The high level of response came at a cost to area police departments. In Auburn, police Chief Jason Moen said the department spent $22,000 for about 300 hours of overtime pay. “You add in the presidential visit and that was about 150 hours of overtime, so another $11,000” in unbudgeted overtime.
The Facebook post from a sergeant with the Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office is the first pointed, public criticism of the search for Robert R. Card II.