NEW YORK—Authorities stepped up security throughout New York City on March 22 after explosions in the Belgian capital of Brussels killed at least two dozen people in the airport and the subway.
There is no known threat against New York City, but the department deployed hundreds of additional counterterrorism officers to transit hubs around the city “out of an abundance of caution.”
“This was an all-out effort that is part of the normal drumbeat of trying to manage the threat stream in New York City,” said John Miller, the New York Police Department’s deputy commissioner for counterintelligence.
Police have specialized counterterrorism officers working with heavy weapons teams, specialized dog teams that can detect suicide vests and officers with portable radiation detection devices deployed around the city.
