Plenty of blue sky tonight. So the fireworks might be visible, which you know is not always a sure thing on new years or for that matter on the 4th of july when they light up the sky here. Sometimes it lights up the insides of the clouds. Stay tuned. Were going to bring you the craziness coming up in our later newscast. Reporting live, joe vazquez, kpix 5. Thank you, joe. Heres a live look at times square in new york. The annual crystal ball drop happens in less than three hours, at midnight eastern time. Security is tight. Everyone who goes into times square must be scanned with metal detectors. Police have deployed teams of rooftop snipers and dogs that can detect explosive particles after two recent terrorist attacks in the city. Thats not the only concern. Could be one of the coldest celebrations on record. The temperature at midnight in new york will be about 13 degrees and with the wind chill it will feel like 1 below. Back in the bay area, its not bad at all. We will actually wi
Own firsthand experience even something as basic as emergency radios working can still be a problem in a terror attack. I can tell you as a former commander of the s. W. A. T. Team and we would do operations in and around the hilly areas of the city which are most of the city, you have problems. Its tough to communicate. That is the achilles heel for any kind of operations. But not all challenges are technical. Theres also the issue of how to control the soft targets like a crowd leaving a big events. When youre in a situation where youre dealing with a large group of people, its more difficult. Reporter beefing up security after manchester events . We do threat assessments an outline events. Reporter there are challenges. For example, shortly after donald trump became president , San Francisco police opted out of the Fbi Joint Terrorism Task force. There were some concerns from various members in the community on our policies and our participation. Reporter what was the concern . Firs
PLUMSTEAD TWP. – As always, the effort was there from the New Egypt High softball team, but the problem was solving Haddon Township’s Jordan Strauss in the circle.The two sectional champs squared off in a state semifinal in New Egypt and behind the domination of Strauss Haddon Twp. blanked the Warriors, 6-0, to advance to […]
NEW EGYPT — It’s now three Central Jersey Group I sectional championships in a row for the New Egypt softball team.The latest came on Saturday afternoon as New Egypt easily defeated Middlesex. 9-3, in the sectional title game.Next up New Egypt will be a state semifinal home game on Tuesday against South Jersey champion Haddon […]