Original subtitles

You two keep it down, okay?

'Cause if we get called back here, somebody's gonna go to jail.

Oh, yeah? You just try, and I'll bust your head!

You people! What do you want here?

You come into our neighborhood.

You kill our children and then you go and take our men to jail.

Now wait a minute. Wait a minute.

You got that all wrong. The police didn't shoot anybody.

No!

You just couldn't wait, could ya!

He doesn't need a partner.

Drop it, or you're a dead man!

♪♪♪

♪♪♪

Rick, did you ever get the feeling

- that not everyone in the world loves cops? - Yeah, my sister.

Every time she gets a ticket, I hear about it constantly for a month.

She really gets hot.

Well, birdbrain, you got one more day left.

You can still back out.

Now take it from me, your old married partner keep your freedom.

Woman over radio: Sixteen-forty-five. Okay, code seven Anderson and hope.

Yeah. Hey, tutick, how about a cup?

- Yeah, sounds good, where to? - Well, we're close.

How about that taco stand at Anderson and hope?

I'll tell ya, partner, you're strung out like a goat.

♪♪♪

I thought you had a cat.

But he thinks he's a dog.

Well, maybe that's because you call him spot.

Why don't you change his name?

You think I could...

No, do you think I could get a doggie bag to take home?

-Gotcha. -You...

Well, if you don't leave me alone while I'm working, I'll...

-What, what? -Tell my sergeant?

Well, thank heavens this will all end tomorrow.

Karen, he doesn't hear any of our calls.

Says he's too busy listening to yours.

Please, marry the guy, so I can have a partner again.

Partner, will you listen to that?

He doesn't need a partner.

More like a bookkeeper. Just someone to keep the log.

Woman over radio: Thirteen-eight-forty-three.

An unknown trouble at the playground at sixth and boyle.

Thirteen-eight-forty-three, your call is code two.

-Gotta go. -Go, hotshot. Go catch a crook.

-See you later. -Okay.

-Hey, listen, officer. -Yes, officer?

What are you doin' after work? How about a date?

I hear you cops are lots of fun.

Oh, go on, go on. Hey, you get off on time.

I've got big plans for him tomorrow.

Big plans.

-Bye-bye. -Let's go.

Thirteen-eight-forty-three,

there's more on your call sixth and boyle.

-Now major four-fifteen. -Oh, okay.

Forty to forty-five males involved.

Thirteen-eight-forty-three, your call is now code three.

[Men grunting]

[Overlapping dialogue]

[Siren wailing]

Okay, break it up. Break it up. Break it up in there.

Rick! Rick! Oh, no!

Oh, no, no, no!

No, Rick never had a chance.

I can't believe it.

I mean, they were just all over us,

and Rick, he took a couple of steps, and then...

Did you get a chance to see the guy who did the shooting?

No, not really.

I'm sorry...

All I saw was a Mexican.

He was maybe 18, 19. He was running.

Had a gun, and when the other cars started rollin' in,

why he split.

Look, can you give us a better description of this guy?

What kind of gun he was carrying?

The gun was a chrome.

Looked like it might have been a .22 revolver, but I don't know.

Everything was happening so fast, I'm really not sure.

-When did you first see the guy? -I...

I need a couple of minutes alone.

It's just that right now I...

-It's all right. -Take it easy.

- Listen, we understand. I'll talk to you. - Thank you very much, okay?

Rick's dead.

Rick's mom and dad.

Is anybody with them?

Yeah, the... we've told chaplain's there now.

Karen, I...

We know about your plans.

Please, try to understand that we have to go over everything with you.

What you saw when you arrived, you know, who was where.

You know, this is gonna be hard I don't know if I can remember.

I think I was just standing there.

Please give me... I mean, can I?

Oh, dear god, why?

Why him?

Bill, why don't you let me take her home.

I promise you, I'll get the statement out of her first thing in the morning.

Pepper, take me over to his folks.

I want to be with them, please.

Okay. Come on.

-Hey, bill. -What about Tom?

