Access to Millennium Park was blocked off with grates Friday evening. Salt trucks were also posted to protect the area.
Across downtown, Chicago Police officers on foot, on bike, and parked on streets represented a visual effort to send a message to young people in the city.There is also another big change in place. Senior ranking officers were to be on the ground – and they will be taking command of situations.
"Prisoner transport vans - and they'll be parked in strategic locations, and they send an unspoken message," Hopkins said."Just the fact that they're there and they're ready lets people know if you attack someone; if you display a weapon; if you shoot a weapon, you'll be arrested and you'll be in one of those vans."Hopkins says the exercises officers used go back to the training they received during the NATO Summit in Chicago back in 2012.
" can recognize CPS students on site and intervene and try to tell them: 'Don't do what you think you're going to do. It's just going to cause problems for you and your family, so don't do it,'" Hopkins said.
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