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The federal coordinator is one of a 3 man team

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that is responsible for coordinating the entire federal response

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to a high venue level such as the Super Bowl.

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My role as the federal coordinator is to assist in getting federal resources

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to the city, to the county and to the Houston Police Department

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which is the lead for security for the Super Bowl.

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So, we have over 20 agencies within DHS alone.

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To include Customs and Border Protection, Transportation Security Administration

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which are providing assets to the security of the Super Bowl.

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But I also work outside of the Department of Homeland Security with

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 the U.S. Marshall Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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It's a tremendous undertaking for any city that takes this on,

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but it's really a group effort, it's a team effort.

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We're having a huge amount of people coming to a special area,

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so obviously there's a public safety concern.

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Myself, my job is to coordinate all the federal agencies

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that are involved in assisting the state and city and local authorities

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in creating a safe and fun experience for the public.

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We've teamed up with the Houston Police Department,

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and we basically have teams that are going out

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that are looking for violations of intellectual property rights by the NFL,

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and things of these sorts, so we can get them either

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prosecuted federally or through the state.

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It's quite a coordinated effort and it's a government-wide coordinated effort.

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The key is that we are all providing some sort of assistance

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or assets that may not be available to the city of Houston Police Department

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which they require to make this huge event a great public safety endeavor.

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