A lot of spots across Los Angeles are going to be packed with partygoers this New Year's Eve, but big events bring with them significant security concerns.
So, what are local officials doing to prepare for events like the one set to take place in L.A.'s Grand Park?
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LAPD Chief Michel Moore told KNX News, "Well, we're mindful of the fact that protests and demonstrations, turmoil regarding the terrible war in regards to Hamas and Israel and that, that location may be viewed as a venue for such an expression. Our department is ready."
Chief Moore said that the Grant Park event will be a joint operation with L.A. County Sheriffs, consisting of "resources that will be seen as well as unseen."
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"Both scenarios are entirely possible. We know on the international stage that there are groups, nation-states included, that would desire to cause us harm, to destroy our very way of life. I'm very proud of our national intelligence agencies. The collective path of security that they provide for all of us to detect and deter those and interrupt them."
The Department of Homeland Security is also helping local police in Pasadena prevent protests and civil unrest at the Rose Parade on New Year's Day.
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