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# Police offer advice on how to prepare for an emergency
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/police-offer-advice-on-how-to-prepare-for-an-emergency/
- Published: 2003-12-23T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:22:58.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Crime, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Rand Corp., are locations being monitored.

SMPD works with a task force dedicated to homeland security that includes local, state and national agencies to provide and receive intelligence, Fabrega said. Beyond those agencies, the SMPD asks that everyone be alert.

“We want residents, business people and visitors to be alert and contact the police if they see something suspicious,” Fabrega said.

However, police said Santa Monica doesn’t appear to be in any immediate danger. “I want to assure residents, business owners and visitors that the police department will continue to deliver the highest quality of law enforcement services during these times,” said SMPD Chief James T. Butts, Jr. “To date, we have not been informed by any federal, state, or county agency that a threat has been made against this city.”

For additional information regarding emergency preparedness and how to assemble a 72-hour emergency kit, log onto the SMPD Web site at smpd.org.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 23, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/122303.pdf?ref=smdp.com)