Hollywood’s production community is yelling “cut!” to a plan by the LAPD to take over the jobs of handling security — many of which are filled by former cops — on film sets.

A coalition of labor and industry groups, including the Teamsters and the Motion Picture Assn. of America, is seeking to block the Los Angeles Police Department’s effort that would force production companies to hire only off-duty active police officers to control crowds and direct traffic at film locations.

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