- Did you get anything to go on? - No, not much, really...

He's... he's shaken up over the whole thing.

You know, they were partners for a long time.

Wanted a little time to clear his head.

He said that he saw a kid running away with a gun.

Yeah. From the looks of that, it could be a .22.

-Bill? -Yeah?

We might have just gotten lucky.

Did you get a good lift?

Several, including a good palm print.

You know, if he was standin' that close,

he didn't have to be much of a shot.

Let's get this classified right away.

I'll call the watch commander and get an okay.

Nobody goes home until we get a make on that print.

Right.

What's going on out there?

The place is crawling with police.

They're everywhere.

A cop got killed.

We had a rumble and somebody shot a cop.

Gloria, I was right there, right next...

Right next to the cop when he got hit.

Who shot him, Bobby?

-Not one of the De sotos? -I don't know.

It could have been anyone. There was people everywhere.

When the cops poured in, I split.

Do they...

I mean...

- Could the cops know you were there? - I don't know.

But they'll surely find out it was my gang.

What about going to the police?

You could tell them what you saw and maybe help them out.

You're crazy. They'd bust my head right off.

I know what would happen to me.

No, I just got to stay off the streets for a couple of days.

Relax, I didn't shoot nobody.

The gun, Bobby.

Why the gun, you never had to use.

We heard some of the flachos are...

Forget it. Just do me a favor.

Put it somewhere where your nosy mother won't find it.

Ahem.

Gentlemen, good afternoon.

For the record, I'm George bucholz.

I guess most of you have heard that I've been selected to command this task force.

Now we've been given the job of...

-[Clears throat] -[Door closes]

I think this is as good a time

as any to make a point about being on time at these briefings.

Point: Everyone, including attractive sergeants,

will be on time and not a minute late. Is that understood?

Lieutenant,

sergeant Anderson was just with police woman Kelly.

Sergeant crowley, I didn't ask for an explanation.

And if I had, I would have asked it of sergeant Anderson.

Now, we've been given the job of investigating, apprehending,

and bringing to justice, the killer of officer Butler.

And we're gonna put a stop to this gang violence.

I hear this guy is a real eight ball.

The population of this city has a right to...

What are you working for to get on this assignment?

Management services.

This is as close to a state job as he's ever going.

That's just great, huh?

You've got a dead cop.

The ghetto's about to explode, and they send us a guy with no experience.

Yeah, looks that way.

But a crook will slip and fall.

Now all of us on this task force, will have a firm footing.

This force is divided into two parts,

the investigative group, headed by sergeant crowley,

and the uniform patrol group, headed by sergeant gates.

Will you two gentlemen, please, stand up?

Thank you. Be seated.

Now we'll have uniform inspection before every watch.

Looking sharp.

I want my men looking sharp.

Now, I realize that some of you are very involved

in undercover work.

Styles, is it?

Yes, sir.

Joseph styles, investigator.

And next to you?

Royster, investigator Peter royster.

Now you can't tell the cops

from the crooks nowadays, and vice versa.

[Officers laughing]

Well, on this case, please, while I'm in command,

try to look as presentable as possible.

I realize that may be difficult, and, neatness, at least, please.

That's really beautiful.

Next to him, crowley comes off like a Lenny Bruce.

A real leader. He's got all the command presence of a...

Manic depressive.

I have just now been informed

that latent prints has identified the killer of officer Butler.

His name is Robert romero aka Bobby romero.

Okay, sergeants, get your men briefed.

Inspection here 06:00 in the morning.

Then we find romero. Let's do a good job.

So, what did he say? Does actually think we have a case on romero?

Pep, he doesn't even know what a case is.

I spent fifteen minutes arguing with him

about how to handle the investigation.

You know what he's concerned with?

The coming inspection.

Romero's fingerprints only puts him at Butler's.

All right, that makes him a good suspect, sure,

but we're a long way from making a case.

Tell me about it.

How's Karen? Is she all right?

I'm afraid she's taking it pretty hard.

She told me she's thinking of turning in her resignation.

