LOS ANGELES -- Police will be on hand to deal with the crowds likely to swarm the Civic Center Monday when troubled pop star Britney Spears has a divorce court date, the LAPD announced Sunday.
The gossip web site and TV show TMZ.com, quoting sources within the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office, said that negotiations have broken down on arranging secure parking and crowd control around Spears as she arrives and departs the County Courthouse.
Recent court and public appearances by Spears have resulted in chaotic jostling. Dozens of freelance photographers, passersby with cellphone cameras, and tourists interfered with police and fire crews at the star's hillside home a week ago, when she was taken in a city ambulance to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, reportedly for a mental health check.
The 26-year-old singer is expected to appear in Los Angeles Superior Court at 9:30 a.m. Monday for a custody hearing concerning her two sons with ex-husband Kevin Federline, 29.
Uniformed Los Angeles Police Department and Department of Transportation personnel will be on hand to "facilitate the flow of vehicle and pedestrian traffic" outside the Los Angeles Superior Courthouse at Hill and Temple streets, the LAPD said Sunday.
"We want to let the media know that we will do all we can to facilitate their coverage. But in the event that the coverage of Ms. Spears causes traffic issues, pedestrian issues, etc. and violations are occurring, the Department is prepared to cite those committing infractions," a written statement issued by the LAPD said.
Officers will be cracking down on illegal parking, pedestrian violations, blocking of crosswalks and/or entrances, obstructing vehicle traffic and other rules of the California Vehicle Code and the Los Angeles Municipal Code, authorities said.
TMZ.com also said that Spears' lawyers are telling her she must appear, at jeopardy of losing all rights to see her two sons.
Just last week, police were called when paparazzi trailing Spears allegedly assaulted a security guard at the Four Seasons Hotel.
Spears apparently went to the Four Seasons Hotel on Doheny Drive and Burton Way, where she was escorted out by hotel security, the Daily News reported.
Paparazzi were in tow, and one of them kicked a security guard, who called police, the newspaper reported.
"LAPD took a battery report from the security guard but the paparazzi wasn't there," said LAPD spokesman Mike Lopez. "We're looking for a male, with a camera."
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