(CBS) — Mayors from around the globe are in Chicago — their focal point on preserving cities financially sturdy.
As CBS 2's Jim Williams reviews, terrorism is proper of intellect, too.
The recent terrorist attacks in Manchester and London have dominated the information and alarmed people in cities all over the place.
but Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed says his metropolis stepped up protection after terrorists struck Paris a year and a half in the past.
"everything from doubling the sizes of our tactical devices to where weapons can be found; making bound officers have quicker access to a much broader array of weapons, to creating certain they've state-of-the-paintings protection on both their heads and bodies," Reed says.
Mayors from all over the world, invited through the Chicago Council of world Affairs, shared information about their concepts.
The Mayor of Dublin, ireland insisted countries can't combat terrorism with the aid of constructing walls and closing borders.
"living with each and every other and dealing with every different is the improved method of challenging these critical threats coming in opposition t us," Brendan Carr says.
Mayor Emanuel says simply this past weekend Chicago had a large protection problem – together with U2 live shows at Soldier box and Cubs games – and rose to the problem.
Discussions of protection and anti-terrorism measures came about in sidebar conversations among the many mayors. The main theme became "financing the global city."
Mayor Emanuel stated within the session Chicago would abide by way of the Paris local weather Accord, despite the fact that President Trump has pulled the U.S. out of it.
