(The Center Square) – Chicago Inspector General Deborah Witzburg has launched an investigation into Police Supt. Larry Snelling’s decision not to take disciplinary action against nine Chicago Police Department officers
significant concern. and protests sweeping cities and campuses this year s convention in chicago has the secret service pulling out all the stops. i think there are expecting around 50,000 people, all total. that would be involved in either attending the event, working the event, or participant it s fading in the event in some way the secret service has been designated to be an overall demand of security planning. the lone gunman, you ve got folks that are radicalized. you ve got demonstrations that may pop up and, you know, obviously we hope they remain peaceful here, but they could turn violent and that this is where chicago has a history at the 1968 democratic national convention with a backdrop of the vietnam war. there were violent clashes between police and protesters. chicago police were blamed for escalating the violence it s a history. they have worked hard to overcome. this isn t 1960. there have been advances in policing. if you look at the technology that we have
superintendent larry snelling at the crime prevention and information center or the cpic it s a 24/7 command center, where they will monitor all convention-related events, including protests, citywide multiple agencies will have representation within the command center, including the fbi, atf, and state police. so if there is an incident, they can coordinate and deploy resources swiftly. here in this vast open area of the chicago convention center, weeks ahead of the democratic national convention the chicago police are practicing with their mobile field forces chicago police officers were drilled through different scenarios. they ve encountered violent protests medical rescue. how to extract someone from a hostile crowd shield training if the officers are being pelted with rocks and bottles and bicycle teams that can move rapidly through crowded streets and form a barricade but chicago