Security planners for the Republican National Convention have had to contend with the winding river that snakes through downtown Milwaukee and near the Fiserv Center convention site. Roughly half a dozen police departments, along with state and federal agencies, have boats patrolling the river 24-hours-a-day until the convention ends this week.
Roughly half a dozen police departments, along with state and federal agencies, have boats patrolling the river twenty-four-hours a day until the convention ends this week. Boson’s mate second class Tyler Boon navigates a U.S. Coast Guard small response boat down the Milwaukee River toward the RNC security zone on Wednesday, July 17, 2024 in Milwaukee , Wis. Boson’s mate second class Tyler Boon navigates a U.S.
Associated Press journalists were allowed on board a 29-foot U.S. Coast Guard boat Wednesday to observe. The boat, typically used for search-and-rescue operations, traveled near the secure zone of the convention site via Lake Michigan and the river that empties into it. “There is no higher level of security that can be invested in events such as this,” Milwaukee Police Chief Norman Jeffery told The Associated Press Wednesday.
Patrol boats typically depart from a Coast Guard facility south of downtown on Lake Michigan, before turning into the mouth of the channel where the river begins. Speeds are then slowed to 5 mph and boats pass by the restaurants and converted warehouses of Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward on the way to the secure zone.
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