The Denver Police Department dedicated six of its staff to planning for the Democratic National Convention, paying for their $554,000 cost out of the $50 million federal grant the city received for providing security to the event.
That cost was one of many contained in a seven-page budget document for the DNC that the Police Department released Friday.
The Police Department budgeted $7.1 million to staff the event and pay for associated overtime and extra planning costs.
The city budgeted another $10.19 million to pay the costs of police officers from other jurisdictions, which assisted in providing security.
The city expects all the expenditures that were detailed will be covered by the $50 million federal grant.
The budget also revealed numerous purchases by the Police Department that previously had been kept secret.
Christopher N. Osher: 303-954-1747 or cosher@denverpost.com
