Machine Gun-Toting Officers To Patrol NYC Subway

[katty]

more: http://wcbstv.com/local/machine.guns.subway.2.707398.html

Machine Gun-Toting Officers To Patrol NYC Subway
M4 Carbine Rifles, MP5 Submachine Guns & Bomb Sniffing Dogs Part Of New "Torch Team" Anti-

Magee Hickey NEW YORK (CBS) ― More protection against terrorists is coming to a subway station near you. Starting Thursday, special bomb teams, known as "Torch Teams," will be toting submachine guns and bringing bomb-sniffing dogs onto the platforms and into the trains. CBS 2 HD was out first thing Thursday morning on the lookout for these significant security measure improvements.

It's a first for mass transit in the United States. NYPD officers, armed with rifles, submachine guns, body armor and bomb-sniffing dogs will begin patrolling the city's subway system thanks to a 50 percent increase in a homeland security grant.

[DemocratInSoCal]

1. I Feel Safe Now nt

[katty]

2. o yea, this is just the flexing of the fascist tactic for gen public

[RC]

3. I feel safer now. I'm 1200 miles away.

Yeah, just what we need - A bunch of testosterone with full auto in a crowded tunnel.

[Tejas]

4. $150 million should buy bodyguards for every passenger

I mean, come on, $150,000,000 ????????


$150 million in FEDERAL money on top of the existing $300,000,000?

[Tejas]

5. ......and a sammich too! n/t

[benEzra]

6. Security Theater.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_theater

FWIW, on a previous NYPD antiterrorism team deployment...



Hope the officer doesn't need that rifle. His Aimpoint scope is mounted backwards.