.'' Although happy that the federal government is finally coming up with some of the promised homeland security cash, Weiss said he was disappointed that the allocation did not give proportionate shares to the nation's biggest targets. Sparsely populated states like Wyoming are receiving a much larger per-capita share of federal homeland security dollars than Los Angeles. |
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