NYPD Increase Security at NYC Hotels After Jakarta Bombings
July 18, 2009 by national
Filed under Incident Reports
Following fatal explosions at Western targets in Jakarta, Indonesia last night, NYPD officers have been deployed to major New York City hotels to provide increased security in the aftermath of the bombings.
The NYPD said today that immediately after the explosions, marked NYPD “critical response vehicles” arrived at dozens of New York hotels, including the Marriott and Ritz Carlton the targets in Jakarta.
Police Commission Raymond W. Kelly said that while New York has not received a similar threat, standard practice requires “such precautions and to brief security directors in New York of what we learn.”
