MADISON, Wis. -- Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen's round-table meetings with police from every Wisconsin county cost about $4,800.

Van Hollen began the visits in October 2007 and finished them this past September.

According to travel records, Van Hollen and staff members who accompanied him, including senior staff, special agents and his policy adviser, spent $4,842 for expenses ranging from mileage to food to hotel rooms.

The biggest single chunk was $2,012 for a state plane trip to Sturgeon Bay, Appleton and Manitowoc in October 2008.

Van Hollen himself did not submit any expenses for meals or mileage. Cindy O'Donnell, administrator of the Justice Department's management services division, said Van Hollen paid for those expenses out of his own pocket.