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Chicago Police Department Superintendent Larry Snelling said in March that Chicago police “will protect all those exercising their first amendment rights” in and around the convention. “What we will not tolerate is criminal activity,” he added. “Violence, vandalism will not be tolerated.” canonical: https://time.com/video/83gUHuZt/ og:title: Chicago's Top Cop Says the City is Secure and Ready to Host the Democratic National Convention og:description: For decades, every Democrat and Republican political convention has been declared a “national special security event” by the Department of Homeland Security. That designation puts the Secret Service in charge of coordinating safety planning with the FBI, FEMA, police in Chicago and other federal and state and local agencies. Chicago Police Department Superintendent Larry Snelling said in March that Chicago police “will protect all those exercising their first amendment rights” in and around the convention. “What we will not tolerate is criminal activity,” he added. “Violence, vandalism will not be tolerated.” og:url: https://time.com/video/83gUHuZt/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/83gUHuZt/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chicago's Top Cop Says the City is Secure and Ready to Host the Democratic National Convention twitter:description: For decades, every Democrat and Republican political convention has been declared a “national special security event” by the Department of Homeland Security. That designation puts the Secret Service in charge of coordinating safety planning with the FBI, FEMA, police in Chicago and other federal and state and local agencies. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Chicago's Top Cop Says the City is Secure and Ready to Host the Democratic National Convention [Watch (HLS stream): Chicago's Top Cop Says the City is Secure and Ready to Host the Democratic National Convention](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/83gUHuZt.m3u8) (1:39)  _Published 2024-08-15. For decades, every Democrat and Republican political convention has been declared a “national special security event” by the Department of Homeland Security. That designation puts the Secret Service in charge of coordinating safety planning with the FBI, FEMA, police in Chicago and other federal and state and local agencies. Chicago Police Department Superintendent Larry Snelling said in March that Chicago police “will protect all those exercising their first amendment rights” in and around the convention. “What we will not tolerate is criminal activity,” he added. “Violence, vandalism will not be tolerated.”_ --- Aug 15, 2024 4:20 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Chicago Police Department Receives Special Training for Democratic National Convention](/video/y4oMdaFg/) ### Chicago Police Department Receives Special Training for Democratic National Convention [These Are The Biggest Takeaways from the 2020 Democratic and Republican National Conventions](/video/6SNqW80h/) ### These Are The Biggest Takeaways from the 2020 Democratic and Republican National Conventions [Watch Obama's Speech at the Democratic National Convention](/video/RO7XpHwY/) ### Watch Obama's Speech at the Democratic National Convention --- ## Transcript We want to make sure that we have a safe and successful Democratic National convention. Oftentimes, it is forgotten that there was a Democratic convention between 1968 and now. It was a success. We will have resources in every single neighborhood. So it's not forgotten that we have a city to protect. It's not just around the venues covering the Democratic National Convention. The Chicago Police Department will be in every single neighborhood protecting the neighborhoods. So we will not deplete resources from our neighborhoods to simply put in the area where the Democratic National Convention is being held. Our offices have been training for over a year. And Chicago Police Department, along with everyone who is going to be working with us, our federal, state, local partners, county, we're all working in collaboration to make sure that the city is safe and secured. The convention has been designated a national special security event. That delegation allows for a whole of government approach. It means that the federal government has its full complement of resources and works with its state and local partners to ensure a safe and secure environment for residents, delegates in the entire city of Chicago as the DNC opens on Monday. I'm confident that our plan will provide a safe and secure environment during the DNC. I reiterate nothing gives me a pause on this convention that's going to take place next week. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Chicago's Top Cop Says the City is Secure and Ready to Host the Democratic National Convention","description":"For decades, every Democrat and Republican political convention has been declared a “national special security event” by the Department of Homeland Security. 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