"- The 2013 film Gangster Squad\u2014while fictional and taking some creative liberties with its artistic license\u2014was based on the LAPD's Gangster Squad. - Author James Ellroy used a different, fictionalized version of the Gangster Squad called the \"Mobster Squad\", in his L.A. Quartet novels. The team is introduced in L.A. Confidential and is headed up by corrupt LAPD officer Dudley Smith. Their duties included beating confessions out of suspects, scaring criminals out of town, and controlling and containing crime. - Similar units are depicted in the 1996 film Mulholland Falls and 2013 miniseries Mob City."@en . "Gangster Squad (LAPD)"@en . . . . "- The 2013 film Gangster Squad\u2014while fictional and taking some creative liberties with its artistic license\u2014was based on the LAPD's Gangster Squad. - Author James Ellroy used a different, fictionalized version of the Gangster Squad called the \"Mobster Squad\", in his L.A. Quartet novels. The team is introduced in L.A. Confidential and is headed up by corrupt LAPD officer Dudley Smith. Their duties included beating confessions out of suspects, scaring criminals out of town, and controlling and containing crime."@en . .