First on FOX – NEW ORLEANS – During the January 1 terrorist attack on Bourbon Street and a major tourist-rich event in New Orleans, Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) officials say they have a potential threat during Super Bowl Ricks. I'm preparing to fight.
HSI was originally the lead agency assigned to adjust the security of the Super Bowl, and preparations began about a year ago, with Eric Delaune, a special agent responsible for HSI in New Orleans, on Fox News Digital I spoke to.
“New Orleans has some unique challenges. The area here is a little more wider for the Super Bowl,” said Delaune, lead federal coordinator for Super Bowl LIX. “The elephant in the room was an attack that took place on January 1. We're stupid if we don't let us know how to use what we've learned to move forward and how to adapt our plans. After that attack, we're stupid. Please explain the gaps and alternative locations that may be of concern at the timeline of the current timeline.”
A month before the Super Bowl, in the early morning hours of New Year's Day, terrorist Shamsdad Dan's Jabber celebrates his holiday on Bourbon Street, killing 14 civilians and injuring 57 people. People plowed pickup trucks in the crowd. A New Orleans police officer fatally shot Jabber when he traded the shooting with a police officer.
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Investigators work after driving to the crowds of New Orleans Canal and Bourbon Street on January 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerard Herbert)
Delaune has doubled the “tactical resources and assets” demands from the Department of Homeland Security since the attack.
“Here in New Orleans, there's a huge presence just with the tactical team and special agents working in the area. Anyone who goes to the game or to special events related to the Super Bowl is a special agent at HSI and see that the presence of HSI tactical assets is much larger and walking downtown French districts,” he said.
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The Homeland Security Research SWAT team will drill on January 15th, 2025 at the Octavio “Ox” Gonzalez SWAT Complex, Laplace. (Kat Ramirez from Fox News Digital)
President Donald Trump is expected to be in New Orleans for Super Bowl LIX. Delaune said the president's visit will not fundamentally change the agency's security plans, but the Secret Service will work with state and local counterparts. Trump's expected attendance will actually increase security in the city, as it includes more federal law enforcement officials, he explained.
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A team of HSI agents based in nine Southeastern states regularly respond to high-risk criminal activities and train trains for specific threat scenarios, approximately 16 hours a month.
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A team of HSI executives based in nine southeastern states that regularly respond to high-risk criminal activity, trains trains for specific threat scenarios, approximately 16 hours a month. (Kat Ramirez from Fox News Digital)
In mid-January, the Federal Agency's Special Response Team (SRT) announced that St. John's Swatt near New Orleans about a month before Super Bowl LIX and two weeks after an ISIS-inspired terrorist attack on Bourbon Street Trained at the centre.
While SRT officials train each month, they added certain threat scenarios they might encounter as the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras attract hundreds of thousands of tourists in January .
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While SRT officials trained monthly, they added certain threat scenarios in January that the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras could encounter to attract thousands of tourists to a great ease. (Kat Ramirez from Fox News Digital)
SRT walked Fox News Digital through training operations where executives conduct mock operations for scenarios, including providing search warrants, rescue hostages, and dealing with suspicious vehicles and suspicious people in crowds.
Teams are usually to meet high-risk goals, including suspects with extensive criminal history, hiding in fortified buildings, experiencing mental instability, or gang members. will be expanded to.
In the hostage rescue scenario, where Fox News Digital participated by acting as a “victim,” officers respond to a hypothetical call for assistance, enter the training centre, deploy flash bangs, and “suspectful” in the simulation round He shot the dummy and rescued it. Victim. ”
SRT walked Fox News Digital through training operations where executives conduct mock operations for scenarios, including providing search warrants, rescue hostages, and dealing with suspicious vehicles and suspicious people in crowds. (Kat Ramirez from Fox News Digital)
The center is set up to resemble a home during the response or to a building where building officers may enter.
“In most cases, our special agents are just that… they are criminal investigators. We investigate long-term, complicated criminal investigations in our organization.”
“They are law enforcement. They're not police, they're them. [are all] Law enforcement,” Delahn said. They are trained to deal with large-scale victim events. And we are trained to deal with medical emergencies to some extent. So these agents are ready to go out and work with state and local partners to support them. ”
On January 15th, 2025, the appearance of the Octavio “OX” Gonzalez SWAT complex, drilled by the SWAT team at Homeland Security Research in Laplace. (Kat Ramirez from Fox News Digital)
During training operations, HSI officers wear full tactical gear, including helmets, multiple first aid kits, bulletproof vests, microphones and training magazines. However, they are being converted to a fire simulation round during training, the team explained to Fox News Digital.
SRT also showed Fox News Digital how executives can use drones and cameras to search within threat areas with long poles.
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On January 15th, 2025, the Laplace and Laplace drills used Homeland Security Research SWAT team vehicles. (Kat Ramirez from Fox News Digital)
In the search warrant scenario, the SRT showed how officers would arrive at the bearcat vehicle and let them know their presence in place before shooting a ball of pepper at the entrance rather than physically knocking at the entrance . The officer then enters each room in the location to search for threats or victims.
SRT officials described themselves as family because of how much time they usually spend working together, away from home or real family. Teams spend an average of three weeks together each month.
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SRT officials described themselves as family because of how much time they spent working together. (Kat Ramirez from Fox News Digital)
The January 1 attack was a “pretty painful experience,” HSI New Orleans agent, Delaune said.
“It weighs heavily on the hearts of our people here, but they are committed to providing a safe and secure atmosphere for the Super Bowl. And they have a safe and secure atmosphere for Mardi Gras. We are committed to providing. We added that HSI New Orleans is made up of many locals and indigenous peoples of Louisiana.
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Matthias Houseworth of New Orleans prays on the street near where terrorists ran into the crowds of New Orleans Canal and Bourbon Street on January 1, 2025. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
“They make emotional personal investments here to support traditions like Mardi Gras and big events like the Super Bowl. So there's a lot of pride in these agents and they “It's getting all the work done on the day,” he said.
Delaune also had a message for the public before the Super Bowl.
“Don't hold on it, don't be embarrassed to report anything,” he said. “Don't dismiss your instincts. If there's something incorrect, let us know. Decide whether that's something that's something to worry about.”
Authorities patrol Bourbon Street on January 2, 2025, after reopening after a fatal New Year's attack in New Orleans. (Kat Ramirez from Fox News Digital)
The FBI continues to investigate the terrorist attack that killed 15 people on January 1, including the perpetrators.
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Federal authorities said Jabal visited New Orleans twice previously, once on October 30, 2024 and once on November 10, 2024. He also visited Cairo and Toronto before the attack, the FBI said.
Although Jabber apparently acted alone, authorities are investigating whether he has an accomplice.
