CheckbookVendor

What has the City paid Universal Protection Service LP?

$10.6M in City payments across 764 checks, from May 29, 2020 to September 3, 2026. Outside-vendor scope only — payroll, transfers, debt and pension custody are excluded.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: UNIVERSAL PROTECTION SERVICE LP

$10.6MTotal paid
764Payments
$13,877Average payment
FY2020-21Peak full year · $2.2M

By fiscal year

FY2019-20
$774K
FY2020-21
$2.2M
FY2021-22
$1.3M
FY2022-23
$1.5M
FY2023-24
$1.9M
FY2024-25
$1.0M
FY2025-26
$1.5M
FY2026-27 *
$326K

Who pays them

Police$3.0M
Library$1.9M
Non-departmental$933K
Non-departmental: Capital Improvement Expense Program$181K

What for

Contractual Services$6.9M

407 payments

193 payments

PW-Sanitation Expense and Equipment$852K

71 payments

Construction Materials$326K

22 payments

10 payments

PW-Sanitation Expense & Equipment$81K

6 payments

5 payments

1 payment

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — $326K so far, not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $447K.

Most recent payments

The 25 latest to post. Purpose strings are the Controller's own reference codes — the budget line in the second column is usually the more informative field.

DateBudget linePurposeAmount
September 3, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceSECURITY GUARD SERVICES$5,106
September 3, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceSECURITY GUARD SERVICES$3,606
September 1, 2026Contractual ServicesPublic Works – SanitationSECURITY SERVICES FOR LOPEZ CANYON LANDFILL, FY24-25$19,786
September 1, 2026Contractual ServicesPublic Works – SanitationSECURITY SERVICES FOR LOPEZ CANYON LANDFILL, FY24-25$19,349
September 1, 2026Contractual ServicesPublic Works – SanitationSECURITY SERVICES FOR LOPEZ CANYON LANDFILL, FY24-25$18,440
September 1, 2026Contractual ServicesPublic Works – SanitationSECURITY SERVICES FOR LOPEZ CANYON LANDFILL, FY24-25$17,498
August 26, 2026Contractual ServicesRecreation and ParksSECURITY SERVICE AT RUNYON CANYON FOR JUN 2026$12,121
August 25, 2026Wedding and Event VenuesRecreation and ParksSECURITY SERVICE AT FRIENDSHIP AUDITORIUM FOR (03/02-03/28/26)$1,159
August 25, 2026Wedding and Event VenuesRecreation and ParksSECURITY SERVICE AT GRACE E. SIMONS LODGE FOR (04/04-04/19/26)$1,140
August 24, 2026Contractual ServicesGeneral ServicesLHJ SECURITY$26,301
August 24, 2026Contractual ServicesRecreation and ParksSECURITY SERVICE AT EXPO CENTER (6/11-6/30/25)$3,983
August 21, 2026Contractual ServicesPublic Works – SanitationSECURITY SERVICES FOR CENTRAL LA RECYCLING & TRANSFER STATION-CLARTS (FY2025-26)$11,621
August 19, 2026PW-Sanitation Expense and EquipmentNon-departmentalARMED SECURITY SERVICES FOR CLARTS FY25-26$13,614
August 19, 2026PW-Sanitation Expense and EquipmentNon-departmentalARMED SECURITY SERVICES FOR CLARTS FY25-26$13,336
August 18, 2026Contractual ServicesTransportationSECURITY SERVICES FOR 1016 MISSION RD$21,774
August 18, 2026Contractual ServicesTransportationSECURITY SERVICES FOR 7510 S FIGUEROA ST$14,714
August 10, 2026Contractual ServicesPublic Works – SanitationSECURITY SERVICES AT LOPEZ CANYON YARD (FY2025-2026)$25,937
August 10, 2026Contractual ServicesPublic Works – SanitationSECURITY SERVICES AT LOPEZ CANYON YARD (FY2025-2026)$25,885
August 7, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceSECURITY GUARD SERVICES$7,419
August 7, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceSECURITY GUARD SERVICES$4,952
August 7, 2026Contractual ServicesPoliceSECURITY GUARD SERVICES$562
August 4, 2026Wedding and Event VenuesRecreation and ParksSECURITY SERVICE AT GRACE E SIMONS LODGE (11/02/25-11/23/25)$1,506
August 4, 2026Wedding and Event VenuesRecreation and ParksSECURITY SERVICE AT GRACE E SIMONS LODGE (12/6-12/14/25)$562
July 29, 2026Contractual ServicesPublic Works – BoardSECURITY SERVICES FOR BOARD OF PW FOR FY26-26$1,507
July 29, 2026Contractual ServicesPublic Works – BoardSECURITY SERVICES FOR BOARD OF PW FOR FY26-26$1,375

Sources

LA Controller, Checkbook LA (dataset pggv-e4fn), totalled nightly. Figures are every payment on record within the outside-vendor scope, not a single fiscal year. Back to the checkbook.