Ofallthedisasters to strikeus, the oilspillinthe Gulf of Mexicocould, however, bepotentially be the mostterrible, andwemustact decisively, actwithoutdelay, and actin unityto stop it.
The NYPD has been a national leader in recognizing that policing in an age of terror requires not only proactive intelligence collection but the ability to act decisively upon the fruits of that collection rather than waiting for disaster to strike, and then reacting.