How Atlanta Is Adjusting Security Plans For College Football Game After Deadly New Orleans Attack

Atlanta leaders say the New Year's Eve vehicle attack on New Orleans' Bourbon Street has helped guide their security plans for large upcoming events such as Monday's national championship college football game.

They also urged people who see threats online to report them to authorities, just as they would a suspicious bag or person at the events.

"We were taking note on how a vehicle was used to harm citizens to carry out the attack, and how IEDs were placed in the area," Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said, referring to improvised explosive devices.

Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a rented pickup truck into the New Year's Eve crowd on Bourbon Street, police said, killing more than a dozen people and injuring about 30.

"It's not just New Orleans," Schierbaum added. "We look at terror attacks around the globe, and where terrorists try to harm, we do our very best to make sure we stand in that gap for the citizens."