Posted on 12/22/2015 1:13:55 PM PST by SamAdams76
NEW YORK - A "credible threat" has been lodged against New York City, days ahead of Christmas and during an especially busy time of the year when tourists flock to the Big Apple, law enforcement sources told PIX11 News Tuesday.
Top NYPD brass including Commissioner William Bratton held an emergency meeting Tuesday to discuss the threat and their response to it, sources said. Few details were released about the nature of the threat.
A federal law enforcement source said the threat is not specific and could take place in several major U.S. cities.
All New York City police officers received a bulletin Tuesday afternoon outlining the department's tactical plan and warning officers to stay vigilant, according to sources. That internal memo mentioned social media being used as a tactic and that a possible attack could come without warning.
Expect to see increased police presence at iconic locations across multiple boroughs, including Times Square, St. Patrick's Cathedral for Midnight Mass on Thursday, and Barclays Center in Brooklyn, marking the first time a threat has sparked a swell of police presence in a borough other than Manhattan.
Sources said several factors lead them to believe this threat is credible, including the reliability of the source, the nature of the threat and the timing, specifically that the holidays are approaching.
News of a threat against the city comes exactly one week after a menacing email was sent to public school districts in New York and Los Angeles. That "specific" message, which Bratton said contained outlandish threats that mirrored recent episodes of the show "Homeland," sparked the total closure of Los Angeles schools. Officials in New York determined the emailed threat was a hoax.
Still, New York City has been on high alert since the Nov. 13 terror attacks in Paris that killed 130 victims and injured hundreds more in a calculated assault executed by three teams of three assailants each, armed with explosive vests, belts and assault rifles. ISIS took responsibility for the carnage.
After the Paris attack, a video released by the terror group surfaced showing several scenes in New York City, including Times Square, a GAP in Herald Square, T.G.I. Friday's and yellow taxi cabs on city streets.
At the time, Bratton and Mayor Bill de Blasio said there was no new or credible threat against the city but urged residents and visitors alike to be vigilant and report suspicious activity.
Then, on Dec. 2, a married couple unleashed a terror attack at a facility for individuals with developmental disabilities in San Bernardino, Calif., stoking the fear of terror attacks happening on U.S. soil.
Armed with multiple assault rifles, Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik burst into a conference room at Inland Regional Center and opened fire. In all, 14 people were killed, ranging in age from 26 to 60, and 21 victims were hurt. The suspects were shot dead when they tried to take on dozens of police officers as they fled in a black SUV.
FBI investigators said Farook and Malik had been "radicalized for some time" but said they likely were not directed by ISIS to carry out the attack.
Any suspicious behavior should be reported to the nearest police officer, by calling 911 or 1-888-NYC-SAFE.
Tips can also be submitted via the app "See Say," which lets users send a photo or message of any suspicious activity they see to the New York State Intelligence Center. Officials will then review the tip and if it’s a major threat, will call in additional law enforcement.
The app doesn't replace the 911 system, but rather is another way citizens can help prevent a potentially deadly attack.
That’s what Obama said and then head headed as far away and still be in USA as he could go
Stay clear of gun free zones. Fort Apache may be the safest place in New York based on that criteria.
Obama says ISIS, the JV Team, is contained.
It’s the annual overtime threat.
It’s credible but they don’t know who, what, where, when or how.
Or they know and they aren't saying.
Sad.......that we Americans have to live in fear every day!!! Folks of USA you got exactly what you voted for, except it is not the Obama, “Hope & Change” that you hoped for. I pray for all our children, not the parents that put them in this frightening environmnt!!! Vote for Donald Trump to become POTUS, in Novmber, 2016!!! Obama needs to retire with his family into the cesspool of forever obscurity!!!
Then, on Dec. 2, a married couple unleashed a terror attack at a facility for individuals with developmental disabilities in San Bernardino, Calif., stoking the fear of terror attacks happening on U.S. soil.
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They were a Muslim couple.
Muslim! Muslim! Muslim!
He sure did. That must have been the “go” signal.
If you are in a gun free zone, get out.
Friend of mine is a NYC cop....walks Time Square.
NYC HAD a good track record. Wilhelm aka DiBlasio has been hacking away at protection to protect his friends the ferals.
Bet the rent, it's only a matter of time.
——New York City has been on high alert since the Nov. 13 -——
Reminiscent of December 7 1941 and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor where some dropped their guard after being on alert so much
Good lord, you are a conservative and you live in NYC? My condolences! Well Mr. DeBlasio only last month refused to put informants back in Mosques so there goes THAT tactic by the NYPD. It just seems ever since this guy took office he seems hellbent on making sure another terror attack happens, every month it seems I read yet another thing that this idiot does to hinder the NYPDs terror task force. Plus how is planting informants in a Mosque “violating constitutional rights”? A cop can’t go to a Mosque? I go to church, it wouldn’t bother me in the least if a cop was there. Just because he won’t tell me he is a cop, that means he is “violating my constitutional rights”? Ridiculous. France just closed down a ton of Mosques they found were harboring radicals, and this idiot is making some lame excuse for them? At what cost? The cost of lives.
http://nypost.com/2015/11/20/de-blasio-wont-put-informants-back-in-mosques/
Be on the lookout for white guys in a white van.
See something
Say something
Have it be a hoax
And some Millennal captures you on their iPhone
Get accused of islamaphobia
See your life destroyed via social media
The tactic needed is to stop Muslims and those from Islamic countries from entering in the first place. Allowing them in, and then attempting to put them under surveillance is really stupid. Those currently here will simply attack when they’re ready to. Unfortunately LE won’t be able to stop them.
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