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What Is Being Done to Protect Fans, Players at Super Bowl?
Aired January 26, 2003 - 07:48 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CHARLES MOLINEAUX, CNN ANCHOR: They're rocking and rolling in San Diego. And the fireworks are going, too.
Of course, Super Bowl XXXVII is just a few hours away. Tens of thousands of people have been streaming into San Diego, those trendy Gas Lamp area over the weekend for the big event. The game always means a huge party for the host city. A case in point, right? And it also means a lot of security.
Steven Miller of CNN affiliate KUSI brings us some of the behind the scenes efforts to protect you fans and party goers.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
STEVEN MILLER, KUSI CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The watching is going on, morning, noon and night at the secret location of the San Diego police department's operations center. All of San Diego's Super Bowl related events, parties, and activities are being monitored here.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We have cameras throughout the city in key locations. Obviously, the stadium, the downtown area, and a number of other areas where we are monitoring the type of traffic, the type of pedestrian flow that we have. And should it become necessary, if an incident we become aware of in certain locations, we could monitor what is going on.
MILLER: Officers can follow what's going on from cameras. Other officers and individuals monitoring potential hot spots. The information is funneled into the department's operation center, where a decision to respond if necessary could be made. The officers and resources needed to respond to an emergency are just a click away from the department's computer screens.
(on camera): It's the e-team software that all the officers are using, you see here, that ties them all together, helps them find the resources they need from body bags to porta potties and gets it where it needs to go and does it fast.
(voice-over): Between 20 and 25 officers will monitor crowds from Pacific Beach to the gas lamp to the stadium, many points in between until 4:00 a.m. on Monday. While the possibility of an out of control event is in the back of many of their minds, initial concern is how to manage all those people attending all those parties and events in the Gas Lamp quarter.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: For example, if additional resources would be needed, then we would find them throughout the city or from other commands to bring into the downtown area to assist.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired January 26, 2003 - 07:48 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CHARLES MOLINEAUX, CNN ANCHOR: They're rocking and rolling in San Diego. And the fireworks are going, too.
Of course, Super Bowl XXXVII is just a few hours away. Tens of thousands of people have been streaming into San Diego, those trendy Gas Lamp area over the weekend for the big event. The game always means a huge party for the host city. A case in point, right? And it also means a lot of security.
Steven Miller of CNN affiliate KUSI brings us some of the behind the scenes efforts to protect you fans and party goers.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
STEVEN MILLER, KUSI CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The watching is going on, morning, noon and night at the secret location of the San Diego police department's operations center. All of San Diego's Super Bowl related events, parties, and activities are being monitored here.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We have cameras throughout the city in key locations. Obviously, the stadium, the downtown area, and a number of other areas where we are monitoring the type of traffic, the type of pedestrian flow that we have. And should it become necessary, if an incident we become aware of in certain locations, we could monitor what is going on.
MILLER: Officers can follow what's going on from cameras. Other officers and individuals monitoring potential hot spots. The information is funneled into the department's operation center, where a decision to respond if necessary could be made. The officers and resources needed to respond to an emergency are just a click away from the department's computer screens.
(on camera): It's the e-team software that all the officers are using, you see here, that ties them all together, helps them find the resources they need from body bags to porta potties and gets it where it needs to go and does it fast.
(voice-over): Between 20 and 25 officers will monitor crowds from Pacific Beach to the gas lamp to the stadium, many points in between until 4:00 a.m. on Monday. While the possibility of an out of control event is in the back of many of their minds, initial concern is how to manage all those people attending all those parties and events in the Gas Lamp quarter.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: For example, if additional resources would be needed, then we would find them throughout the city or from other commands to bring into the downtown area to assist.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
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