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- STEVEN LEVIN: Wayne...
- [SHUSHES]

I know what I'm doing.
[CLICKS TONGUE]

- [INHALES, EXHALES]
- [DOOR OPENING]

This proffer session
is for purposes of learning

what you, Sergeant Jenkins,
can offer to the government

as cooperation in the event

you are offered
a plea agreement.

Nothing said today will be
entered in the legal record.

It is instead an opportunity
for you to let us know

the value and extent
of your cooperation,

should we decide
to accept your plea

and recommend
an agreed-upon sentence

to the judge. You understand?

- I do.
- Well then, let's proceed.

Well, first off, I'm innocent.

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

LEO WISE: Sergeant Jenkins, uh,
there's an old and wise saying

in the federal courts that
defendants in criminal cases,

when facing a preponderance
of evidence,

are well-advised
to cooperate early and often.

The first ones to cooperate
get the best deals,

last ones to cooperate
get the worst end of the stick.

You are not early here.

Mm-hmm.
[CLICKS TONGUE] Look...

I'm not gonna sit
in front of you

and tell you that I haven't been
around some bad things. I have.

But I can also tell you

that these things
that you think that I've done,

these things that you've heard
about me, they are false.

Completely false.

Now, is there misconduct
in this department?

Of course there's misconduct,
but I'm not the one you want.

Sergeant, our investigation
is lengthy and detailed,

and the charges against you
are corroborated

by electronic intercepts,

as well as a multitude
of witnesses.

A multitude? Okay, so,
a multitude of witnesses lied.

How about that?
Can I ask you a question?

I am one
of the most talked-about,

most celebrated officers,
history of this city.

Do you not find it odd
that now, all of a sudden,

I'm the mastermind
in this whole thing?

That doesn't strike you
as weird?

They're all lying?

- That's what I said.
- ERIKA JENSEN: Mm-hmm.

- In the Burley case alone--
- WAYNE JENKINS: Oh, come on,

on the Burley case.
I'm completely innocent on that.

I didn't plant those drugs
on Umar Burley. That wasn't me.

- Sergeant Jenkins--
- JENKINS: No, no, no. Hang on.

I know who did that.
I know who did it.

And maybe you're right.
You know something,

maybe the fact
that I knew that information,

I didn't report it at the time.

Maybe I was wrong there,
so you got me.

I'm guilty. Hey, you win.

But bottom line is,
I did not plant those drugs

on Umar Burley.
I didn't do it, wasn't me.

For the sake of argument,
you wanna tell us who did?

[DISTANT SIRENS WAILING]

I do not feel like
telling you that right now.

But I do know for a fact
that it was not Wayne Jenkins

who planted those drugs.
That's what matters here.

This proffer is concluded.

What does that mean,
it's concluded?

Wait, that's it, you guys
just gonna walk away?

Ma'am, you don't have
any questions for me?

[SNAPS FINGERS]

[DOOR CLOSING]

♪ ["WE OWN THIS CITY"
THEME MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

- [INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
- [GUNFIRE]

- Back up.
- Back up.

LARRY HOGAN: Baltimore
is a poster child

for the basic failure
to stop lawlessness.

PROTESTERS:
No justice, no peace!

I've heard your calls
for no justice, no peace.

PROTESTERS:
No justice, no peace!

KEVIN DAVIS: Where there's
smoke, there's fire.

These officers,
they're 1930s-style gangsters.

♪ ["WE OWN THIS CITY"
THEME MUSIC CONCLUDES] ♪

So, Wayne Jenkins
actually thinks

his fellow officers
are gonna hold the line.

When in reality,
they're all in a race

to try to testify
against each other.

JOHN SIERACKI: Funny how
he made a point of telling us

he didn't plant the drugs

in the Burley case,
of all things.

Who would he put it on?

The others who were there
and wrote on it?

Ryan Guinn and Sean Suiter.

Well, it's not likely
to be Guinn.

He went out of his way
to speak up

about all of this years ago.

