Counterterror, disaster response centers not sharing information
Dozens of high-tech command centers built or beefed up throughout the United States after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to promote better information sharing and disaster preparation have struggled to do just that.
No state has more intelligence fusion centers than California, with five of the 72 around the country that are formally recognized today by the federal government. They were first created in 2004 so local police, the FBI, private security professionals and telecommunications experts could meet at one table and swap tips about possible threats.
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The precise number of emergency response centers nationwide is less clear, but between 2010 and 2011, the Golden State’s congressional delegation pulled down $7.8 million in federal earmarks for more than a dozen of them in the cities of Elk Grove, Whittier, Compton, Pasadena and elsewhere. Read the full story here.
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