Says she wants out.

Says it's not a job for a woman.

What do I tell her?

Why don't you tell her what my first partner told me.

Cops are like Shepherds.

They're all that keep the wolves from devouring the sheep.

And he meant that literally.

Two weeks later, he was killed tryin' to stop a five dollar market holdup.

Hey, fellas? Fellas? Excuse me.

I'm sergeant crowley, police department.

The lady over here is sergeant Anderson.

Hello.

Something I said?

- What do you want? - I'd just like to ask you a few questions.

Why don't you go hassle the people in Sierra vista. We don't want you down here.

You don't belong here.

We're not here to hassle anyone.

We're here because someone killed a police officer.

Hey, that's not our problem.

That's yours.

- So just leave us alone. - Wait, wait a minute.

Now you're wrong about that. It is your problem.

You may not know it now, but it's yours, like it or not.

Just how? One of your cop friends got killed.

Man, that's not my problem.

That cop got killed

trying to keep the peace in your neighborhood.

He wasn't up in Sierra vista. He was right here, buddy.

Right here with you and your mother and your father

and your sisters and your brothers.

He was protecting them,

and buddy, whether you like it or not, that makes it your problem.

So, what is it you want?

We want to question Bobby romero

or anybody else who saw the killing of officer Butler.

Romero? Bobby?

[Gunshot]

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♪♪♪

As soon as we get some more uniformed officers here,

we'll spread out and try to look through the area.

I'm not sure these people are gonna be so willing to talk to us.

You people.

What do you want here?

You come into our neighborhood.

You kill our children and then you go and take our men to jail.

Now wait a minute. Wait a minute.

You got that all wrong. The police didn't shoot anybody.

We' re just here trying to find out who's doing this and why, that's all.

Listen to him.

And go home and give us a chance.

Give us some time to find out who's responsible for these killings.

You are.

We heard that Reuben was shot by the cops.

That you people shot Reuben, because he wouldn't tell you where Bobby romero is.

Reuben was not shot by the police.

We were standing right there.

Now if you'll let us, and help us, we'll find out who did.

Now go home and let us do our work.

Go home.

[Siren wailing]

[Indistinct chatter]

Okay, sergeant crowley, what have we got?

We've got a dead 16-year-old boy shot and killed.

Two shots. One almost hit pepper.

Where's the body? I wanna examine the body.

We released the body to the coroner.

Who gave you permission to release the body?

Look, in case you don't understand,

I'm in charge of this investigation, and I give all the orders.

Do you understand?

I understand that we got a dead policeman on our hands.

Now we got a dead 16-year-old boy on our hands.

I also understand that these people in this project

are gonna tear us to pieces if we don't come up with some answers, and soon.

Sergeant crowley, I know that you're under pressure.

We're all under pressure.

But a wise man controls his temper.

He knows that anger causes mistakes.

Proverbs 14, verse 29.

Ahem. Now, what have you done about romero?

Where is he? I told you to pick him up.

Sergeant gates, where were your patrolmen?

Their presence here could have prevented this shooting.

I told you I wanted this area heavily patrolled until romero's been captured.

The inspection,

you held back six men after the inspection, lieutenant.

You said they were not presentable enough.

Sergeant, I want those men on the street and on time.

Now, according to what I've been told, romero's gang is hiding.

So let's start by picking them up.

Lieutenant, only a simpleton believes what he is told,

a prudent man checks to see where he is going.

Proverbs 14, verse 15.

Ahem.

[Knock on door]

Hey, kitten, what took you so long?

I- I had to wait 'til my mother left for work.

What's the matter?

Bobby...

Somebody shot Reuben.

He was killed for talking to the police.

- Who killed him? The cops? The cops do it? - I don't know. I don't think so.

I mean, some lady cop was almost hit.

Bobby, they've been to your house.

They've talked to your mother. They think you shot the cop.

You gotta go to them. Explain it before it's too late.

You're crazy.

You think they're going to believe me?

A cop was killed.

And someone is going to get busted behind this.

