The NY State Police and the National Guard have also been in contact with federal officials as well as local law enforcement partners, including the NY City Police Department, following the attacks in Paris.
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The NY City Police Department (NYPD) has beefed up security around NY City and, in particular, at the French consulate as the deadly attacks in Paris have left at least 158 dead with as many as 100 others taken hostage.
Extra NYPD officers have been dispatched to crowded areas around the city, as well as to French government locations “to provide police presence and public reassurance as we follow the developing situation overseas”, according to an NYPD statement.
Police in Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia said although there were no known threat to their cities, they were taking precautions including adding extra patrols.
BBC News reported eight attackers dead as more than 1,500 French military descended upon Paris in the overnight hours. The governor said the act shows NY stands with the people of France.
Law-enforcement officials and transportation agencies in the NY metropolitan area stepped up security measures over the weekend in the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks. “We believe this…is isolated to Paris”.
Police are seen outside a cafe-restaurant in Paris tonight.
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday that he has directed state agencies to be on a heightened state of alert.
Amtrak, the US passenger train service, said it was monitoring the events in Paris but said there were no specific or credible threats against it.
Counterterrorism officers and other police would be deployed throughout the city because the NYPD “must rededicate ourselves to the mission of keeping this city and her people safe”, Bratton wrote in the message.
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– Pervaiz Shallwani and Vanessa O’Connell contributed to this article.
