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According to a report by the Associated Press, federal and state authorities recently held a series of anti-terrorism training exercises at ports throughout California. The two days of simulations included exercises involving an attack on a container ship at the Port of Oakland and a bomb in the San Francisco Bay found sea mammals trained by the Navy. It was unclear whether dolphins or seals, or both were involved in the drills. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger started the annual training event in 2004 to improve homeland security and disaster preparedness.
Other exercises involved simulated attacks at the ports of Oakland, San Diego, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Redwood City and Sacramento, as well as California State University, San Marcos.
But despite high priority given these types of terrorist training exercises, the economy is forcing even major cities like Los Angeles to eliminate their counter-terrorism units.
According to an article in the Los Angeles Times by Joel Rubin, Los Angeles Police Department officials disbanded a counter-terrorism unit earlier this year as part of Chief Charlie Beck's efforts to put more patrol officers on the streets amid budget cuts.
The Protective Security Task Force team consisted of about two dozen plainclothes cops who were dispatched to buildings or events that had been threatened or were otherwise believed to be at risk. Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites        
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