The police Department of new York city tightens security ahead of the thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.
So, around Madison Square Garden and Barclays Center during the holidays will be on duty specially trained officers.
They have already completed two weeks of training, are familiar with the surroundings (as selected local areas) and are designed to respond rapidly to any terrorist threat. All officers armed with semiautomatic rifles Colt M4 Commando, reports CBS.
In addition, in the coming year, such patrols will be on duty at the stadium Yankee, Citi Field and other outdoor summer venues in new York. According to the New York Post, the decision was made by the Commissioner of police James O’neill after the tragedy at the Manchester Arena in England, where in may a suicide bomber killed 22 people.
The security measures, no doubt connected with the Manhattan attack on 31 October, when a migrant from Uzbekistan , Saipov Saifulla in a rented truck drove on the bike path, killing eight people.
