Hiring private security guards is expected to be cheaper than deploying police to protect the abandoned Oceanwide Plaza complex from trespassers.
The city of Los Angeles no longer has to deploy police officers to guard the abandoned Oceanwide Plaza buildings from graffiti taggers and other trespassers thanks to a new law that allows the city to hire private security guards to watch over the defaced skyscrapers.
“For LAPD to be outsourced, quasi-outsourced, as a security team to secure the perimeter of these buildings, at this moment, it’s not sustainable,” said De León, according to NBC. “LAPD is a trained, professional police force. They are there to protect and serve the city of L.A., not to protect and babysit buildings.” Former LAPD Chief Michel Moore said in February that his officers had spent “more than 3,000 hours” on securing the complex.
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