Arena commentary in the LA Times:
In an article about NYPD’s preparations for Trump’s arraignment in 2023, Arena’s J. Peter Donald weighed in on how the police department would approach security.
Peter Donald, former assistant commissioner for the New York Police Department and founder of communications agency Arena, said the NYPD is one of the country’s most sophisticated policing agencies and will gather intelligence from an array of individuals and entities.
“They’re going to have both plainclothes and in-uniformed police officers out and about,” he said. “They are are going to have other types of technology deployed, including videocameras, gunshot detection equipment, radiological sensors and kind of every tool you can think of, in addition to aviation.”
Historically, the NYPD looks at similar situations from several angles, including the possibility of “lone actors” or small groups that “might be operating off the grid, without connectivity to networks,” and larger groups that may be attempting to disrupt, he said. “They think through every possible scenario.”