The Movie and Television Unit provides traffic control to productions being filmed in the city. We also oversee ‘crime scenes’ for shows like CSI and Law and Order. Think about it. It would be pretty horrifying for a citizen to wander into a scene where the actors have found a murdered body. We keep them back, just as we would from a real crime scene. And officers from the unit appear in crowd scenes where police officers are needed. We aren’t paid extra for that,” he hurried to explain. “It’s part of the job. But it’s better than having a bunch of folks running around the boroughs
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