DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IS LESS THAN 2 WEEKS AWAY.

CHICAGO IS PREPARING TO HOST A MAJOR EVENT AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.

LOCAL AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN ORGANIZING ITS SECURITY DETAIL SINCE APRIL.

JOINING US NOW TO BREAK DOWN ALL THE DETAILS ARE DEREK THERE, DEPUTY SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE OF THE UNITED STATES.

SECRET SERVICE, CHICAGO FIELD OFFICE AND LARRY SNELLING CHICAGO POLICE SUPERINTENDENT, THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.

I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A VERY BUSY TIME.

SUPERINTENDENT WANT TO START WITH YOU.

THE DNC IS A LITTLE MORE THAN WHAT A WEEK AWAY.

ARE YOU READY?

I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE.

3 WORDS.

NOW WE ARE READY.

AND ERIC, OF THE QUESTION FOR YOU THAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE NOW THIS PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE SECURITY PLAN FOR OVER A YEAR.

HOW IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CPD IN A SECRET SERVICE?

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE IT?

I TELL PEOPLE THIS ALL THE TIME.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S A BETTER LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY THAT CITY OF CHICAGO.

NOT ONLY ARE WE PARTNERS WERE FRIENDS SEE WHAT CHANGES CHICAGO HAVE OF STORM AND HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP.

IT'S ONLY STRENGTHENED BY THE PLANNING OF THE DNC AND SUPERINTENDENT.

HOW WOULD YOU SEE THE CPD PLANTS RESPOND TO SITUATIONS THAT MIGHT ESCALATE DURING THE DNC?

WELL, THERE WE'VE BEEN TRAINING FOR THIS FOR OVER A YEAR.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS, ESPECIALLY THE SECRET SERVICE.

A MAN IS WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER ON PLANS TO MAKE SURE THERE WERE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS HERE OUR EXPECTATIONS IS THAT PEOPLE COME HERE TO PROTEST PROTEST PEACEFULLY AND WE'RE GOING TO PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS TO DO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED.

PREPARED TO DEAL WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY CIVIL UNREST IN THE VANDALISM OR VIOLENCE WILL BE TIGHT AND TALKING ABOUT THAT.

WHAT STEPS HAVE YOU TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T SEE CLASHES BETWEEN OFFICERS AND PROTESTERS LIKE WE SAW BACK IN 2020?

WELL, 2020 WAS A THEN NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT TWENTY-TWENTY A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE USE THE WORD PROTESTERS THERE.

THAT WAS RIGHT.

THERE WAS THERE WAS ARSON.

PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES.

THAT WAS NOT PROTESTS.

THOSE WEREN'T PROTEST.

SOME OF THEM WERE.

WE SAW A LARGE SCALE CIVIL UNREST.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE PREPARE FOR THIS TIME WHEN THAT WAS MORE SPONTANEOUS AT THE TIME IT OCCURRED.

SO WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED 2020 AND FOR THAT MATTER ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WE'VE PREPARED FOR THAT.

WE'VE DEALT WITH OVER 100 PROTEST HERE IN THE SINCE THE END THE YEAR.

AND WE'VE DONE QUITE DEALING WITH THOSE PROTESTS AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

AND OUR OFFICERS HAVE GONE THROUGH EXTENSIVE TRAINING TO GET THE JOB DONE.

CAN YOU UPDATE ME ABOUT THE NEW MASS ARREST POLICY?

ACCORD MULTIPLE ARRESTS OF POLICY IS FOR SEVERAL SEVERAL THINGS IT'S DESIGNED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE HAVE TO MAKE ARRESTS AND ARE WE TAKE PEOPLE INTO CUSTODY THAT IS DONE IN A WAY THAT'S WRAPPED AROUND THE POLICY IT FOCUSES ON THE RIGHTS OF EVERYONE THAT WE DON'T WANT.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE TAKE SOMEONE INTO CUSTODY, THAT WE'RE DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY THAT EVERYONE IS ACCOUNTED FOR.

THE OFFICERS WHO MAKE THE ARRESTS ARE RIGHT NARRATIVES MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING ALL THE DOCUMENTATION THAT NEEDS TO BE DOCUMENTED IN ANY ARRESTS, SITUATION.

