Chicago's FBI unveiled a newly renovated command center just a couple months before the eyes of the world will be trained on the 2024 Democratic National Convention.
Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Tom JonesChicago's FBI unveiled a newly renovated command center just a couple months before the eyes of the world will be trained on the 2024 Democratic National Convention.Coming together just as the as the eyes of the world will be on Chicago for the Democratic National Convention, the Chicago FBI unveiled a newly renovated command center.
"We have connectivity to the rest of the FBI, the rest of the United States intelligence community anywhere in the world. Foreign partners, we can communicate securely, and that's important. A lot of times when world events matter to what we're doing here in Chicago," he said. There are about 80 Chicago police officers assigned to the FBI center, with various federal and local taskforce teams as part of a modern law enforcement partnership model that works to address different kinds of crime problems.
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