Police in Angels and Demons

While I was at the filming of Angels and Demons, the particular scene that was being shot was Tom Hanks' character rushing towards the fountain in the center of Piazza Navona. The reason that I enjoyed this shot so much is because the character was being escorted by two Carabiniere. Although they were fake, I thought that it was cool that I'm going to see and understand the police that are being used in the movie. The only difference was that these policemen were not armed with the semi-automatic weapons like most of the real Carabiniere around Rome are! I've included a picture, but it's a little dark and blurry. It's a picture of Tom Hanks standing with the two "policemen." Enjoy : )

Policia Booth

I know that I mentioned in an earlier post that there are police officers all over the city. Some of them (the Carabiniere) are posted in various locations around the city. All they do is sit in a car and watch people while there is some sort of semi-automatic weapon (very scary) around their chest. However, there are some Carabiniere that are posted in little booths around the city. I'm not sure exactly what their official duties are, but from observing a booth for about five minutes, I saw the officer receive a phone call. Not sure if it was official police business, but at least he was doing something. Also, I saw some people stop by and talk to him. He opened the door to the booth and talked to them so I think they were friends, not looking for help. I've posted a picture of the officer in the booth. Enjoy : )