Had a feeling they'd come looking for me.

Oh, Bobby, please.

I'll find someone who believes in you.

Please.

There's some things I want you to do.

First, tell my mom I'll be all right. Not to worry.

Tonight, when does your mother get home?

-Why? -I need to pick up the gun.

-Today. -Gun! Bobby, you don't need that.

It'll only cause more trouble.

Look, I've got to split for a few days.

I've got a cousin in Bakersfield.

I'll go there. I'll be safe.

The cops, have they been to your place? Talked to your mom?

No, but they're everywhere, asking everyone about you.

I've got to find me a car.

[Door bell rings]

Good afternoon, ma'am, we're with the police department.

We'd like to ask you a few questions, if you don't mind.

Oh, the police, come in. Come in.

-Always glad to see the police. -Thank you.

Especially in this neighborhood.

- We're here because... - oh, I know why you're here.

Because of those kids fightin' and that poor officer who got killed, right?

Right.

We'd appreciate it, ma'am, if you could give us some help.

Did you see anything, anything at all?

Oh, I saw everything.

Right here, from this window.

Now, those kids, they were just fightin',

and then the police, they came,

and the officer got out of the car,

and then somebody shot him.

Oh, he was so young.

Don't know what the world is coming to.

People having no respect for the police.

Ma'am, did you see who shot him? Was it one of the kids?

No.

I couldn't see.

Just that he was shot. And then more police came.

Now, did anyone else that you know of

see what happened out there?

I think so.

Now there was a man over there

watchin' between those two houses.

Lord knows he saw it.

He must've.

This man, what did he look like?

Like you.

-Like me? -Caucasian, like you. White man.

Course, my eyes aren't as good as they used to be,

but I'd say he wasn't nearly as handsome.

Is there anything else you can recall,

like for instance, what he was wearing, or anything like that?

He was carrying somethin'.

A cane. He was carryin' a cane.

Gentlemen, good afternoon.

I'm lieutenant bucholz, task force commander.

As you all know, one of our officers was slain

in a Valiant attempt to stop a major gang fight.

Early this morning, there was another killing.

A young gang member.

I want to inform you that through exhaustive ballistics tests

and other investigative leads,

we have determined that officer Butler and the latest victim,

both were shot with the same gun.

Karen, how are ya doing? You okay?

Our primary suspect has been...

I think so. Tom's been just great.

I'm not doin' too great,

she's gonna resign at the end of this investigation.

Why are you talking about resign?

Well, I guess I was never really prepared for this kind of job.

He's dead.

- All my training experience... - Romero is considered dangerous,

and our information...

I can't deal with this.

We're asking the public, that is, anyone that has information.

I guess she's really serious about it.

Yeah, I know she is.

I got something you might want to check on.

Romero's got a girlfriend. Her name is Gloria.

They're very close.

She lives at one-three-two,

- or it could be one-three-four, Clark. - Yeah.

Old brown and white house.

- I'll go over there and talk to her. - Right.

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.

[Car door closes]

[Door bell rings]

Yes, what is it?

I'm sergeant Anderson. I'd like to talk to you. May I come in?

Thank you.

[Door closes]

What is it?

We're told you and Bobby romero are friends.

I know Bobby. What do you want here?

We're trying to locate him and ask him some questions.

What you mean is you wanna lock him up for murder.

Right?

No, that's not right.

Now, I'm gonna level with you.

Bobby is a suspect, but just that, someone we want to question.

That's it.

Bobby didn't kill no cop.

That's why we wanna talk to him.

We want to hear what he has to say.

Now, Bobby was there, he saw what happened.

Gloria, this officer...

Was a young man, not much older than Bobby.

He had his whole life to look forward to.

And he was gonna marry this girl, today.

Now he's dead.

I- I'm sorry for the cop, and the girl.

Please, leave now.

Why do you keep looking at that door?

I can't help you. Please, leave.

No, please!

♪♪♪

Thank you.

Hi, Bobby, what can I do for you? Cigarettes?

Empty the cash register, and hurry!

