Thursday, January 30, 2014

Super Bowl Security Is Ratching Up

Homeland Security Details Super Bowl Safety Plan -- CNN

More air marshals and behavioral detection officers, radiological detection teams and random baggage checks at transit hubs are among the security measures the federal Homeland Security Department will deploy in the next few days to help local police in New Jersey and New York secure the Super Bowl.

The game will be played at Met Life Stadium in New Jersey’s Meadowlands area just outside New York City. The stadium’s location near a major airport and busy commuter train lines presents security challenges. Unlike audiences for other championship games, spectators of Super Bowl XLVIII will rely heavily on mass transit.

Homeland Security officials say that federal agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation will deploy hundreds of employees to help New Jersey and New York police secure what’s been officially designated “an event of national significance.”

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Update #1: Federal security forces at the Super Bowl -- FOX
Update #2: Super Bowl Preparations Include Air Defense Exercise -- US Department of Defense

My Comment: They are preparing for the worst.

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