By Seve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Hotels will be equipped with bullet-proof glass. Government snipers will be placed on rooftops. And mailboxes will be removed along parade routes.
Those are among the likely safeguards taken to protect Pope Francis during his U.S. visit., International Business Times reports.
Joseph Clancy, the director of the Secret Service, even traveled to Italy in June to prepare for the pontiff’s visit.
“Facial recognition software will definitely be being used in any area where the Pope will be,” Ronald Kessler, the author of “The First Family Detail” and “In the President’s Secret Service,” told the International Business Times. “They’ll remove mailboxes that could have explosives along parade routes, seal manhole covers, protect the underside of the popemobile and stake out evacuation areas.”
So far, authorities said there have been no credible threats.
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