Comments from Republican nominee go further than previous attacks as outgoing president arrives in Berlin for swansong visitElectioneering places a cost burden on local police forces. As the candidates descend on Michigan, a key battleground state in the upcoming election, local forces scramble to provide support to the Secret Service and other agencies.The Detroit Free Press reports that by late last month, Kent County, home of Grand Rapids, had incurred more than $300,000 in expenses.We anticipate additional expenses as we expect more visits leading up to the election.Although we do not have a dedicated fund for these unforeseen costs, we use overtime and contingency funds to manage such unexpected expenditures.The degree of the burden sometimes depends on the size of the city and their experience with it,” Stevenson said. “You take a town like Dearborn or Detroit or Battle Creek.They have lots of people, they can probably divert a lot of their working people for that short period of time, and it’s not a problem. But you take some of the smaller cities, not only are they already short staffed, but now you’ve got to somehow come up with people.” Continue reading…
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Author : Daniel Lavelle
Publish date : 2024-10-18 11:17:48
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