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New York State Police Increasing Patrols Through Halloween
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
4
First seen
Oct 26, 4:09 AM EDT
updated Oct 28, 11:23 PM EDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by WCHN, WPDA and 2 others, not yet confirmed.
What Happened
New York State Police announced the 50th Annual Pumpkin Patrol ahead of Halloween weekend, WGRZ reported. Police are increasing patrols across New York and guarding Thruway bridges against dangerous Halloween tricks, according to WCHN, WZAD and WPDA.
Written by our system from the sources below (4), version 2, Oct 28, 11:37 PM EDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
- New York State Police Guard Thruway Bridges Against Dangerous Halloween Tricks · WCHN
- New York State Police announce 50th Annual Pumpkin Patrol ahead of Halloween weekend · WGRZ
- Police Increasing Patrols Across New York Ahead of Halloween · WZAD
- Police Increasing Patrols Across New York Ahead of Halloween · WPDA
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How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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