A quadruple homicide rocked the quiet Idaho college hamlet of Moscow last year. But the financial repercussions are only now coming into focus.
May 21, 2023, 9:00 AMDavid Ryder/Getty Images, FILErocked the quiet Idaho college hamlet of Moscow last year. But the financial repercussions are only now coming into focus.
Now, overtime and other expenses are growing exponentially with the ongoing need for increased patrols and law enforcement work – and shouldered by a short-staffed force putting in long hours.Idaho Statesman/TNS via Getty Images, FILE In this Jan. 5, 2023, file photo, Bryan Kohberger sits with his attorney, public defender Anne Taylor during a hearing in Latah County District Court, in Moscow, Idaho.Even with a suspect in custody, the ongoing investigation has depleted Moscow's coffers, and scrambled an already fragile balance sheet, city officials said.
"Owning and running a family business – we've always had our ups and downs – we've gone through two recessions, a pandemic, and now, this unfortunate loss of life has caused the closest thing to the pandemic – in terms of financial loss – has been from these horrendous murders," Lopez told ABC News. His family moved to Moscow in 1994 and stayed for the vibrant culture and community atmosphere.
That five-digit figure was expected to grow "to nearly $200,000 over the coming weeks as we face additional overtime, private security, data storage, and communications assistance costs," Bettge wrote in the letter, and a further "significant financial burden" as the case unfolds. The Moscow Police Department has more than half a dozen vacant positions, Captain Anthony Dahlinger said. They are down nine officers – a quarter of their full force.
"It calls into question – if budgets really begin to get rough, where do you cut?" he said. "The community suffers… sooner or later something has to give, and I don't know what that would be."
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