Sean Suiter?

You know me
from headquarters, Sean,

but I've been detailed here
to work with the FBI

in public corruption cases.

And Erika here is my supervisor.

The fact is, uh,
we've been working this stuff

involving the city
plainclothes unit, and...

I know you've seen
a lot of people

you work with get arrested.

The thing we want you to know,
right off,

is that you're not necessarily
a target.

Not necessarily?

ERIKA: Well, right now,
we're looking at others,

and we need help with that.

I work murders.

I don't know what you think
I could help you with.

Uh, this is from years ago.

Uh, from the time
you were working VCID.

SEAN SUITER: Hmm.

Do you remember a car chase

involving a suspect
named Burley?

There was a crash,
and a motorist was killed.

- Hands! Out of the car!
- [PASSENGER GROANS, SOBS]

Jenk, it's on the floor.
Right under the seat.

- This was two thousan--
- I remember. Mm-hmm.

SIERACKI: Drugs were discovered
in Burley's vehicle

subsequent to the crash.

Your name is on the
evidence submission paperwork.

So, what are you saying?

SIERACKI: One of the witnesses
claims that you're the one

who planted the drugs on Burley.

We don't necessarily believe
this other witness.

Now, this can go two ways, Sean.

Either you know what happened
and how those drugs

got into a car that was already
searched by officers,

in which case
you're a witness.

Or, you become a suspect.

SIERACKI: At this point,

it's our assumption
that you are a witness.

Am I gonna
lose my job over this?

KEVIN DAVIS: End with
the phrase, "Real police work."

- DEAN PALMERE: Real police work.
- [PEN SCRATCHING]

KEVIN: Then pick up
with the last paragraph.

- Got it.
- Read that part back to me.

"A consent decree
is not a magic pill.

It is, however, a court-ordered
and enforced mandate

that will compel us
to make necessary improvements

to processes
that have long been neglected.

At times,
it will introduce changes

to our organization
that may cause anxiety.

Police, after all,
do not adjust well to change."

[DAVIS CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

"We must not confuse
time-honored traditions

and the growth necessary
to improve as an organization.

We must honor our traditions,
but not cling to them.

We must embrace changes

that make us
better crime-fighters

and community ambassadors."

"Community ambassadors"?

Gimme a break.

"And not dismiss them
as contrary

to the notion
of real police work."

Good, good. So, that's
on the front page from me.

But inside,
make sure we run the item

on Jenkins
and the Gun Trace Task Force.

Make sure
that's in the newsletter too.

- [PEN SCRATCHING]
- DAVIS: If I'm gonna sell the consent decree

and change, on the one hand,

I've got to acknowledge
the people

who are putting guns
and drugs on the table now,

who are doing the job now.

[SIGHS] I don't need those guys
slowing down

or doubting themselves.
I need them out on the streets.

- [POLICE SIREN CHIRPS]
- EVODIO HENDRIX: Stop running!

- MAURICE WARD: Cut him!
- HENDRIX: Come here!

WARD: Hendrix, stay on him!

- [POLICE SIREN WAILS]
- [ALL SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

- WARD: Don't fucking move.
- OFFICER: We got a gun!

- Fuck!
- WARD: Hands on the hood.

- Hands on the fucking hood.
- Get your fucking hands on the hood.

What you running for, man?
You got that gun?

HENDRIX: Saw his gun
over here somewhere.

JENKINS: It's in that garbage
right there, right under the--
that jacked-up Malibu

- in that garbage right there.
- SUSPECT: There ain't no--

- HENDRIX: Yeah, buddy.
- Hey, man, we know it's yours.

- Ain't no use in lying.
- Yes, sir.

Yeah, we eatin' tonight.
We eatin'.

- Good shit, youngster.
- WARD: Have a seat. On the curb.

SUSPECT: I carry that
for protection, man, that's it.

Sir, sir, sir,
is your life in danger?

I'm serious, if your life
is in danger, just tell me how.

