A 2020 report on French Quarter security specifically warned against the type of terrorism that took place on Bourbon Street last week.
The French Quarter Management District commissioned Interfor International, a private security firm, to review public safety in the French Quarter. Interfor studied away and issued two reports: one for the client and one for the public.
The private report warned against terror attacks using vehicles:
The two modes of terror attack most likely to be used are vehicular ramming and active shooting. Both international and domestic terrorists have turned to these methods as a cheap low-tech alternative to complex bomb plots, particularly in the case of Lone Wolfe attacks. Considering that the most high-profile target in New Orleans - Bourbon Street - is an open air thoroughfare with little to no access control reinforces the rationale for these two methods.
There may be no simple solution to the question of traffic in the French Quarter. In terms of security, unrestricted traffic facilitates the commission of car ramming attacks which have proven to be a preferred method of lone wolf attackers in recent years. Ultimately, Interfor believes vehicular traffic on Bourbon Street should be further restricted during certain hours.....
The current bollard system on Bourbon Street does not appear to work. Interfor has received conflicting explanations as to why the existing bollard system is rarely used . Some residents and business owners reported that beads frequently fall into the tracks, rending the devices temporarily inoperable. Others claim there are not enough personnel available to deploy them on the existing schedule.
Naturally, the 61-page "public" report did not mention any of these concerns. The New York Times and CNN have obtained leaked copies of the private report but have not published them.
17 comments:
Sue the S**t out of New Orleans!
But the chief stated explicitly that now isn't the time to assign blame/point fingers. Typical lefty.
Only good thing about the terrorist attack it made suger bowl tickets dirt cheap. Sad but true.
The pinko mayor and the ancient chief of police should resign forthwith.
Had bourbon been properly blocked this guy would have found another street. Frenchman has more people and is much easier to get to from many directions. That home grown army man native Texas terrorist was going to make his mark no matter what security did.
So your point is what - do nothing?
The mayor of Jackson and NOLA are tied for last place.
11:51 gets it. The French Quarter as well as many big city tourist attractions consists of a grid of streets that carry traffic. You can’t effectively block any of it if you don’t block all of it. Every single entrance, every side street. Next to impossible.
Same lady that was fired from Oakland, CA and then hit 2 pedestrians with a patrol car in New Orleans is the current chief.... in New Orleans. nice.
Superbowl coming up in New Orleans next month.
No. Their point is that this is a tragedy. One that we can learn from and improve our security posture. But the easy road is to externalize our anger and sadness into blame. Continuing the trigger happy let me sue you cycle. There were so many officers there that night and they responded so quickly.
12:15, maybe do nothing is not the answer. But let's don't spend millions accomplishing very little. A nut in a pickup is next to impossible to stop. Think Jackson St. Paddy's Parade, or Double Decker Festival, or any of 1,000 other heavily attended outdoor events. There aren't enough bollards in the world. This bollard discussion is greatly exaggerated.
11:51, whataboutism really doesn't work here. No barriers is inexcusable
"The current bollard system on Bourbon Street does not appear to work. Interfor has received conflicting explanations as to why the existing bollard system is rarely used. . . . Others claim there are not enough personnel available to deploy them on the existing schedule."
Four years later, there was nothing in place on Bourbon St. New Year's Eve to even slow this guy down.
Inadequate staffing and rank incompetence leading to disaster are very familiar to readers in the Jackson Metro area, as are the avalanche of excuses that follow.
To Repeat: The Superbowl is coming up in this same city in a few weeks. it is worth saying there was too much money/revenue at stake to consider changing the venue or postponing the game?
At the end of the (whichever) day, we always say, "We will be sure this never happens again!".
Maybe Chalkline can get a job in the New Orleans mayor's office as director of procurement, once he serves his hitch. He seems to be pretty good at "procuring."
LaToya the DeStroyer got this.
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