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Simi Valley CERT is responsible for the Emergency Preparedness Expo. This years event was scaled down from last years awesome exposition because it was considered a distraction from the co-hosted Simi Valley Commercial events.

Last years event included aerial demonstrations liken to an air show including many helicopters and a sky diving team. While it was unfortunate that one of the sky-divers from last years event missed his mark, plummeting into a palm tree and landing in the middle of the commerce booths, it gave the public an impromptu display of how emergency responders instinctively react to unrehearsed events.

While it's not as glamorous as chomping a car apart to save a traffic accident victim or instructing a frantic parent over the radio how to revive a choking infant, one of the most important duties of public safety professionals is to learn from past events. Without this pulp powered time machine there would be no "Jaws of Life" or scripts for dispatchers who are frequently the true first responders.

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This is one of Simi Valley Police Department's newest motor units (MARY-7).

Motor units are unique in that they are both the worst enemy as well as the best friend of the public they serve.

You will find these leather clad officers stalking their prey, speeding motorists, from strategic hiding places. These officers emotional skins have to be as thick as the leather on their boots because they must take verbal abuse that would make the devil himself blush.

Since motor units are frequently the first on scene to a serious traffic collision it shouldn't surprise you that they take traffic laws so seriously.

Steering wheels may break your bones, but words will never hurt you.

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This officer was kind enough to turn on the LED traffic stop lights on this new BMW police motorcycle (MARY-7).

The police department is in the process of equipping vehicles with GPS devices so that dispatch can tell at a glance where police units are and so that the location of a call can be displayed on mobile computers mounted in each vehicle. In the case of motor units, the computer will be a palm pilot which will be carried in the saddle bag.

This armored car has been in service for quite some time and was used to rescue police officers at the scene of a shooting which resulted in the death of Simi Valley Police Officer Michael Clark in August, 1995.

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This amphibious armored personnel carrier was given to the city, free of charge, by the Federal Government. While it's amphibious abilities will most likely never been used, it will be a valuable asset in replacing the aging "brinks armored car".

This is a photo of the inside of the vehicle looking toward the front.

This is a photo of the inside of the vehicle looking toward the rear.