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Aurora Officials Report Overtime Costs for Covering Theater Shooting

by KREX News Room
by Meaghan Wallace

Story Created: Aug 16, 2012 at 10:51 AM MDT

Story Updated: Aug 16, 2012 at 9:40 PM MDT

AURORA, Colo.- The city of Aurora reports spending $462,600 dollars so far on overtime costs for police officers and civilian employees following the deadly shooting at a movie theater July 20.

According to the Denver Post, that's about one-fourth of the year's law enforcement budget for overtime pay.

The city has applied for a federal grant to help cover the expenses, which include costs of investigators, emergency responders, security for a vigil and protection for visiting dignitaries.

Others also have incurred costs due to the shootings, including the college where shooting suspect James Holmes previously attended.

Holmes is accused of killing 12 people and injuring 58 others in the attack. He was a medical student at the University of Colorado.

The university has hired an attorney to review what officials there knew about James Holmes and when, in addition to attorneys to represent a psychiatrist he sought out and a campus police officer.

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