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Invoices show Calgary police billed the government $283,395.86 for protecting Redford and her family between June 2013 and February 2014 — after the sheriffs said they were capable of doing the job themselves.

Despite the sheriffs’ assertion they were capable, Redford’s office was in the process of having CPS fully take over her detail in Calgary — at a potential added cost of $1.2 million a year — when she abruptly resigned in March, amid controversy over questionable expenses and her management style.

Redford could not be reached for comment Friday.

The executive protection unit (EPU) of the Alberta Sheriffs is mandated to provide personal protection for the premier, the premier’s family and other VIPs, but internal emails and memos show Redford began expressing dissatisfaction with them shortly after becoming premier in October 2011.

In a chronology of events he prepared for his superiors, then-deputy chief sheriff Neil LeMay wrote the complaints started in December 2011.

“Premier complains that EPU members are ‘too close’ and keep ruining her photo ops by appearing in them at her side. EPU is instructed to give her more space,” wrote LeMay, who left Alberta Sheriffs in May 2013.

In early 2012, another sheriff was removed from the team after Redford said the officer wasn’t “compatible with her needs.”

A further entry from 2012 lists “Wurst Restaurant incident” on Aug. 30 — but provided no further detail.

However, within a matter of days, Redford contacted Calgary police about joining her security detail.