New Orleans Jailbreak Manhunt Cost $250,000 Per Week And Delays In Other Investigations

“Money is so not an issue to me,” NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said.

New Orleans city officials say the search for 10 men who broke out of a local jail earlier this month has cost the city approximately $250,000 per week and delayed work on other investigations.

“Money is so not an issue to me,” NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick told Fox affiliate WVUE. “It costs what it costs for your public safety. And I don’t think anyone here is going to say ‘boo’ to me or the city council about the overtime that I spent.”

Antoine T. Massey and Derrick Groves are still at large after escaping from Orleans Justice Center on May 16. They and eight other inmates breached a wall behind a toilet in their housing unit and left nothing but a message that read, “To [sic] Easy Lol”.

Authorities have already captured the eight other men and arrested a dozen people accused of helping them either break out of jail or while they were at large.

Last week, Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson asked the city council for $13 million in additional funding to fix critical infrastructure issues, which apparently allowed the inmates to escape in the first place, local CBS affiliate WWL reported.