ABC News spoke with an agent responsible for both Chicago and Milwaukee.
In this Oct. 13, 2023 file photo, a member of the Secret Service monitors activity as U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at Tioga Marine Terminal in Philadelphia.
"It's unprecedented that a field office has had two NSSE events this close that were both conventions," he said. "In our world, security comes first, but we also we don't want a disruption to the public," he said. "We want everybody to still be able to live their daily lives while we still secure events."
"One thing that we have been doing the last several months is public outreach, community outreach, to make sure that the business owners and the public are well informed about what our expectations are and what their expectations are to us," he said. "So we can avoid as many disruptions as possible"
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