For two hours on Wednesday, Times Square morphed into a militarized zone as the police swarmed an unoccupied van with blacked out windows and no license plates parked in an area set aside for Thursday’s New Year’s Eve celebration.
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''Officials said that nothing harmful was found in the van. But the scare illustrated the challenges for local, state and federal law enforcement agencies as they confront an array of security concerns when revelers flood the streets Thursday to ring in 2010.
To prepare for the festivities, thousands of police officers, including 250 rookies, will descend on Times Square , said Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly.
The police have been in a “heightened security posture,” since 9/11, said Paul J. Browne, the Police Department’s chief spokesman, adding that security for each New Year’s celebration has been robust. But, he said, each year the plan is tweaked, “so it’s not totally predictable.”
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