AMANDA, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND OF COURSE, WE'LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

BUT FIRST, CHICAGO POLICE OFFICIALS MADE THE TRIP TO MILWAUKEE TODAY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SAFETY AND SECURITY MEASURES IN PLACE AT THE RNC AHEAD OF NEXT MONTH'S DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION RIGHT HERE IN CHICAGO.

WBTW NEWS REPORTER MATT MASTERSON JOINS US NOW FROM OUTSIDE PABST BREWERY.

THAT'S WHERE AN EVENT IS ABOUT TO START.

MATT CPD OFFICIALS HOPING TO GET OUT OF THEIR VISIT TO THE RNC.

YEAH.

POLICE OFFICIALS CAME TO MILWAUKEE TODAY.

THEY WANT TO GET A FIRSTHAND LOOK AT HOW AUTHORITIES HERE HANDLING SECURITY ISSUES AROUND THE CONVENTION HALL FROM THEIR TORY PROTEST SITES.

THE TORY OPERATIONAL COMMAND CENTERS.

AND THEY'RE ALSO DOING JUST THE CONCRETE BARRIERS AND FENCES THAT HAVE BEEN UP ALL AROUND THE CITY, RESTRICTING ACCESS TO THE CONVENTION SITE CPD POLICE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN IN TOWN ALL WEEK ALREADY ASSISTING WITH SECURITY.

BUT OFFICIALS CAME TODAY TO GET A BETTER BEHIND THE SCENES.

LOOK HOW OPERATIONS ARE HEAD BEING HANDLED AHEAD OF NEXT MONTH'S DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION BACK IN CHICAGO.

HERE'S WHAT CPD DEPUTY CHIEF DWAYNE DE VRIES HAD TO TELL ME ABOUT THAT OR PERIMETER IS VERY KNOW WE'VE GOT CHECK COMING IN OURSELVES KNOWS, BUT IT'S BEEN I SEEN IT ALL BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY MONTH IS GOING TO BE CHICAGO.

SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE HERE IS KIND OF LAID BECAUSE THE FENCING AND A LOT OF THE SYSTEMS WILL BE THE SAME AND DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD.

AT CPD IS ALSO PLAYING A ROLE IN RNC THIS WEEK.

WHAT WE KNOW.

AS I SAID, A FEW DOZEN CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN HAND ASSISTING ALL WEEK.

MILWAUKEE BROUGHT IN POLICE OFFICERS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO HELP HANDLE THE LARGE CROWDS PROTESTERS AND OF COURSE, SECURITY AROUND FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND THE DELEGATES INSIDE THE CONVENTION HALL THEMSELVES TO THIS POINT, SECURITY ISSUES IN AND AROUND THE CONVENTION HALL HAVE BEEN VERY MINIMAL.

POLICE SAID THERE'S BEEN VERY FEW ARRESTS.

VERY FEW ISSUES AND THEY'RE HOPEFUL THAT THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO NEXT MONTH'S CONVENTION AS WELL.

THERE WAS ALSO A MAN WHO WAS FATALLY SHOT ABOUT A MILE FROM THE CONVENTION HALL ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

ARE THERE ANY LESSONS THAT CPD IS TAKING AWAY FROM THAT INCIDENT?

SO THAT SHOOTING INVOLVED POLICE OFFICERS WHO ARE IN TOWN FROM COLUMBUS, OHIO, TO HELP WITH RNC SECURITY.

THEY WERE OUTSIDE THE CONVENTION CENTER SITE.

THE SECURITY FOOTPRINT AND THEY SAID THE INTERVIEW WHEN THEY SAW A MAN WITH 2 KNIVES ATTACKING ANOTHER PERSON.

SO CHIEF DEGREES TOLD ME THAT OUTSIDE POLICE COMING TO CHICAGO FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION WILL BE STATIONED WITHIN THAT SECURITY FOOTPRINT.

IT'S ONLY GOING TO SHIPPED TRICK CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS WERE OUT HANDLING ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY DURING THIS CONVENTION.

HE CALLED THE SHOOTING FORTUNATE SITUATION.

HE SAID OPTION OFFICERS ARE TRAINED, INTERVENE WHEN THEY SPOT VIOLENT CRIME AND SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT HERE.

HOW IS CPD PREPARING FOR THE EXTENSIVE PROTESTS THAT ARE EXPECTED AT THE NEXT MONTH HERE IN CHICAGO?

CHICAGO, OF COURSE, IS NO STRANGER TO PROTEST BOTH LARGE AND SMALL.

BUT CPD OFFICERS HAVE BEEN GOING AND UNDERGOING TRAININGS FOR MONTHS.

NOT ONLY ABOUT HOW TO PROPERLY HANDLE LARGE CROWDS, BUT ALSO DE-ESCALATION TACTICS AND WAYS TO PROTECT PROTESTERS.

FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS WHAT CHIEF DEBORAH DEFREEZE HAD TO SAY ABOUT CHICAGO'S PLANS FOR NEXT MONTH.

WE'VE BEEN HAVING PROTESTS IN CHICAGO EVERY WEEKEND AND THEY HAVE A PEACEFUL AS THE CITY CHICAGO.

WE WON'T TOLERATE FROM LIKE TO VITTI VANDALISM OR VIOLENCE.

BUT AS LONG AS PEOPLE ARE PEACEFUL, WANT SPEAK THEIR VOICES.

WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.

AND OF COURSE, MATT, WE MENTIONED THAT YOU OUT THERE IN FRONT OF PABST BREWERY.

WHAT IS GOING ON THERE?

YEAH, THERE'S AN EVENT HERE IT'S A GROUP OF ANTI-TRUMP REPUBLICANS ARE INCLUDING FORMER ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN JOE WALSH WERE