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U.S. Cities Plan Security at Political Conventions
The national Republican and Democratic conventions, scheduled to be held this summer in New York City and Boston respectively, are set to have some of the tightest security ever seen for such events, Cox News Service reported yesterday. A partial list of costs for New York police includes special crowd-control barriers to encircle Madison Square Garden; a television monitoring system; 300 motor scooters; 15 vans; and monitoring devices to detect nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. Officers already have begun training to deal with WMD attacks and strikes against mass transit The estimated price for security at the Republican convention has reached $76 million, according to the latest estimates. The city will pay at least two-thirds of the cost, with the federal government contributing $25 million. The total estimated bill for the Democratic convention is at $40 million, with the federal government contributing the same amount as toward the Republican event. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge has said that the conventions are on a short list of potential high-profile terrorist targets this year (David Ho, Cox News Service/Salt Lake Tribune, May 23).
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