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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We’ve long been drawn to police procedural narrative games that speak to the moment, so exploring AI’s role in law enforcement was a natural evolution.
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Jennifer Maas, Variety, 12 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
Highest 2 Lowest is set in New York City and is a reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s tense police procedural High and Low, released in 1963.
—Connor Merrihew, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
Perhaps best known for starring in the CBC police procedural Saint-Pierre, Prevost has also been seen in The Boys and Scream VI, among other projects.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2025
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Jennifer Maas, Variety, 12 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
Highest 2 Lowest is set in New York City and is a reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s tense police procedural High and Low, released in 1963.
—Connor Merrihew, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
Perhaps best known for starring in the CBC police procedural Saint-Pierre, Prevost has also been seen in The Boys and Scream VI, among other projects.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2025
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“Police procedural.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/police%20procedural. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.
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