NYPD, Secret Service: Unprecedented Pope Security
Protection For Papal Visit Will Be Like U.N. General Assembly, Parade And Presidential Visit Rolled Into 1
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NEW YORK (CBS) ?
The NYPD is pulling out all the stops to protect Pope Benedict XVI
during his visit to New York next week. From rooftop snipers to
hovering helicopters, it will all resemble the security operations used
to protect the president.
It's
an operation that will involve virtually the entire New York City
Police Department. And if you're trying to move around Manhattan when
the pope is here, it will affect you, too.
It begins for us
next Friday with the papal arrival and a speech at the United Nations
right at the start of the business day. As a city, this is when we'll
feel the biggest traffic impact because the pope will leave the U.N.
and visit both the Park East Synagogue on 67th Street and Fifth Avenue,
and St. Joseph's Church on East 87th before retiring to the papal
residence on 72nd Street. It will be like several things we've seen
before.
- Ken Russell's blog
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