Drinks. Hefty cover charges. And lots of tipping.

NBC 4 Investigates show you how three VICE cops with the Columbus Police Department were spending your tax dollars the night they arrested adult film star Stormy Daniels July 11 at Siren’s Gentlemen’s Club.

Sussi obtained the expense reports through a public record request he recently filed with CPD.

Here’s the numbers:

$121.00 on alcoholic beverages.

$639.00 on cover charges and tips.

Add them up, and you’re talking $760.00!

Chuck Pennington attended the Siren’s Stormy show. He told Sussi that the bar charged $25.00 for cover, or $75.00 for a VIP pass, which Pennington said entitled you to a “meet and greet” with Stormy Daniels.

Sussi wanted to know how that $760.00 tab stacked up to over comparable undercover CPD VICE operations at strip bars? So, he dug through three years worth of VICE expense reports.

Only two come remotely close to what VICE cops spent on the Stormy Sting.

September 27 2017: VICE spent $290.00 on drinks, cover charges, tips and lap dances.

January 20 2018: VICE spent $284.00 on cover, alcohol, and private dances.

Oh, one more expense regarding the Stormy Sting. Wages.

Sussi learned the three VICE officers each earn $39.70 an hour. So, the eight-hour shift for them, cost taxpayers another $952.80.

The grand total for the Stormy Sting: $1,712.80!

Naturally, Sussi has lots of questions. Like why CPD VICE cops can drink on the job? And, do city officials believe a $760.00 strip bar tab is excessive for an undercover operation, where all the charges have been dropped and remains under investigation?

Sussi contacted all seven members of Columbus City Council, and CPD. The council members all refused comment, and CPD has yet to grant Sussi an interview or provide him with a statement.