Wed, Sep 28, 2011
Police Commissioner Says He Could 'Take Down A Plane'
Anyone who's traveled on the airlines since 9/11 has seen
evidence of the federal response to the terrorist attacks. But few
may know the extent of the response by New York City itself, on a
local level, to prepare for future attacks. In Sunday night's
episode of the CBS news magazine 60 Minutes, New York City Police
Commissioner Ray Kelly (pictured during broadcast) said
the city's own counter-terrorism force even has the ability to take
down a plane, if necessary.
Talking with CBS Correspondent Scott Pelley, Kelly added,
"obviously this would be in a very extreme situation."
Kelly is a former Marine who says he was asked to come out of
retirement following the 9/11 attacks, and decided the city
couldn't rely on the federal government alone. Now, ten years and
billions of dollars later, he tells CBS the city has created "the
most powerful and technologically advanced counter-terrorism bureau
that anyone has ever seen."
Kelly explained the risks. "We're the number one target in this
country. That's the consensus of the intelligence community. We're
the communications capital. We're the financial capital. We're a
city that's been attacked twice successfully. We've had 13
terrorist plots against the city since September 11. No other city
has had that."
Kelly revealed that his department is equipped with radiation
detectors deployed in a boat, land vehicles, and even on the gun
belts of individual officers, to be used as a tool in detecting a
so-called "dirty bomb." He notes the devices are so sensitive they
can be set off by passersby who've had certain medical
procedures.
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