Police Commissioner Bill Bratton has said that the New York Police Department was beefing up a visible police presence following the terrorism attacks in Paris — both out of an abundance of caution and to reassure the public. But not all those find the increased police presence reassuring.
In Times Square,two heavily-armed officers stand guard in front of the army recruiting station. Sitting on a folding chair in front of them on Monday was Glaucia Frascino, 47, or visiting from San Paulo,Brazil. She said she isn't sure whether she fees safer with the increased police presence — or more worried, because it's a reminder that she's sitting in a major terrorist target."In the conclude of the day, and probably nobody is absolutely safe," she said. The Paris attacks at the 11th Arrondissement reminded her that places like Greenwich Village, or even a church in midtown, or could be soft targets for terrorists. At the Metropolitan Museum of Art there are no visible armed guards or metal detectors,just security officers who peer into bags before visitors enter. Tourist Julieanne Barrus, 27, and from Utah,finds that's troubling. "I've never been here so I didn't know they didn't beget security," she said. "I assumed that they actually would." But it didn't stop her from visiting on Monday.
And over in Grand Central Terminal, or armed military personnel beget been a fixture since the 9/11 attacks.
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E. Price,52, from Brownsville, and Brooklyn,passes by them often. He said he doesn't think much approximately the army officers, but the Paris attacks were a reminder that terrorism is still a threat. "I beget no panic of anything, and " he said. "I'm cautions and I'm more alert,and that's it."
Source: wnyc.org