BACKGROUND ON OTS RELATIONSHIP WITH LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 05581312
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: November 22, 2019
• Case Number: F-2016-02460
• Publication Date: February 12, 1986

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OTS-109/86
12 FEB 1986
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
VIA: Deputy Director for Science and Technology
FROM:
SUBJECT:
REFERENCE:
DirectoriUTehflTcal Service
Background on OTS Relationship with Los Angeles Police
Department Mk-
Memo for D/OS fm A/OGC, dtd 15 Sep 75;
Subj: Proposal to Establish Liaison Between OTS and
Selected US Police Department Bomb Squads TS.L
1. We would appreciate it greatly if you would sign the attached
condolence letters which we plan to send following the recent tragic deaths of
two Los Angeles bomb squad officers who were well and favorably known to their
counterparts in the Office of Technical Service (OTS). We in OTS have
benefitted greatly from the willingness of members of the the Los Angeles
Police Department (LAPD) to share the experience and expertise in dealing with
terrorist bombs which they have gained in the daily performance of their
duties. These two officers who recently died as a result of injuries suffered
in the line of duty were particularly helpful to us and generous with their
time. 114
2. The relationship between OTS and the bomb squad of the LAPD goes back
several years, having originally been approved in OGC Memorandum #76-5023. It
constitutes a technical liaison of a non-operational character whose purpose
is to provide OTS and the Intelligence Community with current information
concerning the types of modus operandi and terrorist devices which are in
evidence in the Los Angeles area. We have benefitted from observing the
LAPD's techniques for identifying, handling and disarming terrorist bombs, and
LAPD representatives have from time to time, most recently in January of this
year, spoken at conferences of our own personnel.
In addition, the information which the LAPD has been able to contribute on
terrorist devices has been of great value to us and to our work
overseas with liaison services who have to deal with that particular threat.
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OGC 76-5023
15 September 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Security
Attn: Mr. Ervan Kuhnke
FROM : Richard L. Rininger
Assistant General Counsel
SUBJECT : Proposal to Establish Liaison Between OTS and
Selected U.S. Police Department Bomb Squads
1. This Office has reviewed the OTS proposal addressed to
you seeking your assistance in establishing liaison arrangements with
the Los Angeles Police Department Bomb Squad and the New York City
Police Department Bomb Squad (DD/S&T Memorandum C41-7,).43
2. Under the proposed liaison arrangement certain OTS personnel
would converse directly with representatives of these bomb squads in
order to learn their techniques in identifying, handling, and disarming
terrorists bombs and obtain advice concerning the technical at;pects
of countering explosive devices. It is also anticipated that OTS personnel
would periodically visit these bomb squads to observe their operational
and training procedures. Establishment of the proposed liaison arrange-
ments is subject to the prior approval of the respective Chiefs of Police.
(b)(1)
3. It is the opinion of this Office that the liaison arrangement
contemplated here is authorized by the terms of Executive Order 11905, (b)(3)
section 5(e)(2). Within the Agency, the controlling regulation is
Headquarters Regulation
cc: D/OTS/DDStiT
(b)(3)
(b)(6)
Richard L. Rininger
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