An New York Police Department officer takes photographs while keeping security during a snowstorm in Times Square, New York early morning January 27, 2015. A life-threatening blizzard barreled into the U.S. Northeast, affecting up to 20 percent of Americans by making workers and students housebound, halting thousands of flights and prompting New York to ban cars from roads and halt subway trains. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (UNITED STATES – Tags: CRIME LAW ENVIRONMENT)