NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The New Orleans city council is poring over the city's safety measures that might have prevented the terrorist attack on Bourbon Street. They want to prevent any future attacks. "We want to find answers. We want to hold someone accountable for this terrible incident," said New Orleans Councilman Eugene Green. Greater New Orleans Foundation working to get aid to terror attack victims A tense New Orleans City Council meeting ended with questions about safety measures still unanswered, following the New Year's Day terror attack. Among the questions were the whereabouts of the barricades and if any type of emergency activation center was deployed before the attack. The New Orleans Police Department and the Department of Public Works explained that both are handled by Homeland Security, whose director was not in attendance. "Where's Colin Arnold, who's head of homeland security, should be right in that seat," said New Orleans resident Bruce Riley. "That's certainly one of the questions that I do think needs to be figured out very soon as to who is going to be that responsible agency to ensure that all the infrastructure necessary is deployed," said New Orleans Councilwoman Helena Moreno. NOPD Chief Anne Kirkpatrick did not answer questions about the attack but says she is committed to ensuring safety, bringing in former New York Commissioner Bill Bratton for help. "He will come forward and serve as not only my expert on how to hard target our city, but he is here to serve all of us," said Kirkpatrick. New Orleans receives additional federal help ahead of Super Bowl, Mardi Gras 2025 However, council members pushed back on Bratton coming in if everyone is not included in the conversation, including the public. "We do have to have some cadence of interaction to know what's happening, what's the basis of what's happening and then how that's going to change policy in a way that isn't just here's a press conference," said New Orleans Councilman J.P. Morrell. Residents also voiced their frustration that while the response was quick, the preparedness for an attack like this was careless. "In 2016, there was this attack in Nice, in 2018, a truck crammed, rammed into a bunch of people watching Endymion. In 2019, a Dodge Charger ran into 12 people riding their bikes, killing two of my friends," said a New Orleans resident. After discussions came with no resolutions, Morrell promised the public they would figure out what went wrong and how to move forward. "When we find out what was not done properly, when we find out how money was spent or misspent, all that information at the end of that investigation and those points during will be made public for your review because we are a transparent council that is focused on results," said Morrell. WGNO reached out to the mayor's office to see why Arnold was not in attendance for the meeting, they said he was not on the agenda. Yet, Councilman Oliver Thomas says he was invited. Morrell is set to open an investigation on the bollards on Thursday. Stay up to date with the latest news, weather and sports by downloading the WGNO app on the Apple or Google Play stores and by subscribing to the WGNO newsletter. Latest Post Another night of freezing temperatures New Orleans council talks safety inconsistencies post New Year’s Day terror attack Pentagon sending assets to California to battle wildfires Indiana man killed girlfriend's 4-month-old puppy: Docs Man survives being buried in avalanche while snowshoeing in Colorado