Keeping safe public transport systems requires well-trained personnel in the field who seek to protect them from harm, Napolitano said after the announcement at the Grand Central Station in Manhattan, where daily spend more than half million people.
Napolitano's announcement, for which the city may spend about 125 more police officers to monitor its vast system of subway and buses came a day after that Washington, the Justice Department announced that New York was out of a special plan to increase security in the streets of the country.
That decision raised controversy in the Big Apple, where they maintain high levels of security that is now the city has recently become one of the top priorities of the municipal authorities.
Aid announced Wednesday is part of a game money that will create jobs of critical importance to law enforcement nationwide to help prevent terrorist attacks, said Napolitano.
The Police Department has done an incredible job the safety of our trains and buses, but we could always use more resources because New York remains a prime target for terrorists, said New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who accompanied the announcement during Neapolitan.
The mayor, who a day earlier had criticized the decision by Washington, was pleased because the Department of Homeland Security recognizes the work of the police and prove the wisdom of giving public money to an organization with a resume full of success.
Terrorist attacks that have suffered the public transport systems of Moscow, Madrid, Mumbai and London demonstrate the vulnerability of these systems, which are attractive to terrorists, he said, for its part, the head of the Police Department of New York, Raymond Kelly.
Kelly recalled that for this reason, authorities in New York carried out preventive measures, the random searches that the police made in packages that carry passengers at various stations.
These efforts mean the use of many players, so today's announcement is very welcome , said the head of the New York police.
neapolitan also gave a talk today at the Council on Foreign Relations of New York, where he outlined his vision for fighting terrorism in the digital age and called the authorities to educate and involve more citizens in the fence to terrorism.
Has the U.S. all it can to educate and involve the people in this fight? The answer is no, said Secretary of Homeland Security, who face the threat of terrorism is not only an effort to be made by one agency or element of society.
He also stressed that federal and local authorities should increase their cooperation in security matters, cooperation should also be fluent with the governments of other countries.
Neapolitan Wednesday also visited the zero zone in Manhattan, where the sun until the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 were the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. EFE
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