
Tony Scali is a former Brooklyn cop now the Police Commissioner of a small upstate city. But for Scali, this is no desk job. He's a tough yet compassionate boss, a loving husband and father, and a hands-on law enforcer with an unorthodox style of bending the rules. From parenthood to politics, from sex crimes to murder cases, one man takes it day-to-day with offbeat humor and street- smart skill.
Tony is threatened with criminal negligence after the son of a prominent lawyer hangs himself in his cell.
The commissioner sets out to trap a serial rapist in a Santa Claus mask who's been terrorizing the city.
Rachel refuses to believe Tony when he tells her that her school teacher colleague, Jim Hollister, is a child molester.
After receiving a pair of baffling death threats, Tony initiates around-the-clock surveillance of his unsuspecting family.
Tony initiates a sweep to find a pair of missing cops; devises an ingenious way of keeping an habitually drunk driver off the road; and deftly handles an "extraterrestrial," all the while being scrutinized by a committee searching for a new police commissioner for New York City.
Two missing cops have been found under water, there a jail hunger strike going on and tony's up for the nypd commissioner job.
Tony is pursued by a woman he suspects is filing false complaints.
Tony butts heads with both a tough cop who is overzealous in his handling of criminals, and a hard-nosed management consultant hired by the city in a cost-cutting effort.
Tony is doubly stymied when identical twins both initially confess to the same murder, then, in a surprise about-face, accuse each other of the crime. Also, Arnie finds romance with a kindred soul, a phone-sex operator named Gloria.
A serial killer has been mutilating the bodies of Eastbridge tradsients and homeless people - and Tony begins to suspect the perpetrator's identity.
Created by: Stephen J. Cannell, Stephen Kronish
Available on: ABC