Local Police Officers make Supply Run to LA. Officers
Texas police officers make supply run to Louisiana
09/05/2005
Associated Press
Twenty police officers from several Texas cities on Sunday drove a caravan of clothes, water and ammunition toward Louisiana police departments that have been sparse on supplies since Hurricane Katrina.
The seven trucks carrying about $5,000 in police equipment and necessities were headed for New Orleans. But the caravan was also going to drop supplies at other storm-stricken departments along the way, Galveston police Officer John Bertolino said.
Bertolino said the caravan was organized after a New Orleans police officer showed up in Beaumont asking where he could purchase bottled water in large quantities. Bertolino said Texas police stations had also been receiving e-mails and messages from supply-depleted departments in Louisiana.
"We kept getting (contacted) from battered areas," Bertolino said.
Among those in the caravan were officers from Galveston, Texas City and Cedar Park.
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Posted by Anonymous to Houston-Galveston Area Emergency Blogger Network at 9/05/2005 11:47:03 AM
09/05/2005
Associated Press
Twenty police officers from several Texas cities on Sunday drove a caravan of clothes, water and ammunition toward Louisiana police departments that have been sparse on supplies since Hurricane Katrina.
The seven trucks carrying about $5,000 in police equipment and necessities were headed for New Orleans. But the caravan was also going to drop supplies at other storm-stricken departments along the way, Galveston police Officer John Bertolino said.
Bertolino said the caravan was organized after a New Orleans police officer showed up in Beaumont asking where he could purchase bottled water in large quantities. Bertolino said Texas police stations had also been receiving e-mails and messages from supply-depleted departments in Louisiana.
"We kept getting (contacted) from battered areas," Bertolino said.
Among those in the caravan were officers from Galveston, Texas City and Cedar Park.
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Posted by Anonymous to Houston-Galveston Area Emergency Blogger Network at 9/05/2005 11:47:03 AM
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