over the summer leaving 86 dead, sand trucks and other vehicles will be used to block off new york streets. while in chicago, fences and concrete barricades went up amid concerns about isis-inspired attacks. boston is taking similar steps. it s sad we have to do this type of stuff, but it s a reality of what s happening now in the world. reporter: in pasadena, california, home to the rose parade, law enforcement outlined their new strategy. we ll be using a series of police radio cars staffed with either uniformed officers or deputies and water barriers to create a brigade of sorts. reporter: overseas, in germany officers in some cities are now armed with machine guns. in london police presence is ramped up around buckingham palace and the markets. yeah, i think it s quite safe. reporter: and in times square today, support for the police. i think they ve been doing a great job anyway and just enjoy
in place. some of it is crowd control but some definitely for security. the nypd will have a record 7,000 officers, uniformed, undercover and counter terrorism units, here and around times square. that s an unprecedented level of security. but this comes after a year of terrible attacks. not just overseas but here in the u.s. from nice to berlin to orlando. law enforcement agencies all over the world are ramping up security for new year s eve. keeping in mind particularly the vehicle attacks. here in times square they are going to have 65 sand trucks. they are not here now but we have seen them before for the thanksgiving day parade. they will also have an additional 100 vehicles that will be blocking off the roads. that s to prevent the kinds of attacks we saw in nice and berlin. back to you. nbc s stephanie gosk in
ready, they started getting ready actually when the ball dropped this time last year. this is a whole year process that they continue to just build upon as they get new information from things happening overseas and here in the u.s. as well. according to the nypd. some of the new things they talked about today, things that we ve never seen going into the protection of times square this year. 65 sam trucks. of course that s going to ring a bell to you because we saw these vehicles that committed these terrorist attacks in nice and in berlin. these sand trucks are going to be all around the perimeter of times square as well as 100 barrier trucks which are just department vehicles that are blocking streets so cars cannot get into this area once they shut it down. they ll be shutting down streets, more streets this year, again, so cars cannot get through. these are lessons they re continuing to learn from events happening overseas and then putting into place right away here in times square
three weeks left of the bum bull administration and we ll see if the sparks keep flying. thank you so much. and million people get ready to it pack in to times square. and rick is at the cross roads of the world. they are getting ready out there? reporter: the nypd starts prep for new year s eve as the ball drops on the last new year s eve and adapt to the changing threat and environment in our world. for the first time there will be 65 sand trucks to block and create a barrier around times square that attackers could not penetrate. there will be other broker
heavy duty trucks like the one you see here, to block any attackers trying to drive into the crowd. that s hour terrorists killed dozens of people in attacks in nice, france, this year, and in germany. what else are police saying, rich? reporter: this year will be stricter than ever with more officers mark checkpoints, more heavy equipment and a close are scrutiny of the cloud. the most note able will be the sand trucks to create a perimeter that authorities say can t be penetrated by an attack in a vehicle. and 7,000 uniformed officers on duty, along with counterterrorism team and snipers on roof teatops and metl detectors and k-9 teams but in