Original title
Police Story
Released
3/20/1973
Origin country
US
Genre
Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
6
Number of episodes
104
Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and former policeman Joseph Wambaugh and represented a major step forward in the realistic depiction of police work and violence on network TV. Although it was an anthology, there were certain things that all episodes had in common; for instance, the main character in each episode was a police officer. The setting was always Los Angeles and the characters always worked for some branch of the LAPD. Notwithstanding the anthology format, there were recurring characters. Scott Brady appeared in more than a dozen episodes as "Vinnie," a former cop who, upon retirement, had opened a bar catering to police officers, and who acted as a sort of Greek chorus during the run of the series, commenting on the characters and plots.
A special surveillance detail set up to catch criminals in the act finally nabs Slow Boy while he is robbing a supermarket. Complications arise when the robber takes a hostage before the police can detain him.
A special surveillance detail set up to catch criminals in the act finally nabs Slow Boy while he is robbing a supermarket. Complications arise when the robber takes a hostage before the police can detain him.
Undercover cop Charlie Czonka tries to catch the big man behind a ring of prostitution, dope and extortion
A down-and-out addict becomes an informer for the bank robbery detail and wins the friendship of a cop.
Two partners on the police force start getting on each other's nerves after ten years together when one begins acting strange.
A Mexican-American police sergeant who's been assigned to his original neighborhood leads the Juvenile Division in an attempt to head off a gang war.
An undercover cop nearly loses his life trying to crack a big-time drug-selling operation.
The question of whether or not policewomen should be assigned to ride in patrol cars is brought to the head in a gun battle with two killers.
Sergeant Rick Calvelli works undercover in order to crack a phony credit card ring that plays dangerously.
A beat cop has his newly established authority challenged when a wealthy girl he arrests avoids retribution in court.
An unauthodox cop accidentally kills a fellow officer and is put under investigation by Internal Affairs.
A young police officer joins a special unit and must learn to cope with killing.
The possibility of a conspiracy to murder cops creates a war between a black community and the police.
When policeman Joe LaFrieda kills a member of an underworld family during a robbery attempt; a contract is put out on his life.
The police clash head-on with the Mob when a contract is taken out on Officer Joe LaFrieda's life.
A cop on the take devises a plan to save himself from disgrace.
Two officers from Robbery-Homicide attempt to track down a killer of homosexuals who mutilates the bodies of his victims.
A young recruit from a rural community attempts to defy his background by completing the tough Police Academy training to become a cop.
Two detectives become emotionally involved in a case when a friend is the victim of a robber/rapist/murderer.
As an officer tracks down a rapist, his marriage dissolves in favor of his badge.
A police veteran in the Latent Prints Division is discouraged with his job until some unexpected combat gives him a new perspective.
A police chief must overcome an assissination plot and political games in order to speak at a local meeting of police-haters.
The transfer of desk officer Lisa Beaumont to the vice squad leads to a series of explosive developments.
Arch Tatum is close to retirement and is teamed up with a head-strong young trainee who throws a curve for the long time vet.
On the trail of loan-company robbers, Tillis is forced to rely upon shifty informer Freddy. But the ""snitch"" is playing both ends down the middle and he's also stolen the expensive miniature voice transmitter entrusted to his care.
Holly Green, a 19-year-old waitress is brutally beaten and raped by a pair of creeps, she then reluctantly helps bring her assailants to trial.
A cop is consumed by guilt after innocent bystanders are killed in police shoot-outs.
The head of an undercover narcotics division assigns a young policeman to infiltrate a high-school drug ring.
Career and personal pressures bring a vice investigator to the brink of a nervous breakdown.
Police officers deal with personal and professional dilemmas as they search Los Angeles for a highway killer.
A patrolman's guilt over the death of his partner leads him into a relationship with the dead man's widow.
A cop becomes the object of inmate vengeance after a trumped-up murder charge puts him behind prison walls.
The wife of a veteran cop becomes increasingly concerned over her husband's intense devotion to his men and duty.
Self-doubts about a failed romance and a friend's suicide begin to take their toll on an emotionally distraught vice cop.
A scheme to turn an old mansion into a haven for party animals snares misfit cops in a prostitution and drug sting.
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