Exploding from today's news headlines, 'LAPD' is a story of the largest police department in the world. Captain Ellsworth (Denis Hopper) manages to contain his rage after a new officer, Steele (Marc Singer) disobeys orders to wait for SWAT backup, and turns a bank robbery into a deadly shootout, which explodes into a small war. Shortly after, Steele catches Lt. Alexander (Michael Madsen) and his gang of dirty cops robbing a warehouse, but decides to look the other way, in exchange for a large payoff. Corruption, conspiracy and murder follow, inside the ranks of the LAPD.