A security drill held early Tuesday at the Carnival Cruise dock near the Queen Mary included crews from a number of local agencies and jurisdictions, including Long Beach Firefighters and Lifeguards, Long Beach Police officers, the Los Angeles Port Police and the United States Coast Guard.
The group exercise and the agencies included are part of the Port Dive Operations Group, or PDOG as it's commonly called. PDOG was developed to support the Coast Guard in increasing port security at the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.
During Tuesday's exercise, the teams simulated "sweeping" the piers to locate, identify, and mark any simulated hazardous underwater devices. The emphasis of the program is for the various agencies to work together to provide adequate resources and a unified command structure to efficiently address incidents within the port complex.
In addition to Tuesday's drill, PDOG teams also perform underwater searches, locate, and conduct recovery and salvage operations of planes, boats, and many other objects.
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