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Janet Napolitano, left, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, and Bob Casey, right, FBI Special Agent in Charge, leave an NFL Super Bowl Security news conference, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011 in Dallas.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano traveled to Dallas earlier this week to personally inspect the massive security operation surrounding the 45th Super Bowl game and to announce the "If You See Something, Say Something" campaign.
"We are partnering this year with the NFL on our 'If You See Something, Say Something' campaign and launching that NFL partnership right here at the Super Bowl," Napolitano said during a press conference on Monday at Cowboy Stadium in Arlington, Texas where Sunday's game will be played.
"The idea is simple," Napolitano said. "We are simply asking the American people to be vigilant, recognizing that our security is a shared responsibility that all of us must participate in."
"If a fan at the Super Bowl or any other American at any other place sees something that is potentially dangerous, then say something about it to local law enforcement or someone in authority," Napolitano said.
Napolitano announced that DHS has trained some 1,200 stadium staffers as "first observers" and that cargo going into the venue also will be screened using "non-intrusive inspection equipment."
Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, told CNN that millions of dollars were spent to make the stadium secure,
including perches for snipers and surveillance cameras to cover every corner of the venue.
