LOS ANGELES - Investigators looking into the chain of events that led City Hall to spend an estimated $1.4 million for police protection and other services at Michael Jackson’s memorial have turned up possible criminal wrongdoing, the city attorney(律师) said Tuesday.
The disclosure two weeks after Jackson’s lavish farewell came amid a public backlash over the taxpayer bill, which included more than $48,000 for sandwiches brought in for police from 70 miles away.
City Attorney Carmen Trutanich has been reviewing the procedures that led the city to deploy(部署，调动) thousands of police and other city workers for the star-studded(星罗棋布的) tribute at the downtown Staples Center, hoping to identify a way for taxpayers to recoup(重获，补偿) at least some of the money.