Following the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, new NYPD officers are being trained with heavy artillery.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has decided to expand machine gun training to all of the department's 1,000 rookie officers. The NYPD wants all rookies to complete the three-day training by the end of the year.
However, sources tell YWN that the officers will not be armed with the M4s on New Year's Eve in Times Square (despite what the NY post reported on Monday).
Currently, only the 400 officers in the elite Emergency Services Unit are trained to carry M4 machine guns.
The NYPD also plans to give machine gun training to several thousand officers who deal with narcotics, vice, gang and auto crime.
In the event of a widespread terrorist attack like in Mumbai, specially-trained officers could supplement emergency tactical teams.
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