Overview - Police District

Overview

The events of Police District unfold in the rooms of the 10th Tuscolano, a police station on the outskirts of Rome where current events intertwine with the private lives of the inspectors, officers and commissioners who, over the course of 11 intense seasons, have created one of the greatest successes on Italian TV.

Seasons

• Name: Season 1

  Episode: 24

  Giovanna Scalise, a police commissioner, is transferred from Sicily to Rome for security reasons, where she is assigned command of a police precinct. Scalise's transfer isn't easy: the commissioner is forced to hide from her men the fact that she will be testifying at the mega-trial against her husband's murderers.

  Date first aired: 2000-09-26

• Name: Season 2

  Episode: 24

  In the second season, Giovanna begins a new romance with Inspector Walter Manrico, while Carmine Tonnara, Don Vito's son, dies in prison. The Tonnara family, after the Maxi Trial, has been dismantled. The only one still at large is Mafia boss Vito Tonnara, who, blinded by revenge, tries everything he can to eliminate Commissioner Scalise.

  Date first aired: 2001-09-25

• Name: Season 3

  Episode: 26

  The third season opens with a surprising twist: the arrival of the new Commissioner Giulia Corsi at the Tenth Tuscolano District. She must deal with the legacy of her father, a magistrate murdered a few years earlier, and investigate the murder of Angela Rivalta, Inspector Ardenzi's wife.

  Date first aired: 2002-09-17

• Name: Season 4

  Episode: 26

  In this gripping fourth season, Commissioner Giulia Corsi will have to deal with her father's murderers, who will do everything they can to stop the agents of the Tuscolano Tenth in their investigation, hitting the Commissioner where she is most dear.

  Date first aired: 2003-09-21

• Name: Season 5

  Episode: 26

  In this fifth season, a new elite officer, Anna Gori, arrives at Precinct X Tuscolano, where she will team up with Luca Benvenuto. Meanwhile, a Carabinieri captain, Davide Rea, played by Giampaolo Morelli, tries to gain the trust of Commissioner Corsi and investigates the shooting that left Inspector Belli's wife, Germana Mori, injured and in a coma.

  Date first aired: 2005-09-27

• Name: Season 6

  Episode: 26

  The sixth season begins with a change in the precinct leadership: Giulia Corsi moves to Trieste to follow Carabinieri Captain Rea, and her place is taken by Roberto Ardenzi, who is also in his final year at the precinct. Inspector Irene Valli and Inspector Alessandro Berti join the team.

  Date first aired: 2006-09-12

• Name: Season 7

  Episode: 26

  In the seventh season, Roberto Ardenzi leaves the precinct to join the anti-mafia unit, and Commissioner Marcello Fontana takes his place. Inspector Raffaele Marchetti also joins the team. In this series, Commissioner Fontana must deal with an investigation involving the 'Ndrangheta.

  Date first aired: 2007-09-06

• Name: Season 8

  Episode: 26

  In season eight, after the departure of Commissioner Marcello Fontana, who preferred to return to Calabria with his wife and son, Luca Benvenuto takes over the police station. The team is also joined by Inspector Elena Argenti and her brother Marco.

  Date first aired: 2008-09-04

• Name: Season 9

  Episode: 26

  Luca Benvenuto is appointed chief commissioner of the 10th Tuscolano precinct, while Raffaele Marchetti also leaves the series after the first four episodes. Alessandro Berti also leaves the precinct, having left for America at the end of the previous series.

  Date first aired: 2009-09-11