The recent attack in Salem, Massachusetts, has prompted officials to consider new safety measures for the annual Halloween festivities.
This is an excerpt from WBUR's daily morning newsletter, WBUR Today. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, subscribe at wbur.org/today. Tune into 90.9 for special live NPR coverage from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. of the service in the Capitol rotunda, where Carter’s remains will lie in state until Thursday. The recent attack in Salem , Massachusetts , could prompt changes to one of the hallmarks of fall in Massachusetts .
In the wake of the attack, officials in Salem announced new potential safety measures for their annual Halloween festivities, which often draw large crowds. “For these reasons, it would be short-sighted not to consider Salem a potential target for those who might seek to make a political statement through violence or terrorism,” Mayor Dominick Pangallo and Salem’s police chief, Lucas Miller, wrote in a joint statement. In a Zoom interview with WBUR’s John Bender, Pangallo said they’re accelerating plans to install new retractable bollards and mobile barricades, such as Jersey barriers, to block off closes to cars during Haunted Happenings. Pangallo said potential changes include barriers in new locations and earlier in the season, as well as “hardening some of the barricades we’ve typically had softer road closures at in the past.” Additional road closures will likely cause more traffic during the already-congested time of year, but Pangallo said it’s an “inconvenience that people are going to have to just live with, because safety is the priority concern.” He also noted no final decisions have been made. Pangallo also said they will bring in an “outside set of eyes” to review Salem’s current safety protocols and consider upping the city’s police presence during Haunted Happenings. Zoom out: Intentional vehicular attacks on crowds of people are not a new phenomenon. But as they’ve become popularized as a means of terrorism, NPR reports that such attacks are becoming increasingly common
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