Following a deadly truck attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Chicago police are reviewing security measures for major events, particularly in light of the upcoming Democratic National Convention.
A New Year's morning pickup truck attack that left at least 15 people dead on Bourbon Street in New Orleans has Chicago and other cities around the country on high alert.Part of the heightened security in Chicago is looking at how the attacker used his vehicle to veer around a police squad car blocking the street and go on to run over people standing on the sidewalks.
Chicago, of course, hosts its fair share of large events of its own—notably including the Democratic National Convention in the summer of 2024, where safety and security were in the spotlight. And on New Year's Eve just Tuesday night in Chicago, thousands of people lined the city's Riverwalk to welcome in the New Year.In light of what happened hours later on New Orleans, the plan of action for New Year's Eve in Chicago—while successful—is being further examined.'We might have been ready last night, but we didn't have sand trucks blocking the Riverwalk and so on and so forth like they do on New Year's Eve in Times Square,' said former Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy, comparing Chicago's event to the one in New York City, which went off with no trouble except for some rain.Over the phone, McCarthy said the deadly attack on Bourbon Street—and specifically the way a pickup truck was used to carry it out—has police departments reviewing their measures.'At any time, on any day, this can happen—quite frankly,' McCarthy said.Retired Chicago Police First Deputy Supt. Anthony Riccio said Chicago said the city is going out of its way to make sure it doesn't.'You can be sure that the Chicago Police Department is reviewing what happened in New Orleans, and they're taking precautions to make surethat that doesn't happen here—and doing everything that they possibly can,' Riccio said.Riccio said Chicago does a lot of things right as it is. He pointed out the measures taken during Christkindlmarket in Daley Plaza this past holiday seaso
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