The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a plan Tuesday to strengthen security at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles funded by $1.4 million in federal stimulus dollars.
The funds will be awarded to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which will use the money to buy:
-- a custom-built bomb response truck;
-- a platform that attaches to a helicopter to quickly lift a 10-man team aboard a
ship;
-- and an upgrade to a sonar system that screens for explosives.
The federal stimulus grant was offered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as part of a program to protect the nation's port infrastructure.
The funds will be awarded to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which will use the money to buy:
-- a custom-built bomb response truck;
-- a platform that attaches to a helicopter to quickly lift a 10-man team aboard a
ship;
-- and an upgrade to a sonar system that screens for explosives.
The federal stimulus grant was offered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as part of a program to protect the nation's port infrastructure.
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