I grew up in Southern California, watching my favorite television shows:
Or "WEBBTV" as we like to call it...
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Take a look at my 1973 LAPD Matador - a fully restored original service vehicle!
My father was a police officer in La Mesa when I was a child, and my uncle was a police officer in the Bay Area (San Francisco PD and Pleasant Hill PD 1970 to 1980) California. So it was a natural progression that entered law enforcement briefly as a police explorer and cadet from 1978 to 1980. From this exposure, I learned about commercial radio and law enforcement (public safety) radio in Contra Costa County - the home of one of the first repeated police communications systems - a first in the U.S. I became an EMT-1, and then a Paramedic working in Oakland, California from 1981 to 1990 and worked the Loma Prieta Earthquake on October 17, 1989 - a Presidential Disaster Declaration.
In 1991, I moved in to Emergency Medical Services Administration in Monterey, and the Fresno/Kings/Madera Counties EMS Systems developing mass-casualty plans and working with the Governor's Office of Emergency Services in California developing medical mutual aid plans, and attempting to improve local disaster response.
In 1999, I became a full-time Emergency Manager for the City of El Segundo and currently serve on the California Emergency Services Association, Southern Chapter (SCESA) Board of Directors, the South Bay Terrorism Task Force, a congressional subcommittee managed under Congresswoman Jane Harmon and the South Bay Chief's of Police. I have worked many interesting assignments in close coordination with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management, and many other agencies. As the Emergency Manager for the city, I am the coordinator for our local amateur disaster radio system (LA County DCS), with a city-owned repeater at 440 Mhz in central El Segundo (WB6VMV). I restored an emergency vehicle (1973 AMC LAPD Matador), collect emergency equipment dating back to 1950 and have a general interest in emergency communications technology.
Another wonderful site on the rich history of the Los Angeles Police Department (KMA-367) Communications Department is a favorite link - this site is managed by my Internet friend - Harry Marnell.