Early in 2013 the wedding of a grand rebbe’s daughter at Rockland County College cost $12,621 in Sheriff’s overtime, which Rockland County Sheriff Falco said he made sure to have paid in full by the wedding’s organizers and for which he has paperwork to account “for each and every penny.”
Falco said Rocklanders have been worried that taxpayers paid for the Grand Rebbe’s event. “People are accusing me of catering to the Hasidic community, which I don’t,” Falco said. “If they break the law, the law is enforced just the same as anyone else.”
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Kudos to the rebbe or his chasidim that paid
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Makes sense…if the rebbe’s simcha required extra resources from the police for a clearly personal/family event, than the taxpayers should not have to pick up the tab. This is a great precedent and hopefully the rebbe’s common sense decision will be emulated by chassidus in other jurisdictions where rabbonim or askanim request overtime police or public service support for their simchas or events
The Rebbe shouldn’t have paid. Protecting the public order is the police’s responsibility. If a major event is taking place that the requires public protection for the public, that is an event taxpayers already paid for and should not be billed.
If a rock star came to town and thousands of people came to greet him and dance in the street around him, will the police not show up with the proper force if the rock star doesn’t give a kickback to the police department? Will the police let mayhem rule unless they get some greenbacks?
To Toras Moshe:
This was not a “public” event such as a rock concert where anyone could buy a ticket. It was a private simcha which required substantial commmittment of public resources and the rebbe was right to offer to pay rather than sticking the cost to the taxpayers. There are some simchas and events like the alte rebbe’s yahrtzeit where thousands of his chassidim may travel to the kever and there is a need for traffic control. Thats a case where the police should respond.