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by ELB
Mon Oct 02, 2017 4:44 pm
Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
Topic: IN: Cop shoots at faux bank robber
Replies: 15
Views: 10094

Re: IN: Cop shoots at faux bank robber

Body cam footage

by ELB
Fri Sep 29, 2017 4:45 pm
Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
Topic: IN: Cop shoots at faux bank robber
Replies: 15
Views: 10094

Re: IN: Cop shoots at faux bank robber

philip964 wrote:Most cities require a city permit to film a movie. Which I think includes hiring police officers.

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Low budget film makers sometimes forego city permits, security, and the like because...well... they have low budgets.
by ELB
Thu Sep 28, 2017 2:29 pm
Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
Topic: IN: Cop shoots at faux bank robber
Replies: 15
Views: 10094

IN: Cop shoots at faux bank robber

I suppose this qualifies as a cross between a LEO contact and a blooper...

http://www.wlfi.com/story/36466032/poli ... ovie-shoot

http://fox59.com/2017/09/27/crawfordsvi ... for-movie/

Short course: Extremely low budget movie makers stage a scripted robbery for filming. They didn't tell anyone else (like the police) except for the owners of a bar where they were filming. Someone not-in-the-know saw a masked man holding a gun enter the bar from the street and called the cops. When masked man came out into the street again... well, go read the links.

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