LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — About 200 people attended a town hall meeting about the possible transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees to Fort Leavenworth.

The Kansas City Star reports Gov. Sam Brownback announced the meeting last week. He opposes the detainee transfer.

Brownback received notice that the U.S. Defense Department was surveying the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth and the U.S. Naval Consolidated Brig in South Carolina to assess the possibility of housing Guantanamo detainees.

At the meeting Thursday in Leavenworth, Mayor Lisa Weakley cited security concerns and said the move would put a “huge target on our community.”

But State Sen. David Haley, a Kansas City, Kansas, Democrat, said the town hall was “a political sideshow” and he didn’t have any concerns about safety for Fort Leavenworth or the community.