Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&N=4+7194+4294960962 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684814 The Southland is Los Angeles: sandy beaches, Bel-Air mansions, gangbangers and drug deals gone wrong. Its where the rookies and veterans of a stand-up LAPD unit see all the violence and fear a big city can breed and struggle to make a difference. A gripping, lightning-paced series about the men and women who live their lives on a jagged edge, taking on criminals, victims and a sprawling city tainted by vice and seething with danger. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668828 The final season of the critically acclaimed series stars Emmy winner Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, a top-notch investigator who has put some of Los Angeles most brutal killers behind bars. With her keen investigative instincts and brilliant interrogation techniques, Brenda often closes her cases by eliciting a confession or cornering a suspect through sometimes-questionable methods. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1736064 Los Angeles, 1972-1973, Officers Pete Malloy and Jim Reed are on the streets fighting crime on the mean streets of Los Angeles. In this final season of the television series Office Reed spends time working as a detective and temporarily joins the narcotics squad while Malloy fills for Sgt. MacDonald for a brief stint. The series ends with a bang as the offices are involved in a dangerous shootout! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1559093 Peter Falk returns as Lieutenant Columbo of the Los Angeles Police Department in seven mystery-packed TV movies that aired between 1994-2003, including Falks last ever appearance as TVs greatest detective! Follow the always rumpled, eternally bumbling and constantly underestimated investigative genius as he takes on some of the most cunning criminals in his career with trademark wit, charm, persistence and ever-present cigar. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1532114 Airing on NBC, Dragnet 1967-1970 was the second run of the highly popular Dragnet TV series. The show focuses on two detectives, the no-nonsense Sgt. Joe Friday and hard-nosed Officer Bill Gannon, as they track down criminals throughout L.A. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1532184 A raw and authentic look into the Los Angeles crime scene. Season Two goes even further inside the lives of cops, criminals, victims, and their families, where new challenges, personal and professional, await the law-men and law-women of Southland. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1531428 At work, L.A. Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson is a woman in charge. Got a suspect to grill, a case to crack, a murderer about to walk? Call Brenda in and watch the fireworks. But at home, well, thats another story. Join the squad as Sanchez looks after an orphaned boy, Tao goes undercover as a biker dude, Provenza and Flynn date airline attendants (turns out one of them has a corpse in her bathtub), and Brenda finds her family Christmas rudely interrupted by crime. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1554987 Peter Falk is back in all his rumpled, trenchcoat-wearing glory as police lieutenant Columbo in six captivating two-hour TV movies that aired between 1991-1993. Join the four-time Primetime Emmy winner for just one more thing as he goes after sure-footed suspects with his offbeat wit, wily charm, and dogged persistence. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1532112 Follow no-nonsense Sgt. Joe Friday, and hard-nosed Officer Bill Gannon, as they track down criminals throughout L.A. Each case is said to have been pulled from actual cases from the L.A.P.D. files. Stories pay careful attention to realism, and have numerous twists before the criminals are finally arrested. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1532188 A raw and authentic look at the police unit in Los Angeles. From the beaches of Malibu to the streets of East LA, Southland is a fast-moving drama that will take you inside the lives of cops, criminals, victims, and their families. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1531425 At work, L.A. Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson is a woman in charge. Got a suspect to grill, a case to crack, a murderer about to walk? Call Brenda in and watch the fireworks. But at home ... well, thats another story ... As a cop, Brenda takes on everytihing from a corpse that comes COD to a serial killer to Sharon Raydor, an internal affairs officer as tough as she is. As a civilian, Brenda loses one family member (bye, Kitty) and gains another: her surly niece Charlie. Brenda can outsmart, outmaneuver and out a killer, but can she handle a teenager?--Cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1547479 Airing on NBC, Dragnet 1967-1970 was the second run of the highly popular Dragnet TV series. The show focuses on two detectives, the no-nonsense Sgt. Joe Friday and hard-nosed Officer Bill Gannon, as they track down criminals throughout L.A. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744499 Los Angeles ... the 70s. Police officers Pete Malloy and Jim Reed are on patrol--and the streets are a seemingly never-ending crime wave of arsonists, con artists, drunk drivers, loan sharks, and drug dealers. But all of these criminals are going down, courtesy of the citys finest. