When we were CRE "regulars", Bob Hall was friends with the promo car division at Chrysler in Burbank.
So when some of his friends at USC film school needed police car and some one to drive it for their student production assignment, guess who Bob picked ? Lil ol me. The crew got a permit to film on mulholland highway from just northh of the rock store to the top, and on Latigo Canyon on a series of curves with a large dirt turn out (still there today)
Now that was a real blast getting to drive a "police car" at speed chasing the bad guy. Shame they had to edit out some of the shots as the driver (me) was grinning ear to ear !
The drive home with Bob was even more hilarious, but that story will have to wait for another day
Yep- these days you can get a film permit to close down uninhabited sections of Mul, and will need proof of insurance, description of proper traffic control (rent a retired lapd motorcycle cop) , etc etc