In sunny California during the 1980s, not everything is as glamorous and fabulous as it seems: In the back rooms and side streets of Los Angeles, drug trafficking thrives and gangster bosses gain influence. Once again, players become real detectives in Detective: L.A. Crimes and dive into adventurous investigations. This time, they must realize that, like Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop, the law sometimes needs to be interpreted a bit more loosely to make progress. Only with controversial methods can they solve the cases while continually battling the constraints of bureaucracy.