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The Cost Of Protests

 

The protests are costing the department between $450,000-$600,000 a day.

 

 

22

 

Today, is the 22nd day in a row of protests.

At 0500 hrs, we dismantled their attempt for an autonomous zone. 

 

 

 

 

Cost Of Leave

 

The bonus leave granted by the city will cost the department $2.5.

 

 

 

At This Point, It is Muscle and Bone.

 

The city cut the police budget by $15 million. Per the union, that means lay offs. The number will be offset by retirements, but I am hearing 25 minimum.

 

 

Boon: Two

 

The city elected to make Juneteenth a paid holiday,

so Friday will add 10 more hours to my vacation bank. 

 

 

Boon One

 

The city is granting every employee 40 hours of leave.

I will be extending my vacation by a week.

 

 

Pathfinder

 

Last, night I acted as a Pathfinder for neighboring Sheriff's Office's hard team. 

 

 

18/20

 

 

After working 18 days in the last 20, I have Sunday off.

 

 

Grub

 

 

During Emergency Declarations, the department is required to feed us. There are snacks: power bars, meat sticks, nuts, and fruit. There’s coffee, hot water for tea, Gatorade, soda, and buckets of cold bottled water. In the morning, there’s breakfast burritos. For lunch, there are sandwiches in sack lunches and sometimes burritos. Dinner can be pizza, burgers, BBQ, Hawaiian, Chinese, and burritos. There is a lot of burritos.

 

 

Back

 

Starting today, we're back to our regular start time. We are still double up, bunkering down, and only fielding a fraction of our normal cars, but it is a start.