New York City Marathon features massive security effort after deadly truck attack A massive security effort is in place Sunday to protect 51,000 runners and soft targets spanning five boroughs for the New York City Marathon.

A massive security effort is in place Sunday to protect 51,000 runners and soft targets spanning five boroughs for the New York City Marathon. New York City Marathon features massive security effort after deadly truck attack The security detail will include hundreds of extra uniformed patrol and plainclothes officers, roving teams of counterterrorism commandos armed with heavy weapons, bomb-sniffing dogs and rooftop snipers poised to shoot if a threat emerges. The Police Department is also using 16-ton sanitation trucks filled with sand. The trucks, along with "blocker cars," will be positioned at key intersections to try and prevent anyone from driving onto the course