brutality. rosa plors reis in times square. set the scene for us rosa. reporter: hi christine. well let me show you what s around me. thousands of revellers are from all around the country. here s the deal. so they are not going to see anything different when it comes to security. everything will be status quo. but the nypd does tell us that they will have heightened security. they ll have more police officers on the street and they re going to be monitoring social media very closely. why? because of the increased threats against police officers. you and i know very recently two police officers were ambushed and then killed. well they re going to be monitoring that very very closely so again, the biggest take away is for people from around the world who are going to be here in times square in new york city everything is going to be the same. it s going to have the same feel christine. what about the new element, this year? are police expecting protests? it s been a tense few weeks