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Selfish SOBTeamWarfare Vet

2011-09-26 14:34

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_NYPD_60_MINUTES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-09-25-19-59-04

"NEW YORK (AP) -- The chief of the New York Police Department says city police could take down a plane if necessary.

Commissioner Ray Kelly tells CBS' "60 Minutes" that after the Sept. 11 attacks, he decided the city couldn't rely on the federal government alone. He set about creating the NYPD's own counter-terrorism unit. He says the department is prepared for multiple scenarios and could even take down a plane.

Kelly didn't divulge details but said "obviously this would be in a very extreme situation."

Other measures include sending NYPD officers abroad, using radiation detectors and creating a network of surveillance cameras in Manhattan.

The interview airs Sunday evening. It comes two weeks after the tenth anniversary of 9/11, when hijackers flew planes into the World Trade Center and Pentagon."

what authority would they have in another country? wtf?
Post edited by Killet at 9/26/2011 2:34:18 PM

samUwell

TeamWarfare VetTWL Contributor

2011-09-26 15:02

i recorded 60 minutes last night but only so i could watch Matt and Trey.

Irrenarzt

Mad scientistTeamWarfare Vet

2011-09-26 15:08

Originally posted by: Killet
what authority would they have in another country? wtf?

Is that what they meant by sending them abroad?

I took it as for training.

Bibimbap

Kimchee!TeamWarfare Vet

2011-09-26 15:32

Well hell, some people say that New York City has SIX boroughs...
the 6th being Israel

~~Snake~~

KERRPOW!TeamWarfare Vet

2011-09-26 16:07

Originally posted by: Bibimbap
Well hell, some people say that New York City has SIX boroughs...
the 6th being Israel

Allen

TeamWarfare VetRetired Admin

2011-09-26 16:39

The NYPD have a better counter terrorism task force than some modern countries.

They usually send them abroad to help with investigations and training. Also to open up cooperation in information sharing with other law enforcement agencies. They go observe other countries to see what they can take from them and implement in NY and vice versa. I've never known one to actually have any authority overseas.

In a terrorist's perfect world, NY is the top target by far. No other city, unless you are trying to send a specific message, even comes close to NY in terms of a perfect target which is why the NYPD have such an advanced counter terrorism unit for a city.

Edit: They also helped train Iraqi and Afghani police forces, at least in supervisory roles. For a while the former NYPD chief was in charge of all the Iraqi police training (though that was a huge failure).
Post edited by Allen at 9/26/2011 4:40:19 PM

Stoneymontana

New ride!TeamWarfare Vet

2011-09-26 17:47

i wasn't aware the word abroad only meant in another country

Allen

TeamWarfare VetRetired Admin

2011-09-26 17:57

CBS News (2009)

Originally posted by: CBS News

...

The source of all those details is Mordecai Dzikansky, a New York City Detective based in Israel one of 10 New York cops stationed overseas. The NYPD calls them its "early warning system."

Asked why the NYPD needs officers overseas, Kelly says, "To ask the New York question. And the New York question is, 'Is there anything, any piece of information that's going to help us better protect this city?'"

When bombs went off on in Madrid two years ago, killing nearly 200 people, the NYPD's man in Israel flew there immediately, met with Spanish police and sent detailed information back to the Big Apple.

"We found out that the terrorist had parked the van a couple blocks away from the station when they were moving their bags from the van into the train station," says Sheehan. "So what we did was we expanded our coverage of stations out a few blocks, and we made adjustments to how we talked to merchants and security people around the systems to tell them what to look for."

....

"So, you think if you learn enough about what happens elsewhere, you can prevent it from happening here?" Bradley asked.

"Absolutely," Cohen replied.

"But things like that, wouldn't that be information that eventually the FBI, the CIA, would have shared with you?" Bradley asked Kelly.

"The key word is 'eventually,'" Kelly replied, laughing. "So we can't wait."

...

So far, the price tag for all that "self-help" has been nearly $1 billion, most of it New York own money. That money has paid for the tightest security blanket in the city's history.

Just to add to what I already said.

Post edited by Allen at 9/26/2011 5:58:19 PM

The_Misfit

Got Rings?TeamWarfare Vet

2011-09-26 20:43

Originally posted by: Allen
The NYPD have a better counter terrorism task force than some modern countries.

They usually send them abroad to help with investigations and training. Also to open up cooperation in information sharing with other law enforcement agencies. They go observe other countries to see what they can take from them and implement in NY and vice versa. I've never known one to actually have any authority overseas.

In a terrorist's perfect world, NY is the top target by far. No other city, unless you are trying to send a specific message, even comes close to NY in terms of a perfect target which is why the NYPD have such an advanced counter terrorism unit for a city.

Edit: They also helped train Iraqi and Afghani police forces, at least in supervisory roles. For a while the former NYPD chief was in charge of all the Iraqi police training (though that was a huge failure).

This. They work along side the CIA and FBI with a JTTF - Joint terrorism task force. This has gone on for quite a while.