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Police swarm Center City for security drill

Police swarmed through Center City west of City Hall today, but it was just a drill.

Philadelphia police officers break formation at 22nd St and John F. Kennedy Blvd.to walk to their patrol vehicles for the start of the rapid response drill in Center City.
Philadelphia police officers break formation at 22nd St and John F. Kennedy Blvd.to walk to their patrol vehicles for the start of the rapid response drill in Center City.Read moreALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / Staff Photographer

Police swarmed through Center City west of City Hall today, but it was just a drill.

The 90 officers were taking part in a Homeland Security exercise testing rapid response to an emergency such as terrorist attack.

Although the beefed up police presence was evident, citizens made their way through the streets unfazed and undisturbed.