Central City Police Department

Central City Police Department
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Showcase #4; (October 1956)
Created by	Robert Kanigher; John Broome; Carmine Infantino
In-story information
Type of organization	Law enforcement agency
Base(s)	Central City
Agent(s)	Barry Allen; Patty Spivot; David Singh

The Central City Police Department (CCPD) is a fictional police department servicing Central City, as depicted in comic books published by DC Comics, in particular those tied into the Flash books.

History of CCPD

Central City Police Department is both an ally and opponent of Flash, the superhero long-established in Central City.

Darryl Frye

Darryl Frye is the Captain of the Central City Police. He has seen the Crime Lab division decline over the years from the best the Mid West had to offer, to a department mired in wrongful convictions and budget cuts. Frye became the legal guardian to Barry Allen after his mother was killed and his father was put in prison.

Barry Allen

While still a senior at college, Barry helped the authorities apprehend a bank robber, and he was offered a job as a police scientist for the Central City Police Department Scientific Detection Bureau. One night during an electrical storm at the Crime Lab, Barry returned to an experiment after a short break. All of a sudden, a bolt of lightning streaked through the window, knocked him over, and smashed down certain chemicals, giving him a bath in them. This accident gave Barry his powers of Super-speed which he later went on to fight crime as the Flash.

Current roster

Name	Title	First appearance
Barry Allen	Forensic Science Division	Showcase Vol 1 #4, October 1956
Darryl Frye	Captain	The Flash Vol 1 #285, May 1980
David Singh	Crime Lab Director	Flash Secret Files and Origins 2010, May 2010
James Forrest	Crime Scene Investigator	Flash: Rebirth #2, July 2009	Forensic DNA Specialist.
Kristen Kramer	Intern	Flash Secret Files and Origins 2010, May 2010	Kristen Kramer is an Intern in the Central City Crime Lab.
Patty Spivot	Crime Scene Investigator	5 Star Super Hero Spectacular #1; Flash of Two Worlds	Barry Allen's girlfriend and assistant when he worked for the police department.

Former members

Name	Title	First appearance	Note(s)
Angela Margolin	Crime Scene Investigator	Flash Vol 2 #143, December 1998	A scientist at the CCPD who occasionally helped the Flash.
Matthew Paulson	Police Chief	The Flash Vol 1 #273, May 1979	Former chief of the Central City Police Department.
Frank Curtis	Police Detective	The Flash Vol 1 #274, June 1979	Central City detective and colleague of Barry Allen.
Charlie Conwell	Police Detective	The Flash Vol 1 #197, May 1970	Police detective and friend of Barry Allen's who was murdered. His daughter Stacy later rents a room from Barry and Iris.
August Heart	Police Detective	Flash Rebirth Vol 2 #1	Central City detective turned super-villain.

In other media

Television

Central City Police Department is featured in the 1990 television series, The Flash.
Central City Police Department featured in the Justice League Unlimited TV series. Wally West worked there as a Crime Scene Investigator, much like Barry Allen.
In the second season of Arrow, CSI Barry Allen of the Central City Police Department assists Starling City Police with a break-in and theft at a Queen Consolidated warehouse by Cyrus Gold. In season five, Dinah Drake is a former CCPD detective who specialized in undercover operations.
Central City Police Department is featured in the 2014 series The Flash.

Films

CCPD appears in the animated film Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox when Barry first wakes up at his desk to learn that the world has changed. His Captain asks him about the Elongated Kid Murderer.
CCPD is mentioned in the DC Extended Universe. In the film Justice League, Barry Allen was hired for the department's forensic lab after having been given a recommendation from Bruce Wayne.

Video games

The Central City Police Department appears in DC Universe Online. Learning that someone was tempering with his past, the Flash (Barry Allen) sends a pair of heroes to the night of the lightning strike via the Cosmic Treadmill to stop the meddlers from altering the timeline.

References

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