NYPD seeks security at ground zero site
- added March 28, 2008
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Since Sept. 11, 2001, turf wars have flared up between city police and the state-run police force in charge of ground zero security. In recent weeks, the skirmish has heated up.
The city's police department has proposed taking the lead on security at the site, which is owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, an agency run by the governors of those states. The New York Police Department's chief concern, officials say, is the risk of truck bomb attacks, particularly at three office towers to be built along reconstructed city streets.
"We have what they have," said Gus Danese, president of the Port Authority's police union. "We have the joint terrorist task force. We have a response team. We have emergency services. We have an aviation unit. We have canines, bomb detection dogs."
The city's police department has proposed taking the lead on security at the site, which is owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, an agency run by the governors of those states. The New York Police Department's chief concern, officials say, is the risk of truck bomb attacks, particularly at three office towers to be built along reconstructed city streets.
"We have what they have," said Gus Danese, president of the Port Authority's police union. "We have the joint terrorist task force. We have a response team. We have emergency services. We have an aviation unit. We have canines, bomb detection dogs."
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