Port of Los Angeles Budgets $33 Million for Security

To Whom It May Concern:

We came across this information in the trades and thought it would be of
interest to this newsgroup as well.

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John Sisker, SHIP-TO-SHORE CRUISE AGENCY®
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The Port of Los Angeles' $848.5 million budget for fiscal year 2006/07
includes more than $33 million for safety and security initiatives. Included
in the budget are $8 million for a port-wide security surveillance system
and $22.6 million in federally funded grants for port-wide security
deterrents. Specific plans and programs for the coming year include
emergency plan updates, emergency response training and exercises, business
recovery planning, a security identification and access control system, a
waterside security surveillance system, passenger complex screening and a
perimeter security system and waterborne perimeter security barriers, among
other enhancements. For more information, visit www.portoflosangeles.org.