Central City Police Department
The Central City Police Department is an organization that features in DC Comics.
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History
Origin
The Central City Police Department (C.C.P.D.) was a law and peacekeeping government agency that appeared in Central City.
Police captain Darryl Frye started loading up Barry Allen with overtime shifts, and he began to worry that his late nights at the lab and lack of sleep were affecting his performance as the Flash, but he saw no way out of it. (The Flash v1 #286)
Later on, the C.C.P.D. was re-joined by Barry Allen who claimed that he had been missing for the last few years due to being in the witness protection program. It was said that crime had quadrupled in the city and that the police department was overworked by this time. As a result of this, City Hall wanted quick resolution to cases and focused more on the quantity of closed cases rather than the quality of unsolved crimes. (The Flash v3 #1)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of history was created with a different series of events. The Central City Police Department was the law enforcement agency that operated in Central City.
After his battle against Professor Zoom, senior authorities within Central City deemed the Flash to be a menace after the damage done from the battle. Thus, the CCPD came to deputise the supervillains to serve as special agents with the goal of apprehending the Flash. (The Flash v4 #48) This Special Task Force was created with the task of apprehending the Flash and recruited the Rogues to aid them in this goal. (The Flash v4 #49)
Gregory Wolfe later made a bid to become Mayor of Central City and hired Blacksmith to aid him. Secretly, he used her mafia connections to fund his campaign in exchange for commuting sentences. Ultimately, he won the campaign and his first act was to release the Rogues and deputise them as special police officers attached to the CCPD. In this role, they were tasked with arresting any vigilantes operating in the city leading to a clash with the Flash. (The Flash v1 #788)
Overview
Among its departments included:
- Cold Cases : a place where unsolved crimes were held with forensic scientists going through the evidence assembled. (The Flash v3 #1)
Members
- David Singh :
- Barry Allen : It was said that he was the best forensic scientist in the department but also the one who was the slowest. (The Flash v3 #1)
- Patty Spivot : a blonde haired female forensic scientist who initially parted as a part-time assistant at the crime lab. (DC Special Series v1 #1) She was said to be the best analyst in the department. (The Flash v3 #1)
- Charlie Conwell : an older male veteran detective at the Science Detection Bureau who was a close friend of Barry Allen. (The Flash v1 #197)
- Darryl Frye : (The Flash v1 #285)
- Angela Margolin : (Flash v2 #143)
- Matthew Paulson :
- Charlie Conwell : a male veteran police detective who had been an old friend of Barry Allen. (The Flash v1 #197)
- Frank Curtis : a male detective who served as a narcotics agent who went undercover. (The Flash v1 #274)
- James Forrest : a male Forensic DNA Specialist. (Flash v4 #1)
- Kristen Kramer : a female Forensic DNA Specialist. (Flash Secret Files and Origins v1 #2010)
- Jorge Heart :
- August Heart : a male detective at the Central City Police Department that was hit by a Speed Force storm making him into a speedster that the Flash attempted to train to be a superhero. (The Flash v5 #2)
- Ramsey Rosso : male member who worked at the morgue who was a haemophiliac but used evidence data to alter his DNA to turn himself into a Metahuman criminal with control over blood named Bloodwork. (The Flash v5 #31)
Notes
- The Central City Police Department was created by Robert Kanigher, John Broome and Carmine Infantino where it made its first appearance in Showcase v1 #4 (October, 1956).
In other media
Television
- In The Flash, the Central City Police Department appeared in the setting of the 1990s live-action television series. One member of the CCPD was Julio Mendez who served as a scientist that was Barry Allen's co-worker and close friend.
- In The Flash, Central City Police Department (CCPD) were recurring feature in the live-action television series set in the Arrowverse starting from the pilot episode. David Singh ran the branch with Detective Joe West, Eddie Thawne and Patty Spivot worked for the police department. Barry Allen worked at the CCPD as a forensic scientist. Following a change in the timeline, a Metahuman Specialist was assigned to CCPD who was named Julian Albert.
Films
- In Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, the C.C.P.D. appeared in the setting of the animated film. Barry first woke up at his desk to learn that the world has changed where his Captain asked him about the Elongated Kid Murderer.
- In Justice League, the C.C.P.D. was mentioned in the setting of the live-action film set in the DC Extended Universe. Barry Allen was hired for the department's forensic lab after having been given a recommendation from Bruce Wayne.
Video games
- In DC Universe Online, the Central City Police Department appeared in the setting of the MMORPG video game. After learning of changes to the timeline, the Flash Barry Allen send a group of heroes back in time via the Cosmic Treadmill to the moment the lightning struck him in order to stop people from altering the timeline.
Appearances
- Showcase v1: (1956)
- The Flash v1:
- DC Special Series v1:
- The Flash v3:
- The Flash v4:
- The Flash v5:
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