wow, we are big...

[khedron]

California is widely cited as having the 5th largest economy in the world. And in this article in the NYT, it turns out that New York measures on the global scale in a way I hadn't thought of:

The backbone of security is being provided by the 37,000-member New York Police Department, which has a budget larger than all but 19 of the world's standing armies. To prevent an attack, the department will flood the streets with officers and employ high and low technology, from seven surveillance helicopters to plainclothes detectives traveling the subways and eyeballing other riders.