Sparta Police Department

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fictional law enforcement agency

The Sparta Police Department is the fictional law enforcement agency featured in the television series "In the Heat of the Night," set in the town of Sparta, Mississippi.

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instanceOf fictional law enforcement agency ⓘ
adaptationSourceContext In the Heat of the Night (1967 film) universe ⓘ
appearsIn In the Heat of the Night (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithTheme community relations with police ⓘ
corruption and reform in law enforcement ⓘ
interracial cooperation ⓘ
racism in the American South ⓘ
basedInFictionalLocation Sparta, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryInFiction United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
employerOf Bill Gillespie NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bubba Skinner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lonnie Jamison NERFINISHED ⓘ
Parker Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ
Virgil Tibbs NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAppearanceWork In the Heat of the Night (1988 TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ
genreContext crime drama ⓘ
police procedural ⓘ
hasFictionalState Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasJurisdictionInFiction Sparta city limits ⓘ
surrounding rural areas of Sparta, Mississippi ⓘ
hasMember Bill Gillespie NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bubba Skinner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harriet DeLong (through association with Virgil Tibbs) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lonnie Jamison NERFINISHED ⓘ
Parker Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ
Virgil Tibbs NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOnScreenLocationType interrogation rooms ⓘ
jail cells ⓘ
police station ⓘ
squad room ⓘ
hasRole chief of police ⓘ
detective ⓘ
patrol officer ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
medium television ⓘ
narrativeRole central setting for investigations ⓘ
depicts small-town Southern policing ⓘ
partOfFictionalUniverse In the Heat of the Night franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrayedAs evolving from racist practices to more progressive policing ⓘ
small-town police department ⓘ
under-resourced agency ⓘ
primaryFunctionInFiction law enforcement in Sparta, Mississippi ⓘ
settingTimePeriod late 20th century ⓘ
televisionNetworkContext CBS NERFINISHED ⓘ
NBC NERFINISHED ⓘ
workOfFictionCountryOfOrigin United States NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bill Gillespie → employer → Sparta Police Department ⓘ
Sparta, Mississippi (fictional town) → hasFictionalPoliceDepartment → Sparta Police Department ⓘ
subject surface form: Sparta, Mississippi