“Brain Center” to Protect World Leaders at the UN General Assembly

According to RCO News Agency, this agency (US Secret Service), which has been called into question after the July assassination attempt against Donald Trump, the former US President, is using its multi-layered and multi-agency plan to protect the UN General Assembly, which is an event. It is considered a special national security.

According to Politico, the plan — developed with the NYPD and the United Nations Security and Safety Service, among other agencies — includes not only motorcycles and security details, but also NYPD helicopters and patrol boats, dozens of K- 9 (featuring sniffer dogs) The United Nations searches for explosives, road closures and traffic diversions, and calls in secret service agents from around the world for the event.

The Coast Guard is restricting access to the East River near the United Nations, and the Federal Aviation Administration is closing the airspace. With so many presidents, prime ministers, kings and other dignitaries in one city and under one roof at the same time, the UN General Assembly is a very big event indeed. This is the most complex event the Secret Service deals with each year.

This year’s event comes during a particularly busy period highlighted by the Republican and Democratic conventions and the final weeks of the presidential campaign. Ronald L. After the Secret Service foiled another apparent assassination attempt against Trump in Florida, Acting Director Rowe Jr. said his staff was working hard.

The Associated Press got a rare look at the security arrangements for the United Nations General Assembly, known as the UNGA, including a “brain center” and a joint operations center that allows the Secret Service, the NYPD and other agencies to communicate instantly to root out threats and logistical problems. to do, has had They are also coordinating with foreign security services to protect each of the prominent figures.

Secret Service Special Agent Freeney says the National Security Special Event designation — for special events of national significance — paves the way for interagency planning, communication and cooperation. The Secret Service is in charge, but the NYPD’s counterterrorism operations and other strong operational agencies, and the 300-strong United Nations Security and Safety Service, play key roles.

“We have more than 140 heads of state and heads of state moving through the city,” he said during a tour of the Joint Operations Center, which has space for 10 local and federal agencies, including the FBI and Federal Emergency Management.

“One of the most important things is to get them all here and then move on safely,” Freeney said. Think of it in logistical terms – bringing 140 motorcades through an area at one time.

The Secret Service, the NYPD and the State Department will also operate their own command centers — in Brooklyn, at One Police Plaza in Manhattan and in an adjacent hotel ballroom. The NYPD, the nation’s largest police force, has equipped its joint operations center to give officers real-time, critical information from security cameras, drones and helicopters and other equipment.

The United Nations Security and Safety Service, which is responsible for maintaining the security of the United Nations headquarters, has its command post in the “brain center”. Down a basement hall from the UN’s main operations center, wall-to-wall monitors show live feeds from 1,400 security cameras on the 18-acre headquarters campus. All are recorded and can be reviewed instantly, with automated sounds alerting potential intrusions and emergencies. Computers generate real-time data and photos of each of the more than 22,000 people who pass through security checkpoints each day.

The fire alarm is connected directly to the city’s central dispatch system for immediate response. The command post is manned around the clock by UN security officers in 12-hour shifts while world leaders are in town.

Inspector Malinda McCormack said the goal is to receive, analyze and disseminate information quickly. Security plans for the General Assembly begin to be formed a few months ago. The Secret Service and its partner agencies use past gatherings — this is the 71st — as a blueprint, while making changes based on changing world events such as the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.

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