"Everybody across America today that has parades planned, they're going to be revisiting their contingency plans," said Fred Burton, executive director of the Ontic Center for Protective Intelligence. He added organizers want "to ensure that they have adequate security plans in place."
Burton, a former diplomatic security special agent, said incidents such as the deadly crash in Wisconsin remind people of the potential danger that could occur in mass gatherings but warned against tying such events together. Officials have stressed they do not believe the incident Sunday was linked to terror.
Burton, with the Ontic Center for Protective Intelligence, said that event planners are right to redouble security efforts for holiday gatherings after the Waukesha crash but stressed the importance of people not avoiding such events due to concerns about a similar incident.
"I think everybody needs to live their lives and not be ruled by fear," he said.
