Authorities have increased security in New York City in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death by U.S. forces. There are more NYPD officers out and about, as there are additional Port Authority police officers and MTA police officers on alert. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told commands, "While there is no information indicating a specific threat to New York City, members of the service are reminded to remain alert in the aftermath." He also issued a public statement, "While we know of no specific plot against New York now underway, the Police Department is not taking any chances." Well, terrorists do love the Brooklyn Bridge.
The Daily News observed, "Anti-terror squads with assault rifles and bomb-sniffing dogs guarded Grand Central Terminal and Penn Station. Cops and agents from federal, state and local law enforcement agencies did random bag inspections at entrances to the sprawling transit system." And the Port Authority is adding more police to the three local airports and to the bridges, such as the George Washington Bridge.
Richard Sheirer, a former NYC Office of Emergency Management head, told WCBS 880 that his "biggest concern" is that we'll become complacent, "you know, say ‘Oh well. Bin Laden’s gone… It’s the end of Al-Qaida.’ I doubt that.”
