Plot Synopsis

FLINT TOWN is an eight-episode documentary series that follows filmmakers embedded with cops in Flint, Michigan over a two-year period, as they reveal a department of overworked and underpaid officers grappling with volatile issues in untenable conditions as they police one of America's poorest cities. As a water crisis erupts and a new mayor is sworn in, the understaffed police department faces uncertainty while struggling to protect the city. The new chief ushers in change as a presidential debate comes to town. A young cadet navigates training, while veteran Frost recalls a painful incident. Chief Timothy Johnson's new team target high-crime areas, receiving a mixed response from the community. Dion and his mother close in on graduation. Flint police battle with a store that's a magnet for criminal activity. Dion has his first shift on the job. The officers react to tragedy in Dallas. Netflix released the entire eight-episode series on Friday, March 2, 2018 at 3:01am ET/12:01am PT.