Tell me how--
I'm happy to look into it.

If someone's trying
to hurt you, kill you,

I'll find--
I'll find out who they are.

All right, tell me, I'll get
another gun off the street.

- What's going on, sir? How is your life in danger?
- WARD: This is 73-45.

Can we get a wagon--

Man, everyone's life
in danger, man. It's Baltimore.

You know what?
That's a good fucking answer,

I like that. I-- You know what,
I like you, man. I like you.

Yo, can I tell someone
I'm being locked up, man?

Maybe get this bail going?

Yeah, man, you're good.
Where's your phone at?

SUSPECT: Front right.
[CLEARS THROAT]

- [WARD GROANS]
- SUSPECT: Running from y'all.

Shit, man.
Hit four on my speed dial.

Yeah, say what you wanna say.
Hang on, let me get this on.

All right,
you're good, you're on.

- SPEAKER: Hey, what's up?
- Yo, they found a joint in the alley

- and put that bitch on me, yo.
- Come on, man! What the fuck are you--

Why the fuck would you do that?

Honestly, man,
why would you do that?

Have we been cruddy with you?
We ain't cruddy police.

Why would you do that?

We all just saw you
throw that gun

with your own right hand.
We all just saw it.

We don't get down like that.

Ain't the kind
of police work we do.

Can I explain something to you?

If somebody
puts a gun on somebody,

and that gun ain't theirs,
then that cop,

he gets rolled on,
he gets charged.

What you just said
on that telephone,

that was very disrespectful.

These men right here,
these men, my detectives,

we do things by the book.

[VEHICLE APPROACHING]

JENKINS: Shit.

- [POLICE SIREN CHIRPS]
- Look, your ride's here, buddy.

WARD: Get your fat ass up.

- Yo, help me with this.
- SUSPECT: Fuck, man.

- Dang. Shit, man.
- [OFFICERS GRUNT]

Fucking sick of this bullshit.
Calling my ass dirty.

WARD: Step up,
watch your head.

LEVIN: Wayne.
Wayne, listen to me.

The answer is no. All right?
Fuck, fucking no. No.

- LEVIN: Wayne--
- What?

- LEVIN: Everyone is talking.
- Not every-- not everyone is--

Don't say that.
My guys ain't fucking talking.

- So, don't say that.
- Everyone.

What are you saying?

[DOOR LOCK BUZZING]

[HESITATES]

You know something,
fuck everyone.

All right, well,
then I'm going on the stand,

and I'm gonna tell my story,

and my story is gonna hold.
How about that?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER
FROM HALLWAY]

I'm not a dirty cop.

So, Jenkins is still trying
to hold you guys

to staying silent, huh?

He says that video he taped
of us opening the safe

is enough
to knock your case down.

He was saying that
if we all just clam up,

then you feds
can't prove nothing otherwise.

Sergeant has lost it, man.

I've been trying
to get away from Wayne Jenkins

for a while now.

I mean, at first,
it was just about the money,

taking the money. We did that.

We took money
all the time. [SCOFFS]

That shit happens
all over the fucking department.

Drugs? No.

No, no, no.
Nah, that's different.

MOMODU GONDO: The drugs
was like a pain in the ass.

A lot of times,
we would just get up

on the Jones Falls
and toss the dope

and coke out on the expressway.
Just... [EXHALES]

Just be done with it.

It's easier than driving
down to headquarters

to stand in line
and fill out paperwork at ECU.

Not Sergeant Jenkins, though.
Not Sergeant Jenkins.

Not Wayne, though. No.

Not Wayne Jenkins. [CHUCKLES]

Oh, shit. Oh.

One time, this motherfucker...
This man asked me

if I had any relatives
that would sell drugs

if they got their hands on them.

Like, I understand we in
the streets doing this shit.

My-- my man,
like, that's my fucking family.

What type of cold motherfucker
gonna do that?

WARD: I heard him
on the phone once

talking to somebody,

and it was like anything
you hear on the street.

