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Date: January 23, 2017
Agency: North Dakota Joint Information Center
Contact: ND Highway Patrol 701-391-8090
BISMARCK, ND – A breakdown of costs from August 10 through January 20 by the North Dakota Highway Patrol in response to the Dakota Access Pipeline protest and related illegal activity. These costs are dollars diverted from the agency’s normal operations of ensuring safety and law and order throughout the state of North Dakota.
North Dakota Highway Patrol
| Personnel | $1,956,533 |
| Travel/lodging/per diem | $431,928 |
| Equipment/supplies | $330,824 |
| Total expenses eligible for reimbursement | $2,719,285 |
| TOTAL EXPENSES (includes regular time & mileage) | $4,433,329 |
| Number of state troopers logging emergency declaration time | 155 |
| Hours of regular time | 41,039.75 |
| Hours of overtime | 39,113.75 |
| Hours of on-call time | 59,289.50 |
| Miles driven on regular time | 349,139 |
| Miles driven on overtime | 412,983 |
Source: North Dakota Highway Patrol