The city of Milwaukee will run a tight ship for security during the Republican National Convention

MILWAUKEE (CBS) — For the first time, details have been released about how tight security will be at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee next month.

The US Secret Service announced its security perimeters, road closures and protest locations on Friday.

The RNC will be held July 15 through July 18, primarily at the Fiserv Forum at 1111 Vel R. Phillips Ave. in downtown Milwaukee. A hard security perimeter has been set up a few meters from the Fiserv Forum – and only those with credentials can get past it.

This means no travel, no food delivery, no pedestrians and no protesters – although protesters can reasonably approach to one side.

“There is still no higher priority than public safety, which is clearly a theme today,” said Milwaukee Chief of Staff Nicholas DeSiato.

Delegates, speakers, volunteers and anyone with credentials and tickets will enter the Fiserv Forum and surrounding buildings for the main events. UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena and Baird Center, located directly south of Fiserv Forum at 400 W. Kilbourn Ave. and 400 W. Wisconsin Ave., respectively, will also be used for the convention.

No one else will go near any of these buildings – and police have warned they will be running a tight ship.

“We will not tolerate any act of violence, any destruction of property in our city,” said Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman.

The Secret Service released maps showing a hard perimeter surrounding Fiserv Forum, Panther Arena and the Baird Center, and another covering Henry W. Maier Festival Park.

Vehicles will be screened in an outer perimeter roughly bounded by Cherry Street to the north, the Milwaukee River to the east, Clybourn Street to the south and 9th Street to the west.

Security checkpoints are marked on the map as black dots.

The cars will also be designed alongside Henry W. Maier Festival Park, in an area bounded by Clybourn Street to the north, the park to the east, and Jackson and Jefferson streets to the west.

Anyone trying to enter either area will have to go through a security checkpoint. Guns are prohibited inside the red perimeter, but legal weapons are allowed outside it.

“We’ve come to the line through everything we can do within the state statute,” DeSiato said.

Some businesses in the red zone have been leased entirely to the media. They are not open to the public.

“This corner of Milwaukee is pretty much the center of the universe for two, three days this July,” said Brent Brashier, owner and chief BBQ officer at DOC’s Commerce Smokehouse, 754 Vel R. Phillips Ave.

The Brashier restaurant is right on the border of the red zone. He is ready for business.

“After everything we’ve been through in the restaurant business over the past few years, we’re just going to keep smiling, have a good time and make it work, right?” Brashier said. “I mean, I think even some protesters want a beer and some barbecue sometimes.”

There are two approved protest zones, bordering hard perimeter spaces. Apparently officers from the Chicago Police Department are coming to help enforce the law.

“We think we’ve provided great access on both the north side and the south side,” DeSiato said.

The city of Milwaukee said it has already approved about 103 protest groups to exercise their First Amendment rights at the convention. They said they didn’t deny anyone.

This is in contrast to Chicago, which is hosting the Democratic National Convention in August and has not endorsed any protest groups.