-Andalay! -Bobby, you're not serious?

Think about what you' re doing.

Put the money in a paper sack. Andalay!

[Foreign language]

[Foreign language]

Put a bottle in there too. Some good stuff.

[Gunshot]

♪♪♪

Mr. Mateo, how much cash did he get away with?

Not much, sergeant. Sixty-five, seventy dollars.

These people buy a lot on credit.

Settle up once a month.

You're sure it was romero, though,

there's no doubt it could have been somebody else?

Sergeant, I've known that kid all his life.

Know his mom and dad. It was Bobby.

And I'm sorry about it, believe me.

-What about... -here it is.

Looks like a .22, just like the others.

Well, at least we know this one came from a revolver.

Mr. Mateo, you said you've had this store for, what, 22 years?

23 years, next month.

Well, I guess you know this community as well as anyone.

What are the chances of an outsider

moving around in this area unnoticed?

About the same as your partner walking across the street

without everyone in the barrio knowing.

This is a close community.

And not much chance of getting out.

I just got the report.

Romero again?

Well, lieutenant, I don't know about the 'again' part,

but the owner here has identified romero as the primary suspect.

I understand there were shots fired, correct?

One. We just dug out the slug.

We think it's a .22.

I thought so.

You're hard to convince, sergeant, but you're learning.

Lieutenant, I'll be convinced

when, and not until, we get the ballistics report back on this particular slug.

Sergeant crowley, this case is all but wrapped up.

Now what I want from you and your people is a team effort to locate romero.

Frankly, I detected a slight reluctance on your part to get with the team program,

but, sergeant, you will get with the program, understand?

Ahem!

Let's-let's book that slug

and finish our reports and get something to eat.

-Bye-bye. -Thank you very much.

Mr. Mateo, thank you very much. We'll be in touch with you.

Thank you, sergeant.

Hi, Pete. Hi, Joe.

Is everything all right, madame?

-Could be better. -Really.

-Have you eaten yet? -Got held up.

How come you're late? Did you get busted again?

Oh, bill's afraid old section eight's gonna walk in and order an on-duty inspection.

Not a chance.

He's calling his second press conference already.

You should see him all decked out in his monkey suit.

We did.

I got three years to go to retirement.

I guarantee if I had to wait for that clown,

-i couldn't make it. -You better.

The word I get is he's about to make captain.

When you left this afternoon there was a ballistics rush.

What happened with the slug?

Pepper and I talked to an old lady.

She said she saw a man, a "paddy"

standin' between two buildings when Butler got shot.

Well, what does that have to do with anything?

She said the man was holding something.

She thought it looked like a cane. But she's old, bad eyes.

It could have been a man holding a rifle.

-A rifle? -Sure, why not?

The ballistics tests are unable to determine

if the first two slugs were fired from a revolver or a rifle.

But who and why? It all points to romero.

I don't know.

We'll know more when we get those test results back this afternoon.

Excuse me.

-Hi. -Hey, Karen, where you been?

Well, I just dropped my partner off at court

and i-I went across to read the reports of the shooting.

Well, I've been lookin' for ya.

There's been a gal that's been calling

for the past couple of hours and wants to talk to you.

About Bobby romero.

-Romero. -Yeah, here's the number.

[Dialing]

[Telephone ringing]

Hello?

Hello. This is officer Kelly returning your call.

Can I help you?

I'm Bobby romero's friend.

And I'm worried about him.

And, I think you're the only one in the police department I can talk to.

You don't want to talk to me,

you want to talk to the investigators.

No, no. I can't.

I want to talk to you.

I think you'd understand.

Okay...

When and where do you want to meet?

Right away. We can't lose any time.

I don't have a car.

But we can't meet here.

Can you meet me on commercial street,

right in front of the soap company?

Yeah. It'll take me 15 minutes to get there.

-I'll be there. -Okay.

[Thunder rumbling]

I'm Gloria, Bobby's girlfriend.

What do you want to tell me?

I'm sorry about the wedding.

I know what you must be going through.

