In June 2011, the city of Chicago was notified that it would have the honor of hosting the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit in May 2012. The city would be the first in the United States outside of Washington, D.C., to host a NATO Summit. Since some previous NATO Summit host cities endured violent protests and property damage, such as in the French city of Strasbourg in 2009, the Chicago Police Department’s Education and Training Division needed to put together a comprehensive and effective training program to prepare its officers.