Assuming their city is the “number one target” for terrorists, New York Police have revealed they will be on high alert on New Year’s Eve – one of the most challenging counter-terrorism events of the year.
As America once again examines the specter of terrorism close to home following the attempted bombing of a US airliner landing in Detroit on Christmas Day, the NYPD say they are fully prepared for Thursday night with a massive police presence scanning the crowds, MyFoxNational reported.
New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said: “It will be a full-fledged deployment of our resources.”
“We assume New York is the number one target and we’ve assumed that since January 2002,” he added.
Kelly said the NYPD was doing more than any other US city to keep people safe from another terrorist attack.
However he admitted there were no guarantees.
“We live in a dangerous world,” he said.
He said the attempted terrorist attack on Christmas Day had “not caused us to change anything.”
“There are no specific threats against the city.”
On New Year’s Eve the NYPD will have radiation and biological detection devices deployed in Times Square in New York, decontamination facilities set up, and sniper teams in position. Backpacks won’t be allowed, garages will be searched, and surveillance operations conducted.
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