Security Plan
Happy Hooligan
Posted on 12/29/2023 7:12:56 PM PST by Libloather
NEW YORK -- The NYPD and FBI are preparing to secure Times Square for the hundreds of thousands of visitors expected at Sunday's New Year's Eve celebration.
Police will set up a perimeter from Sixth Avenue to Eighth and from 41st Street to 57th. Officers will check people entering the zone, in part to make sure they're not bringing backpacks, duffel bags or alcohol.
The NYPD is also preparing for protests like the one near the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting in November.
"Those who want to peacefully protest, they have the right to do so. But you're not going to do it at the expense of disrupting those who are coming here to peacefully bring in the new year," said Mayor Eric Adams.
Police have been dealing with more protests than usual this year. There have been more than 450 protests in New York City since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
"We're prepared for them at any number. We're prepared for different groups from different places, and we will make sure this event stays safe and peaceful," said NYPD Intelligence Division Commanding Officer John Hart.
The FBI said it received an influx of tips about potential threats since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, but investigators said there were no credible threats to New York City.
On New Year's Eve, agents at the FBI's New York office will be watching cameras for any potential dangers.
"There's been thousands more threats being reported. So that means we have even more threats that we have to look at, so we adjust to that. We bring in other resources to track down or to investigate these threats to see if they're legitimate," said James Smith, assistant agent in charge at the FBI's New York office.
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>> “We’re prepared for them at any number.”
Ha ha hahaha. Bullshiite. NYPD has been depleted by wokethink.
They have been doing this for years .
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Someone needs to show up with a large barrel of bacon bits
Ray Epps going to be there?
New York Police can’t protect people riding the subways...
That's a change of tune. He's always been happy to have them disrupt everybody as frequently as possible on every possible occasion. Why the change of heart? Maybe the Dems are looking forward to Nov 2024 and have suddenly become the party of law & order? At least for a few months.
I don’t work in NYC anymore, but when I did “Spend New Years Eve in Times Square” was #1 on the list of “New York Things New Yorkers NEVER Do.”
The pile of cash required to get me to stand in Times Square for 12 straight hours wearing Depends is ginormous.
Is it still OK to mass loot all the expensive stores?
Might not be the best place to be making a bunch of drunk NYers mad.
I have zero interest being in Times Square on New Year’s Eve. And during any of the other days of the year.
A nice roast honey 🍯 ham would would work well too.
I personally have no desire to even set foot in New York City right now.
It’s DEFINITELY not!
National Guard - Zero Tolerance would be my advice.
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