Please, believe me, Bobby didn't do it.

Gloria, when I called you,

I had just finished reading a report of the investigation.

Now, an eye-witness saw a caucasion...

A paddy near the shooting.

Now, I don't know of many paddies coming into the project.

Not many.

Mostly blacks and chicanos.

Well, have there been any gangs?

I mean, outside gangs,

white gangs that would come into the project?

Never.

We never have that kind of trouble.

Mostly the guys war between themselves.

Gloria, please think.

What about outsiders?

That... that paddy, maybe works in the project.

Think, Gloria, this could be very important.

Paddy...

Follett.

He used to work with the gangs.

As doing what? Who did he work for?

I don't know that much about him.

I think he was called a...

-A gang social worker. -Mm-hm.

What happened to him?

I don't know. I guess he quit. I haven't seen him around.

Bobby didn't like him much.

Gloria, about Bobby.

Bobby's got to come in and give himself up.

Now the report said he robbed a grocery store.

He has a gun.

He's scared, and he wants to get away.

That's why he took the money, because he's scared.

Where? Where can we talk to him?

He's going to Bakersfield today.

And I'm supposed to meet him near the project.

Will you take me there?

I can help him, if we can just get him to stop running.

All right, I'll take you there.

Good girl.

Hey, it looks like the rain let up.

[Siren wailinhg]

♪♪♪

Woman on radio: All units in thirteen-eight-forty-seven.

Your vehicle is assigned stolen.

-What does that mean? -Oh, the police

are chasing someone in a stolen car.

Woman on radio: All units thirteen-eight-forty-seven,

reports are unconfirmed.

They believe their suspect is wanted

for one-eighty-seven p.C. On a police officer.

Suspect's name is Robert romero.

It's all right.

[Siren blaring]

♪♪♪

What have you guys got goin' back there, a poker game?

Hey, look, these things take time.

This slug is in pretty bad shape.

-Flattened on impact. -Oh, really?

Slippage.

Your slug has slippage marks.

- Which means what? - Probably fired from a revolver.

You only have slippage on a revolver.

Yeah, I know it was fired from a revolver.

I got two eyeball witnesses.

What I need to know is were all three slugs fired from the same gun?

No.

Are you sure about that?

That's why it took us so long to check it out.

Now we're sure they were fired from two different guns.

One more question, could the first two slugs have been fired from a rifle?

It's possible. Even probable.

As you can see, there's no slippage on either side of the first two slugs.

Like I said before, you only have slippage on a revolver.

Okay, that's all I need to know.

-Bill! It's Bobby romero. -Yeah?

-What about him? -Bucholz and his guys

have him pinned down old building-Clinton street and...

-Let's get over there. -We'd better hurry.

-The bullets don't match. -Oh.

♪♪♪

Robert romero, this is lieutenant bucholz.

We're the police. I'm giving you five minutes to come out.

Follow my instructions.

First, I want you to throw out the gun.

Then come out with your hands over your head.

You've got five minutes.

Lieutenant. Lieutenant!

I may have developed information that could clear romero!

Officer, would you stay out of my way?

I'm trying to get the suspect out of this building.

Please! Please, let me go in and talk to Bobby!

I know he'll come out. I promise.

Get this civilian out of here now, before she gets hurt.

Lieutenant, please, let her try to talk him out.

We've got nothing to lose. He can't get out.

Officer, perhaps you don't understand.

I've instructed you to get the civilian out of here.

Get me the tear gas. It's times up.

Stop her before she gets hurt!

It's okay. It's okay, I'll take her.

What's going on, officer? Why all the police?

Just keep back out of the way, we've got a man cornered who held up a market.

I don't want to get in the way. I'm sorry.

He's gonna be all right. Come with me. Come on.

Come on out, romero, your time is up.

-No! No. -Stay with me, just stay here.

Oh, no.

-[Gunshot] -[Glass shatters]

Gloria, you stay here.

Oh, dear god, please, help him!

Gloria! Stay back here.

-Back! -No! No. Please!

