VIDEO : Kerry Washington Goes Behind The Camera For New TV Project 'Patrol'

Kerry Washington's production company recently signed a deal with ABC. (CNN)"Scandal" star Kerry Washington will step behind the camera for her next television project. The drama "Patrol" will follow the lives of four female LAPD officers and marks the first weekly series to come out of Washington's Simpson Street production company. Simpson Street's first project was HBO's "Confirmation," the story of the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas case which starred Washington as Hill.