En ung, sort mand bliver ved en fejl skudt af lederen for S.W.A.T. og Daniel Hondo Harrelsson, som er født og opvokset i området, tvinges til at tage rollen som ny leder. Hondo er delt mellem loyaliteten til gaden og pligten mod sine medarbejdere i ønsket om at forene lokalsamfundet, som er i oprør.
Der Kriminalist is a German television series produced by Monaco Film Hamburg, subsidiary of Odeon Film.
Directors during the first season were Sherry Hormann and Torsten C. Fischer, during the second: Thomas Jahn, Jobst Oetzmann and Torsten C. Fischer.
Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone would become a second father to Keller as he learned the rigors and procedures of detective work.