Posted on 10/28/2016 5:20:27 PM PDT by BBell
Baton Rouge police and the sheriff's office spent a total $1.6 million on overtime pay in July responding to protests that followed the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling by a police officer and a subsequent attack on law enforcement in which three officers were killed.
The federal government is picking up more than half of the bill.
Most of the money was spent by the police department, which shelled out $1.5 million in overtime pay in July. The sheriff's office spent close to $102,000 on overtime, according to a report from the Louisiana legislative fiscal office.
In total, Baton Rouge police officers worked about 37,000 hours of overtime in the aftermath of the Sterling shooting and the attack on police. The sheriff's office worked about 2,600 hours of overtime, according to the report from the state agency.
The total amount law enforcement agencies spent on overtime in July is probably actually higher than $1.6 million. That figure does not include how much other agencies -- like the Baton Rouge fire department -- spent on overtime. It also doesn't factor in overtime by Louisiana State Police, who were very involved in responding to the protests and attack.
Most of the overtime bill will be covered by a $1 million federal grant awarded Sept. 30. Baton Rouge police will receive $929,000 -- which will cover about 64 percent of its July overtime costs. The sheriff's department will get $71,000 -- which will cover around 70 percent of its overtime expenses that month.
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Exactly right. I don’t know why it hasn’t happened yet. Business owners who were looted, cities that lost money. All should be suing BLM and soros.
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