"The total security bill" for the Wisconsin protests was nearly $5.5 million..."with overtime pay rates ranging from as low as $30 an hour to as high as $60 an hour or more."...
3/29/11, "State Patrol security costs at Capitol reach $2.23 million," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Don Walker
"It cost at least $2.23 million to bring Wisconsin State Patrol officers to the state Capitol to provide security during weeks of protest,
- bringing the total security bill to nearly $5.5 million.
The costs from the Wisconsin State Patrol include actual costs between Feb. 11 and March 5, as well as estimated costs from March 6 through March 10.
- Hundreds of troopers were dispatched to the Capitol during the protests.
The $2.23 million is on top of an estimated $3.2 million in wages, overtime, mileage, food and lodging that was claimed by officers from law enforcement agencies all over the state who were asked by the state to assist in providing security at the Capitol.
The state Department of Administration is still in the midst of calculating the total bill, which is at $5.5 million. The bill is expected to go higher as more agencies submit bills and agencies that already did
- make more claims.
Here is a breakdown of the costs incurred by the Wisconsin State Patrol.
- * Straight time salary and fringe: $872,905.
- * Overtime salary and fringe: $1,120,577.
- * Meals: $39,78.
- * Lodging: $139,100.
- * Fleet: $60,000.
The Journal Sentinel reviewed hundreds of pages of invoices submitted by nearly 150 different law enforcement agencies. In many cases, departments claimed overtime costs for their officers, with overtime pay rates ranging from as low as $30 an hour to
- as high as $60 an hour or more."
via GWP
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