Pitkin County Sheriff hits failure of Pence event organizer to pay back $24K security bill
Pitkin County Sheriff Joe DiSalvo said it’s “somewhat disappointing” that no one has paid for the $24,000 security bill racked up during Vice President Mike Pence’s trip to Aspen earlier this week.
DiSalvo told the Aspen Daily that he is having trouble locating the organizer behind a Republican fundraiser headlined by Pence on Monday to bill them for the local officers who worked overtime as security.
“We had 64 total police officers on that assignment in the 20 or so hours that he was here, totaling 519 person hours,” DiSalvo said. “Out of those 64, 14 were state troopers, and we don’t have a responsibility to pay them. But the 50 other cops that were here are all on the county dime.
“I guess the whole thing is generally just somewhat disappointing to me,” DiSalvo went on. “You raise $700,000 in an hour, you should be able to pitch in to support the community that made you feel welcome.” According to the local paper, couples paid $35,000 each to attend the fundraiser.
DiSalvo told the paper on Wednesday that if no one steps up to cover the costs for extra security during Pence’s visit then taxpayers will foot the bill.
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