Also by Bianca Heyward
On Friday, May 29, at an undisclosed secure location, the Beverly Hills Emergency Operations Center (EOC) was dark and empty. Computers were dormant, except for those operating remotely, due to the COVID-19 crisis. The next morning, Saturday, large crowds of people took to the streets to protest police brutality following the death of George Floyd at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers. As the protestors moved to midtown Los Angeles, representatives from each department in Beverly Hills mobilized. City personnel from every government
