L.A. Cops

Follows officers as they respond to everything from domestic violence to women fighting on Hollywood Boulevard to transsexual prostitutes to undercover vice stings.

Crosses and recrosses the blurred line between the wildly divergent worlds of the ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’ and explores the many points at which they collide.

Charts the stark reality of cops picking up the pieces and dealing with the realisation that one day, they could be on the receiving end.

From gangs to runaways, transsexual street fighters to drug dealers and rock stars in town for a concert, all have two things in common. They’re in Hollywood, and they’re not happy when the cops turn up…

In Hollywood, a cop shakes down a fire bomber at the Hollywood Bowl one day, and shakes hands with celebrities at the Hollywood Christmas parade the next. In the movie capital of the world, just how do the real cops measure up to their big screen counterparts?