Taxpayer Costs Mount For Occupy Denver Protests
DENVER (AP) - Denver police say anti-Wall Street protests cost taxpayers more than $360,000 for the first few weeks of last month, and the costs keep rising.
City officials say they won't know the full cost until later this week.
Officials say the funds were needed to pay for police, sheriff's officers, public works, environmental health and Denver Health officials.
Meanwhile, protesters in Fort Collins say they are abandoning the corner they have occupied for more than a month and moving to a city park near Colorado State University following police complaints.
Protesters say their protests against corporate greed have been nonviolent, while Denver police note there have been more than 80 arrests since the middle of October.
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