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Police Forces Respond to Dallas Attack With Grief, Action

TOM HAYS                       New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton, right, is joined by Mayor Bill de Blasio during a  “It’s a good time to double
Associated Press                                                                                                                     up in the interest of safety
NEW YORK (AP) — Police         news conference, Friday, July 8, 2016, in New York. The NYPD is stepping up measures in the wake      and to give officers the op-
departments across the                                                                                                               portunity to talk to one an-
United States on Friday re-    of the attack on Dallas police. Bratton said officers will double up on patrols for their safety and  other and decompress,”
acted to the deadly sniper                                                                                                           said Dwight Mitchell, a
attack on officers in Dal-     police presence will be increased at protests. 			  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)                          spokesman for Louisville
las by taking precautions                                                                                                            police.
to guard against copy-                                                                                                               The directive in Chicago
cats and other potential                                                                                                             came after officers work-
threats.                                                                                                                             ing overnight there heard
The most common safety                                                                                                               dispatchers broadcast a
measure for forces that                                                                                                              message urging them to
normally allow officers to                                                                                                           “use  extreme caution.”
patrol alone — including                                                                                                             Elsewhere, officers were
Chicago, Las Vegas, Cin-                                                                                                             reminded to always wear
cinnati and Louisville, Ken-                                                                                                         their bulletproof vests.
tucky — was to order them                                                                                                            Departments in New York;
to team up in pairs after                                                                                                            Buffalo; Orlando, Florida,
word spread that five offi-                                                                                                          and other cities were the
cers were killed and seven                                                                                                           targets of vague, anony-
were wounded on Thurs-                                                                                                               mous threats on social me-
day in Dallas during a pro-                                                                                                          dia and by telephone.
test over fatal police shoot-
ings of black men.                                                                                                                         Continued on Page 4