NYPD to make Abu Dhabi anti-terror move

UAE MOVE: The NYPD is to station a counter terrorism officer in Abu Dhabi. (Getty Images)

The New York Police Department will soon station at least one liaison officer in Abu Dhabi, as part of an expansion of its counter terrorism efforts.

An NYPD intelligence division officer will "share information and training techniques" with security officials in the Gulf nation, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly told US media sources.

Kelly said he had signed an agreement last week with Abu Dhabi that clears the way for an officer to be posted there full-time in the autumn.

Since the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, the NYPD has sought to bolster homeland security by redeploying about 1,000 officers to counterterrorism duty here and abroad.

The department already has officers stationed in 10 other spots around the world: London, Madrid, Paris, Lyon, Singapore, Montreal, Toronto, Santo Domingo, Tel Aviv and Amman, Jordan.

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