all set? good afternoon, everyone. before you start, i want to acknowledge our law enforcement partners. bill sweeney, assistant director in charge of the fbi office in new york. sean benedict from the atf field division. phillip bartlett from the u.s. postal inspector services division. you ll hear from mayor de blasio and bill and from john miller. john will provide you with an update on the suspicious package investigations we re conducting here in new york city. my message today is that new yorkers are safe. there s no current credible threats to any individuals, organizations or locations here in new york city. new yorkers are safe. everyone, all 8.6 million residents and the millions of visitors that come here every
the work of the intelligence bureau detectives under chief galotti who have assisting as a virtual extension of the jttf as information comes in, and the public to the nyc safe number, and we re up 139% in those calls. so when we ask people to come forward, they do it. particularly to the bomb squad detectives and supervisors who whether it s 1:00 in the afternoon or in this case 5:00 in the morning are right there with the right equipment, the right training and know what to do. the emergency service people who drive that truck with the device in the back, the highway people who escort them, and of course all of our partners. postal inspectors, atf, and of course the jttf. it s a large team effort, and we re looking for the continued help of the public.
coverage that is legitimately negative in pursuit of the truth is not biased. joining me now is columnist for the boston globe. and again i m going to make the same apology to you before i get to you because i m now watching i think the nypd commissioner james o neil is at the podium. that s john miller next to him, chief of counter intelligence. james waters is there. i m going to have to ask you to hang out for a second while we listen to this. all set? all right, good afternoon, everyone. before we start i just want to acknowledge our law enforcement partners joining us here today. bill sweeney, assistant director in charge of the new york fbi office, and sean benedict, special agent in charge of atf field division, and philip
to give you a sense of scope just here on the new york jttf agencies ranging from the atf, agency inspection service, the nypd, new york state police and dozens of other federal and state and local agencies are working shoulder to shoulder. i want to thank those partners for their efforts, collaboration and hard work. much of their leadership is in the room with us today. i want to personally thank the hundreds of men and women up the street working on this together. the fbi will continue to focus all the resources at our disposal to identify and apprehend the individual or individuals responsible for these acts. the investigation is still in its early stages. i have said this each time that we have faced similar situations, but it bears repeating today. it is vitally important that we do not inadvertently disclose information that could adversely impact our investigation or a future prosecution. the public understands the need for this level of operational security, and for that reaso
they re free to go where they want. that is my concern, could be dangerous. if you re connecting this we got on this talking about michigan, this is a canadian guy. we have to break in quick here. the fbi holding a press conference on the stabbing of a police officer in flint michigan s airport. we re going live. i d like to introduce the special agent in charge of the detroit division which covers the entire state of michigan. special agent in charge, david gellios. good afternoon. i think you for your patience throughout the day. excuse me to defer to a few notes here. i want to give you as accurate information as i can. we have had a very busy day. i know we ve kept you waiting and we wanted to wait until we had a point to come out here and provide you more information than we might have been able to do had we done this an hour or two ago. so before i start though, i want to say that you all are aware of