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August 29, 2004.........9/11/2001 has created a new dynamic in providing safety for New York City, this country and the world at large.
New York City has stepped up to the challenge.  "Hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst" is not good enough anymore.  The Emergency Operations Center in New York, has at present, on the eve of the Republican Convention, 67 agencies represented with a staff of 120 people from various departments, agencies and bureaus. With a bird's eye view of the city, monitoring covert and overt operations, scrutinizing and sharing information in real time, in an effort to stop the worst from happening, by addressing and or responding to any potential problems that they may see or hear.



On one wall is the "Iris" - a nearly ceiling-high network of TV monitors with nine mother screens, which could be divided into scenes from 81 locations simultaneously. There are monitors and computers throughout the facility and each agent is doing his or her job in their specific field of expertise



A Captain with the Office of Logistics of the Congress of the U.S. in D.C., Port Authority, NYPD Counter-Terrorism, USCP, NYPD Intelligence Div., Secret Service, F.B.I., C.I.A., NYS Home Land Security, and numurous other agencies working together to safeguard N.Y.



A Major, assigned to Operation Noble Eagle with the N.E. Air Defense, Amtrack PD, Transit PD, USSS Air & Space, U.S. Coast Guard, a Lt. Commander with the National Guard, and other divisions and sub divisions, along with a civilian contingent - staffers from Con Edison, Verizon and the Manhattan District Attorney's office, all working together, watching for "Hot Spots"

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