U.S. Federal Protective Service To Monitor NYC During RNC

The Associated Press is reporting: Officers of an obscure federal police force will play a key role in safeguarding New York and its federal buildings during the upcoming Republican National Convention. The Federal Protective Service will add 200 uniformed officers trained in crowd control. Officials say many of them will be on the streets, as cameras watch from above. Some will also be armed with non-lethal guns that can target individuals with plastic pellets filled with paint or tear gas. More officers will monitor a series of T-V images from key security sites. The agency will move its primary command center during the convention to a mobile unit _ essentially a truck.