Super Bowl Security Tightens Ahead Of NFL Finale

By Hannah Thomas-Peter, New York Correspondent

Security officials responsible for public safety at the Super Bowl in New Jersey have planned for a range of possible incidents, from a lone-wolf assault to a nuclear or biological attack.

In a briefing, officials said that the recent terror attacks in Russia in the run up to the Sochi Olympics were a "concern", and something that they had been watching closely.

New NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton insisted that no credible or specific threats had been made against the NFL season finale, which is due to start at 6.30pm local time on Sunday.

But Mr Bratton urged the public to be alert, using a phrase commonly heard by New Yorkers following the September 11 terror attacks.

He said: "If you see something, say something."

NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton asked the public to stay alert

Since the weekend, experts from 100 local, state and federal agencies have been manning a security centre underneath at the MetLife stadium in New Jersey.

A federal command centre is also now operational.

The area around the stadium complex has been locked down, and any vehicle arriving there has to go through thermal imaging.

The NYPD and New Jersey police, as well as the FBI, Homeland Security personnel and other agencies, have brought in hundreds of extra men and women to patrol the streets of New York, New Jersey and the transport hubs that will serve the stadium.

Around 700 state troopers will be deployed to the complex, and the NYPD is using bomb sniffing dogs, surveillance cameras and behavioural experts to detect potential trouble along the "Super Bowl Boulevard" street fair in Manhattan.

This is the first Super Bowl that is dependent on mass transit to shuttle most of the expected 80,000 fans and 10,000 workers to the game.

When people arrive at the stadium to watch the Denver Broncos take on the Seattle Seahawks they will be subjected to airport-style security.

The National Football League has banned large bags of any kind, as well as containers such as aerosol cans and bottles.

Officials are asking spectators to put possessions in clear plastic or vinyl bags.

Fans will enter through metal detectors and may receive pat downs.

NFL chief security officer Jeffrey Miller said that the level of cooperation between agencies involved was "unprecedented" and officials had prepared for anything.

He said: "You just don't know what you might face on game day."

:: Watch Sky News live on television, on Sky channel 501, Virgin Media channel 602, Freeview channel 82 and Freesat channel 202.

Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang

Super Bowl Security Tightens Ahead Of NFL Finale

Dengan url

http://anterinjemput.blogspot.com/2014/01/super-bowl-security-tightens-ahead-of.html

Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya

Super Bowl Security Tightens Ahead Of NFL Finale

namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link

Super Bowl Security Tightens Ahead Of NFL Finale

sebagai sumbernya