Posted on 10/21/2011 1:47:29 PM PDT by NoLibZone
The city and its police have spent more than $500,000 so far keeping an eye on the Occupy Vancouver movement, but the mayor says the daily cost has drastically decreased.
Since the sit-in began at the Vancouver Art Gallery on Saturday, the Vancouver Police Department has spent an extra $390,000, plus $50,000 to put an RCMP tactical unit on standby Saturday.
The city says the protest has cost it $87,000 so far, but as Occupy continues to be peaceful, the price tag has been reduced to less than $1,000 per day.
(Excerpt) Read more at ctvbc.ctv.ca ...
I would imagine there was some extra cost incurred because law enforcement didn’t want a repeat of the Stanley Cup riots.
Protesting in vancouver , canukistan is a full-time profession. I’ve seen it even during the Iraq War invasion..
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