new york city marathon. the security is going to be unprecedented. just a few moments ago, new york city officials held a news conference, outlined some of their precautions that will be in place for sunday s marathon. among them, they say there will be an increased number of observation teams counter sniper terrorism teams, heavy weapons d number of bomb sniffing dogs, as well as more radiation detectors. as well as you mention, there ll be more barriers to prevent a car or truck attacked. we ve added more sand trucks and blocker vehicles. the most we ve ever used in any detail in the city. the sand trucks are 16-ton sanitation vehicles. they are not an unfamiliar site for new yorkers. they often were around trump tower when the president is in town. the marathon security efforts we are told will be a joint operation of some 20 local,
our city. and we ve enhanced security for this also. it s going to be a very safe event. we ve added more sand trucks, more blocker vehicles. i can t give you the exact number. i do have it, i can t give it to you, but it will be the most ever deployed at this event. we more than doubled our observation teams, our rooftop observation posts, as well as our counter-sniper teams from the emergency services unit throughout the boroughs, not just here in manhattan. and we ve also added more heavy weapons teams throughout the city. officers from our emergency services unit, from our strategic response group, and from our critical response command. they ll at fixed locations along the route. but they will also have a mobile response capability, if they are needed elsewhere. and this increase will supplement the already large substantial detail of uniformed officers that you ll see along the route, but there will also be officers in civilian attire, in plain clothes that you won t
it s not the time to be fearful. now s the time for all new yorkers to be strong, as we always are. right now chief carlos gomez, our chief of department, he s going to talk about what we re doing to increase security throughout the city. carlos? gardeniood morning, everyone. immediately following yesterday s attack in lower manhattan, the department quickly mobilized and deployed additional resources, additional police officers and additional heavy weapons teams to key locations throughout the city. last night s halloween parade, which attracted over a million participants was also security at that parade was also enhanced. we added more sand trucks, we added more blocker vehicles to the side streets that led on to sixth avenue. and we also assigned more heavy weapons teams, not just to the parade, but to the surrounding area. new yorkers and others who utilize our transit systems will see a lot more officers. you ll see more officers on the trains. you ll see more officers on the
the children were from argentina. the nypd beefed up the police presence across the city including extra officers, sand trucks, and heavy weapons units. but it was still halloween in new york. tonight when kids went trick or treating in the annual parade went off without a hitch. earlier tonight, the nypd put out this message. those in nyc is beyond, join us stopping for a moment to pray for the victims killed today and those injured: together we remain strong. that is your broadcast for tonight. thank you for being with us. and good night from nbc news headquarters in new york.
have been fortified with bollards and blocking mechanisms. cities have to assess if thing is a pedestrian mall, if it s only a pedestrian mall, only bicyclists, that should be fortified with bollards, if you can t do that, big rocks. it can t be done on every sidewalk and every crowd. that s not possible. no one is going to purport that. we re talking about a place that is a known pedestrian area. those places should be. we can t have officers sitting there all day with sand trucks and like if it s a special event. but, you know, just some rocks a few hundred feet apart on a 14-block bike and pedestrian mall will prevent a vehicle for driving through. we re lucky, ali, this wasn t a dump truck or some other large vehicle because the terrorist would have smashed that school bus, might have killed more people. it s horrible for those eight families and all the new yorkers, you know, we re all new yorkers tonight. that s the truck we re looking at. gene, we re here in rockefeller center