Captain Woodrow Paris is brought in to solve the murder of a prominent councilman's wife.

Paris finds that identifying a killer-rapist is a lot easier than coming up with evidence to convict him.

Paris investigates the slaying of an unarmed restaurant owner by a policeman.

Two quite different police philosophies cause conflict between Paris and his old mentor in a case of an elusive drug dealer.

In a desperate effort to save a possibly innocent man on death row, Paris searches for evidence linking a suave robber to a six-year-old cop killing.

Paris' delicate investigation of a gun-running gang is jeopardized by the insatiable ambition of a fellow officer.

Paris' conscience is deeply troubled when an innocent man is killed by hijackers in the course of an undercover investigation.

With a juicy political appointment on the line, Paris persists in his investigation of crooks who are driving elderly people from their beach-front homes.

Paris locks horns with federal agents when he tries to prosecute a killer who, as star witness in a gangland trial, is being protected by the government.

Paris becomes an honorary Irishman when he and his squad investigate thefts from the docks and the suspicious death of an old stevedore.

When a good friend is framed for murder due to an extortionist's plot, Paris works to exonerate the innocent man.

Paris finds himself caught in the middle when violence erupts between a neighbourhood association and American Nazis on the eve of a 4th of July rally.