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Stinky The Clown

(68,955 posts) Sat Mar 12, 2016, 09:25 PM Mar 2016

How do local cops get assigned to work these events? [View all]

Is it volunteers? Are they assigned? Are they just on shift and sent there, with off duty cops called in to cover the regular beats?

How does it work?

I ask because what would frighten me is if they volunteer to be there, paid to see the guy they admire. Sure, it could be purely for the money, but I gotta think a lot of them want to be there.

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How do local cops get assigned to work these events? [View all] Stinky The Clown Mar 2016 OP

Overtime shifts ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2016 #1

That sounds about right. Additionally, there are crowd control and safety issues... Hekate Mar 2016 #2

I think large venues are required to pay police for security. ohnoyoudidnt Mar 2016 #6

Same thing in our area. Much overtime, sometimes not so voluntarily. JohnnyLib2 Mar 2016 #3

It may vary by department but I never heard of DC having trouble filling OT shifts Recursion Mar 2016 #5

To be fair, the venue and the campaign get charged. backscatter712 Mar 2016 #7

Sure, but traffic control is affected in a wide area etc. JohnnyLib2 Mar 2016 #8

Normally the venue or the renter would have to pay ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2016 #10

If it's like Boston and DC they're OT shifts paid for by the venue Recursion Mar 2016 #4

A lot of undercover cops too. nilesobek Mar 2016 #9