{"id":290036,"date":"2025-11-18T01:23:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T01:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/290036\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T01:23:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T01:23:07","slug":"fbi-ramps-up-security-for-2025-las-vegas-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/290036\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Ramps Up Security for 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of this weekend\u2019s Las Vegas Grand Prix, FBI Las Vegas Special Agent in Charge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5vegas.com\/2025\/11\/15\/fbi-prepares-security-formula-one-las-vegas-grand-prixs-third-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Christopher Delzotto told Fox5<\/a> that the Bureau and its partners are fully prepared for any scenario.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have confidence that we\u2019re ready\u2014no matter what happens,\u201d Delzotto said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being in the SAC role for only a few months, Delzotto emphasized that planning began two years ago, ahead of the inaugural race in 2023. The FBI has since held monthly coordination meetings with local, state, and federal law enforcement partners and conducted multiple tabletop exercises to game out everything from crowd surges to active threats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it\u2019s game time, we\u2019re not figuring out who does what for the first time,\u201d he said. \u201cWhether it\u2019s Formula 1 or a bomb threat, the uniform doesn\u2019t matter\u2014public safety does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Key security measures this year include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Five dedicated FBI command posts around the circuit, one focused exclusively on real-time social media monitoring. \u201cA large portion of the complaints we get during major events are online threats. We screen them and, when necessary, act on them,\u201d Delzotto said.<br \/>\u2013 Enhanced screening at Harry Reid International Airport for inbound travelers, including checks for prior criminal history and any links to foreign terrorist organizations.<\/p>\n<p>With hundreds of thousands of fans expected on the Strip, the FBI\u2019s message is clear: the 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix will be one of the most heavily protected sporting events in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ahead of this weekend\u2019s Las Vegas Grand Prix, FBI Las Vegas Special Agent in Charge Christopher Delzotto told&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-290036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}