Los Angeles Police Department in media
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The Los Angeles Police Department has appeared numerous times in the popular media.
The LAPD was the subject of several books specifically about the force, including: Boot: An L.A.P.D. Officer's Rookie Year (1996), by William C. Dunn; One Time: The Story of A South Central Los Angeles Police Officer (1997), by Brian S. Bentley; Chief: My Life in the LAPD (1992), by Daryl F. Gates; and Political Sabotage: The LAPD Experience; Attitudes Toward Understanding Police Use of Force (1994), by Richard Melville Holbrook.
It has also been the subject of several works of fiction, probably the most famous of which is L.A. Confidential a novel by James Ellroy that was made into a film of the same name. Both chronicled mass-murder and corruption inside and outside the force. Fictional characters from the department are also the subject of books by authors Michael Connelly, Stephen J. Cannell, and Dell Shannon.
Additionally, the LAPD was key to several major films, such as Assault on Precinct 13, about a bloody battle between police and gangsters, the Bad Boys series, and the provocative Crash. On television, media representation of the department is led by the independently iconic Dragnet, with LAPD Detective Joe Friday as the primary character. The LAPD also makes many appearances in a litany of video games and music.