Boston police will be coming to New York City to learn how to better protect people at big events.
Just over two weeks since the Boston Marathon bombings, Boston police are studying ways to improve security for upcoming events.
Boston’s next major gathering is Independence Day on the Esplanade, where hundreds of thousands go to for an annual fireworks show.
Superintendent Paul Fitzgerald, the chief intelligence official for the Boston Police Department, said Boston police will be coming to New York to learn how the NYPD handles large crowds at high risk events.
“We’re heading to New York City to learn about the Times Square plan that they’ve put in place for New Year’s,” Fitzgerald told WBZ in Boston. “Because clearly, that’s a very high risk event that they run there, but they’re so helpful to us we’re going to go down and see how they run that event.”
Fitzgerald said he is interested in the elaborate partitioning system the NYPD uses to control massive crowds. He said a similar layout could be implemented for future events in Boston.
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