our offices here are doing a great job to keep us secure. reporter: the 2 million spectators for the ball drop will enter through a dozen entry points with multiple layers of security. magn magnetometers, wands, and bag inspections will once again be the price of entry. everyone wants to be here be on tv. reporter: cement barricades, trucks fill wed with sand and blocker vehicles are now part of the tradition. this year, the square s high-rise buildings, the backdrop for its neon glitz will have spotters and snipers after new york s massacre in las vegas. detectives are assigned to each hotel here and working with their security squads. and you will see more k-9 units, specially trained vapor-sniffing dogs able to detect explosives, even under many layers of winter clothes. yet for all the reminders of potential trouble, some are focused on the spirit of the night. it brings a lot of people together. and i think just that, that unity, really it brings a match to this place, y
live in new york city, you don t go through any sort of detection to get on the subway or into port authority. you walk in the door like you walk into a shopping mall. i mean, this is nothing like the airports. no, there is basically zero security to get in and out of there. there are a lot of surveillance cameras, so i m sure that s one thing we haven t spoken about on this incident. i m sure there s going to be a lot of surveillance camera footage that s going to be released, but you ll see the bad inspections happening now more frequently. remember those things when we had them way back when? we ll have them coming up over the next couple of weeks with all the tourists coming in for the holiday season. i think you re going to be expecting those random checks. of course, you have to remember that people are getting on these buses that come to the port authority from all over the tristate area. so if you re doing bag inspections, you have to do it in hundreds if not thousands of l
explosive detection sweeps and random bag inspections. you will see amtrak canine explosive detention teams as well. there will be several days a year that rail travelers will be able to notice more controls will be subjected to some level of psa inspections. security measures are being imaged with the recent attempted train terror attack in france. johnson is praising the americans for foiling the plot. a an attack should be detected much earlier on. when you have a situation where you have heros among billions, that is homeland security of the last resort.
and the estimated 160,000 people going through the gates can expect to have more thorough bag inspections, and magnetic wand searches. we hope not a single person that gets to the gate is surprised and trying to bring in something not allowed. 1200 federal, state and local officers were also be out in force, an increase of about 100 since the bombing. basically just areas of command. reporter: but major kelly jones says they re relying on alert spectators to report anything suspicious. we get used to things sometimes, and so what we ve learned is, folks have got to be vigilant. we ve got to be vigilant. people have to be the eyes and ears of this community. reporter: that message seems to be getting through. i know if i see something i m going to say something. probably more so now than ever before. reporter: for others it s still all about the derby. this is an event that everybody wants to experience, that they look forward to every year, and just to come out and ha
the boston bombing. security at churchill downs now understandably tightened. the marathon bombing occurred and we were on the phone immediately with our law enforcement partners and had meetings the next day. we had to move really quickly if changes were warranted we had to get the word out pretty quickly. reporter: changes were made. in addition to the ban on backpacks in place since 9/11 the new security restrictions include no camp carders, cans or coolers of any size. and women with purses larger than 12 inches will have to leave them at home for the big races. and the estimated 160,000 people going through the gates can expect to have more thorough bag inspections, and magnetic wand searches. we hope not a single person that gets to the gate is surprised and trying to bring in something not allowed. 1200 federal, state and local officers were also be out in force, an increase of about 100 since the bombing. basically just areas of