What you should know
- New York City Police will deploy vehicles to block, miles of steel barricades, concrete-filled sanitation trucks, and heavy-duty counter-terrorism teams to try to ensure this year’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is safe, Department officials said.
- The deployment of blocking cars, sanitation trucks and concrete barriers is not a response to the tragic deadly incident in Wisconsin last weekend, but serves as a means to prevent a similar act.
- There are no credible or specific threats for the day of the parade this year. The event will welcome viewers after it was held virtually in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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New York City Police will deploy vehicles to block, miles of steel barricades, concrete-filled sanitation trucks and anti-terrorist heavy weapons teams to ensure this year’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is safe, the officials said. department officials.
Part of that plan includes nearly 360,000 pounds of concrete barriers, the familiar white concrete blocks with blue “NYPD” letters, deployed along the route to prevent vehicle ramming attacks.
The deployment of blocking cars, sanitation trucks and concrete barriers is not a response to the tragic deadly incident in Wisconsin last weekend, but serves as a means to prevent a similar act.
The New York City Police Department has been deploying these low-tech deterrents for the past 5 years, particularly after ISIS began conducting vehicle ramming attacks.
There are no credible or specific threats for the day of the parade this year. The event will welcome viewers after it was held virtually in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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