This story is part of the IDS’ national convention coverage. Follow reporter Andrew Miller on X and IDS social media for updates.
MILWAUKEE — Roughly 60 Indiana State Police troopers are in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention, ISP Chief Public Information Officer Ronald Galaviz said in an email.
Galaviz said in the email that Milwaukee police requested ISP presence about three to four weeks ago, not due to security measures after Donald Trump’s near-assassination two days before the convention started Monday.
ISP troopers were not requested for the Democratic National Convention, starting Aug. 19.
He said the cost for ISP is just over $300,000, but the Milwaukee Police Department will pay that bill.
On Tuesday, a Capitol Police Officer and a Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent arrested a man carrying a fully loaded AK-47 pistol blocks away from the convention.
In another incident Tuesday, Columbus, Ohio, police shot and killed an unhoused man holding knives less than a mile away from the convention’s perimeter.
— Andrew Miller covers politics and elections for the Indiana Daily Student. Contact him at ami3@iu.edu, or direct message via X.
