but how, chief timoney, how do you lock down an entire swath of land? >> well, i mean, i've been involved in situations like this. so usually what you're going to do is use loud speakers. especially when daylight hours come. my sense is everybody is awake in that neighborhood. you had the young student on before where a bullet went through his bedroom window and almost hit him. the people in that neighborhood are aware. the police are just re-enforcing. i can guarantee they're watching msnbc, they're watching other television, listening to radios. they're getting the message to stay indoors. the only thing they can do by coming outdoors would be to complicate matters. we saw one gentleman earlier, obviously an innocent guy, who wound up having the police handcuff him because you don't know who you're dealing with or who's the real person, who's the person they're looking for. these are extremely fast-moving, dynamic situations. what police need at this time is for full cooperation where there aren't extra people out on the street, they stay in their hom

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