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capabilities within the city departments and put
together a list of needs to handle terrorist
threats, he said Equipment delivery is expected
to begin in May.
Despite “sensitive targets,” Humphreys said the
area scored very low on its amount of potentially
threatening protest groups or active radicals.
Humphreys stressed that this program has been
in place several years. Evaluation started in early
2(XX), well before the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.
“Oklahoma City was probably one of the initial
incentives for programs like this," Humphreys
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