NYPD sends out counterterrorism officers across the city

The New York Police Department is heightening security by sending out counterterrorism officers throughout the city.

The ramped up security announced Friday follows Trump’s military strike in Syria.

However the city insists that there are no credible threats in the Big Apple. 

Department spokesman Phillip Walzak announced that the counterterrorism officers have been deployed ‘out of an abundance of caution.’

The NYPD officers, pictured Friday evening, were deployed in response to Trump’s military strike in Syria 

The move was made ‘out of an abundance of caution’ as officials insist there is no credible threat in the city

‘The NYPD is working with our intelligence bureau liaisons stationed abroad as well as our federal partners, and closely monitoring the U.S. military action in Syria,’ Walzak said in a statement.

The counterterrorism officers were announced just an hour after President Donald Trump announced the military strike in Syria on in response to a suspected chemical attack on Friday.

Trump hailed the military action in Syria as a ‘perfectly executed strike’. 

‘Thank you to France and the United Kingdom for their wisdom and the power of their fine Military. Could not have had a better result. Mission Accomplished!’ he wrote on Twitter. 

The counterterrorism unit was deployed out of caution in response to the strike 

The officers were deployed an hour after Donald Trump announced a military strike in Syria, pictured above addressing the nation on Friday