Archive for the ‘Public Safety’ Category

National Emergency Alert System test Nov. 9 at 11 a.m. PT

Sunday, November 6th, 2011

(NOTE: The EAS test was conducted at 11:00 a.m. PST on Nov. 9, 2011.) On Wednesday, November 9, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time (2:00 p.m. Eastern Time), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) will be conducting a nationwide Emergency Alert System (EAS) test. Although the EAS test is routinely [...]

Curb identity theft, fraud at free shred day

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

Press release from Milwaukie Police Department: The Milwaukie Police Department will offer a FREE document shred event on Saturday, June 12, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.  Citizens are invited to drop off personal documents, statements, and mail at the Public Safety Building at 3200 SE Harrison Street, Milwaukie, Oregon. Milwaukie Police Cadets will assist [...]

Dispose your prescription drugs at disposal event (not flush it down the toilet)

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

The Milwaukie Police Department, in partnership with Providence Milwaukie Hospital and their Community Health in Motion Program,  will host a prescription drug turn-in day. Designed to raise awareness of the abuse of prescription drugs, and to keep potentially dangerous drugs out of landfills and waterways, this event allow citizens to anonymously drop off unneeded or [...]

Subscribe to CodeRed for emergency notifications

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

If you have not subscribed to CodeRED, Milwaukie’s telephone-based emergency notification system, you may want to add your landline and cellular phone number to the list. If you already subscribe to CodeRED and your phone number changed before June 2009, you will need to update your phone number in the system. The automated messaging system [...]