Washington, DC has implemented heightened security features in and around executive buildings to protect global leaders visiting the society’s capital for the 2024 NATO summit from potential criminal blackmail.
Parts of the city have been fenced, barricaded and highways closed. Murders and carjackings have decreased so far in 2024, but violent crime has increased in the capital over the past few years and left-wing society has become a major factor in the capital.
Mike Worden, former confidential career agent and founder and CEO of the security company Poodle Woodland Crew, says that Washington, D.C. is probably the best-equipped city in the United States to take care of security for a world tournament, because the capital has an arena. City and federal businesses that take care of each local crime and coordinated blackmail.
“With Washington, D.C., you have so many different local and federal law enforcement agencies. It’s really not like any other place in the world. … You have the U.S. Capitol Police, you have the U.S. Marshals. You have Metro Police for the city of Washington,” he instructed Fox Information Virtual.
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Equipment from Nationwide Cover is being deployed to Washington, D.C., to help secure the NATO summit in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Leyden/Nurfoto)
Vardon, who helped plan security for the NATO summit in Chicago in 2021, said the summit would be designated as the National Special Security Summit (NSSE), which aims to strengthen security, security and crisis control for development. Comes to three major federal agencies responsible for. , They come with the Business Confidential Carrier, the FBI and the Federal Disaster Control Company.
“In my experience, I think Washington, D.C., is better equipped to handle this scale than any other city in the world with respect to NSSE classification,” he told Fox Information Virtual.
Representatives from 32 other countries, including former participants Finland and Sweden, will gather in Washington, DC between Wednesday and Friday to celebrate NATO’s 75th anniversary. Physical security in the city includes fencing, barricades, specific ID badge testing and stopping armed forces vehicles from entering positive streets.
NATO leaders pose for a public photo during NATO’s 75th annual birthday celebration at Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC, on July 9, 2024. (Saul Loeb/AFP)
“There are 30 countries in NATO and all those heads of state are protected by the Secret Service,” Vardon defined. “We actually provide a prestigious protective detail to the visiting head of state. Also – this applies to Washington, D.C. – you have TFRs, which are temporary flight restrictions, and … you have water But the Coast Guard is there.”
Former Washington, D.C., homicide detective and Fox News contributor Ted Williams called the increased security features at this time “a small inconvenience necessary to keep world leaders visiting D.C. safe.”
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Equipment from Nationwide Cover is being deployed to Washington, D.C., to help secure the NATO summit in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Leyden/Nurfoto)
“The last thing we need is an international incident that embarrasses our country hosting a NATO conference here in the District of Columbia,” Williams told Fox Information Virtual.
Worden defined that “intelligence is a major component” in assessing chance during the peak of age-related crime. “Based on the intelligence, they are going to come up with a risk profile. Depending on the risk profile, they may ask for additional assets such as the National Guard or more manpower or stricter flight restrictions. This is intelligence-driven.”
Washington, DC’s Metro 2024 Closes on NATO Top. (MPD)
Highway 2024 in Washington, DC is closed at NATO Top. (MPD)
He said the “emerging threat” that has recently been “top of mind” for many security officials is demonstrations, particularly those related to the fighting between Israel and Hamas, in addition to Ukraine and Russia.
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Ukrainians and supporters participate in a team spirit demonstration for Ukraine in front of the Washington Monument during the 75th NATO summit in Washington, DC, on July 9. (Beta Zorzel/Nurfoto)
Williams said law enforcement downtown would be “prepared” for demonstrations that could turn violent, noting that the unprecedented barricade in Washington, D.C., comes after the insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
The increased security also comes as the Metropolitan Police Segment (MPD) works to curb juvenile delinquency. Recently, the police department implemented a freshman year curfew that will last through August, meaning juniors will face disciplinary consequences if they are found outside and unsupervised between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m. for the next two months. have to do it.
Map Displays a map of NATO participants. (Fox Information)
Williams said that while age curfews are not common in Washington, D.C., the MPD has experienced staffing shortages over the years, which may make it difficult for the branch to enforce the curfew.
Williams noted, “There is a lack of law enforcement not just in Washington, D.C., but across the country… and that’s going to be one of the toughest problems… because there are so many exceptions to the D.C. curfew.” “For example, individuals under the age of 17 may remain outside with their parents or guardians during the curfew. Youth are allowed to remain in front of their homes during the curfew, not outside. In violation… youth are allowed to travel to and from work during the curfew.”
The skyline of Washington, D.C., including the U.S. Capitol Building, the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, and the National Mall, is noticeable from the air on January 29, 2010. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
A large proportion of legal suspects involved in positive violent crimes such as carjacking are teenagers. The curfew aims to curb the number of youth staying out of school over the summer.
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Williams noted, “But curfews can work when they can be enforced. As it is right now, it may be more smoke and mirrors than reality because you are limited in the number of law enforcement officers that can There are also times on the road.” , “And when you think about a law enforcement officer who has to deal with street crime in particular and also try to enforce a curfew, it’s an impossible task.”
According to MPD statistics, violent and family crime has been on the decline in Washington, D.C. for some time now, with crime in the capital down 17%.
