On July 17, 2016, The New York Times reported that "Cleveland has assigned about 500 police officers specifically to handle the convention and it has brought in thousands more officers to help, from departments as distant as California and Texas."
2016年7月17日，《纽约时报》报道称：“克利夫兰已特别派遣约500名警员处理大会安保，并从远到加利福尼亚和得克萨斯的警察局调来上千名警员来协助”。