Posts Tagged ‘Education and Training’

First Observer – Truckers Learn To Watch Out For Terrorists

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

A local truck driving school became the first on the West Coast to be trained for a new federal anti-terrorism program, the school’s owner and the instructor said. Robert Hertan, an instructor from Maryland-based Total Security Services International, Inc., led the three-hour class at Vallejo’s Falcon Truck School recently. He said the federal Transportation Security Administration hired his firm to train transportation professionals for the “First Observer” program.

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Haz Mat Team Responds To Suspicious Package

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

A county hazardous materials team was sent Thursday to a commercial building in Lakewood after one person reported feeling ill. A suspicious package was found in the mailroom of the AARP building and the building was evacuated shortly after 8 a.m.

The suspicious package, a letter containing a white powdery substance, was the third this year sent to the AARP building on the 3200 block of E. Carson Street, said AARP spokeswoman Charee Gillins.

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