The Los Angeles Police Department on Saturday ended its short-lived protection of former Vice President Kamala Harris after mounting criticism from within its own ranks that officers were being diverted from crime suppression duties.
LAPD’s Metropolitan Division officers had been assisting the California Highway Patrol (CHP) in guarding Harris at her Brentwood home after President Donald Trump revoked her Secret Service detail earlier this week. Harris had been granted an extended security package by former President Joe Biden beyond the traditional six months afforded to former vice presidents, but Trump rescinded the order,