New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said the NYPD has sent two officers to Boston in the wake of the bombings at the marathon Monday.
“We have two New York City police sergeants who are in the Boston regional intelligence center,” Kelly said at a press conference alongside Mayor Michael Bloomberg Tuesday afternoon. “They’ve been up there since last evening. We have an excellent working relationship with the Boston Police Department.They’re members of our Operation Sentry.”
Kelly said the NYPD officers are in Boston are “engaging with investigators” to relay information back to law enforcement officials in New York City because of the risk of terrorism in the five boroughs.
“We want as much information as we can get as quickly as we can get it,” Kelly explained. “We get very granular information quickly. We believe and the intelligence community believes that we’re the number one target.”
Kelly made clear there is currently “no specific threats against New York City.”
