Oregon State Police Request $2.5M for Standoff
LUKE HAMMILL ON MAY 20, 2016
SOURCE: THE OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, ORE.
Oregon State Police are seeking nearly $2.5 million in reimbursement for responding to the 41-day armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
Police handled "increased call load in the community, security at tense community meetings, the investigation of crimes, the preservation of evidence, closing of transportation routes and the transportation of prisoners," agency Superintendent Richard Evans wrote in a letter to legislative leaders ...
"The significant resource commitment in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge policing event, including associated staffing backfill at statewide offices, created a significant funding gap for the Department of Oregon State Police, local law enforcement partners, and other governmental agencies," Evans wrote.
A subcommittee of the state Emergency Board, a group of lawmakers authorized to spend emergency funds while the Oregon Legislature is not in session, will consider the request Monday in Salem ...
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