NYPD Counterterrorism Unit Ramps Up For Popes Visit To New York

April 15, 2008

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As one might imagine, security is extremely tight in both Washington D.C. and New York City. With Pope Benedict XVI’s much-anticipated landing Tuesday at Maryland’s Andrews Air Force Base, the NYPD has already begun beefing up its police presence underground.

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Over the course of the pontiff’s three-day visit, the NYPD will have round-the-clock coverage of high-profile MTA stops starting as soon as the pope arrives in the city. Officers will take a peek inside every train that comes through the station.

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Besides watching closely what’s happening below the city streets, the NYPD will be watching closely what’s happening on the streets. Police will be using hand-held sensors to check for radiation and chemical presence under trucks and vehicles, and random spot checks will be executed at many busy city intersections.

Needless to say, the NYPD counterterrorism unit is ramping up. The mobile radiation detection unit has 360-degree capability, and will be located all over the city, watching cars as they go past “choke points.”

“It’s extremely sensitive, not sensitive to the point where we are going to inconvenience people, but we will know when something is there,” Counterterrorism Unit Inspector Brendan Sheerin said of the radiation detector. “Every day we will move this. Twice a day, in the morning and the afternoon to different locations.”

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