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1205682 LAPD officers Roger Murtaugh and Martin Riggs are back. They are chasing a bad guy in a red BMW and when the car crashes, several million dollars in South African Krugerands spill out of the trunk. After Murtaugh is ambushed in his home by a group of South African bay guys, they speculate that the vehicle they were chasing may be linked. Their captain assigns them to guard a witness in a drug case and soon finds out that he was dealing with South African diplomats who are hiding behind their diplomatic immunity to carry out cocaine smuggling. Riggs discovers that one of the consulate employees murderer of his wife. After the bad guys kill several fellow police officers, Riggs and Murtaugh exact angry, bloody revenge against the psychopathic drug-dealing diplomats. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1531437 Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson has an offbeat personality, uses a tough-as-nails approach, and has a track record as one of the countrys leading investigators. For the Atlanta transplant heading up the Priority Homicide Division of the Los Angeles Police Department, her position on this elite detective squad, which handles high-profile cases of a sensitive nature, is a tenuous balancing act. She faces antagonistic roadblocks, even from her own peers, and must manage a team that remains wary of her unconventional style. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1207438 Further action by Riggs and Murtagh, L.A. police detectives, whose work routine is anything but routine, joined by an Internal Affairs investigator who loves taking risks as much as Riggs does. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1580174 Charlie Crews is an eccentric detective returning to the force after being wrongfully imprisoned. Back on the beat with his determined partner, Dani Reese, and his unusually Zen-like outlook toward the cases he investigates, this unconventional crime solver tries to catch the LA wrongdoers who really belong behind bars. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1023314 Roger Murtaugh just turned 50. He is an aging family man and sensible veteran LAPD police officer who is just trying to make it through the day unscathed. Martin Riggs is a suicidal loose cannon cop who doesnt care if he even lives to see the end of the day. For Roger, they are reluctantly thrown together to solve the mysterious murder of a bankers daughter. Along the way, the unlikely duo uncovers a dangerous ring of drug smugglers employing ex-military mercenaries. After a tragic turn of events, the mission becomes personal and the mismatched investigators must learn to trust one another as they wage a two-man war against a deadly criminal organization. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1531433 The biggest cases demand the best cops, so when a little girl goes missing or a Homeland Security official takes a long drive off a short cliff or a 90s serial killer revives his career in the 21st century, the LAPD knows to call Brenda Johnson and her crack team from the Priority Homicide Division. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1557001 Television series of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops arent above breaking the rules or working against their associates to keep both the streets safe and their self-interests intact. In this season, after scoring big with the money train, the Strike Team plays it cool to avoid arousing suspicion as Dutch and Claudette investigate the robbery and murder of two Armenian gangsters. Tensions are stretched even further when Vic finds himself at odds with his team as they face a bitter rivalry with the new Decoy Squad. But hostilities are quickly forgotten when Captain Aceveda reveals that the Strike Team is the target of an Armenian mob hit. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1559089 Even as a hardened cop, things have never been tougher for Detective Vic Mackey. In this season, he must deal with a vicious, gang-related slaughter with no leads, the desperate attempts of an Internal Affairs detective to discredit him, and the looming threat of forced retirement. To top it all, hes obsessed with finding the killer of a valued Strike Team member and friend. Meanwhile, Shane hooks up with the Armenian mob and becomes a dangerous adversary to Vic, Claudette struggles to keep the Barn from being shut down, and Dutch suffers the wrath of his arrogant new partner. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1557002 The Srike Team is dissolved and a new captain takes over the police department. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1557000 Detective Vic Mackey is the leader of an elite Strike Team unit, a group of cops effective at eliminating crime but also operating under Vics own set of rules. But his rules sometimes cross the fine line between legal and illegal. Now the precinct has a new captain who doesnt like Vics tactics and wants to bust him off the force-- even as the captain finds himself going to Vic for help whenever the going gets rough. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1582104 After a rocky start, Detective Vic Mackey and Captain David Aceveda have formed an uneasy alliance that Detective Claudette Wyms is determined to destroy. Vics personal life is in shambles and a new nemesis on the street forces the Strike Team to risk everything in the pursuit of one last big score for their retirement fund. