
The series focuses on life in Greenwich Village's 12th Precinct station house. Initially, it looks at Capt. Barney Miller and his work and home life, but it gradually becomes about the officers of the precinct, including always-on-the-verge-of-retirement Detective Fish.
A burglar celebrates his fiftieth year in crime; Someone is leaking squad room infractions to Internal Affairs.
A linguist vandalizes a billboard to protest improper grammar in advertising; and a psychic foils a purse snatcher--before the crime is committed.
A veteran radio journalist roughs up an insipid TV news anchor; and Harris produces an undercover porno movie.
The precinct is the setting for the premiere of Harris' porn film; a blind man is mugged; and an overzealous charity collector stages a holdup.