Just another drug transaction.

Wayne went there, man.

He was that dude.

One time, I come in the office,
the Sergeant was in there,

heat-sealing a bag of vials.

I'm talking,
this man was re-sealing cocaine.

Why else would you
be doing that?

Was he selling the stuff
back to dealers?

To Shropshire?

No, I-- I-- I doubt that.

I'd have heard it from Brill.

There was this one guy, though.

He was always showing up places,
always partying with Jenkins.

I mean, this dude
could literally get keys

cut in any car,
or a GPS tracker.

Stuff to, um, bounty hunt,
you know?

Friend of Wayne's
from out in the county.

Some shady-ass white dude.

Bail bondsman. Donald something.

♪ All right

-♪ I like the way you move...
- OFFICER: We got eyes on him.

CHRISTOPHER TOLAND:
Police, search warrant!

Get your hands in the air
and step toward me.

Hands in the air right now.
Let's go, move!

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

- [COMPUTER BEEPS]
- [KEYBOARD KEYS CLACKING]

JENKINS: Look, I didn't
order him in any way.

He was completely free
to refuse.

IVAN BATES: And,
Sergeant Jenkins,

your claim is that,
in undertaking this car stop

involving Mr. Stevenson here,

you only wanted
to speak with him. Correct?

- JENKINS: Yes, sir.
- BATES: So, what did you do

when you approached
the vehicle, Sergeant?

We followed the rules
of probable cause,

that's what we did.
And we do that

because we want our case
to hold up in court.

See, I've-- I've learned from
my past mistakes, Your Honor.

Now, look,
we-- we knew initially

we had no cause
to detain the suspect.

We had no cause to ask him
to exit his vehicle.

So, we-- we, you know,
we talked to him.

Purely on a voluntary basis.

BATES: So, where were
the other three officers?

They were-- they were positioned
on all sides of the vehicle.

BATES: You surrounded
the vehicle?

Yes, sir. Look, it's a car stop.
You know, it's...

They can go bad. If they go bad,
they go bad quick,

so we need to maintain
tactical advantage at all times,

purely as a precaution.
It's just... That's what we do.

[BATES SCOFFS]

- May I approach, Your Honor?
- JUDGE WILLIAMS: Please.

BATES: [SOFTLY] Did you hear
what he said, Your Honor?

JUDGE WILLIAMS: I did
indeed, Mr. Bates.

Officers surrounding a car.
That's pretty compelling.

In fact, I don't see
what I can do here

other than consider
detention without cause.

BATES: Thank you, Your Honor.

BATES: All right.
Hey, man, good luck.

- OREESE STEVENSON: Thank you.
- BATES: All right.

[JENKINS GRUMBLING]

I'll catch you later.

Ivan Bates, Ivan Bates.
Beat me again, huh?

Well, you know,
you lost when you said

- your guys surrounded the car.
- [SCOFFS]

- That amounts to an unlawful detention.
- Shit.

What about the kilos
I seized, huh?

That doesn't bother you?

[CHUCKLES] Nah, man.
Fruits of a poisonous tree.

JENKINS: Know something, man?

Easy come, easy go. Fuck it.

Wait. Look, Wayne, look.
Hold on a second.

I don't know what
you're doing out there, okay?

But everybody tells me
the same thing.

- Huh?
- You rob, you steal,

and you're taking
everybody's money.

Who told you that?
What, your client told you that?

Look, he told me you didn't
turn in all those drugs, okay?

- Okay, man...
- Look, never mind the cash.

But he's not the only one.

- Uh, they're lying.
- Wayne, come on, man.

This was a multi-kilo seizure.
And my guy had priors.

Stevenson's a big dog.

You ever wonder why
this case didn't go federal?

Yeah, think about it.

The US Attorney's Office doesn't
want to touch you anymore.

They want nothing to do
with you. Why would that be?

- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [WOMAN CHUCKLING]

Well...

there's not a lot
I disagree with here,

but, uh, but then you knew that.

