We monitored intelligence reports. There were no specific threats to the city of Detroit or any Super Bowl venue.

He is being nibbled to death by ducks.

--More Later, Less the Same

Anytime you have a funeral of a person who is publicly known, it calls for extra security to handle crowd control. This definitely is not the first type of funeral we would handle in this type of manner.

I can't know entirely what's at stake beforehand; you find out as you go. I love to take a poem, for instance, that starts with something seemingly frivolous or inconsequential and then grows in gravity until by the end it's something very serious.

We're the backups to them (the NFL-contracted security companies). We lead the operational planning, but we let them handle the security issues. The law-enforcement agencies handle the sweeps and make sure the location is free of any incidents.

We're the backups to them [the NFL-contracted security companies]. We lead the operational planning, but we let them handle the security issues. The law-enforcement agencies handle the sweeps and make sure the location is free of any incidents.