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.
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.
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.