Police may soon have say on special events
The Police Department spent $3,000 on employee overtime to have officers provide security at the rally in support of Gov. Scott Walker at Hart Park in January. However, no one consulted Chief Barry Weber about the resources it would take to conduct the political event safely."We didn't have any say-so in that approval at all," he said.In these contentious political times, he foresees more requests to hold similar events within the city, and that could cost his department a lot of money, he told Read more [...]