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==Synopsis==
Filmed on location in [[New York City]], the series concerned the detectives of [[NYPD]]'s 65th Precinct (changed from the movie's 10th Precinct), although episode plots usually focused more on the criminals and victims portrayed by guest actors, characteristic of the "semi-anthology" narrative format common in early 1960s TV (so called by the trade paper ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'').<ref>{{cite book|last=Alvey|first=Mark|title="The Independents: Rethinking the Television Studio System," in Television: The Critical View, 6th. ed, edited by Horace Newcomb.|date=2000|publisher=Oxford|pages=44}}</ref> For the first season, the primary writer was [[Stirling Silliphant]], who wrote 32 of the season's 39 episodes. Silliphant's work resulted in significant critical acclaim for the series and attracted film and television actors of the time to seek guest-starring roles.
Many scenes were filmed in the [[South Bronx]] near [[Biograph Studios]] (also known as [[Gold Medal Studios]]), where the series was produced, and in [[Greenwich Village]] and other neighborhoods in [[Manhattan]]. The exterior of the "65th Precinct" was the Midtown North (18th) Precinct, at 306 West 54th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues, in the second and the third season, and the current 9th Precinct, at 321 East 5 Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues before it was renovated, in the first and in the fourth seasons.
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