--- description: The Los Angeles Police Department ramped up extra security at Monday night's premiere of 'Straight Outta Compton' title: Gang Officers Worked 'Straight Outta Compton' Premiere image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb497adcc0ed938bf/69885eaa8e06017dd7461ca2/ice-cube-straight-outta-compton2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Gang Officers Used as Security at _Straight Outta Compton_ Premiere  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 11, 2015 11:32 AM CUT  Ice Cube poses for a portrait in promotion of the new film “Straight Outta Compton" at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles on Aug. 2, 2015. Ice Cube poses for a portrait in promotion of the new film “Straight Outta Compton" at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles on Aug. 2, 2015.Rebecca Cabage—Invision/AP  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 11, 2015 11:32 AM CUT The Los Angeles Police Department ramped up extra security at Monday night’s premiere of _Straight Outta Compton_, a biopic about gangsta rap group N.W.A. One security officer [told the Hollywood Reporter](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/straight-outta-compton-premiere-tripled-814387 "undefined") that organizers “tripled security” for the premiere, and [the LA Times reports ](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lapd-straight-outta-compton-premiere-20150810-story.html "undefined")that the LAPD deployed gang enforcement officers to the premiere along with event security. “Better safe than sorry,” Officer Mike Lopez told the LA Times. _Straight Outta Compton_ opens widely on August 14. [_Read Next: Ice Cube On Ghostwriting, Diss Tracks and_ Straight Outta Compton’s _Timeliness_](http://time.com/3989041/ice-cube-straight-outta-compton-bye-felicia-ghostwriting/ "undefined") ### Here’s How the _Straight Outta Compton_ Actors Compare to Their Real-Life Counterparts  O'Shea Jackson, Jr. (Ice Cube's real life son) as Ice Cube Universal Pictures; Raymond Boyd—Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images  Corey Hawkins as Dr. Dre Universal Pictures; Raymond Boyd—Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images  Jason Mitchell as Eazy-E Universal Pictures; Al Pereira—Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images  Neil Brown, Jr. as DJ Yella Universal Pictures; Raymond Boyd—Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images  Aldis Hodge as MC Ren Universal Pictures; Al Pereira—Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)  Paul Giamatti as Jerry Heller Universal Pictures; Victor Chavez—WireImage/Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3992228/straight-outta-compton-premiere-gangs/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3992228/straight-outta-compton-premiere-gangs/"},"headline":"Gang Officers Used as Security at Straight Outta Compton Premiere","datePublished":"2015-08-11T11:32:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:47:08.930Z","description":"The Los Angeles Police ramped up extra security at Monday night's premiere of 'Straight Outta Compton'","url":"https://time.com/3992228/straight-outta-compton-premiere-gangs/","keywords":["movies","Newsfeed","Hollywood"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb497adcc0ed938bf/69885eaa8e06017dd7461ca2/ice-cube-straight-outta-compton2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb497adcc0ed938bf/69885eaa8e06017dd7461ca2/ice-cube-straight-outta-compton2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Straight Outta Compton ice cube","caption":"Straight Outta Compton ice cube","creditText":"Rebecca Cabage—Invision/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3992228/straight-outta-compton-premiere-gangs/","name":"Gang Officers Used as Security at Straight Outta Compton Premiere"}}]}] ```