Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams says police are not currently able to provide security for the Republican National Convention, citing poor planning and a lack of funding for the last-minute event.
A statue of a police officer placing a rose on the ground seen outside of VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, one Jacksonville, Fla., venue for the August Republican National Convention.A statue of a police officer placing a rose on the ground seen outside of VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, one Jacksonville, Fla., venue for the August Republican National Convention.Duval County, Fla.
The August convention — typically the hallmark for formally nominating the GOP candidate for president — has been complicated this year by the deadly coronavirus crisis. The keynote events had already been moved to Jacksonville from Charlotte, N.C., after a dispute between President Trump and Gov. Roy Cooper over the safety of holding a multi-thousand person event amid the pandemic.
"Every effort has been made, countless hours spent, and all have been committed to the mission to keep our city safe. And at this point, we're simply past the point of no return to execute the event safely," Williams said in a Monday news conference. Williams said that financial shortfalls in equipment and manpower, as well as the short notice for the location change, led to his outlook that his agency would not be able to adequately secure the event.
"Maybe there was an impression that you could just plug-and-play what Charlotte had to Jacksonville, and that's not the case. And so you had to make some changes to the event," Williams said.The sheriff said typically an event of the RNC's size would require 18 months of planning. Trump's acceptance speech for the party nomination was just moved to Jacksonville last month.
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