WHAT:
Tri-Hospitals Table –Top Emergency Exercise

WHEN:
Thursday, October 28, 2004
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m

WHERE:
Radisson Wilshire Plaza Hotel, 3515 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles.

Los Angeles: Los Angeles Police Department management level personnel will be attending a multi-agency emergency exercise sponsored by Kaiser Permanente Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles and Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital. The focus of the exercise is to evaluate the impact on the Tri-Hospitals in the event of an incident resulting in mass casualties.

The involved representatives will conduct a "table top exercise" with the goal of building relationships and understanding each others operational needs, as well as improving policies and procedures.

Members of the media are invited to attend during the introductory phase of the exercise scheduled from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.

For further information contact the Los Angeles Police Department’s Major Events Planning Unit, at 213-473-7431.

This news advisory was prepared by the Los Angeles Police Department’s Media Relations Section, at 213-485-3586.