Funny how for 10 years officers (not FOP) have been BEGGING to pay either overtime or the event organizer to pay for cops for the 75 events we staff for free a year because officer YELL, we cant do our job and beats are left empty.. Deaf ears for years..... NOW the murder/crime rate is out of control and they are paying overtime to the tune of 1.2 to 2 million.... if they staffed the beats correctly for last decade we probably wouldnt be in this mess... hummmm chief, looks like we may arrest our