Police procedural

/pəlˈiːs pɹəsˈiːdʒəɹəl/

/pəlˈiːs pɹəsˈiːdʒɚɹəl/

[noun]

Police procedural

[NOUN]

a type of novel, movie, or television show that deals with the methods the police use to solve a crime

synonyms : police crime drama

Examples

1. It’s a police procedural set around Detective Gordon and the Gotham City PD.

2. On television, she had a main role on the police procedural Rogue.

3. There will be plenty more crimes that require solving for at least a bit longer, as the network has already picked up the police procedural for Season 19.

4. Fallen is a movie that deftly combines psychological horror with a police procedural plot, and manages to pull off a genuinely wonderful ending, to boot.