The warning comes amid heightened security concerns surrounding large-scale public events across the country.<\/p>\n
Speaking during a City Council Budget and Finance Committee meeting Wednesday, LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said the department lacks dedicated funding beyond a shared security pool with other agencies, the New York Post reported.<\/p>\n
“LA28 confirms that they have zero police or other safety budgets,” McDonnell said. “While they do have a security budget, it doesn\u2019t cover law enforcement<\/a>.”<\/p>\n LA OLYMPICS CHIEF RESPONDS AFTER EMAILS WITH GHISLAINE MAXWELL EMERGE IN EPSTEIN FILES<\/a><\/p>\n Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg perform at the LA28 Olympic Games Handover Celebration in Los Angeles. (Emma McIntyre\/Getty Images for LA28)<\/p>\n “The funding that exists is for all agencies involved in the Olympics, not just the LAPD, and it will be restricted primarily to police officer overtime,” he added.<\/p>\n The Olympics Special Events Unit has determined Los Angeles will need roughly 6,700 officers across eight venues during the 2028 Games,<\/a> according to the report.<\/p>\n Police will also require an additional 700 to 800 patrol vehicles \u2014 a need that is not fully funded.<\/p>\n USA TODAY COLUMNIST LABELS TRUMP ‘TODDLER’ FOR TAKING A ROLE IN 2028 OLYMPICS PLANNING<\/a><\/p>\n Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell warned city leaders that the department may not have enough resources to secure the 2028 Olympic Games. (Jim Vondruska\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n Officials warned the department is already losing more than 500 officers per year to attrition, driving up overtime costs.<\/p>\n The LAPD expects to log roughly 1.4 million hours of overtime this year, contributing to a projected $16.5 million deficit, the report said.<\/p>\n While Olympic organizers have said the federal government will help handle security, given the Games\u2019 designation as a National Special Security Event<\/a>, LAPD officials pushed back on that claim, calling it “inaccurate.”<\/p>\n Democratic Socialists of America member and Los Angeles City Council member Eunisses Hernandez questioned whether the scale of police deployment is necessary.<\/p>\n![\"Dr.](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/olympics.jpg\")
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