Thread: In Unprecedented Move, NYPD Setting Up Security for President-Elect in NYC

Tom Winter 43 mins ago Nov 9, 2016

In Unprecedented Move, NYPD Setting Up Security for President-Elect in NYC

The New York Police Department is setting up security for a President-elect in New York City for the first time in the department's 171-year-old history.

"We are assisting the Secret Service with security measures for the President-elect," a NYPD spokesperson said.

Barricades and a mobile command post were spotted by a NBC News photojournalist being put into place at Trump Tower where Trump lives. The tower, which houses Trump's residence, has already been unofficially dubbed "White House North" by some.

While Trump's security protection is handled by the U.S. Secret Service, the manpower of the NYPD and the possibility of crowds wanting to visit the tower or protesting its most famous resident means both agencies will need to work hand-in-hand.

The NYPD will likely release more information in the near future on what restrictions may be put into place for pedestrian and vehicular traffic near the Trump Tower.

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Thank you NYPD!! Thank you very very much!! Please take good care of our new President!! He and his family are precious, please protect them.

Thank you! We are a Nation of Law and Order!!

Thanks to the New Yorkers who over the last few decades made their city a much safer one! Where the police are not spread to thin to address people's issues. This should be a model for other cities (are ya listening Central America?) where they don't feel they can make headway over the crime.

Wasn't Theodore Roosevelt the last New Yorker to become President?