What's the mayor
saying privately?

Uh, supporting it is one thing,
paying for it is another.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Schools. Rec centers.

The city pension fund
is always bankrupt.

It's-- it's a poor city.

How about we take half the money
the cops burn up

in overtime and court pay
and-- and turn that back

into anti-crime
and community-based programming?

Hey, hey, hey,
I'm on your side, okay?

I know, I just--

DOUG GRABLER: I'm just saying
that political will

always falters
at the point where

real money gets used
to solve real problems.

- Better get ready for that.
- [CLICKS TONGUE]

GRABLER: Let me ask you
another question,

and please don't take this
the wrong way,

but what doesn't
this consent decree say?

What do you mean?

GRABLER: Well, I mean,
this is an immense document

showing what the police do
that is wrong procedurally

and unconstitutional.
It cites chapter

and verse,
patterns and practices

that violate civil rights
at best

and brutalize citizens at worst.

And it represents
a lot of hard work

on the part
of you and your team.

- So, credit where credit is due.
- But?

What is it that you can't say
that you need to say?

What is the Justice Department
unwilling to admit?

What are the police
trying to do?

Arrest everybody.
We spoke about this.

- I-- I heard you.
- GRABLER: Mm-hmm.

But why? What's the mission?

[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT
OVER PA]

- The drug war.
- GRABLER: Exactly.

And in a war, you need warriors.
In a war, you have enemies.

In a war, civilians get hurt
and nobody does anything.

In a war, you count the bodies

and then
you call them victories.

Is the Justice Department,

or even
the Office of Civil Rights,

ready to declare
that we long ago lost this war?

That we've achieved nothing
but full prisons,

and routine brutality,
and a complete collapse of trust

between police departments
and their cities?

I fought this war, Nicole.
I was even good at it,

and honest when I did it.

But it was lost
when I got there,

and I did nothing but lose
in my time,

and the guys
who are out there right now

on the street,
they all know it's lost.

Are you people ready
to say that out loud?

Is anybody?

They warned me about this.

Warned you about what,
Ms. Mayor?

- CATHERINE PUGH: The money. This is millions more.
- Hmm.

And we're already bleeding out

from all
the departmental overtime.

Where does it end?

You read the same consent decree
that I did.

What they're asking for
isn't going to be possible

without additional budgeting.

The cost of upgrading
the video technology alone is...

- John's run the numbers.
- I was conservative.

But looking only
at what we've agreed to here--

If you look at
the overall fiscal budget,

this can only come from schools,

rec centers,
and after-school programs--

Those are my babies.
It can't come from my babies.

Cut off the overtime pay.

We're 400
positions down right now,

and only one academy class
in the pipeline.

You cut overtime,
patrol cars go empty.

Then find somewhere else to cut.

Your Honor, we're gonna hit
340 murders again this year.

Crime is up in every category,
and I have officers

who won't go out
on the street to police

because of
the Freddie Gray case.

That is the reality
I'm dealing with here.

SHELDON WOOD:
It's hard to listen

to the police commissioner
plead poverty when we just

paid out a six-and-a-half
million-dollar settlement

to the Gray family.

How many new body cameras
would that money have paid for?

Look, Mosby's decision

to go beyond
the manslaughter case

and charge counts relating
to Gray's arrest

has left me with dozens
of officers resigning,

and others unwilling
to get out of their cars

for fear they'll
be charged criminally

if they even make an honest
Fourth Amendment mistake.

Now, you're telling me
to cut pay

from the guys who are working.

MARY COPELAND: Your job
is to keep crime down

with the resources
that are available.

And with the money
we're spending,

and the crime rate out
of control in Baltimore,

it will no longer be available.

No money from my babies.
Find cuts.

[PAPERS SHUFFLING]

TARIQ TOURE: So, this is what
the city agrees to?

NICOLE STEELE: In full.

♪ [HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING
OVER STEREO] ♪

[CHUCKLES]
You don't seem impressed.

