More than half of the Erie police force was tasked to work President Trump's visit to Erie on Wednesday.



90 officers including specialty units like the SWAT Team, sniper unit, bomb squad, Vice unit, and motorcycle unit, were all on hand, “We obviously had a large amount of officers on the inside and outside to make sure everybody was safe, and it went very smooth, the protests were peaceful and the supporters coming in to see the president were peaceful as well,” said Erie Police Captain Rick Lorah.



From the presidential motorcade on the ground, to a State Police helicopter in the sky, to crowd control, it was a collaborative police effort involving many agencies.



The Sheriff’s department, Pennsylvania State Police, and District attorney’s office sent officers to help too, “We were able to pull together, everybody here at the police department and the surrounding agencies really pulled together and offered a lot of assistance so that helped us a lot,” said Lorah.