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The District
- "The District," a drama inspired
by the real-life experiences of former New York Deputy Police
Commissioner Jack Maple, revolves around Jack Mannion (Craig
T. Nelson), a tenacious champion of the underdog and avowed crimefighter,
whose revolutionary tactics resulted in a 50 percent drop in
crime, first in Boston, then in Newark, N.J.
- When the controversial mayor of Washington,
D.C., Ethan Baker (John Amos), needs to hire a new police chief,
his young deputy mayor, Mary Ann Mitchell (Jayne Brook), champions
Mannion for the job, hoping the outsider can clean up the streets
of her home town. Washington, D.C., despite being home to more
law enforcement agencies than any other city on the planet, is
riddled with crime, and its local police department is demoralized
and ineffective. Appointed chief of police by the mayor, Mannion
is greeted with hostility by the powers that be at Police Headquarters,
who expected Chief of Police Joe Noland (Roger Aaron Brown) to
land the job. Mannion, with the help of his public-relations
whiz kid, Nick Pierce (Justin Theroux), sets about finding a
team to help implement the rebirth of the Metro force. Along
the way, he recruits Ella Farmer (Lynne Thigpen), a hard-working
statistics clerk, and Temple Page (Sean Patrick Thomas), a young
former Marine. Ella is put in charge of a high-tech briefing
room where Mannion confronts the police brass and makes them
accountable for crime in the city. Temple becomes Mannion's eyes
and ears on the most crime-ridden, drug-infested streets in America.
Danny McGregor (David O'Hara), a Royal Ulster Constabulary cop
from Belfast, and Nancy Parras (Elizabeth Marvel), an intuitive
officer working as Mannion's assistant, round out the chief's
inner circle. Together, Mannion and his team form a modern-day
"Untouchables," determined to make the District livable
for all its citizens.
- Produced By: CBS Productions, in association
with Studios USA.
- Executive Producers: Terry George,
Denise Di Novi
- Producer: Rob Corn
- Created By: Terry George, Jack Maple
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