A total of 32 officers worked the event, of which 25 were on overtime, for the approximate seven-hour detail, city Lt. Adam Thrasher said. Officers’ time sheets aren’t due until Monday morning, so exact numbers are not yet available.
The city will spend an estimated $7,000 in overtime pay as a result of the approximate 175 man-hours used during the event, Thrasher said.
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For events that may occur in city right of way but are not facilitated by the city, such as parades or Sunday’s demonstration, special-use permits are disseminated throughout all seven city departments, so they can be prepared to accommodate for things like traffic interruption, Public Works Department engineering technician Bryan Mills said.
The special-use permit for this protest, which has become an annual event at the fort’s Main Gate, was put in back in the summer, Mills said.
There is no cost associated with the permit to the people who have parades or demonstrations, City Clerk Jill Adams said. Rather, people facilitating such civic interruptions are just asked to give a “heads up” to the police so they can provide traffic or crowd oversight, she said.
Herald/Review reporter Gentry Braswell can be reached at 515-4680 or by e-mail at gentry.braswell@svherald.com.
