And this is especially the case for such an iconic police department. The Miami PD is up there with the NYPD, the Chicago PD, and the LAPD as default “we want to do a police story” departments. There are other major cities where maybe you could claim they aren’t as public of figures, the Cleveland PD or Portland PD would leave the audience asking why them unless there’s something to it, and even more so for smaller cities like Eugene, OR or Akron, OH. But “I want to do a story about crooked cops” leaves Miami as one of the cliche settings.
And this is especially the case for such an iconic police department. The Miami PD is up there with the NYPD, the Chicago PD, and the LAPD as default “we want to do a police story” departments. There are other major cities where maybe you could claim they aren’t as public of figures, the Cleveland PD or Portland PD would leave the audience asking why them unless there’s something to it, and even more so for smaller cities like Eugene, OR or Akron, OH. But “I want to do a story about crooked cops” leaves Miami as one of the cliche settings.
I mean, yeah, one of the more famous police procedurals is literally “Miami vice”.