Posts From LESA
Alien Video Reemerges, Renews Concern … Seriously
August 10, 2012Some of you may remember a “found” video that made the rounds a few years ago, that showed a “real” alien attack on two “missing” hikers in our area. (It was, in fact, impossible to use fewer quotes in that sentence. I wanted no confusion: This is most definitely NOT the National Enquirer you’re reading.)
Read full articleLESA Statement about Powell 9-1-1 Calls
February 9, 2012Things that we now know about this evil tragedy are not always so clear to those involved in the initial moments. What happened with this call first comes to us blindly on the other side of a phone; it is only in hindsight that we see things that are not apparent to the call takers.
Read full articleShared Experience: APCO 2011 Conference
September 28, 2011Did you know that over 100,000 motor vehicle accidents per year can be attributed to drowsy driving? Or that shift workers that rotate shifts experience symptoms very similar to jet lag? These are just a couple of small facts that Deann Baumann learned while attending a class at the APCO International 77th Annual Conference and Expo in Philadelphia a few weeks ago.
Read full articleLESA CERT Works Tacoma Mall Active Shooter Exercise
September 28, 2011On August 12th, members of LESA Communication’s Emergency Response Team (CERT) manned the radios for a full scale active shooter exercise held by TPD at the Tacoma Mall. This exercise allowed officers, SWAT, hostage negotiations, bomb techs and rescue units the opportunity to test their skills and equipment. Three tactically trained dispatchers reported to the Mobile Command Unit (MCU) in the mall’s parking lot and ran exercise communications.
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