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| Monday, September 17 Strict parking screening, more police among measures Associated Press |
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NEW YORK -- The NFL has implemented the tightest security measures since the 1991 playoffs and Super Bowl during the Gulf War.
"The commissioner has decided that security is top priority," Milt Ahlerich, the senior director of security, said Monday.
In a memo sent to all teams, Ahlerich outlined a series of security measures that will take effect this Sunday and remain in effect indefinitely.
The league is set to resume play after calling off the second weekend of the season after the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
The measures include:
Credentialed media also will be asked to show picture IDs before admission, and players will be checked before boarding charter flights.
Ahlerich and other league officials have spent the past week communicating with local authorities, the FBI, the FAA and team security officials. The league also has security contractors in all league cities who will work with team officials.
Ahlerich, a former FBI executive, heads a general security committee that also includes Lew Merletti, a former head of the Secret Service who now heads stadium operations and security for the Cleveland Browns.
There also will be a large increase in the number of uniformed police at games.
"It depends on geography," Ahlerich said. "Some places will need more than others. But it has to be adequate-plus." |
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