“Contains some of Wiseman’s most aggressive experiments in editing and sound design.”
—The Chicago Reader

“Brutal, blunt, and harrowing.”
—The New York Times

“Wiseman’s documentaries show what is left out of both fictional movies and standard documentaries.”
—Pauline Kael

Master documentarian Frederick Wiseman takes the viewer on a ride-along with the Kansas City Police Department (many years before the TV show COPS). He shows us the day-to-day monotony and grind of the work as well as the casual institutional racism that is seemingly embedded into the profession. Newly restored.