Los Angeles Police Department in media

Los Angeles Police Department in the popular media.

Books

The Onion Field, Joseph Wambaugh, 1973
Helter Skelter, Vincent Bugliosi 1974
Boot: An L.A.P.D. Officer's Rookie Year, William C. Dunn, 1996
One Time: The Story of A South Central Los Angeles Police Officer, Brian S. Bentley, 1997
Chief: My Life in the LAPD, Daryl F. Gates, Bantam Books, 1992

Novels

The New Centurions, Joseph Wambaugh, 1970
The Choirboys, Joseph Wambaugh, 1975
L.A. Confidential, James Ellroy, 1990 (& 1997 motion picture)
White Jazz, James Ellroy, 1993
Books by best-selling author Michael Connelly [1] featuring Harry Bosch, an iconoclastic LAPD Detective

Motion pictures

Assault on Precinct 13, 1976
The Choirboys, 1977
Blue Thunder, 1983
The Terminator (and sequels), 1984
Beverly Hills Cop, 1984
To Live And Die In L.A., 1985
Cobra, 1986
Lethal Weapon (and sequels), 1987
Dragnet, 1987
Colors, 1988
Die Hard, 1988
Lionheart, 1990
Boyz N the Hood, 1991
Showdown in Little Tokyo, 1991
Deep Cover, 1992
Reservoir Dogs, 1992
Menace II Society, 1993
Last Action Hero, 1993
Speed, 1994
Heat, 1995
LAPD: To Protect and Serve, 1995
Virtuosity, 1995
L.A. Confidential, 1997
Speed 2, 1997
Rush Hour, 1998
Blue Streak, 1999
Training Day, 2001
Dark Blue, 2002
Showtime, 2002
You're Under Arrest: No Mercy Movie, 2002
National Security, 2003
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out, 2003
S.W.A.T., 2003
Wonderland, 2003
Collateral, 2004
Crash, 2004
Hostage, 2005
Constantine, 2005
Dirty, 2005
Badge of Honor: An Insider's History of the LAPD, 2005
The Black Dahlia, 2006

Television programs

Dragnet, 1951-1959, 1966-1970, etc.
Adam-12, 1968-1975
Columbo, 1968-2003
Police Woman, 1974-1978
Hunter, 1984-1991
Mathnet, 1987-1996
LAPD: Life On the Beat, 1995-1998
24, 2001-present
Boomtown, 2002-2003
Fastlane, 2002-2003
The Shield, 2002-present¹
The Closer, 2005-present
T. J. Hooker, 1983-1987
Wanted, 2005-present
Punk'd, 2005²
Heroes, 2006
Day Break, 2007
Medium (TV series) Medium, 2002-present

NOTE ¹ Due to the LAPD's disapproval of the Department's portrayal on The Shield, the police uniforms worn by its cast differ in certain respects, such as the design of the badges and their placement on the uniform.

NOTE ² In order to trick Viva La Bam star Bam Margera on MTV's Punk'd, Ashton Kutcher received special permission from the LAPD to use the real LAPD SWAT team.

Video games

Police Quest IV: Open Season, 1993
Daryl F. Gates Police Quest: SWAT, 1995
Duke Nukem 3D, 1996
Future Cop: LAPD, 1998
Police Quest: SWAT 2, 1998
SWAT 3, 1999
True Crime: Streets of LA, 2003
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, 2004 (Fictionalized "Los Santos" Police, based on LAPD)
SWAT 4: The Stetchkov Syndicate, 2006
24: The Game, 2006
L.A. Noire, 2008
Urban Chaos: Riot Response, 2006
The Shield, 2007

Music

The Offspring released the song "L.A.P.D." on their 1992 album Ignition. The lyrics referred to the ongoing scandals of brutality within the department.

System of a Down's song "Deer Dance" from the album "Toxicity" is about police brutality, LAPD in particular.

Sublime's song "April 29, 1992 (Miami)" is about the riots.

(L.A.P.D.)CD(1997)- L.A.P.D. (band) Band Members: David Silveria, Garr/Reginald Arvizu, James Shaffer & Richard Morales. All but Richard will turn into the band known as Korn.