4,000 Police Needed for G20 Meetings
June 28, 2009 by admin
Filed under Police State
It will be the largest police presence on the streets of Pittsburgh in a generation. Police Chief Nate Harper is hoping to have more than 4,000 officers on hand to provide security for the G-20 summit in September. But Pittsburgh’s own police force has just 877 officers
[Corporate News on G20]
As many as 4,000 police officers needed for G-20 summit
Civil rights groups concerned about size of presence
Sunday, June 28, 2009
By Jerome L. Sherman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
It will be the largest police presence on the streets of Pittsburgh in a generation.
Police Chief Nate Harper is hoping to have more than 4,000 officers on hand to provide security for the G-20 summit in September. But Pittsburgh’s own police force has just 877 officers, meaning planners will have to look to dozens of other law enforcement agencies to put “boots on the ground” Downtown, where leaders from the world’s 20 largest economic powers will gather.
The summit, scheduled for Sept. 24 and 25 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, has attracted huge protests — and clashes with police — in other cities. About 10,000 officers were on duty for the London G-20 meeting in April.
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