Final Briefing From St. Paul

09/05/08

St. Paul Police Chief John Harrington and Mayor Chris Coleman held their last briefing on the RNC at TPT today. The tally for the week included 3700 officers, 818 arrests, 30 people arrested who said they were media. Coleman said "our goal was a safe and successful convention, we clearly have done that." Chief Harrington summarized "nothing burned, no one was injured." Media who had proper identification and credentials were "expedited" through processing, but officials say they knew the rules of engagement. Harrington added in the last three days they uncovered an arson plot that included Molotov cocktails intended to fire bomb the X, police and St. Paul.