New Orleans' challenge: policing 2 huge parties

Super Bowl security: National Guardsmen patrol the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans in 2002. The upcoming Super Bowl and Mardi Gras is an unprecedented security challenge for New Orleans. IMAGE

AP Photo: Amy Sancetta, File. Super Bowl security: National Guardsmen patrol the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans in 2002. The upcoming Super Bowl and Mardi Gras is an unprecedented security challenge for New Orleans. IMAGE

1/30/13 By Kevin McGill

Joining the New Orleans Police Department's 1,200-plus officers for Super Bowl week are more than 200 state troopers and about 100 officers from surrounding local jurisdictions.

The head of the New Orleans FBI office and other federal authorities, led by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, discussed security precautions at a news conference Wednesday.

The big game poses a challenge for the New Orleans police force. It coincides with the often raucous buildup to the Feb. 12 Mardi Gras celebration.

On game day, security precautions will include restrictions on air traffic in the vicinity of the Superdome, and pat-down searches of ticket holders entering the stadium.

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