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Los Angeles<\/a>\u2019 police chief is warning the city is not prepared to secure the 2028 Olympics, citing staffing shortages and a lack of dedicated funding.<\/p>\n

The warning comes amid heightened security concerns surrounding large-scale public events across the country.<\/p>\n

Speaking during a City Council Budget and Finance Committee meeting Wednesday, LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said the department lacks dedicated funding beyond a shared security pool with other agencies, the New York Post reported.<\/p>\n

“LA28 confirms that they have zero police or other safety budgets,” McDonnell said. “While they do have a security budget, it doesn\u2019t cover law enforcement<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

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“The funding that exists is for all agencies involved in the Olympics, not just the LAPD, and it will be restricted primarily to police officer overtime,” he added.<\/p>\n

The Olympics Special Events Unit has determined Los Angeles will need roughly 6,700 officers across eight venues during the 2028 Games,<\/a> according to the report.<\/p>\n

Police will also require an additional 700 to 800 patrol vehicles \u2014 a need that is not fully funded.<\/p>\n

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Officials warned the department is already losing more than 500 officers per year to attrition, driving up overtime costs.<\/p>\n

The LAPD expects to log roughly 1.4 million hours of overtime this year, contributing to a projected $16.5 million deficit, the report said.<\/p>\n

While Olympic organizers have said the federal government will help handle security, given the Games\u2019 designation as a National Special Security Event<\/a>, LAPD officials pushed back on that claim, calling it “inaccurate.”<\/p>\n

Democratic Socialists of America member and Los Angeles City Council member Eunisses Hernandez questioned whether the scale of police deployment is necessary.<\/p>\n

“Do they all need to be cop cars?” she asked. “Can we not use school buses?”<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital has reached out to the LAPD and LA28 for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/lapd-chief-warns-los-angeles-prepared-secure-2028-olympics-due-staffing-shortages <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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