Local News in Brief : 2 Groups Get OK to Don LAPD Uniforms
The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to permit off-duty and retired police officers to wear their LAPD uniforms during crowd and traffic control at filming locations.
The council also voted to grant the off-duty and retired officers authority to direct traffic.
Both votes brought the city into compliance with a new state law requiring off-duty officers who moonlight as private security personnel to wear their city-issued police uniform. The state law required each city to specifically authorize the off-duty activity as well as establish rules governing it.
Although the state law did not address the issue of retired officers, city officials decided that Police Chief Daryl F. Gates will decide which retired officer may wear the LAPD uniform while at filming locations. Any retired officer would be required to wear a special badge indicating he is retired.
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