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Article: PUBLIC SAFETY GETS ANTI-TERROR UPDATE.(CAPITAL REGION)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- December 12, 2003
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Byline: MICHAEL HILL Associated Press
ALBANY -- New York state has changed the book on public safety training since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
State Police and prison guards are both being taught to spot telltale signs of potential terrorist activity -- things like suspicious behavior or forged identity documents. The new training standards are part of a larger refocusing of state government to prevent another attack like the one that destroyed the World Trade Center.
``In a nutshell, our recruits and our incumbents are learning what is international terrorism, where it is based, why does it exist, what its goals are,'' said State Police Col. Bart Johnson.
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