But almost everyone who travels in the political and security worlds here knows where it is, as surely as they know that if motorcades full of officials head for the department's command post, the effect on the election is anyone's guess.
An official with the county fire department said a command post had been set up at Goddard Middle School, 859 E. Sierra Madre Ave .in Glendora.
During his news conference Monday, Bates said that no one in his department or at the command post for the event's security knew about this e-mail before the shooting.
The department set up a semi-permanent command post at Wilshire Boulevard and Veteran Avenue, the site of many protests because of its proximity to the federal building, to improve communication with protesters, he said.
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said his department's South Bureau had set up a command post that is staffed 20 hours a day and is overseen by a captain or higher-ranking officer to coordinate the response.
Without checking into his hotel, Digre drove straight to the department's child abuse hot line and emergency response command post, where social workers are on call around the clock to respond to urgent reports of child abuse.
POLICE OFFICER DANIEL M. McCARTHY Shortly before the collapse of the first tower: "Captain Whitaker arrived at the command post and advised all members of the department who were present not to enter the building.
He was airlifted back to the command post and treated for minor injuries, according the sheriff's department.
Among those caught in the second collapse were three of the department's most senior officials, William Feehan, the first deputy commissioner, Peter Ganci, the chief of department, and Raymond Downey, the chief of special operations, who were directing rescue operations from a command post near Vesey and West Streets.
