Price tag for state police at Capitol non-protest: $125,000
National Guard also spent $122,000 in overtime over the week
Cloe Poisson :: CTMirror.org
Connecticut National Guardsmen stand inside the state Capitol Sunday, Jan. 17, in preparation for a protest ahead of the inauguration of President Joe Biden. It was one of several protests planned at state capitols across the country. An expected crowd of about 2,000 people never materialized.
The Connecticut State Police spent about $125,000 in overtime to make sure the state Capitol was protected on Jan. 17, when law enforcement gathered for a protest that never happened.
State Police spokesman Brian Foley said that they assigned a tracking code, for payroll purposes, to each trooper throughout all ranks assigned to Capitol security duty.
State police: Capitol protest that didn t happen cost $125K in OT
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6 HARTFORD, Conn. – At the request of Gov. Ned Lamont, the Connecticut National Guard activated more than 100 of its members to assist local, state, and capitol law enforcement with the security of key infrastructure around the state capitol, Jan. 17 – 21, 2021.
The request to bolster security came in response to an advisory released by the FBI in the wake of the civil disturbance activities at the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. on Jan. 6.
“Our duty is to protect people, property, and people’s constitutional right to peacefully protest,” said Capt. David Pytlik, state public affairs officer for the Connecticut National Guard.
The FBI advisory didn’t mention any specific threats against Connecticut but state leadership decided to err on the side of caution as it was anticipated that upwards of 2,000 people could have shown at the capitol for demonstrations both for and against the results of the recent presidential election in which Joe Biden defea
She was taken for a mental health evaluation, and remains in custody. Author: Dave Puglisi Updated: 12:12 AM EST January 18, 2021
STRATFORD, Conn. A Stratford woman is under arrest for trying to impersonate an officer while in the nation s Capitol. U.S. Capitol Police say Linda MaGovern, 63, tried to talk her way through a security checkpoint. When she was unsuccessful she tried to flee, and was arrested.
The news of her arrest caught her neighbors by surprise. Neighbors say they would wave or have brief interactions with the couple who live at the end of Cherry Street in Stratford. They have no idea why the woman with a Biden-Harris sticker on her mailbox would have gone to the Capitol.