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New York Cops to Get Machine Gun Training

Academy recruits prepare for Mumbai copycat attacks

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 8, 2008 11:53 AM CST
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(Newser) – The New York Police Department is preparing for the possibility of a Mumbai-style terrorist attack on multiple targets by training all 1,000 of its latest recruits to use M4 automatic machine guns, the New York Post reports. The 2,000 officers in the Organized Crime Control Bureau will get the training as well. The new trainees should be ready to wield the weapons by New Year's, the commissioner said.

Currently only the 400 cops in the NYPD's elite Emergency Service Unit are trained to use the M4 automatics. "In the event of multiple terrorist attacks, these other units will be deployed to supplement Emergency Services," an NYPD spokesman tells the Post.

The World Trade Center site, center, is under construction Monday, Sept. 8, 2008 in New York.
The World Trade Center site, center, is under construction Monday, Sept. 8, 2008 in New York.   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
In this July 11, 2005 file photo, a New York City police officer keeps watch on a platform at the Times Square subway station during the evening rush hour.
In this July 11, 2005 file photo, a New York City police officer keeps watch on a platform at the Times Square subway station during the evening rush hour.   (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
A New York City Police officer walks a subway platform, in New York Wednesday Nov. 26, 2008.
A New York City Police officer walks a subway platform, in New York Wednesday Nov. 26, 2008.   (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Shannonals
Dec 10, 2008 2:53 AM CST
Corona_king, for someone is always claiming the, "Left" is taking over and that everyone is Communist, (except you of coruse), your a starnge support of a National Police Force. Is your true RED showing?
Zebraone
Dec 9, 2008 6:08 AM CST
Good Grief! More loose cannons on the deck!

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