LAPD Drops Kamala Harris Protection Less Than One Week After Starting It

Last week, President Trump revoked the extra six months of Secret Service protection Joe Biden ordered during his last days in office:

President Trump REVOKES Kamala Harris’ Secret Service Detail

Immediately afterwards, Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass declared that the LAPD would step in and provide protection instead:

Kamala Harris To Receive Protection From New Source Following Secret Service Detail Removal

Well, that didn't last long!

Less than one week after starting the new protection detail, the LAPD has dropped it after uprisings in its own ranks.

OUCH!

BREAKING: The LAPD discontinued its protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris after heavy criticism within its own ranks that officers were being diverted from crime suppression

— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) September 6, 2025

LAPD yanks cops off Kamala Harris’ mansion after uproar over diverted patrols https://t.co/orUdDTc46I pic.twitter.com/d2Rap4AM9o

— New York Post (@nypost) September 6, 2025

The NY Post had more details on the quick 180:

The Los Angeles Police Department has pulled its cops from a security detail at Kamala Harris’ Brentwood, California home after outrage that crime-fighting units were being diverted to guard the former vice president.

A dozen Metro Division officers had been stationed outside Harris’ mansion after President Trump revoked her Secret Service protection last week, ending an extension through which had been quietly granted by President Biden.

The short-lived detail drew fury inside the department after LAPD officers were pulled from crime suppression in the San Fernando Valley to guard Harris.

“Pulling police officers from protecting everyday Angelenos to protect a failed presidential candidate who also happens to be a multi-millionaire … and who can easily afford to pay for her own security, is nuts,” the Los Angeles Police Protective League’s board said.

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Mayor Karen Bass had directed LAPD to assist the California Highway Patrol in the wake of Trump’s move, which she called an act of “political retaliation.”

The union representing LAPD rank-and-file blasted the deployment, saying Valley patrols lost cops while crime remains a top concern there.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who had to approve CHP protection, hasn’t confirmed the arrangement, but his office said “the safety of our public officials should never be subject to erratic, vindictive political impulse.”