Police OT cost Cincinnati hundreds of thousands of dollars in first two days of protests

Cincinnati police earned hundreds of thousands of dollars in overtime during just the first two days of recent central-city protests against police brutality, according to City Manager Patrick Duhaney.

Democrat issue.

This is ahuman issue.

We don't have themoney.

And a lot of people arefeeling thepain."POLICE OVERTIME ISADDING UP FROM THE PAST NEARLYTWO WEEKS OF PROTESTS -- ANDIT COULD COST THE CITYMILLIONS OF DOLLARS.THAT'S ONTOP OF A NEARLY 75-MILLIONDOLLAR BUDGET DEFICIT NEXTYEAR.WCPO 9 NEWS REPORTER JAKE RYLESHOWS US THE LENGTHS CITYCOUNCIL MAY HAVE TO TAKE -- TOCOVER THE OVERTIME EXPENSE ANDFILL THE DEFICIT.IT IS A BIG NUMBER... ASCINCINNATI CITY COUNCIL MEMBERDAVID MANNEXPECTED.I knew it was going to be alot.

That's just the first twodays of the curfew and theextra policing that wasnecessary.

THE POLICE OVERTIMETOTAL?(NAT POP--CHA CHING)MORETHAN 426-THOUSAND DOLLARS..MOST OF THAT..

INCURRED DURINGPROTESTS..

ON MAY 29TH..

AND30TH.."Why the overtime?

CPD PoliceChief Eliot Isaac mandatedofficers to work shifts of 12hours on, 12 hours off.

And nodays off - during theprotests."THAT O-T..

DOESN'INCLUDE COSTS FROM MAY 31ST..TO PRESENT..ADDING UP THOSEPROTESTS..

MANN BELIEVES WILLTACK ON 3 MILLION DOLLARS TOTHE BUDGETDEFICIT.., "Personally I don't thinkeveryone will be happy withthe budget."COUNCILMAN JEFFPASTOR..

WORRIES WHAT COULDFACE THE CHOPPING BLOCK..

ISWHAT TAXPAYERS NEED THE MOST..LIKE PUBLICSERVICES.., ".

We don't need to raisetaxes to do so.

We need tofigure out a revenue source,or cut considerably so we canstart delivering thoseservices."THE CITY DOES HAVEABOUT 45 MILLION IN RESERVES..BUT THAT MONEY IS USED TO HELPSECURE A HIGH BOND RATING..SOTHEY'LL TURN TO GRANDOLLARS..

TO TRY TO EASE THEBURDEN.PASTOR..

IS HOPEFUL FORA FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOT INTHEARM., "If you're going to bedolling out tax payer dollarsto bail out Wall Street.

Thebest use of those funds is tobail out old Cincinnati,Cleveland, Dayton, Columbus.These folks need it.

By nofault of their own, they'vebeen asked to sit out in theirhome for almost three months,and only receive 12-hundredbucks."I ASKECOUNCILMAN MANNWHAT DEPARTMENT FUNDING WOULDBE CUT..

TO COVER NEXT YEAR'SNEARLY 70-90 MILLION DOLLARDEFICIT.HE SAYS THE ANSWERWILL COME LATER THISWEEK., "Let's just say there's someproposals that hang together,and get us through."THE PRICEOF A PANDEMIC AND PROTESTS..HE SAYS WILL BE FELT FOR YEARSTO COMIN DOWNTOWN, JAKERYLE, WCPO 9 NEWS.