Memo: NYPD Is Increasing Patrols Outside Media Companies

FILE. In this Jan. 8, 2015 file photo, a policeman looks out the window of his patrol car in Times Square in New York. In bustling Times Square, where scores of tourists wander through streets clogged with traffic an... FILE. In this Jan. 8, 2015 file photo, a policeman looks out the window of his patrol car in Times Square in New York. In bustling Times Square, where scores of tourists wander through streets clogged with traffic and hawkers selling trinkets, low-level enforcement activity has all but grinded to a halt. The slowdown is happening city wide, but it’s unclear whether it’s a blip or the new status quo and what it means for the broken windows style of policing. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) MORE LESS
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A Gawker memo informed employees on Thursday that the New York Police Department has increased its presence around media companies based in the city due to “the activity in Europe,” media blogger Jim Romenesko reported.

“I want to send a note to let you know that the NYPD has advised us that they’re increasing patrols of media companies in light of some of the activity in Europe,” the memo read according to Romenesko, “and so you may see an increased police presence outside 210 Elizabeth Street.”

“There is no specific (or general) threat against Gawker,” the memo reportedly added.

It is unclear whether “activity in Europe” referred specifically to the recent terror attacks in Paris, France.

Read the full memo at Romenesko’s blog.

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