Paid big money to protect border wall prototypes from protests that didn't happen

[struggle4progress]

By GREG MORAN
FEB 03, 2018 | 8:25 AM

... San Diego County Sheriff's Department deputies, fearing large-scale protests over the construction of prototypes for President Trump's proposed border wall project last fall, logged more than 10,000 hours of overtime in a three-month period before and after project construction.

The department had previously disclosed it spent $764,278 on overtime for security. It was the largest single expenditure — more than the $715,170 in wages paid out — of a total expense of $1.6 million ...

... the security was for anticipated protests, demonstrations or marches that Department of Homeland Security officials had warned local law enforcement could occur.

No protests occurred during the monthlong construction of the eight prototype walls ...

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-border-wall-protection-20180203-story.html

[LuckyLib]

1. Your tax dollars at work, San Diegans. You should be hopping mad!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. who gets worked up over fake walls?

Those things look stupid even in the photo.

IF there ever is a real one, it should help the local ladder sales.

Here's a crazy idea:

What if it was as easy and undramatic to cross national boundaries as it is to cross county boundaries in every state?