New York City�s police commissioner says he has �no concerns about security� for the city�s annual Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Police Commissioner William Bratton said Wednesday thousands of officers would be on hand to patrol the parade route in Manhattan.
About 3 million people are expected to line the streets as giant inflated characters float by during the Macy�s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The annual parade has been a New York tradition since 1924.
Bratton says this will be the first year an additional 1,300 officers who are assigned to counterterrorism-related units will be dispatched to the parade.
He says it�s a testament to the parade�s safety that he will be watching the event with his grandchildren.
(AP)
