During a recent rendition of "My Heart Will Go On," from the movie "Titanic," her mouth barely moved and her gestures suggested a crossing guard directing traffic.
Upstairs, one small room was given over to three men who represented the old guard of traffic-watching: as if in a miniature version of the traffic police center, they sat before computer monitors and kept track of nearly a hundred camera feeds from the streets of the city, swivelling the cameras where necessary to keep up with events, and checked what they saw against the big map.
We are talking about jobcentre staff, customs staff, pensions staff, coastguards, immigration officers, security guards, air traffic control staff, traffic wardens, museum warders, librarians, prison and court workers.
The agencies and both the pea and chicken factories said they had rigorous procedures in place to guard against trafficking and exploitation and that these had been updated since the Subatkis case.
The agencies that recruited them and both the pea and chicken factories said they had rigorous procedures to guard against trafficking and exploitation and that these had been updated since the Subatkis's case.
One guard said the traffic seemed heavier than normal.
Pizza!" A pedestrian traffic guard said: "I heard 2 30 and 5 30.
A traffic guard was called in as an arbitrator, waving a glowing orange baton to try to establish order amid the chaos.
"The new Times Square!" a man shouted from the back seat of a passing S.U.V., goading the traffic guard into a hard-won smile.
Players leaving the Myers Field House locker room must cross Stadium Road to reach the practice fields; a security guard holds up traffic to let them pass.
"I feel stuck," said Ms. Manzueta, 37, who has a 2 ½-year-old daughter and who, on a recent Wednesday, looked crisp in her security guard uniform, waving traffic away from the curb at Kennedy International Airport.
