The Los Angeles Police Department has reportedly ended its special protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris, per FOX LA.
After President Donald Trump ended Secret Service protection for the former vice president earlier this year, LA Mayor Karen Bass extended Harris protection via the LAPD, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The Los Angeles Police Protective League, which says its mission is to “vigilantly protect, promote, and improve the working conditions, legal rights, compensation, and benefits of Los Angeles police officers,” complained that officers who were assigned to crime suppression tasks were pulled away to guard Harris.
“Pulling police officers from protecting everyday Angelenos to protect a failed presidential candidate who also happens to be a multi- millionaire with multiple homes and who can easily afford to pay for her own security is nuts,” the board said in a statement. “The mayor should tell Governor Newsom that if he wants to curry favor with Ms. Harris and her donor base then he should open up his own wallet because LA taxpayers should not be footing the bill for this ridiculousness.”
The cancellation of Harris’s protection comes as she is about to begin a global book tour for her memoir.
Harris was the subject of elevated threat levels while she was vice president, but The Associated Press reports that recent threat intelligence assessments by the Secret Service found no credible threats.
Below is the statement released by Mayor Bass’ office:
“This is another act of revenge following a long list of political retaliation in the form of firings, the revoking of security clearances and more. This puts the former Vice President in danger and I look forward to working with the Governor to make sure Vice President Harris is safe in Los Angeles.”