Los Angeles taxpayers paid for airline tickets, hotel stays, car rentals, and meals, according to detailed expense reports obtained by NBC News
By Eric Leonard and Andrew Blankstein
Published at 11:42 AM PDT on Sep 7, 2018 | Updated at 5:44 PM PDT on Sep 7, 2018
Armed, plain-clothes LAPD officers were dispatched to California cities outside of Los Angeles at least a dozen times to provide security for U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris at public events, media appearances, and a party.
LA taxpayers paid for airline tickets, hotel stays, car rentals, and meals, according to detailed expense reports obtained by NBC News. The total cost of the trips, not including the officers’ overtime, topped $28,000.
The LAPD routinely provides security for dignitaries and officials visiting LA, but a senior retired department official said the courtesy extended to Sen. Harris for her travels to other cities was unprecedented.
Mayor Eric Garcetti’s office said the Mayor was, “unaware,” of this unusual arrangement until July, when it was shut down by new LAPD Chief Michel Moore.
“It was not until Chief Moore was sworn in, conducted a new assessment of the threat, determined that this arrangement was no longer needed, and informed Mayor Garcetti, that the mayor became aware of the state-wide detail,” Garcetti spokesman Alex Comisar wrote in an email Wednesday.
Garcetti said former LAPD Chief Charlie Beck was solely responsible for the program.
“Chief of Police Charlie Beck assigned a security detail for US Senator Kamala Harris shortly before she was sworn into office in 2017, based on a threat assessment he believed to be credible,” said LAPD spokesman Josh Rubenstein. “Funding for the detail was provided by the Department budget.”
Beck’s signature appears on many of the LAPD documents authorizing the trips, including one that occured just 10 days after Harris was sworn-in to the Senate, in which two officers flew to Oakland to go with Harris to a, “retirement event,” for a California Department of Justice official.
NBC4 asked LAPD to contact Beck for comment. No response had been received at the time of publication.
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The same POS who questioned Judge Kavanaugh on his ethics regarding a conversation he had with someone about the Mueller investigation. This only votes this crook will get is in California when she runs for POTUS.
I’m glad someone is taking on this POS Kavanaugh.
LOL #2 but the left will fail with their agenda and Kavenaugh. Can’t wait for Ginsberg to leave.
@3 your side May in this one, but unless you are very wealthy, you will lose
It will hit you in ways you won’t notice: contaminated water, dirty air, cuts to Medicare etc
I can’t say that I care what happens to you because you voted for it
Win this one
FYI a powerful hurricane is scheduled to hit the Carolinas… so what does Trump do? He wants to release more methane into the air. Duh? This only makes climate change worse. This hurricane will hit his base, does he care? Doesn’t sound like.
Since red states don’t like the Federal government, I say don’t give them FEMA money.
Anonymous #2:
Have you listened to any of the confirmation hearing?
For example, did you hear when Lisa Blatt, an attorney who has argued more cases before the Supreme Court than any other woman, and who voted for Hillary Clinton and is an advocate of Roe v. Wade, endorsed Brett Kavanaugh?
Oppositional Democrats, specifically including the perpetually rude Kamala Harris, have made fools of themselves rather than questioning Mr. Kavanaugh about his qualifications. I certainly would not describe these actions as their “taking on” Mr. Kavanaugh.
I typically do not use the phrase “POS” when referring to somebody, but if I did Kamala Harris would be an excellent place to do so. In fact, that picture of her and Mike Ramos hugging could be titled “Two POS.”
#7, Thank you!! I am so sick of Kamala Harris being the new darling of the Democrats when most of them don’t know her history in California. Her big hug with Ramos says it all. How can you pretend to be for women when you endorse a womanizer. “Two POS” absolutely!!!
The air head corrupt negro harris is a racist nobody, just like her hero obama. Meanwhile the totally corrupt police chief beck, an embarrassment to cops everywhere has his million dollar retirement instead of a jail cell where he belongs.
I’d equate Harris and Booker to one notch above James Mills at the end of the day.
@8 I’m so sick of you and holts spreading your hate
@11 it comes down to what you going to do about it?
Call Mike Ramos or John McMahon?
One cannot reason with stupidity
#11, this is #8. Spreading hate? I have taken a big issue of corruption to the office of Kamala Harris when she was Attorney General and it was swept under the rug. I spoke with Melissa Mandel personally and have evidence of the corruption and a letter from Ms. Mandel to prove it. Hate? No, experience. Fact, she endorse Mike Ramos for DA with a big public hug. His womanizing was well known. Their handling of what was happening with the Colonies case was also known. Have you ever stopped to ask yourself why a Democrat Attorney General of California would endorse a Republican? Maybe you need to educate yourself. You are obviously new here. I am going to give you a big piece of advice I learned the hard way. There is no “good” side and “bad” side. Slimeballs are on both sides. Use your brain and investigate before you throw the trite “hate” stuff around. You look like an ignorant lemming.