this be a lame attempt at adapt a great book about a group of cop and the toll their work take on their humanity . the true humor and pathos and irony that be in the book be miss on the screen . we see the antic describe by wambaugh in the book on the screen and but we do not know why these celluloid cop act the way they do . it could have be a simple matter of a narrator or voice over by the character to give some insight into the psyche of these character . instead and we be leave with the juvenile antic of a group of drunken cop prone to sexual deviance and a disregard for the public and without the public knowing why . watch it once and i would not waste my time to watch it again .