Policing anti-shutdown protests at state capital has cost California nearly $1 million

[Mark Crispin Miller]

Note how this piece blames the protestors for that cost, as if they'd

asked the cops to hem them in, and haul them off.

MCM

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Anti-shutdown protests at state Capitol have cost CHP nearly $1 million in OT, other costs

BY SAM STANTON

MAY 22, 2020 12:32 PM , UPDATED 2 HOURS 13 MINUTES AGO

https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article242675516.html

The California Highway Patrol has spent nearly $1 million in overtime and meal costs policing a series of protests against Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home order at the state Capitol since April 1, newly released figures show, and the figure is likely to go much higher as authorities brace for the biggest protest yet on Saturday.

The figures, released to The Sacramento Bee Friday in response to a California Public Records Act request, show the CHP has paid out $801,544.03 in overtime for officers and $185,548.86 for sergeants at the demonstrations.

The agency has deployed hundreds of officers and sergeants at a time to ring the north, south and west sides of the grounds to prevent protesters from gathering on the downtown Sacramento property since a May 1 standoff resulted in 32 arrests.

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