The harbor patrol cost about $12 million this past fiscal year, with more than 90% going to employee salaries, benefits and expenses.
According to the Los Angeles Times: "The monument, regal bronze statues of a Doberman pinscher, German shepherd, Labrador retriever and Belgian Malinois leading a dog handler on patrol, cost about $1.2 million.
The outposts in the Korengal Valley were disbanded this spring after months of patrols that cost the American military dearly.
Since Sept. 11, the patrols have cost $50 million a week and tied up about 11,000 Air Force personnel and 250 fighters, refueling and airborne-radar planes.
Mr. Safir said he could not pinpoint how much tonight's extra patrols would cost, adding that officials tried to minimize the expense with measures like assigning plainclothes officers to uniformed detail.
During the first half of this year, Arcade Fire charged an average of $30.74 per concert ticket, while the average ticket to a Snow Patrol show cost $31.27, according to Pollstar.
It has also given it naval assistance, promising ten patrol vessels, costing $11m each, to help with maritime surveillance.
The patrol, which costs residents about $435,000 a year, is armed and will respond to calls.
The organisation will run on a non-profit basis, keeping half of the revenue to pay for road-building, anti-poaching patrols and administrative costs.
The Guardian Angel training and patrols come at no cost to the village.
