LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Is the Los Angeles Police Department wasting millions of dollars a year of taxpayer money on police helicopters? City Controller Kenneth Mejia and his staff conducted a ...
A city audit has found that Los Angeles Police Department helicopters spend less than half of their flight time responding to “high priority” crimes, with the rest used for patrolling, responding to ...
The Los Angeles Police Department’s helicopter program spends 61% of its flight time on low-priority incidents at cost of nearly $50 million per year to taxpayers, according to an audit released today ...