THE DOCUMENTATION IS THERE.

WE'VE LOOKED AT PAST PRACTICES.

WE LOOKED AT WHERE MISTAKES WERE MADE AND WE'VE CORRECTED LAST STEPS IN TALKING ABOUT SAFETY WITH SO MANY OFFICERS WORKING THIS EVENT.

HOW DOES DEPARTMENT PLAN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE REST OF THE CITY?

SO WITH EVERY DISTRICT COMMANDER ACROSS THE CITY HAS A TO DEAL THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS BECAUSE EACH DISTRICT IS DIFFERENT AND THEIR DIFFERENT NEEDS THEIR DIFFERENT ISSUES, DIFFERENT PROBLEMS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DISTRICT COMMANDERS HAVE THE AUTONOMY TO GET THE JOB DONE IN THEIR DISTRICTS.

WE HAVE EXTENDED FALL OFF A SEASON.

WE HAVE THE OFT CANCELLATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE MANPOWER TO DEAL WITH THOSE ISSUES.

EACH DISTRICT COMMANDER HAS AN EMERGENCY MOBILIZATION PLAN IN CASE SOMETHING OCCURS WITHIN THOSE DISTRICTS AND THEY ALSO HAVE A WELLNESS PLAN FOR THE OFFICERS.

WE KNOW THAT WHEN OFFICERS ARE WORKING LONG HOURS AND THEY'RE DEALING WITH VOLATILE SITUATIONS, COGNITIVELY THEY CAN BE AFFECTED AND TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR OFFICERS TAKING CARE OF AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE WELL WHEN THEY'RE OUT THERE WILL AND ENSURE THAT WE BRING DOWN THE POSSIBILITY, ESPECIALLY IS OKAY.

BUT DO SAY THAT WILL HIGHER RATES OF VIOLENCE.

THAT'S CORRECT.

YES.

SO THOSE THOSE AREAS WITH HIGH RATES OF VIOLENCE, WE'RE WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE OFFICERS TO RESPOND TO JOBS.

THERE.

AND THERE IS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PERIMETERS OF THE MCCORMICK PLACE IN UNITED CENTER.

WHAT WORK HAS A SECRET SERVICE ON TO PREPARE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES AROUND THAT AREA.

SO WE HAVE SEVERAL FLYERS.

WE PUT OUT OVER A FOUR-THOUSAND FOLLOW-UPS ARE 40,000 FLIERS, BUT MAINLY FOR THE LAST YEAR WE'VE BEEN DOING A PUBLIC OUTREACH OURSELVES CPD AND OTHER LOCAL AND STATE ENTITIES WENT OUT AND MET WITH THE PUBLIC AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS WERE.

ASKED THEM.

QUESTIONS FOUND OUT WHAT THEIR EXPECTATIONS WAR.

WE UNDERSTAND THE GARBAGE STILL NEEDS TO BE PICKED UP.

THEY'LL STILL NEED TO BE DELIVERED.

UBER EATS STILL NEED TO MAKE DELIVERIES.

AND WE ALL KNOW THAT AMAZON PACKAGES STILL HAVE TO GET TO TO THEIR CUSTOMERS.

SO I PUBLIC OUTREACH HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE LAST YEAR TO YOU.

CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE YELLOW AND THE RED LINE?

AREAS.

SO THE YELLOW IS OUR VEHICLE SCREENING.

SO IF YOU COME IN THE YELLOW AREA, YOU WOULD NEED A VEHICLE TO GET INTO THAT INTO THAT AREA.

BUT YOUR VEHICLE WILL BE SCREENED.

THE PUBLIC WOULD BE ABLE TO WALK FREELY AND THE LA AREA BUT NOT VEHICLES WERE NOT BE ABLE TO DRIVE THROUGH THERE WITH A PLACARD WITH THE BLACK WITH IT WITH A PACK OF AND THEY WOULD THERE.

WE GO THROUGH A SECURITY SCREENING VEHICLE, THE RED AREA.

