Coast Guard Ensures Security on the East River During UN General Assembly

[Music] I'm Lieutenant Commander Cameron Jones I'm the chief of enforcement here at Coast Guard Sector New York the United Nations General Assembly is a time where members of the UN come to New York every year where they hope to build policy in addressing international issues the Coast Guard supports the US Secret Service who is lead for security matters for unga we are responsible for the May time Security in the area of the East River during the unga sessions we're also responsible for Waterside airport security for any of our highlevel protectees that secret service designates and we are also responsible for Waterway evacuation from the UN offshore should anything happen and we would need to get these members out of the area this is a huge event that goes over 7 days so it really takes the work of us our partners to work together in order to get this to happen because we provide 24/7 security we have assets coming from all over the nation to support from our special forces assets at ofl area we have Cutters coming out of district one to support as well as our local organic resources support out of Station New York Station Sandy Hook and station Kings Point as well a lot of people think of the Coast Guard as a life saving service a humanitarian service we are so much more and here during United Nations General Assembly we're able to leverage everyday assets to do different things something that's really exciting with Unga is that we do have so many of our Coast Guard resources that come into the area to execute this Mission it's just a really amazing opportunity to see so much Coast Guard in one area doing so many things