NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans City Council’s Governmental Affairs Committee voted Wednesday to move forward with a proposal that would ban the city from allowing reality shows to film local first responders.
The ordinance, which now heads to the full council for a vote, would block the city from making deals with production companies to film police, EMS, or firefighters.
The move came after the council heard from the family of Jacob Carter, a tourist from Washington who was fatally shot on Bourbon Street in 2024. Footage from Homicide Squad: New Orleans—a reality show following NOPD homicide detectives—captured the murder scene, with cameras filming just feet from Carter’s body…