Found this video over at g4 of a real life detective playing LA Noir, as he talks about how similar it is to real detective work. The guy has something like 20-30 years experience and seems to know his stuff.  
 
Not really much else to add here, other then I thought it was an interesting video and that others would find it interesting as well. 
       

Dudes who have never played video games, paid to say it's "just like the real thing"?  
 
 Welcome to sports games.

So in real life, the objects on the ground vibrate and the music stops when they find all the clues? And everyone looks incredibly obvious that they're lying? How very interesting.

That was interesting.  That guy was good on camera as well.  I was actually kind of surprised how interested I was in the entire video.

Ha, some sweet irony that he's getting some of the questions wrong :P Anywhoo for me it's mostly been a pretty dull watch. A lot of stating the obvious or rambling, and it certainly doesn't help when you got the cop and the in-game dialogue meshing together. He sounds like he definitely wants to impart some knowledge to the viewers, and this was a cool idea, but still kinda lost in a lot of stuff that's easy to guess on your own of how different police work is between the then and now. 
 
His mention of how people pulling out a weapon on you and running away being a fairly common occurrence was at least surprising. Trades in some authenticity of how 8/10 suspects always decided to just do a runner, over how silly and contrived it first appeared; just as a way to get an extra few chases into the mix.

Interesting idea, but he really isn't saying anything too insightful. Also funny to see him getting questions wrong.

He sounds a little like Denzel Washington.

This makes me regret not playing the game with my brain more. And also that dude has a great speaking voice. 

Dudes who have never played video games, paid to say it's "just like the real thing"?    Welcome to sports games.

Wonder if he too called suspect "little fools" while interrogation

Nice to see there is basis in real life.

@zoner: Perhaps it was turned off? Dumbass. And on top of that, it's not like the company that made the game is putting this up, are they? This is a G4 joint, not a "LA Noire is great" joint.

I was skeptical of L.A. Noire but god this game is amazing! 
 
Interesting video, good to know it's not so far from reality or at least is grounded in a good research.. nice. 

@Khann said:

Dudes who have never played video games, paid to say it's "just like the real thing"? Welcome to sports games.

As least with football, you would be surprised just how many NFL players play Madden and how obsessed they are with they play in the game. They are obsessed with their ratings.

Cool.

He sounds a little like Denzel Washington.

The detective getting half of the answers wrong is hilarious.

@Khann: Or the famous Gran Turismo videos of racers saying how they use the game to practice and how realistic it is.   The game obviously has some good ground in how evidence can be found and connected to people, but it is obviously very streamlined compared to real life.   Also is it just me or does that dude remind anyone of Danny Glover?

I wouldn't call it all that real. I've not got far but I'm not impressed frankly. I'm in the traffic cop section whatever it's called. Just done the hit and run case.
 
Obviously theres going to be some spoilers so don't read on if you've not played that far but..
 
I found a bloody knife in a bin and my partner brushed off the fact it might explain the stab wounds to the suspects chest and decided it was more likely to be used for chopping up meat and that's why it's bloody.
 
 
Er...right. Hes really not a very good detective then. See the issue is i solved that case right there and then. The guy was stabbed and thrown in front of a car to make it look otherwise. I knew what had happened from the start and instead of being able to solve it i had to go through the questioning, got several things wrong and had to run about putting together a puzzle I'd already solved. It's just very irritating so far because you unwillingly go down the wrong path and it's like..you KNOW the right way to go but the game drags you down the other route anyway.
 
Hopefully the cases get a little less obvious and leave me guessing.

Dudes who have never played video games, paid to say it's "just like the real thing"?    Welcome to sports games.

He's a young Keith David, that is all I have to add to this discussion.

He's just a dude playing a game, providing insight on how it reflects his past career. I thought it was pretty damn interesting to watch.

That'll teach you to share something on GB and expect people to put their sarcasm sign down for a few minutes.