剧情围绕巴尔的摩警察局的一群凶杀案调查小组的侦探人员展开，深入描述了警察局探员细致入微、抽丝剥茧的探案过程。与其他同类电视剧不同的是，该剧非常强调真实性，几乎所有的细节都建立在实际探案的基础上。

　　多了女性角色的LO，内核其实还是一样的。同样精彩的第四季，Ben Stone的最后一季。。。

　　Each week viewers see the gritty reality of life in a New York City Police unit as the officers go about their work with a grim determination. Two partners, Detectives Andy Sipowicz and John Kelley (later replaced by Bobby Simone), are the central characters in this weekly police drama, and personify very different approaches to their difficult job. Sipowicz's brash gruffness (covering an emotional vulnerability) is tempered by the precise and controlled demeanor of the two partners with whom he has worked.