Police Commissioner Ray Kelly: New York City Is 'Safer And Better Prepared'

Ray Kelly was police commissioner of the New York Police Department during the first attack on the World Trade Center in 1993. He resumed this possition in 2002, a few months after the September 11 disaster.

His administration has since stepped up security in New York City to thwart any more attacks. "There's no question about it. We're safer and better prepared," said Police Commissioner Kelly.

"We live in a changed world. [...] You see the deployment in the city of our uniformed officers. We use 1,000 officers a day to protect the city in our counter terrorism efforts. We have a language capability that is unsurpassed by any other law enforcement agency around the world. We speak the sensative languages now, more so than ever before," stated Police Commissioner Kelly.

Officers are now seen in stronger numbers on the subways and on the streets. New Yorkers are encouraged to be vigilant and to call the police if they notice anything peculiar or potentially dangerous. From this the "see something, say something" tagline was born.

"We have done probably more than any other city in the world to protect ourselves," stated Police Commissioner Kelly, "But, again, there's no guarantees."

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