Posted on 06/07/2008 1:11:25 PM PDT by mdittmar
Police and sheriff's departments around the metro area have committed more than 560 officers to help Denver during August's Democratic National Convention.
The number likely will grow significantly, as some agreements aren't yet in place and officials at several departments refused to disclose anything about their involvement in the convention,citing security concerns.
Denver police administrators are slowly locking up department-by-department commitments that will provide the city with the officers needed to patrol the streets and provide security for the convention,which is expected to draw 50,000 visitors Aug. 25 through 28.
This week, the Aurora and Boulder city councils formally approved contracts to provide officers during the DNC.
Leading the list is Aurora, where Police Chief Dan Oates pledged 300 officers from his force of 618,in part because he believes it will be good experience for them.
Oates pledged the officers last summer, after Denver Police Chief Gerry Whitman wrote to every department in the metro area to ask for help.
But it took months to seal the deal. The delay came over questions about who would pay the officers and whether Denver would provide insurance coverage - both for lawsuits and for on-the-job injuries.
In the end, the federal government provided $50 million to cover convention security costs, and Denver agreed to purchase the insurance.
That sparked the flurry of formal agreements.
"We all have the same concerns," Oates said of the suburban police and sheriff's departments.
Other agreements are expected to be approved in the coming weeks.
Officers helping during the convention could end up performing a variety of duties. Some will be on the front lines around the Pepsi Center and in the city - providing crowd control, looking for evidence that someone is planning to disrupt things, conducting security sweeps. Others will work the streets in Denver,patrolling neighborhoods while the city's officers are working on the convention.
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Why should the Federal government spend a penny? This is a private political party, having a private event.
Agreed!!!
i sure hope they don’t trash the city i was born in.
Re-create 68,Code Pink, United for Peace and Justice, the American Friends Service Committee,Green Party of Colorado,Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center,Iraq Veterans Against the War,Colorado Street Medics, and Students for Peace and Justice.
oh,and the democratic party.
Zero “provided” by Colorado Springs.
Lets hope it stays that way.
The neo-hippies at “Re-create ‘68” may get more than they bargained for, but maybe not: Large scale violence is always possible when you are dealing with totalitarian sympathizers but I am beginning to think it is unlikely in Denver.
The reason is that the lefties appear to accept the mythical counterculture and media version of Chicago ‘68 as the reality; that peaceful flower-children conducting a Ghandi/MLK style protest were brutally assaulted by Mayor Daly’s fascist stormtroopers. This is not really the case at all, since it does not allow for the calculated program of provocation instigaged by the hard-core communist cadres who led the ‘68 uprising.
Bottom line: “Re-create ‘68” is essentially trying to re-create an event that never happened.
is ward churchill coming too?
/s
Good point! I wonder, has any of the MSM asked about this? (I’m pretty sure I know the answer)
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