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Security Gets Strict At New York Comic Con

Published Tue, 10 Sep 2013 09:30:38 -0500

Okay, so I'm not quite envisaging an ED 209 standing over the entrance to New York Comic Con, threatening those who do not comply with instant death.

But New York Comic Con has significantly stepped up its security features when it comes to people trying to get in with a fake badge. By introducing security patrolmen at each entrance and exit.

The website reads…

What's up with those NYCC-ID Patrol people hanging around the Javits?

Our NYCC-ID Patrol is an important part of the NYCC-ID process. They're hanging out at the entrances of the Javits so you can tap your badge when you enter and exit the building. Don't worry, they're only here to make getting into the building easier for you, not harder. Tapping your NYCC-ID Badge lets the NYCC staff keep track of the foot traffic during NYCC to make the event safer for everyone. When you enter the building, you MUST tap your NYCC-ID Badge. When you exit the building, you MUST tap it again. You MUST tap your NYCC-ID Badge every time you enter or exit the building. Plus, if you have a counterfeit Badge our NYCC-ID Patrol will sound the alarms, ring an annoying bell, lights will flash, everything will shut down and you'll be asked to leave NYCC 2013. You don't want to be that guy or girl do you?

As a Londoner, I'm a past master at tapping in and tapping out on the Underground with my Oyster card, something I remember New Yorker Heidi MacDonald finding baffling last time she was here.

By the end of the show however, it's going to be second nature to everyone.

New York Comic Con has been growing but has in the past had issues with crowding. I understand that there was recognised forgery last year which may have exacerbated problems. This year, no such luck, not even for New York's finest forgers.

I do hope those patrolmen join in with the cosplay…

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