timosman
12-31-2017, 01:20 AM
http://www.sharonherald.com/news/big-apple-to-beef-up-security-in-times-square/article_0dbb4628-ed10-11e7-ad4f-47c7e946e2d7.html
16 years of "war on terra" was not enough for anybody to figure out we might be doing something wrong.
http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_NEWSBRIEFS/a8c697a6234847ad92f1f244c6d8f193_original.jpg
A pedestrian asks directions from two heavily armed counterterrorism officers stationed in Times Square in New York. New York Police Department officials say that while there are no specific or credible threats against the city, they are promising a bigger security detail than ever before at the New Year’s Eve celebration.
NEW YORK (AP) — Police are promising a bigger security detail than ever before in Times Square for this year’s New Year’s Eve celebration, which will cap off a year that saw a number of deadly attacks, including a vehicle rampage at the very spot where revelers will ring in 2018.
In addition to its usual army of snipers, bag-inspecting officers and metal detectors, the department this year is relying on help from a growing corps of “vapor wake” dogs, which are trained to sniff out trace amounts of explosive particles that trail behind someone carrying a bomb.
All 125 parking garages in the vicinity of Times Square will be emptied in advance of the celebration and sealed off, so no one has a chance to sneak in a car bomb, police said.
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16 years of "war on terra" was not enough for anybody to figure out we might be doing something wrong.
http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_NEWSBRIEFS/a8c697a6234847ad92f1f244c6d8f193_original.jpg
A pedestrian asks directions from two heavily armed counterterrorism officers stationed in Times Square in New York. New York Police Department officials say that while there are no specific or credible threats against the city, they are promising a bigger security detail than ever before at the New Year’s Eve celebration.
NEW YORK (AP) — Police are promising a bigger security detail than ever before in Times Square for this year’s New Year’s Eve celebration, which will cap off a year that saw a number of deadly attacks, including a vehicle rampage at the very spot where revelers will ring in 2018.
In addition to its usual army of snipers, bag-inspecting officers and metal detectors, the department this year is relying on help from a growing corps of “vapor wake” dogs, which are trained to sniff out trace amounts of explosive particles that trail behind someone carrying a bomb.
All 125 parking garages in the vicinity of Times Square will be emptied in advance of the celebration and sealed off, so no one has a chance to sneak in a car bomb, police said.
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