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1557003 An internal affairs cop tries to take down the successful but corrupt head of the Strike Team. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1112902 Los Angeles, 2019: Rick Deckard of the LAPDs Blade Runner unit prowls the steel & microchip jungle of the 21st century. His job is to track down and eliminate assumed humanoids known as replicants. Replicants were declared illegal after a bloody mutiny on an Off-World Colony, and are to be terminated upon detection. He wants to get out of the force, but is drawn back in when 6 skin jobs, the slang for replicants, hijack a ship back to Earth. The city that Deckard must search for his prey is a huge, sprawling, bleak vision of the future. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=725502 A 1940s Los Angeles detective hounds his monsignor brother about a pious pimps tie to grisly murder. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1113866 Vincent Hanna is a brilliant L.A. cop following the trail from a deadly armed robbery to a crew headed by master thief Neil McCauley. The trouble is, McCauleys expertise is at least equal to Hannas. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=937967 A private detective finds himself in over his head as he takes on a case involving the most rich and powerful people in Chinatown. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=979063 A wise-cracking cop from L.A. and a high-flying cop from Hong Kong join forces to track down a kidnapper. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=881174 Hard-boiled private investigator Lew Harper is hired to locate a missing millionaire. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=657865 A young cop must save the passengers of a bus that has a bomb set to explode if the bus goes below 50 MPH. Disc one contains the film and special features; disc two includes additional special features. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=691894 Set in a future world where America has lost the war on drugs, an L.A. undercover agents change their faces along with their identities. One officers liberal ingestion of the drug Substance D causes him to develop a split personality, a notorious drug dealer. Along with his superior officers, the police set up an elaborate scheme to catch his drug dealer alter-ego and tear down his operation. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=622751 Based on the true story of Domino Harvey, who is the daughter of film actor Laurence Harvey. Tired and unsuited to the pretentiousness of her high-society Los Angeles life, Domino leaves the glitz behind her and sets off to become a bounty hunter. She quickly falls under the wing of veteran hunter Ed Mosley and his crew, becoming an unlikely natural in the art of bounty hunting. But things heat up when a gang of masked men begin a series of armored car heists. Before long the mob, a crazed TV producer, the FBI and a terminally ill child have all got caught up in the crazy situation. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1378257 This...thriller tracks the volatile intersection of a multiethnic cast of characters struggling to overcome their fears as they careen in and out of one anothers lives. In the gray area between black and white, victim and aggressor, during the next 36 hours, they will all collide. -- Container. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1378954 A career thief and a detective square off to make sure that the other does not succeed. Special features include: additional scenes; audio commentary; documentaries; and more. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=635579 A down-on-his-luck private detective searches for an ex-convicts missing girlfriend and finds himself in a dark world of mayhem and murder. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=434762 A true story of the brutal murder of a policeman and the slow process of justice. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=542759 Mike Church, an L.A. gumshoe with a knack for wisecracks and tracing missing persons, doesnt have a clue when hes hired to help a beautiful amnesia victim tormented by nightmares. Then an eccentric antiques dealer and hypnotist leads Church to believe the source of the nightmares may lie in a past-life connection to Margaret Strauss, a world-famous pianist allegedly murdered by her composer husband in 1948. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=380038 Private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California is hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husbands extra-marital affair. Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together for one, unforgettable night in Chinatown. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=475007 Vincent Hanna is a brilliant L.A. cop. following the trail from a deadly armed robbery to a crew headed by master thief Neil McCauley. The trouble is, McCauleys expertise is at least equal to Hannas. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=491652 After two ruthless drug dealers commit a brutal mass murder in Los Angeles and are forced to flee the state, their beautiful accomplice unwittingly leads them into a trap.