NY Ramps up Security for Times Square Bash

On December 31, 2011, by Melinda L. Secor

"' Our helicopters will be up in the air and checking the 200-block area around Times Square,' Kelly told the CNN television network on Friday.'Everyone that enters the area will have to go through a magnetometry check.' Horse-mounted police officers, bomb-sniffing dogs and police patrol boats are also part of a security deployment to ensure New Year's Eve passes off without a hitch. 'We have heavy weapons response teams that are in, you know, appropriate locations,' Kelly said."