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Cops tout Bay to Breakers security plan
Cops tout Bay to Breakers security plan
By: Staff report | 05/16/13 8:56 PM
Roughly 100,000 people are expected at this year’s Bay to Breakers race. Local and federal officials, as well as extra video surveillance, will be on hand for the colorful San Francisco tradition.
Video cameras will capture the salmon running upstream at the Hayes Street Hill, and additional surveillance posted at the start and finish of Sunday’s Bay to Breakers race will help ensure the 102nd running of the San Francisco institution is safe, Police Chief Greg Suhr said Thursday.
Race security is front and center as The City prepares to host its first major public event — and one of its most high-profile — since the April 15 bombings at the Boston Marathon. About 100,000 people — 70,000 of them spectators along the route — are expected to attend the race.
Law enforcement officers from six agencies, including the FBI, also are expected to be on hand.
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