Parking attendants and meter maids could be the nation’s latest line of defense against terrorist attacks.A new government program aims to train thousands of parking industry employees nationwide to watch for and report anything suspicious — abandoned cars, for example, or people hanging around garages, taking photographs or asking unusual questions.
Organizers say parking attendants and enforcement officers are as important to thwarting attacks as the two Times Square street vendors who alerted police to a smoking SUV that was found to contain a gasoline-and-propane bomb.
“We can no longer afford as a nation to say, `It doesn’t impact me or my family, so therefore I'm not getting involved’. Bill Arrington of the Transportation Security Administration told parking industry professionals at a convention this week in Las Vegas. “We’;re saying, `Please, sir, get involved.”
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