Don't worry. It's gonna be all right.

-No! It's not. -It's alright.

-No! -Please.

♪♪♪

No! Bobby, please! No!

[Gunshot]

You just couldn't wait, could ya!

- You just couldn't wait! - He didn't kill Butler!

No way.

-There we go. -Hey, come on, sit down here.

Any news on romero?

Yeah, he's still unconscious,

but the doctors feel the surgery was successful,

but it'll take time to know for sure.

Good.

Now, did you check out this social worker Karen told you about? Follett.

Yeah, follett looks good.

Motive, attitude, everything is right.

We just played this. I want you two guys to listen to it.

What is it?

Communications recording of a telephone call.

- What call was that? - That was the call that was made to the police.

The one that was assigned to Butler's unit just before he was shot.

Here, listen to this.

Recording: Police department, may I help you?

Yes, I want to report some trouble at the playground located at sixth and boyle.

What kind of trouble?

If you'll dispatch a unit, you'll see.

[Line beeps]

So obviously, it wasn't a resident of the barrio.

Sure doesn't sound like it.

Sounds more like somebody set up an ambush.

The tape on the second call to the police

was from a Spanish woman with an accent.

We interviewed her, she's legit.

What about follett? Now what did you find out about him?

Mm-hm. It's all beginning to come together.

He was a social worker

assigned to work with the gangs in the project.

Was the gangs' social worker. What's he doin' now?

He got busted for furnishing weed to a minor.

The minor was a member of romero's gang.

It was Reuben rojas.

Talk about a coincidence.

But wait 'til you hear how the bust went down.

Reuben rojas was busted by a black and white.

Ki of grass.

He rolled over on a social worker,

follett, as the person who sold it to him.

Follett was busted, fired and did a year at chino.

- Did you check for a last known address on follett? - Uh-huh.

Moved, hasn't been seen there for four months.

They did a psychological study on him at chino.

Very interesting.

Extreme hostility to the police who busted him.

I'll bet he's trying to stir up a gang war

that'll wipe 'em all out for vengeance.

So, that could be follett,

or somebody's who's working with him.

-Bill. -Hey, Jim.

Our section eight bucholz is trying to locate you.

Well, no wonder he can't find me.

I'm in my office. What does he want?

Well, somebody just shot up a police car in the projects

and supercop thinks that romero's gang is retaliating.

Did they get a radio call to the projects,

or were they just cruising around there?

Yeah, a four-fifteen juvenile call, why?

[Crowley mumbles]

I'm just, come on in a minute. Come in, come on in.

Close the door, will ya?

Will you do me a big favor? I mean, a really big favor?

Yeah, sure.

Will you keep your cars out of the projects for the rest of the day?

And keep lieutenant gangbusters in his office?

Well, yeah, I guess so, but who'll answer the calls?

We will.

I'll talk to communications. We'll be thirteen-x-forty-five.

Sounds like a conspiracy to keep babbling bucholz out of the way.

How about it? Can you swing it?

Yeah, sure, why not?

What else can they do to me?

I'm already in uniform and working for a psycho.

- Thanks, Jim. - Gonna put bucholz in big yet.

Okay, let it open.

Now, which one of you guys thinks he can fit into his old uniform?

So why do you think follett would give marijuana to romero's gang?

Oh, that's covered in his file.

Psychiatrist said follett had identity problems,

that he actually wanted to belong to the gang.

Sort of, be one of the boys. Can you believe it?

Woman on radio: Thirteen-x-forty-five, thirteen-X-ray-forty-five,

see the woman, a three-ninety-four-fifteen

five zero eight south garden street.

- Thirteen-x-forty-five, Roger. - See the woman.

[Dog barking indistinctly]

Why don't ya do somethin' with yourself?

After you.

I've seen Reed and Malloy do this 100 times.

-Follow strictly. -Roger.

Don't you rave at me.

- I'm sick d' ya, sick and tired! - [Knock on door]

-Who is it! -Police officers.

Well, what took ya so long?

Get this drunk out of my house.

