Gov. JB Pritzker said 250 Illinois National Guard military police are at the ready.
The Secret Service and police are working to protect 2024 DNC locations, delegates, city residents and participants in Chicago protests this week.DNC or not, Chicago police are in charge of protecting residents, protesters, property, businesses and neighborhoods.
"We're bringing in 10 canines to the DNC, and their job for this event is to search for unattended baggage that somebody may have left behind or and or there's a suspicious package," said ATF-Chicago Special Agent K-9 Handler Kurt Bentley."Anyone going in into, you know, the inner perimeter of the event will be screened by Department of Defense Canines," said ATF-Chicago Special Agent K-9 Handler Dan Durkin.
"The ability to trigger things is constantly changing. So, that becomes a sort of an increasing threat. And we try to stay on top of that sort of technology," said ATF-Chicago Special Agent Explosives Stewart Graham.When asked whether Hollywood does a good job of portraying what agents do when they find an explosive device, ATF-Chicago Special Agent Bomb Technician John Richardson said, "If you have to clip a wire, it's a really bad day.
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