Only a handful of unarmed traffic officers assigned to keep traffic moving around the plaza are in evidence. Two police pass through the park early Saturday evening, but they appear to have no official role in policing the area. There is considerable freedom of movement and use of the park. The boy on the bicycle is not admonished to leave the walkway he shares with pedestrians. Children jumping from the ledges of the concrete benches over the bushes to the grassy area are not chastised.
Dogs run free of leashes.
I found few examples of high tech equipment being used or even carried by park users. The few cell phones I saw were in the hands of lawyers and judges on their way to the nearby State Court building. Once a family strolled the park with a video camera videotaping their mugging children. The only video camera seen all week. I saw no computer lap tops among the bench sitters and students, though cyber cafes made their appearance in Mexico years earlier.