DPD seeks increased budget, cites protests among long list of expenses

Denver's Department of Safety today asked the City Council for an additional $7 million from the city's contingency fund for its 2011 budget due to higher than expected costs this year, including increased overtime costs because of the Occupy Denver protests.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=CMxfU_ufX7s:eIiS1z4_3Ns:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=CMxfU_ufX7s:eIiS1z4_3Ns:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?i=CMxfU_ufX7s:eIiS1z4_3Ns:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=CMxfU_ufX7s:eIiS1z4_3Ns:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=CMxfU_ufX7s:eIiS1z4_3Ns:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?i=CMxfU_ufX7s:eIiS1z4_3Ns:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dp-news-topstories/~4/CMxfU_ufX7s" height="1" width="1"/> [More]

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