Antioch approves paying outside officers $200 an hour to help patrol city streets

ANTIOCH — The Antioch City Council has allocated up to $500,000 for its gun violence reduction initiative to fund long-term assistance from outside law enforcement agencies, whose officers would earn $200 an hour.

Still, the city remains mum on revealing which agency or agencies it will partner with “until the deal is sealed.” Mayor Lamar Hernandez-Thorpe said he is being cautious about identifying the agencies, but he will do so as soon as possible.

“I learned my lesson in the past.