Top cop: Kennedy memorial largest security event

By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Story Created: Aug 29, 2009 at 12:55 PM EST

Story Updated: Aug 29, 2009 at 12:55 PM EST

BOSTON (AP) - Boston's police commissioner says the events
surrounding the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy have drawn the largest
security force he's ever seen in the city.

Commissioner Ed Davis said there had only been one minor arrest of a protester during the three days of motorcades and memorials to the 77-year-old senator, who died Tuesday of a brain tumor. He had no details on the arrest.

President Barack Obama, and three of the four living presidents, along with dozens of members of Congress attended Kennedy's funeral Saturday.

Davis says the closest event to compare with the security for Kennedy's funeral Saturday was the 2004 Democratic National Convention - and that event was 18 months in planning.

The city has not released an estimate of the cost for security, which included state and federal law enforcement.


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