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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Despite 'Blue Bloods' actors having chemistry on-screen, several have been married for years
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Blue Bloods may be known as one of the longest-running police procedurals in television history, but at the heart of the former CBS cop drama was family.
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Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 3 May 2025
In the mind of a killer Dexter Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) is a forensic technician at the Miami PD leading a double life in this welcome twist on the police procedural.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 24 Apr. 2025
Highest 2 Lowest Photo: David Lee Despite being left off the initial line-up announcement, Spike Lee has, thankfully, confirmed that his next thriller, an English-language reimagining of the 1963 Akira Kurosawa police procedural High and Low, will indeed be premiering out of competition at Cannes.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2025
Each of them would adapt to a distinct genre of storytelling: the police procedural, the psychological thriller, the teen drama, the family melodrama.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2025
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Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 3 May 2025
In the mind of a killer Dexter Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) is a forensic technician at the Miami PD leading a double life in this welcome twist on the police procedural.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 24 Apr. 2025
Highest 2 Lowest Photo: David Lee Despite being left off the initial line-up announcement, Spike Lee has, thankfully, confirmed that his next thriller, an English-language reimagining of the 1963 Akira Kurosawa police procedural High and Low, will indeed be premiering out of competition at Cannes.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2025
Each of them would adapt to a distinct genre of storytelling: the police procedural, the psychological thriller, the teen drama, the family melodrama.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2025
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“Police procedural.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/police%20procedural. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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