The Los Angeles Police Department has estimated incurring millions of dollars in overtime and other costs from the Summit of the Americas next month.
The Los Angeles Police Department expects to incur millions of dollars in overtime and other costs when heads of state and diplomats from the Americas come to L.A. for a summit next month.
During recent budget discussions, LAPD Chief Michel Moore called the looming policing costs from the summit a “burden” that city officials still had to sort out. The summit was not accounted for in the LAPD’s current budget.Advertisement The U.S. State Department has said in statements that its delegation will work at the event to secure “leader-level commitments and concrete actions” from other participant nations that “dramatically improve pandemic response and resilience, promote a green and equitable recovery, build strong and inclusive democracies, and address the root causes of irregular migration.”
Paying for the additional officers needed to police the event will add about $3.15 million to the department’s expenses each day, nearly doubling its normal operating costs, according to figures released by the mayor’s office. Over the five days of the summit, the total cost to the department is expected to be $15,735,790.
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