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ARTICLE VIEW:
US Open heightens security in the wake of Midtown mass shooting
By Mark Morales, CNN
Updated:
5:00 AM EDT, Tue August 26, 2025
Source: CNN
Tennis fans, many with the US Open’s signature in hand, are making
their way to New York City to watch . The focus will be on and which
newcomer could have a breakout tournament.
Law enforcement wants it to stay that way.
Almost a month after in New York City in the past 25 years, law
enforcement is flooding the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
with police officers, security and advanced technology — all to make
sure the focus stays on the tennis.
Every high-profile attack, whether in New York or anywhere in the
world, causes the security plan to get a new wrinkle. More cement
blocks and road restrictions are in place after , like in New Orleans
that left 14 dead on New Year’s Day.
While NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism
Rebecca Weiner says there are no credible threats to New York, an
attack like the Midtown mass shooting is still on the forefront of
everyone’s mind.
“That incident reenforces all the security preparations that we put
in place every year for this event,” Weiner tells CNN. “(It’s)
the reason that we lay down cement blocks, the reason we check
vehicles, the reason we screen people, not just as they’re entering
the threshold of this plaza but way before.”
Weiner says she and her team put a lot of thought into their security
plan, which was developed over the past few months.
Specialized NYPD units along with scores of both uniformed and
plain-clothed officers are out in droves, all handling the record crowd
which is projected to reach over one million spectators by the time the
high-profile tournament is over. There are heavy weapons teams posted
all over the venue, along with magnetometers to check spectators.
Canine units and anti-drone attack technology have even been deployed.
Specialized units, including bomb squad, aviation, mounted and
emergency service units, also patrol the grounds.
One of the emphases at the US Open, Weiner said, is using the
intelligence to intercept threats before they materialize. Another is
on hardening the perimeter compared to past years — including
thorough checkpoints for spectators, she said.
who stormed into 345 Park Avenue on July 28 was armed with an
AR-15-style rifle. captured him leaving his car near the building and
entering with an M4 assault-style rifle in hand before he , including a
real-estate executive and who was working as a security guard.
“Obviously that horrific incident, a large firearm, which was obvious
to the naked eye - we’re talking about making sure that smaller
objects, smaller weapons which are not obvious to the naked eye, are
also detected just as readily,” Weiner said.
The NYPD will run multiple interagency meetings each day of the
two-week tournament to review their security plans and make any
necessary adjustments for both the day sessions and the night sessions.
High-ranking officials will also be at a command center, located inside
the tennis center, where members of the NYPD’s Intelligence team are
shoulder-to-shoulder with the FBI, New York City Emergency Management,
the FDNY and other law enforcement and first responding partners,
according to Deputy Chief of Counterterrorism James Kehoe.
It’s a strategy that works during all major events and helps law
enforcement work together quickly, should they have to stop a threat,
Kehoe said.
The major challenge is executing the sophisticated security plan for
the US Open which takes place just a few feet away from Flushing Meadow
Corona Park - one of the largest public parks in New York City.
“If you go on the other side of the globe, you’ve got people
playing soccer, volleyball, barbecuing, the tents, picnics, so we try
to look at ‘where does the hardening perimeter start,’” Kehoe
said.
“We want to make sure we have a safe distance from the actual event
so if something should happen (it) would not be able to get through and
attack the US Open.”
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