Police working the Palisades fire response had communication, technology difficulties, LAPD report says

The Los Angeles Police Department had difficulties coordinating with other agencies during the Palisades fire – namely the Los Angeles Fire Department – and a lack of stable communication channels and technology, according to an LAPD Palisades fire after-action report released Tuesday, Nov. 4.

The report, spanning 92 pages, identifies areas for the department to improve as well as successes within the Palisades response, calling the police department’s efforts “courageous and heroic.”

The LAPD “has little experience working with agencies outside of the City of Los Angeles, especially in dynamic disaster response scenarios,” the report said. The Palisades fire burned over 23,448 acres in Los Angeles, killed 12 and damaged or destroyed over 7,000 structures.

The Los Angeles Fire Departme