Wisconsin State Patrol sending 45 officers to the RNC

[riversedge]

For some reason, I thought there would be more than 50,000.


Wisconsin State Patrol sending 45 officers to the RNC

www.wkow.com/story/32328890/2016/06/28/wisconsin-state-patrol-sending-45-officers-to-the-rnc



Posted: Jun 28, 2016 3:53 PM CST
Updated: Jun 28, 2016 3:53 PM CST


MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin will be sending 45 members of the State Patrol to Cleveland next month to help with security at the Republican National Convention. That is 11 percent of the State Patrol's 409 sworn staff members.

Wisconsin Department of Transportation spokeswoman Patty Mayers says those going to the convention are being diverted from lower priority assignments and on overtime. She says all of the costs will be funded by Ohio through a mutual aid agreement. A North Carolina police department last month rescinded its offer to send 50 officers to Cleveland amid concerns about the city's readiness for an event expected to draw 50,000 people.........................

[cosmicone]

1. Paging all Inspector Clouseaus ... n/t

[GeorgeGist]

2. GOP welfare is more important ...

than the safety of the citizens of Wisconsin.

[LiberalFighter]

3. When law enforcement from other states send their officers to an event like this

It says to me that they have too many officers.

[Hortensis]

4. Sounds good. I read one estimate of

50-100K, but that just made me think they really have no idea. But fwiw, 50K was the bottom estimate.

For the glass-is-half-full-of-mud crowd, states and nations helping each other out is a good thing. Most people even think the two extreme-weather planes and pilots flying from Calgary to Antarctica to rescue that critically ill man from the South Pole was a heroic and wonderful effort. It didn't mean the people at the South Pole were considered more important by some "the establishment" than those at the North Pole, nor did sending 2 planes mean there's at least 1 too many.