- The New York Police Department plans to buy a bullet-proof boat to respond quickly to threats at the city's ports and waterways, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said on Tuesday.
The police will buy the hi-tech boat with a $5.2 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Kelly said in testimony to the City Council.
"This will provide for the purchase of a high-speed, ballistic-protected vessel to respond to a suicide or live shooter attack in a port area," Kelly said.
The FEMA money will also provide for training officers who would be assigned to responding to such threats, he said.
Now we need a boat with a reinforced dynamite-proof hull for...uh...fishing purposes.