PITCHESS JAIL TESTS SIRENS FOR ESCAPES RESIDENTS WOULD BE ALERTED IN EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY.Byline: CAROL ROCK Staff Writer CASTAIC -- Seven sirens Sirens with song, bird-women lure sailors to death. [Gk. Myth.: Odyssey] See : Enchantment sirens their singing so sweet, it lured sailors to their death. [Gk. Myth.: Hamilton, 48] See : Singer blared Wednesday morning during a test of the emergency notification system A modern notification system is a combination of software and hardware that provides a means of delivering a message to a set of recipients. For example, notification systems can send an e-mail when a new topic has been added to Wikipedia. at the Pitchess Detention Center A detention center or a detention centre is any location used for detention. Specifically, it can mean:
``We did the whole drill; a couple of staff members posing as inmates escaped from the laundry and ran into the hills,'' said sheriff's Deputy Robert McKee For the Maryland politician, see . Robert McKee is a creative writing instructor who is widely known for his popular "Story Seminar", which he developed when he was a professor at the University of Southern California. , one of two safety officers in charge of the annual testing. ``The escape plan was activated and through a series of sending people to certain places, set up a containment and tracked them down.'' McKee said that all seven alarms worked flawlessly flaw·less adj. Being entirely without flaw or imperfection. See Synonyms at perfect. flaw  less·ly adv. , including a new
siren installed southeast of the jail property.
The new siren is the closest to a growing neighborhood rapidly approaching the eastern border of the jail grounds, the Tesoro del Valle development, which does not have a siren of its own, despite its proximity to Pitchess. McKee said residents in the area have asked about a siren, but installation remains a county administrative matter. The cost of a siren is estimated at $40,000. As one of the safety monitors, McKee and his ``escapee'' got quite the workout Workout Informal repayment or loan forgiveness arrangement between a borrower and creditors. workout 1. The process of a debtor's meeting a loan commitment by satisfying altered repayment terms. . ``We were right behind them to make sure nothing got out of hand,'' McKee said. ``They run right into the mountains, blazing a path into brush that was chest deep and sometimes overhead. We were one with nature there, trying to move around and not be seen.'' carol.rock(at)dailynews.com (661) 257-5252 |
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