Despite having over 30 law enforcement agencies, Washington DC still has the highest crime rate in the US...
Cast: Craig T. Nelson, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elizabeth Marvel, Lynne Thigpen, Jonathan LaPaglia, Wayne Duvall
Mannion investigates the murder of two young women, one of whom is identified as Debreno's sometime girlfriend, Maria.
Mannion's determination to crack down on gangs puts Noland in the line of fire where he's shot and critically wounded.
Mannion investigates of the murder of a young illegal immigrant leads to the discovery of a car theft ring run by a teenage gang that is selling cars as far away as El Salvador.
Mannion investigates the death of terminal patient afer her daughter shoots the doctor at point blank range, who she believes is responsible for her mother's death. Meanwhile Nancy must confront her own future when her father's Huntington's Disease worsens.
Mannion gets involved in a local murder investigation when he travels to a small town to fight a warrant for his arrest for a traffic violation. Meanwhile Temple and Debreno look into the disappearance of an armored truck owned by the company the Temple works for part time.
An 8-year-old girl is abducted from a city park and a hefty ransom is demanded. Sherry is seriously wounded by gunfire as she pursues the alleged kidnapper, who is believed to be holding the youngster in a warehouse.
Mannion wants to believe that it was self-defense when his attractive fencing teacher's husband is killed at her studio. Meanwhile, Debreno recognizes a suspect in a drug case as his childhood friend who convinced Debreno to go into the Police Academy.
An old man is killed while visiting the Korean War memorial. Jack Mannion's team discover that he was living under an assumed identity and was actually Ella Farmer's uncle, who was a suspect in a 1940s murder case. The team try to solve both cases to find the truth.
People in the witness protection program become victims, and the team sets out on the case to find the killer. Meanwhile, Chief Mannion gets a specialty sandwich named after him, which then becomes ""hard to swallow.""
A staffer is found to have hung herself because she was about to reveal names of top officials who were trading votes for sexual favors. The reporter to whom she was to reveal the news also has something of a history with Chief Mannion's family. Also, a school teacher fights for health care reforms for students and families.
An officer is hit by a car, and his partner is suspected of not giving him CPR, because the officer down is gay. The car in connection with the hit-and-run is traced to students performing lewd sexual acts without their victims' knowledge, then posting the videos on the internet.
A lawyer and his wife are killed in their home and the only witness is their autistic daughter. Jack Mannion calls on former F.B.I. hostage negotiator Tommy Morgan, (who is now a horse whisperer), to try and get through to the girl and discover the identity of the killer.
The teen who was the recipient of Ella Farmer's heart is a suspect in a gas-station robbery where the owner was killed, but the boy claims innocence.
Mannion comes to realize that he's looking for a modern-day Robin Hood when he sees a vision of the Virgin Mary.
Ella's son Ricky and a friend end up in the hospital after collapsing during a birthday party. When it's discovered they accidentally ingested drugs, Mannion goes after those responsible.
Mannion takes part in a Civil War reenactment when a Confederate participant is shot and the evidence points to murder.
The city panics when a serial killer who murdered 11 people in 1985 but was never caught is reportedly responsible a recent slaying similar to his past crimes, especially when a letter is supposedly written by the killer claiming credit.
Mannion discovers an underground system of justice in a neighborhood whose citizens are tired of unfair treatment by the police and the courts.
Noland searches for his 12-year-old niece when she's lured away by a suspected pedophile.
An ex-convict is suspected of killing his girlfriend when she's found dead after falling from a third-story apartment window.
Mannion's replacement makes an error in judgment that leads to an innocent woman's death, so to get his job back, Mannion puts his team together to take down a notorious drug dealer.
Mannion returns to D.C. hoping to get his old job back as chief of police, but the mayor has other ideas.