- He just stands there... - Put the chair down.

- He don't do nothin'. - Just put the chair down. Just put it down, okay?

Come on, now. You're liable to break somethin'. Let's go.

Put him in jail.

Now we don't wanna have to do that.

-What's your problem? -My problem?

-She's the problem, look at her. -Yeah.

She's gonna kill me one of these days.

I been hit with everything you could imagine.

-I'll bust your head. -No, no! Stop!

All he likes to do is sit around and look at soap operas.

-Take it easy. -He don't work.

- Just soap operas. - Okay, let him watch ' em.

Just cool it, will ya?

Somebody could get killed here.

Now, I got a suggestion to make.

Why don't one of you just leave for a while

and take a little time to cool off, okay?

Leave? You crazy. This is my house.

- Then why doesn't he leave? - Yeah, I got friends.

I got a couple of friends.

There ya go.

-There's no problem. -Hey!

You get outta here. Both of ya.

I didn't call ya here to break up my marriage.

I'll take care of ya, baby. Everything's gonna be fine.

-Come on. -Okay.

Come on. Really.

I'll take care of ya, baby. Come on.

All right.

We don't wanna get any more calls to come back here,

so you two keep it down, okay?

'Cause if we get called back here, somebody's gonna go to jail.

Oh, yeah? You just try, and I'll bust your head!

Aren't you glad you never had to put any time in on patrol?

If I had, I'd be able to handle you men better.

You do all right.

Woman on radio: All units in the vicinity of thirteen-x-forty-five,

thirteen-X-ray-forty-five,

a four-fifteen juvenile group in the alley.

Sixth and Herbert.

Thirteen-x-forty-five, code two.

Thirteen-x-forty-five, Roger.

Twelve-y-fifty-two, did you receive that last message?

Man on radio: Twelve-y-fifty-two, Roger.

Could be it, watch your back.

-Are you ready? -I don't know.

Are you ever ready?

Doesn't look like any trouble up there, unless that's a set-up.

[Indistinct chatter]

[Foreign language]

[Foreign language]

Hey, bill. Nothing, so far. Everything looks quiet.

Roger.

Listen, we're gonna ask these kids a few questions.

Just watch our backs.

Let's take a look.

[Indistinct chatter]

Get down!

Roy: Pepper, they're right to the right, behind the fence.

-Bill! -I'm all right. Keep down.

Are you all right?

Yeah, I'm okay. Yeah, you're right.

He's behind the fence.

Styles, go round to the front of the house.

I'm gonna circle around too.

Roy, you cover the alley.

Roger.

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Pepper: Drop it, or you're a dead man!

Got it!

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I gotta tell ya, bad as you look in that uniform,

you're still one helluva shot.

I can't wait to get into my levis.

Neither can I.

So, in recapping the success of this task force,

I wanna give credit to the whole unit.

Under my command, they arrested the perpetrator,

the killer of a police officer.

I think I may throw up.

For lack of a better word.

The department will find out about bucholz, one of these days.

Patrol officers and the investigators...

- I wouldn't count on that. - Together as a team.

I hear now he's number one on the captain's list.

Good. It'll put him behind a desk, keep him off the street.

Department is very interesting...

And hopefully, in the near future, as a captain,

the department will allow me to command a division,

-wherein we use... -Hi.

They told me I'd find you here.

I just wanted to tell you that I'm not gonna resign.

- That's sensational. - That's really good news.

We were hoping you'd change your mind.

Well, when I got involved with Gloria,

and saw what was happening to romero,

I realized that I could still be a useful police officer.

So, I'm gonna stay.

Gloria called a little while ago from the hospital.

She wanted to let us know that Bobby's gonna pull through.

Oh, I'm so glad.

She said you could work your radio car

in her neighborhood any day.

- I gotta get to work. See ya. - See ya, Karen.

Hey, I love the both of you.

Recovering in the hospital ward of the county jail

and will be charged with one count of assault

with intent to commit murder, and one count of robbery.

And that, gentlemen, that's about it.

Let's get out of here.

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