Super Bowl 2015 security to be extraordinary
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said there is no "specific credible threat" against Super Bowl XLIX, but law enforcement isn't taking any chances with more than 100,000 people going to Arizona for the big game.
Johnson took a tour of the University of Phoenix stadium and was briefed by law enforcement officials. His presence makes clear this is not just another game, and security is extraordinary, reports CBS News correspondent Jan Crawford.
Federal agents showed CBS News what fans can expect on game day.
From the air, Black Hawk helicopters will enforce a no-fly zone and monitor what's happening on the ground.
Cameras will send real-time video to command centers, where officers like Phoenix Police Sgt. Anthony Jones will monitor activity outside and inside the stadium.
"The more we see, the better off we can be," Jones said. "We're proactively monitoring, looking for things happening."
And here's what they don't want to see: fans taking in backpacks or purses or flying drones which, the FAA reminds everyone, are banned around the stadium.
It's all part of a detailed security plan to protect tens of thousands of fans who will attend the nation's biggest sporting event.
"I'm confident we will have a safe, secure and successful event on Sunday," Johnson said Wednesday.
Johnson reinforced that message, appearing with a wide range of law enforcement agencies, from local police in the Phoenix area patrolling the ground to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which loaned its Blackhawks.
Border Protection also moved in a huge X-ray machine to screen every delivery truck entering the stadium. They're looking for explosives and other dangerous materials. The machine is usually stationed at the Arizona-Mexico border.
"We want to make sure that the public knows what kind of work has gone in to make sure that this event is safe," Border Protection Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske said. "The eyes of the country, and frankly the eyes of the world, are on the Super Bowl."