150 North Los Angeles Street, Room 508
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213-485-2902
Background: For many years, the film industry has utilized retired and active off-duty police officers in Department uniform to provide crowd and traffic control at motion picture filming locations throughout the City of Los Angeles. While this has provided significant benefits to the film industry and the City in controlling the crowds and moving traffic, it also created some concerns for both entities. Due to the increasing number of film productions occurring within Los Angeles, Retired police officers are used only for traffic control and crowd control at these film locations. The retired officers are not Department employees, they are not subject to the Department’s regular disciplinary system. However, there are two areas in which the Department has authority over retired officers the issuance of permits to carry concealed weapons and approval of work permits to work in uniform at motion picture/television filming locations.
During September 2007, the Los Angeles Police Department established the Motion Work Permit Detail, in response to a growing need to exercise oversight of retired and active/off-duty officers employed by the film industry in uniform. Personnel Group (PG) ultimately established the Motion Picture Work Permit Coordinator (MPWP) assignment Sergeant I Richard Duran, is the Officer-in-Charge of the Motion Picture Work Permit Detail. If you have any questions you may contact Sgt. Duran at 213-485-2902.
The primary duties of the MPWP Coordinator are as follows:
Enforcement of MPTFWP requirements by conducting Citywide random filming location audits.
Liaison for the motion picture/television industry and affected community stakeholders.
Ensure that officers employed at filming locations appropriately enforce filming permit conditions/restrictions.
Liaison with involved City entities (Council Staff, City Attorney, City Administrative Officer, Los Angeles Fired Department, other law Enforcement Agencies, etc.)
Liaison with Emergency Operation Division (EOD) staff and facilitate the final review, approval, adjudication and tracking of complaint investigations involving retired officers.
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