Detroit Police Department - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

• The Detroit Police Department's Homicide Section was featured in the crime drama Detroit 1-8-7 on ABC. The show was filmed on location in Detroit.
• The Detroit Police Department is featured in the movie RoboCop. In the movie, the department has been privatized and in turn, serves the entire metro area, and is owned by a megacorporation, OCP.
• The Detroit Police Department is featured in the 1973 blaxploitation film Detroit 9000.
• The Detroit Police Department plays a major role in the 2005 film Four Brothers.
• The Detroit Police Department plays a major role in the 2011 film S.W.A.T.: Firefight, featuring Detroit City's S.W.A.T. Team.
• The Detroit Police Department plays a major role as the police force featured in the film Assault on Precinct 13.
• The Detroit Police Department is featured in the 1989 film Collision Course.
• The Detroit Police Department is featured in the 2002 film Narc about two troubled detectives investigating the murder of an undercover cop.
• The Detroit Police Department is featured on the video game, Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition.
• The Detroit Police Department has its own edition of the A&E television series SWAT and has also been featured in the series The First 48.
• Detective Axel Foley from the Beverly Hills Cop series is an officer of the Detroit Police Department, and the actor portraying his commanding officer was an actual Detroit police commander, Gil Hill.
• Officers from the Detroit Police Department often appear on the Animal Planet show Animal Cops: Detroit, to help Michigan Humane Society officers in cases regarding animal abuse and neglect.
• The Detroit Police Department is the focus of the 2001 Steven Seagal film Exit Wounds.
• Although seldom mentioned by name, the Police Force in Millennium City in the MMORPG Champions Online are the Detroit Police Department, as Millennium City was actually formerly Detroit prior to a major event in the lore for the game.