NYPD Begins Bag Searches In Subway After More Explosions Rock London

[brooklynite]

July 21, 2005

Security on New York City subways has been tightened again following a bombing in London on the two-week anniversary of the deadly bombings earlier this month.

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In New York City, officials have announced that police have begun randomly searching subway passengers carrying bags or backpacks, and may be conducting similar searches aboard city buses.

"It might slow individuals down, but we will do it in a reasonable way," said Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly at a press conference with Mayor Michael Bloomberg shortly after noon.

Kelly said that ideally, straphangers will be searched before they pass through the turnstiles, although they could also be searched once inside the system.

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