Well it depends on a few things. Are the guards standing at the checkpoints, or just wandering around on patrol? Are they armed with handguns or assault rifle

Well it depends on a few things. Are the guards standing at the checkpoints, or just wandering around on patrol? Are they armed with handguns or assault rifles? For what it's worth, I did not notice a police presence or armed guards the last time I flew out of LGA (a week ago).