RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Friday marked the first full day of the state fair as we're about to start the weekend. Police told CBS 17 they're expecting about 100,000 people a day to attend.

Chief Anthony Prignano with the Department of Agriculture said each year, when the fair ends, they pretty much immediately start preparing for next year's fair. He said more than 150 security and law enforcement officers are on site, ready to respond to any emergency, 24 hours a day—more than 100 of them are armed.

"We look at national trends, international trends. We come up with operational and tactical plans on how to deal with those if it occurs here. We bring in various agencies from the FBI to SBI Intel Unit, Isaac, North Carolina Emergency Management, and we develop specific ops and tactical plans

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