Los Angeles water chief given police security details amid ‘threats’ against her and her employees

Los Angeles water chief received a police security detail amid “threats” against her and water employees as wildfires raged through Southern California, two Los Angeles police sources told Fox News.

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Executive Director Janisse Quiñones now has a 24/7 LAPD task force responding to threats, sources said.

An LAPD source cited the recent New York shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

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People watch smoke and flames from the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood on January 7, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Tiffany Rose/Getty Images)

Quiñones reportedly earns $750,000 a year.

She faces public criticism over Los Angeles’ fire preparedness and water distribution amid wildfires in the area.

“We can confirm that threats have been made against our employees, including incidents in the field… that occurred at a DWP facility downtown on Tuesday night,” the Department of Water and Power told Fox News. .

A view of smoke covering the sky due to the Eaton wildfire in Altadena of Los Angeles County, California, on January 9, 2025. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)

“We take every threat and incident seriously and immediately report them to authorities,” the department continued. “We do not discuss the safety measures implemented at our facilities to protect our employees.”

The department added: “Our employees are working tirelessly around the clock to support the City’s response, and their work is critical to those efforts. They are an essential part of the City family, they are part of this community and they are not “There is no place in society or in our City for any threat to its safety.”

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Fire burns during the Sunset Fire in the Hollywood Hills area of ​​Los Angeles, California, USA, on Wednesday, January 8, 2025. (Jill Connelly/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Quiñones has also previously said that he views his position through an “equity lens” and uses it to provide social justice.