Although no specific plot has been identified, revelers this Fourth of July can expect extraordinary security — from expanded patrols and SWAT units to biological weapon response teams and undercover officers mingling with celebratory crowds.
“It’s absolutely not a joke,” said New York police Sgt. Thomas Horvath, who took ABC News on patrol around New York City’s waterways. “The threat is very real. On the day of the [July 4] event, we’re going to put out basically every asset we have.”
And those assets will likely include a boat designed for the NYPD that detects radiation from a nuclear bomb or radiological “dirty” bomb.
Its sophisticated equipment monitors all radiation readings in the area. Any suspicious readings can be instantly sent to the Brookhaven laboratory in Washington D.C. for analysis by nuclear physicists. There are only two such boats in the world.
via WLS 890AM.
