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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

City Takes Cue from Movie?

One of the better scenes in the laughable “Law Abiding Citizen,” shows the heroes trying to detonate a bomb placed in City Council chambers.

PhillyClout wonders if the city took the scene to heart?

A training was held today for council staff on how to handle a bomb threat. Participants received handouts with instructions on how handle a communication from someone warning of a bomb. The session was held up in the Council Caucus Room this morning.

Update: The mayor's press office tells us this training -- put on by the police bomb squad and the city risk management department -- was for all city hall staffers designated as "fire captains." Similar sessions were held at the other city buildings.

Posted by Catherine Lucey @ 1:35 PM  Permalink | 1 comment
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:34 PM, 10/29/2009
    A bomb might go off in jannie's filing cabinet just like the suspicious fire which was localized to her paperwork ;)
    — yawns


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