Britney Spears' trip to hospital earlier this week cost $25,000, it has been reported. The motorcycle that escorted the troubled star to hospital in the early hours of Thursday morning cost the Los Angeles police department an estimated $25,000.
Police officials say that the Crisis Response Support Section of the LAPD started planning the trip from Spears' Coldwater Canyon home to the UCLA Medical Center on Monday after authorities received worried calls from the singer's mother, Lynn Spears.
Police insiders insists the effort was not specialized because of Britney Spears' celebrity status, and that such operations are commonplace in Los Angeles.
The job of the motorcade, which included more than 20 police officers, a helicopter and a team of intervention specialists, was to block off traffic ahead and behind the ambulance carrying Spears to hospital, and to keep the paparazzi at bay.
Lieutenant Rick Wall tells Los Angeles' LA Times newspaper: "Most [operations] go exactly as the one (on Thursday morning), without the 200 paparazzi.
"We get calls from family members daily who are worried about their loved ones being a danger to themselves or others".
City officials have defended the cost of the Spears motorcade operation, stating a heavy police presence was deemed necessary to control the aggressive paparazzi and prevent traffic accidents on the way to the hospital.
Spears, 26, is believed to be on a 51500 hold at the UCLA - the second time in a month.
She reportedly arrived at the hospital at 2.15am but was not admitted until 4.15am because she was screaming and shouting at staff and her parents.
The fallen pop princess is also said to have accused mum Lynne of sleeping with her boyfriend, although she never said exactly who she was referring to.
She reportedly yelled: "The only reason she's admitting me is because she wants to be alone with her boyfriend.
"She wants to sleep with my boyfriend."
By Owen Williams, Feb 02 2008 © Copyright 2008 - Showbiz Spy
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