YOU WOULD NEED A CREDENTIAL OR A TICKET TO GET INTO THAT RED AREA AND EVERYONE WILL BE SCRIPT SCREEN TO GET INTO RED AREA.

NOW WE KNOW THAT HENRY HORNER PARK IS IN THE RED ZONE.

WHAT COMEY, WHAT HAS COMMUNICATION BEEN LIKE WITH THOSE RESIDENTS ALMOST FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

THEY HAVE LIKE ANY SPECIAL LADY OR ANY SPECIAL ID.

NO, THEY WILL NOT.

JUST TODAY THEY WILL NEED ID TO KNOW THAT THEY LIVED IN THAT THAT THEY LIVE IN THAT AREA.

EVERYONE COMING INTO IT TO THE RED AREA WILL NEED IDENTIFICATION AND OF SUPERINTENDENT AT THE RNC.

THERE WAS CONTROVERSY OVER OHIO POLICE OFFICER SHOT AND KILLED A MILWAUKEE RESIDENTS UP PLANS TO SEE AS MANY AS 500 EXTRA OFFICERS FOR THE DNC COOL.

THEY REPORT TO.

WELL, OBVIOUSLY THERE WILL BE TO CPD REPORTING.

THERE WILL BE REPORTING TO THE LEADERSHIP AND CPD, HOWEVER, THEY'RE GOING TO BE PROTECT, PROTECTING INFRASTRUCTURE SO THEY WILL NOT BE PATROLLING NEIGHBORHOODS AND NOT BEEN I I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME THAT THAT'S WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN MILWAUKEE DURING THE RNC.

HOWEVER, HERE WE'RE GOING TO BE DELIBERATE ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT ANY OUTSIDE AGENCIES ARE NOT PLACING ANY COMPROMISING POSITION AS THEY ALSO RECEIVING SIMILAR TRAINING AS THE CPD OFFICERS.

SO THEY WILL BE GETTING 8 TO 12 HOURS OF TREE THE WEEKEND PRIOR TO THE START OF THE DNC.

SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THEY HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING ABOUT POLICIES AND FOR THE LOCATIONS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PROTECTED AND WILL TO CALIBRATE THE COLLAB BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES BEEN LIKE BEEN GREAT.

LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY NEWS IN THIS CITY OF CHICAGO, MAYOR OF CHICAGO IS IS SOME OF THE BEST YOU'LL SEE IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

SO THE SECRET SERVICE IS VERY LUCKY TO HAVE PARTNERS LIKE LARRY SNELLING IN THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THEY SAY YOUR FRIENDS JUST AND HOW WOULD YOU SAY?

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE TALK ABOUT OF THE CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP FOR THE SECRET SERVICE AFFECTED ANY OF THE PLANNING OR PREPARATION, WOULD YOU SAY IT DOES NOT AFFECT ANY OF THE PREPARATION FOR FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION?

SO YOU'RE WITH US.

HAVE EVERYTHING COVERED YES, WE DO.

DERRICK'S.

I'M SELLING.

IN RECENT NEWS CONFERENCE HELD BY THE SECRET SERVICE.

YOU SAID YOU'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION PROTEST ORGANIZERS.

WHAT WERE THE MAIN TALKING POINTS BETWEEN THOSE DISCUSSIONS?

ALL TALKING WERE WRAPPED AROUND EXPECTATIONS WHAT ARE THEY EXPECTING AND WHAT IS IT THAT WE EXPECT FROM THEM?

AND WHAT ARE THE EXPECTATIONS FOR KEEPING OUR CITY SAFE THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE GONE?

WELL, THEY'VE GONE PAST BECAUSE WE'VE WE'VE MET WITH ALL YEAR LONG.

AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN FRUITFUL.

WE'VE TALKED TO SOME OF THE ORGANIZERS ABOUT SELF-POLICING WE'VE SEEN FROM A LOT OF THE THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF.

I'M SORRY, I'M FINE.

POLICING THEMSELVES AND THAT'S GOING TO HELP AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT.

OUR INTERACTION HAS TO BE ONE OF PARTNERSHIP AND ONE WAY THE PROTESTERS, PEOPLE WHO COME HERE TO PROTEST JUST WANT TO HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD.

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