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Police say Renaissance Festival strains patrol resources; chief recommends overtime and stronger event oversight
Summary
Police described heavy demands during a recent Renaissance Festival, reporting fights, thefts and vendor concerns, and requested added overtime funding and consideration of an ordinance to require parental supervision for minors at large public events.
The Price Police Department told the council that the recent Renaissance Festival required substantially more police resources than anticipated and said it will likely ask for additional overtime funding during the next budget revision.
"I will have to request probably another 3,000 next year for strictly overtime for another crew of officers," the chief said during the meeting while describing incidents at the festival.
The chief said most incidents involved teenagers and that the size and nature of the crowd produced simultaneous urgent calls in other parts of the city — including an arson call and a vehicle fire — which stretched available officers thin. "We had 1 cop in the park and come to find out sergeant Sackett's crew ended up having to spend an entire 2 days in the…
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