identified the person or people responsible for these acts. make no mistake, new york city s intelligence and counter terrorism capabilities are second to none. every day of the year, not just this week, our detectives and analysts are pouring over the threat stream as we proactively deploy our resources around the city as needed. you re seeing that today, too. i ll tell you that when we look at the events of yesterday and today, i have immense pride in the incredible work the men and women of the nypd do every day, especially involves partnering with the organizations represented here today. i ll conclude by reminding everyone that law enforcement professionals don t care about the politics behind these acts. we care about keeping the public we serve safe. that s it, fighting crime and keeping people safe. through the fill and willing partnership of everybody that lives in, works in and visits
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
in terms of tracking, we have 600,000 postal employees looking for these packages. we have found nothing in the last eight hours. what we is what we have. ten parcels. how significant is that it s not really significant. it s working. we have our eyes and ears out there, searching postal facilities, looking for these devices. we haven t found anything in eight hours. have you determined where the packages were mailed from? you don t have to give us the location but not at this time. no. last one. dean. you ve been asking people to call 888 nyc safe, the national hotline. have been been calling the hot
they will be officers in civilian clothes. they will be mixing in with the crowds to detect any suspicious activity. canines, large number of canines will be deployed along the route and counter terrorism officers with their resources and equipment. our aviation helicopters will patrol from above and survey rooftops as well as the route. certainly traffic control agents will have the hard task of keeping traffic moving in the affected areas, as the commissioner said, 8 1/2 million new yorkers, several million other tourists. it s a lot of eyes and ears in our city. if you see something, say something. tell an officer, call 911, or certainly you could call the new york city terrorism hotline 888-nyc safe. we look for it to be a safe and enjoyable sunday.