£360,000 cost of Wellington protests
Wednesday 5th October 2011, 8:00AM BST.
Staff were involved from the authority’s public protection department, legal services, customer services, safer communities, public realm and highways, corporate communications, community engagement, IT and health, safety and resilience.
Councillor Shaun Davie, from the council, said: “In many ways, the demonstrations have ultimately brought the community in Telford and Wrekin closer together.
“The council and the police and other partners worked very closely to develop a plan for all eventualities on the day and the fact that it passed off with relative calm is a testament to the work that was done.
“We went out of our way to reassure the community and I hope that message got across.
“The costs that the council incurred were significant in terms of time and resources and they demonstrate the amount of work that was put in to protect our community and ensure the demonstrations passed off as peacefully as possible.”
Despite the major disruption it caused, police chiefs say Operation Crown was a success and a total of 46 arrests were made on the day for a range of public order offences.
A report to the West Mercia Police Authority on the operation said: “Approximately 350 to 400 people attended from each opposing group and there was significant potential for conflict throughout the day.
“The heavy police presence helped to reduce the incidence of disorder.
“The total cost of the operation was approximately £342,500 of which £300,000 was the total cost of mutual aid supplied by other forces.”
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was it worth it and has it changed anything in the town. I DONT THINK SO
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