[SIGHS] What happens
if they don't do these things?

I mean, what really happens?

A federal judge
monitors compliance.

If they fail to make
the promised goals,

or the reforms don't happen,

he can hold
the whole city in contempt.

And... then what?

There can be fines,

and the court
can issue additional orders

and demand
that the reforms proceed.

And then what happens?

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
You're asking me

what happens if the police
don't want to change.

No, I'm saying
that we are the people

the police department hunts,
and kills, and captures.

And you are bringing me
a piece of paper

that says
there's gonna be new rules

on how
they can hunt us? [SCOFFS]

[TOURE SIPPING BEVERAGE]

They're giving you
spit and chewing gum,

and telling you to keep
the whole machine

running with it.

- It doesn't matter.
- Sir?

Watch.

I'll be fired before the
Gun Trace scandal goes to trial.

They're just keeping me around

just long enough
to put that stink on me.

After the last bad headline,
I'm gone.

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

[SIGHS]

- [DOOR LOCK BUZZING]
- INMATE: Let's go!

Copper!

- You better open up real quick!
- [DOOR SLAMMING]

BATES: [CHUCKLES] Anyone can put
a juror to sleep

- with a closing argument.
- LAWYER: Tell me about it.

BATES: But when the judge
starts nodding off on you?

LAWYER: He needs to retire.

BATES: Anyway, yeah.

So, we'll continue those motion
hearings next week sometime.

- Take a look at the calendar.
- Sounds good.

Hey, Ivan.
Can I talk to you for a sec?

[CHUCKLES] Hey, I'll catch you
downstairs in a minute.

LAWYER: Appreciate you, man.

- Wayne.
- Yeah. You know, Ivan, I...

I respect you, man.

I just want to let you know
that I'm-- I'm done.

Yeah, I'm--

I'm never gonna make another
arrest again, Ivan, so--

- BATES: Wait, what?
- Yeah. I just...

Fuck this place, man.
And fuck all the shit that,

you know,
people are saying about me.

I don't care
about all that, man.

Just, I--
I got these fucking bosses,

you know, they--
they don't appreciate,

they don't appreciate
a fucking thing.

You know,
I-- I get 'em all these guns.

I'm taking all these risks,
and now I just...

I don't know, man.
I'm just-- I'm done.

I'm gonna go on inside,
be a lieutenant.

Yeah, I just-- You know, man,
I wanted to let you know.

Fuck it. [CHUCKLES]
I'm done. See you around.

JEREMY ELDRIDGE: I've done
what I can to feel out

the US Attorney on this,
and look,

they're saying
you're not a target here,

- you're a witness.
- Yeah, but what does that mean?

Well, it means they don't think

you planted drugs
in Burley's car.

They think Jenkins is their man.

So why grand jury me?

You were at the scene.
Even if your testimony only

sets the scene
and eliminates you as a suspect,

that's helpful to their case.
But here's the thing, Sean,

I've seen proffer sessions
and grand jury testimony

where things go sideways
because guys didn't anticipate

the things
they might be asked about.

Like what?

Let's not be naive.

If you heard
that Wayne stole money

or other guys took money,
you're gonna have to tell them.

If they ask you,
you can't hold back.

[OFFICER WHOOPING]

JENKINS: Serious
fucking police work.

Say about four Gs in drug money.

You know something? I'mma call
it in like that, dawg.

Hmm.

[SIGHS]

Mr. Stepp, we're from
the FBI Public Corruption Squad.

You don't seem surprised.

[CHUCKLES] Would you be?

How do you know Wayne Jenkins,
a Baltimore police sergeant?

Well, he's a friend of mine.
We hang out.

But that's not what you're here
to talk to me about.

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
He gave me the drugs I sold.

How-- how much drugs
did Jenkins give you?

More than I could sell.

I mean, it was a million
dollars' worth to us.

Pure profit.
But listen, I'm here to tell you

whatever you wanna know.
Just ask me, I'll cooperate.

Although, you did miss
the cocaine.

