Source: Politics<\/p>\n
In the aftermath of the apparent second attempted assassination on former President Donald Trump, the Chicago Police Department has honed its attention on Trump International Hotel and Tower, located in downtown Chicago.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for the Chicago Police Department said the agency doesn’t divulge the exact number of patrols but acknowledged that they are giving Trump\u2019s flagship Illinois property \u201cspecial attention with the appropriate resources.\u201d<\/p>\n
Security at Mar-a-Lago has also been increased, but the day after<\/a> a man was apprehended at Trump\u2019s Palm Beach golf course, it’s unclear whether additional security measures had been taken at the former president\u2019s golf courses, hotels and residential towers across the country.<\/p>\n POLITICO reached out to nine properties in five states \u2014 and most of them did not return requests for comment or said the security level has not changed. The uncertain nature of any additional security protocols at the businesses Trump owns \u2014 and often frequents himself \u2014 is an important data point in the conversation about whether he should receive increased security, given the recent threats to his life.<\/p>\n The Secret Service \u2014 which has come under fire<\/a> for its handling of the first attempted assassination on Trump at a July rally \u2014 partners with local law enforcement to carry out security plans to protect the nation\u2019s most important political leaders.<\/p>\n In New York City, the New York Police Department was a visible presence Monday morning around Trump Tower with several marked police vehicles parked around the perimeter of the skyscraper and uniformed officers at the entrance. Pedestrians and tourists, however, were permitted to walk past and pose for photos at the entrance as usual.<\/p>\n Requests to NYPD spokespeople about increased or enhanced security at Trump Tower and other properties in New York City were not returned. Requests to Trump Organization attorney Alan Garten about the same were also not returned.<\/p>\n There has been no increased security by the Los Angeles County sheriff, which oversees law enforcement at Rancho Palos Verdes, the city where Trump National Golf Club is located. Trump held a press conference<\/a> at the course on Friday. The watch commander at the sheriff\u2019s Lomita station told POLITICO that neither the club nor Secret Service has requested additional measures. The club\u2019s general manager did not return a call requesting comment.<\/p>\n A Bedminster police spokesperson said: “We just cannot speak to anything on security at or around the property.”<\/p>\n Requests for comment at Trump\u2019s properties in Nevada, Virginia, Florida and Washington, D.C., were not returned.<\/p>\n Acting Director of the Secret Service Ronald Rowe Jr., speaking at a press conference Monday, defended the level of security provided for Trump as the president engaged in an \u201coff the record\u201d round of golf, meaning that the former president\u2019s schedule was not made public.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat we did yesterday was exercise our emergency plan based on the number of tactical assets and the highest level of protection that we are providing,\u201d Rowe said.<\/p>\n Following the attempted assassination on Trump at a Pennsylvania rally in July, Rowe said he ordered a \u201cparadigm shift\u201d that worked on Sunday when Secret Service officials spotted a man with a gun along the Mar-a-Lago golf course.<\/p>\n \u201cBut the way we are positioned right now in this dynamic threat environment, it has given me guidance to say, you know what, we need to look at what our protective methodology is,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Dustin Racioppi, Melanie Mason, Gary Fineout and Paul Demko contributed to this report.<\/p>\n