Cops L.A.C.
Alt nameCops: Local Area Command
GenrePolice procedural
Drama
StarringKate Ritchie
Martin Dingle-Wall
Ria Vandervis
Tom O'Sullivan
Kelly Paterniti
Graeme Squires
Gary Sweet
Denise Roberts
Roy Billing
Damian De Montemas
Theme music composer"Howlin' for You" by The Black Keys
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Num seasons1
Num episodes13
Executive producerJo Horsburgh
ProducerLisa Scott
LocationSydney, New South Wales
CinematographyRussell Bacon
RuntimeApproximately 1 hour
CompanyNine Films & Television Pty Limited
NetworkNine Network
First aired2 September 2010
Last aired11 November 2010
RelatedRescue: Special Ops

Cops L.A.C. (Cops: Local Area Command) is a 2010 Australian television police drama, which screened on the Nine Network. The series followed the work of officers at the Seaview Local Area Command, a fictitious police response area of the 'State Police' set in harbourside Sydney, New South Wales. The first series premiered on 2 September 2010, in the same timeslot of Network Ten's police drama Rush.[1]

On 22 November 2010, the Nine Network discontinued the show due to the high production costs.[2]

Cast

Main cast

Actor[3]Role[3]First EpisodeLast Episode
Kate RitchieDet. Senior Constable Samantha 'Sam' Cooper1.011.13
Martin Dingle-WallDet. Senior Constable Rhys Llewellyn1.011.13
Ria VandervisDet. Senior Constable Roxanne Perez1.011.13
Tom O'SullivanSenior Constable Nathan Holt1.011.13
Kelly PaternitiConstable Priscilla Smith 'Smithy'1.011.13
Graeme SquiresProbationary Constable Daniel van der Mark1.011.13
Gary SweetSuperintendent Jack Finch1.011.13
Denise RobertsDet. Inspector Dianne Pappas1.011.13
Roy BillingSenior Sergeant Graeme Sinclair1.011.13
Damian De MontemasSenior Constable Matt 'Matilda' Hilton1.011.13

Recurring cast

Actor[3]Role[3]First EpisodeLast Episode
Ivy MakFran Barker1.011.13
Sophie KatanisConstable Terese Drake1.011.08
Jonny PasvolskyZac Butler1.031.13

Guests

ActorRoleEpisodes
Abi TuckerNina Blunt / Amanda Hodge1 episode
Anya BeyersdorfSkye Duncan1 episode
Brett ClimoDave1 episode
Corey PageRichard1 episode
Danny RobertsBrett1 episode
Ellen GrimshawAlicia1 episode
Indiana EvansKylie Tremaine1 episode
Jacinta StapletonKate Nolan1 episode
Jeremy Lindsay TaylorDaker Simms1 episode
Jessica NapierNatalie1 episode
Jessica ToveyTash1 episode
John AtkinsonCaptain Timochenko1 episode
John O'HareMatthew1 episode
Kate FitzpatrickMeg Sinclair3 episodes
Laurie FoellGillian Lothar1 episode
Lisa ChappellJustine Taylor1 episode
Lucy BellNeighbour1 episode
Martin VaughanTim1 episode
Matt HolmesIan Lothar1 episode
Matthew Le NevezBen Ellis1 episode
Nathaniel BuzolicJahrryde1 episode
Petra YaredMarielle1 episode
Renai CarusoSonia Bolton1 episode
Robert TaylorTom O'Neill1 episode
Ross NewtonLionel Tibbs1 episode
Salvatore CocoWilliam1 episode
Sharon MillerchipFiona1 episode
Simon LyndonCameron1 episode
Tabrett BethellEve Louizos1 episode
Tim PocockLance1 episode
Vince ColosimoDominic Salter1 episode
Zoe CaridesAlison Bristow1 episode

Plot

Cops L.A.C. revolves around the police operations of Seaview Local Area Command. Superintendent Jack Finch, a seasoned officer, is the Local Area Commander, with Crime Manager Detective Inspector Diane Pappas at his side. The uniformed officers stationed at Seaview handle anything from general police response calls to investigation of assaults and muggings, with detectives dealing with cases involving drug dealers and car crashes, shootings, stabbings, and armed robbery.[4]

Production

The first series consisted of 13 episodes and was initiated by Jo Horsburgh and commissioned by the Nine Network in 2009, it was produced by Diane Haddon,[5] Lisa Scott and in-house by the Nine Network Drama Department. Production started on 27 May 2010 and ended on 11 November 2010, after various scheduling changes. Tim Pye, a writer on the series described the show as "like The Bill, but with a higher body count." When researching the real-life Local Area Command, he discovered "the more you research the business of policing, the more wondrous it is that people do it… But they stick with it and love it."[6] Filming wrapped up for the first series in mid-September 2010.[7]

Episodes

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Ratings

EpisodeAir dateTimeslotViewersNightly RankWeekly Rank
1.012 September 2010Thursday 8:30pm1,168,000[8]4[8]25[9]
1.029 September 2010925,000[10]11[10]46[11]
1.0316 September 2010763,000[12]14[12]67[13]
1.0423 September 2010529,000[14]
(did not air in Melbourne)		22[14]N/A[15]
1.0530 September 2010715,000[16]17[16]74[17]
1.067 October 2010670,000[18]14[18]65[19]
1.0714 October 2010681,000[20]13[20]62[21]
1.0821 October 2010Thursday 9:30pm487,000[22]23[22]N/A[23]
1.0928 October 2010560,000[24]21[24]99[25]
1.104 November 2010595,000[26]20[26]90[27]
1.11Thursday 10:30pm410,000[26]31[26]N/A[27]
1.1211 November 2010Thursday 9:30pm574,000[28]22[28]93[29]
1.13Thursday 10:30pm440,000[28]27[28]N/A[29]
Series Average------655,00018N/A

Home media

The season was released on DVD as a three-disc set, under the title of Cops: Local Area Command – The Complete Series on 6 January 2011.[30]

TitleFormatEp #DiscsRegion 4 (Australia)Special featuresDistributors
Cops L.A.C. (Complete Series)DVD13036 January 2011NoneRoadshow Entertainment

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