>> HARD TO WATCH THIS NEW ORLEANS ATTACK DID PUT SECURITY AT BIG EVENTS FRONT AND CENTER LEADING POLICE OFFICIALS TO TAKE A NEW LOOK AT SECURITY PLANS. SO WE WANT TO KNOW HOW IS OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT'S SETTING UP TO PROTECT DOES ESPECIALLY IN LARGE CROWDS ARE PUBLIC EVENTS HERE IN OUR GULF COAST. TONIGHT'S COVER STORY, ABC 7 SARAH MANKIEWICZ IS SHOWING US THE HIDDEN FEATURES AND MORE IN PLACE TO KEEP YOU SAFE. >> A TRAGEDY IN NEW ORLEANS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY CLOSE TO HOME HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. >> TO FORT MYERS WISELY IN STEELE IDELSON NEARLY DIED IN THE TERROR ATTACK. BUT WHILE THESE 2 WOMEN CONTINUE TO RECOVER AND RETURN TO NORMAL LIFE, IF YOU'RE STILL LINGERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, STONE. >> THINK THAT'S SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO GATHER IN LARGE GATHERINGS AND MORE BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO TALK WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO SEE HOW THEY PREPARE FOR THE WORST. OF COURSE, WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING BAD LIKE HAPPEN, NEW ORLEANS, A NOISE JUST PUT YOUR YOUR MIND THAT LIKE, OKAY, LET'S LET'S RELOOK AT CHIEF TRACY MCMILLION TELLS ME HE'S HERE TO PUT THOSE FEARS TO REST. DO YOU THINK THAT YOU ARE PREPARED LIKE THAT IS SOMETHING LIKE THAT WERE TO HAPPEN IN MY MIND? I DO. I THINK WE HAVE ALEXA, GREAT COMMUNICATIONS, GREAT RESOURCES, GREAT EXPERIENCE. ONE LINE OF DEFENSE CHIEF MCMILLION SHOWED ME ARE THESE BARRICADES. SO THIS WHAT WE USE A LOT OF TIMES FOR. >> ROAD CLOSURES AND WHAT YOU WANT A PERMANENT HARDENING. SO A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL USE EITHER THIS AS THE FIRST WAVE OR SOMETIMES EVEN AS A SECOND WAVE IS CALLED MERIDIAN BARRICADE. AND MCMILLIAN SAYS IT'S STRONG ENOUGH TO STOP A MOVING CAR. SO DESIGNED FOR THAT. BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER THINGS SUCH AS A VEHICLE OR ONE OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS TRUCKS THAT ACTUALLY CAN ACTUALLY BE ANOTHER STEP IN THE HEART. I WANT TO SHOW YOU HOW EASY IT IS TO MOVE ONE OF THESE THINGS WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GET IN PLACE FOR A BIG EVENT NOW, YOU DO NEED ONE OF THESE TOOLS TO MOVE IT FROM POINT A TO POINT B, WE'LL SEE AS ACTUALLY IS CONNECTING IT HE DOES THAT, YOU'LL SEE HOW THE FULCRUM PUTS THEM ON TO THE WHEELS. AND NOW THAT HEAVY DEVICES MAY NOT TO MOVE BECOMES VERY SO ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO PUT INTO SO MANY DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS. IT ALLOWS US TO. >> FORMULATE HARDEN PLANS THAT ACTUALLY JUST MEET THE NEEDS OF THE CITY. CHIEF MCMILLION ALSO SHOWED ME A DIFFERENT TYPE OF BARRICADE THAT'S EASY TO POP INTO PLACE. YOU COULD EVEN SEE WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY CABLE. >> AND ACTUALLY SHUT THAT OFF. ALSO. BUT THESE ARE DESIGNED TO BE ABLE TO BE TAKEN AWAY IF WE NEED PUT UP WHEN WE HAVE EVENTS IN ORDER TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. THEY LOOK LIKE THIS WHEN THEY'RE IN THE GROUND THAT CAN PULLED UP IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. SO IT MAKES US THE ENGINEER THOSE TYPE OF DOLLARS TO BE INSIDE OF THE ROAD AND CONNECTS BE PUT UP VERY QUICKLY, VERY EASILY, JUST BECAUSE OF THE FREQUENCY OF THOSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EVENTS AND THE SAFETY EQUIPMENT ISN'T JUST OPERATING AT GROUND LEVEL. WE'VE ACTUALLY ARE EMPLOYED, YOU KNOW, SOME DIFFERENT DRONES. WE'VE EMPLOYED SOME OTHER THINGS THAT'S JUST HELP KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. SOME OF IT IS HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT. EVEN THINGS THAT LOOK COSMETIC ARE PACKING HIDDEN FEATURES TO KEEP YOU SAFE. WE ALSO HAVE THE WATER CITY, EVEN SOME PLANTERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY DESIGNED TO ACTUALLY STOP VEHICLES REPORTING IN FORT MYERS, SIR, MAKE WITH ABC 7. >> SARAH, THANK YOU. AND GETTING YOU MORE WITH THE RECENT NEW YEAR'S EVE ATTACK IN NEW ORLEANS. POLICE UP NORTH IN TAMPA ARE TAKING A NEW LOOK AT SECURITY PLANS FOR GASPARILLA. SO THE EVENT IS HELD EVERY YEAR AS WE KNOW ON THE SATURDAY BEFORE THE BIG GASPARILLA PIRATE FEST. FEDERAL AGENTS FOUND OUT THE ALLEGED ATTACKER HAD ALSO VISITED TAMPA MONTHS BEFORE THAT ATTACK IN NEW ORLEANS. NOW, TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIVISION SAYS THEY'RE PREPARED FOR THE LARGE CROWDS AHEAD. OFFICERS WILL ALSO BE DEPLOYING HELICOPTERS EQUIPP