Over the past three years, Hennepin County has spent more than $500,000 on private security for top prosecutor Mary Moriarty’s office – an unprecedented cost that increased dramatically after Vance Boelter’s attack on state lawmakers.
While a number of elected officials have security details, most of that security is provided by state or local police department salaries and overtime. The County Attorney’s Office had never spent money for private security until Moriarty’s request was approved by then Hennepin County Administrator David Hough…