Writer and producer David E. Kelley is teaming up with the author of "Hollywood Station," Joseph Wambaugh, to create a police drama.

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20th Century Fox has acquired rights to the book, which chronicles the lives of Los Angeles Police Department officers who work the streets of Hollywood, the Daily variety reported Wednesday.

The two writers haven't given any specifics, but "the plots and stories that we choose will probably be the ones that explore the characters and their lives," Kelley said. "It's not going to be a series with guys in blue suits solving crimes."

Kelley also said that Wambaugh's book presents a "cauldron" of personalities, making it a great basis for a series.

"It's a franchise where you have all these interesting characters whose lives intersect and cross paths with equally colorful characters on the other side of the law," he said.