police procedural
noun
plural police procedurals
: a mystery story written from the point of view of the police investigating the crime
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Mishra approached the material as both police procedural and social drama, drawing on his journalism background.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Just as importantly, the behind-the-scenes transparency of the medium had taken what could have been a dry exercise in accountability journalism and injected it with the sizzle and suspense of a police procedural.
—Eric Benson, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2025
The building blocks of the central child-murderer plot aren’t terribly original on their own, but The Alienist always makes its setting feel indispensable, braiding its police procedural seamlessly into the particulars of social class and police corruption at the turn of the 19th century.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
The occasional meaty supporting part kept her in the game, including a recurring role on the CBS police procedural Unforgettable (2011-2016).
—Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Just as importantly, the behind-the-scenes transparency of the medium had taken what could have been a dry exercise in accountability journalism and injected it with the sizzle and suspense of a police procedural.
—Eric Benson, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2025
The building blocks of the central child-murderer plot aren’t terribly original on their own, but The Alienist always makes its setting feel indispensable, braiding its police procedural seamlessly into the particulars of social class and police corruption at the turn of the 19th century.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
The occasional meaty supporting part kept her in the game, including a recurring role on the CBS police procedural Unforgettable (2011-2016).
—Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for police procedural
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“Police procedural.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/police%20procedural. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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