NFL and law enforcement: No credible threat to Super Bowl 50
January 29, 2016: Security members walk with dogs through a main entryway to the NFL Experience during a preview tour of Super Bowl 50 official fan attractions in San Francisco. “The world situation, the threat picture, is different every February”. On Wednesday, federal, state and local law enforcement met with the media to convince the public that they are protected and to ask for their help.
Peel – the smart remote technology maker with 140 million users who generate 10 billion commands per month – released data ahead of Super Bowl 50 showing that TV advertisers whose ads show earlier in games are reaching more viewers than advertisers whose ads show in the second half.
“Tom Brady brought the best out of us”, Tuck said on NFL Network’s “NFL Total Access”.
Johnson and other officials who addressed reporters were tight-lipped on how the details of Super Bowl security plans might differ from previous years in response to the attacks in the French capital, and to a shooting rampage in December in San Bernardino, Southern California. So, we try to anticipate things that can happen from multiple different directions.
He said he had been in contact with his anti-terrorism counterparts in France since a series of attacks there, but intelligence agencies were aware of no credible threats to the Super Bowl.
There is “no credible threat” to the area at this time, according to Michele Ernst, a spokeswoman for the FBI San Francisco Field Office, but members of the public attending Super Bowl week events should expect to see a visible FBI presence.
“They’re prohibited even to possess one in the parking area, for a regular game, then secondly we have a temporary flight restriction in place at all National Football League stadiums for all of our games”, Miller said. “So, that’s an aircraft”.
Johnson said Homeland Security has provided magnetometer training for employees at the stadium, extra TSA agents at the airports, cycling teams at transportation hubs, helicopter & maritime support, assistance with security at several venues, aerial support at the stadium and other personnel.
“We have teams that will be assessing any biological, nuclear or radiological threats deployed on the area”, said California National Guard Major General David Baldwin. “That means we need more resources than previous games”.
Outside of passes from two of the NFL’s biggest playmakers, not much else should be flying around Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on Superbowl Sunday, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
On one hand are homeless advocates who say police and street cleaners are shoving the homeless out of view so the moneyed tourists pouring into town won’t have to see them.