Rust shooting: Alec Baldwin calls for police to monitor gun safety on film sets

Actor urges extra safety measure amid increased scrutiny of an often overlooked corner of the film industry

Alec Baldwin has urged film and TV productions to hire police officers to monitor weapons and ensure guns used in filming are safe in the wake of the fatal shooting during filming of the western movie Rust.

Baldwin accidentally shot and killed the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on 21 October after being told the gun he was rehearsing with on the film set in New Mexico was cold", or safe to use, according to the Santa Fe county sheriff's office.