ORLANDO, Fla. — Increased security measures are coming to downtown Orlando starting Friday night after a brawl-turned-shooting last weekend injured seven people.

On Friday and Saturday nights, police, security officers — even K-9s — will be stationed across six access points around North Orange Avenue, between Washington and Pine Streets and including West Central Boulevard, Mayor Buddy Dyer said. They will be watching the crowds and performing voluntary weapons checks to try to deter people from coming downtown to stir up trouble, officials said. The added security is a version of the city’s controlled-entry program that has been used a few times for busy events downtown, including New Year’s Eve.

“We have used this, I think, three times at some of the holiday events, and those have all been safe and secure,” he said at a news conference Monday. “So at least the pilots, let’s call them that, have worked very well, so we’re hopeful that that will work as well.”

Dyer said there will be voluntary weapons checks, too.

The city also reached out to vendors for metal detectors, which currently require six- to eight-week lead times when ordered, according to Public Information Officer Ashley Papagni.

“We are still exploring other vendors and pursuing alternatives to get them in place sooner than that if possible,” she said in an email to Spectrum News.