The Los Angeles Police Department forms a special task force, often referred to as the 'Gangster Squad', in the late 1940s to combat organized crime and the influence of mobsters in Los Angeles.
Mickey Cohen, a notorious mobster, establishes significant control over illegal activities in Los Angeles during the late 1940s and early 1950s, inspiring the events depicted in Gangster Squad.
The crime drama film 'Gangster Squad', inspired by true events surrounding Mickey Cohen and the LAPD squad formed to stop him, is released in theaters.