List of fictional portrayals of the NYPD

The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has been the subject of many fictional or fictionalized portrayals in popular culture.

In the 1990s and early 2000s, two of the most popular American television programs portraying the NYPD included NYPD Blue and Law & Order.[1] Both programs were notable for deliberately blurring fiction and reality: NYPD Blue was filmed using a shaky camera "docu-drama" style, while Law & Order promoted the fact that it engaged with issues "ripped from the [national] headlines".[1]

Television programs

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The following television programs feature the NYPD:

Television episodes

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In written works

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(Alphabetical by author's surname)

  • Battle Tendency (1987–89), the second story arc of the manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki
  • The Coffin Dancer novels by Jeffery Deaver
  • Shafer City Stories by Jesse Aaron (novel about patrolling in the NYPD's East Harlem precinct)
  • Darkhouse by Alex Barclay (Detective Joe Luchesi)
  • Ellie Hatcher novels by Alafair Burke (Detective Ellie Hatcher)
  • The Alienist and The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr (fictional Detective Sergeants Lucius and Marcus Isaacson; President of Board of Commissioners Theodore Roosevelt; former head of the Division of Detectives Thomas F. Byrnes)
  • Heat Wave (2009), Naked Heat (2010), and Heat Rises (2011) by Richard Castle (Detective Nikki Heat; Detective Raley; Detective Ochoa; Captain Montrose; ME Lauren Parry)
  • One Police Plaza (1984), Suspects (1986), Black Sand (1989), Exceptional Clearance (1991), Cleopatra Gold (1993), Pigtown (1995), Chains of Command (1999) written by William Caunitz, who retired at the rank of Lieutenant from the NYPD and commanded a detective squad while serving in the department
  • The Mike Stoneman Thriller series, Righteous Assassin (2018), Deadly Enterprise (2019), Lethal Voyage (2020) novels by Kevin G. Chapman
  • A Spirit of Evil by Lisa Cotoggio (Detective Michael Steiner)
  • To Kill a Cop by Robert Daley
  • Lincoln Rhyme novels by Jeffery Deaver (Officer Amelia Donaghy; Captain Howard Cheney; Detective Kenny Solomon; Detective Eddie Ortiz; Detective Paulle Selltto)
  • Precinct by Michael Grant
  • The Leavenworth Case (1878) by Anna Katharine Green (features Police Detective Ebenezer Gryce)
  • The Cop and the Anthem (1904), a well-known short story by O. Henry
  • Mad Bull 34 (1986–1990) manga by Kazuo Koike. Also adapted into a four episode OVA (1990–1992) and spawned a sequel manga, Mad Bull 2000 (1999–2002) (Officer John "Sleepy" Estes a.k.a. Mad Bull, Officer Daizaburo Ban, Lieutenant Perrine Valley, Chief Alan)
  • Detective First Grade by Dan Mahoney (Detective Brian McKenna, Detective Tommy Pacella, Chief Ray Brunette)
  • Fort Freak, a mosaic novel edited by George R. R. Martin
  • -FAKE- manga by Sanami Matoh (Detective Dee Laytner; Detective Randy "Ryo" Maclean; Jemmy J. "JJ" Adams; Chief Smith)
  • 87th Precinct novels by Ed McBain (Steve Carella, Meyer Meyer, Arthur Brown, Eileen Burke, Cotton Hawes, Bert Kling and others); though the city is fictional, McBain's world is all but in name that of Manhattan's finest[citation needed]
  • Perfect Pawn (2013), Queen's Gambit (2014), Small Town Secrets (2014), Bishop's Gate (2015), Little Boy Lost (2015), NYPD Cold Case - Katherine White Murder (2015), Knight Fall (2016), Brooklyn Bounce (2017), NYPD Cold Case - The Rosary Bead Murders (2018), Glass Castle (2019), Awakening (The Crystal Coven Saga Book 1) (2020) by Andrew G. Nelson (James Maguire, Alex Taylor, Detective Angelo Antonucci, Detective Karl Sigurdsson)
  • Kate Mallory novels by Carol O'Connell (Kate Mallory, Louis Markowitz, Sgt. Riker, Lt. Coffey)
  • The Michael Bennett series by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
  • McKee of Centre Street by Helen Reilly (1933) (the first police procedural mystery to feature Inspector Christopher McKee of the New York Police Department)
  • In Death series (1995–present) by J.D. Robb (Lieutenant Eve Dallas; Captain Ryan Feeney; Detective Delia Peabody; Detective Ian McNab))

Film

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The following films feature the NYPD:

Music videos

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The following music videos feature the NYPD:

Video games

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The following video games feature the NYPD or fictionalized versions of the NYPD:

References

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  1. ^ a b Britto, Sarah; Mallard, Matthew; Flynn, Stacey (December 2003). "Images of prime time justice: A content analysis of "NYPD blue" and "law & order". Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture. 10 (3) – via ResearchGate.