- We did?
- DONALD STEPP: Mm-hmm.

Well, where was it?

Well, it is
under the baseboard radiator

in the laundry room.
Three kilos.

TOLAND: Appreciate that. Truly.

STEPP: No problem.

VANITA GUPTA: Do you realize
what you're asking?

Until there is a change
in national drug policy,

I mean, a complete overhaul,

do you see how impossible
it would be

for us to issue a report?

- But without that, we--
- GUPTA: We do what we can, Nicole.

We address what we can.
We change what we can.

But even
the Office of Civil Rights,

as high-minded
as we think ourselves to be,

is still a part
of the Justice Department.

And at this point,

federal drug laws
are what they are.

But then everything
in the Baltimore report

is about a symptom.

You don't think we've had
these same conversations?

All the way to the top?

Beginning with the second term,
Holder told all the US Attorneys

to reduce the federal intake
of drug defendants.

And we did that.

So, instead of fixing the laws,

we just quietly
work around them,

until we can't?

Now we're out, Trump is in,

and Jeff Sessions wants
to arrest everyone he can

for fucking
marijuana possession!

I-- I'll never make it
four years. I...

- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- I made sure you were protected.

You're not
a political appointee,

you're in
a civil service posting.

I mean, I can't bear
to sit on my ass for four years,

maybe eight,
while this entire office

is shut down by these assholes.

[SIGHS] Tell me I'm wrong.

Tell me
the entire Civil Rights Division

isn't dead in the water
under this new administration.

- [INSECTS CHIRPING]
- [CLOCK TICKING]

[SNIFFLES, EXHALES]

[SIGHS SOFTLY]

[CLATTERING]

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

- If I give you eleven hundred dollars...
- [CAR TIRES SCREECHING]

...you're supposed to give me
eleven hundred dollars' worth.
I don't give a fuck where--

[POLICE SIREN WAILS]

SCOTT KILPATRICK:
Antonio Shropshire.

Who y'all?

Baltimore County narcotics,
but it's a federal warrant.

- Federal, huh?
- DAVID MCDOUGALL: Yeah, we've been up on you

for like a year and a half,
so, uh, it's a real pleasure

to finally meet you in person.

Can't say the same.
What's the warrant for?

- KILPATRICK: Conspiracy to distribute.
- OFFICER: What do we have here?

- Oh, look at that.
- See, that's just bad luck right there.

Had it in my pocket
'cause somebody complained

- and handed it back to me.
- That's very sloppy, Brill.

Bless your heart.
You wanna call your fiancée

- and let her know what's going down?
- Yeah. Her number, 4-4...

- No, no, I got it.
- [CHUCKLES]

Y'all got me on a tap, huh?

RAMONA: [OVER PHONE] Hey, boo.
Why the hell you wake me up?

Y'all motherfuckers cruddy, yo.

Y'all know I got popped
by the city last week, right?

Yup, Gladstone's squad.
We got a superseding indictment.

Y'all working hard here,
but if I were y'all,

I'd get rid of the shit
you just took off me.

Use an informant
or some shit like that

to put it on the street.
Get something nice

for your wives.
Shit, Gladstone took it.

I shit you not.

So, looking
at Sergeant Keith Gladstone,

we not only have the fact

that Shropshire
told county police

that Gladstone took
and resold seized narcotics,

but the fact that he extensively
worked with Jenkins.

Kind of an early mentor.

And if we look back far enough,
we come across this.

Keep in mind that in
searches of unmarked units,

after our arrests
of Hendrix and Rayam,

we also found
several BB pistols.

DEREK HINES: BB guns?

Hendrix told us
they carried them routinely

in case of a bad shoot
with an unarmed suspect.

So, we go backwards,
looking for cases

involving injuries
to the suspect,

recovered BB pistols,
and, sure enough,

we find a weapons case
with a pursuit

and serious injury
to the suspect,

one Demetric Simon.

SIERACKI: Jenkins and another
officer are giving chase

until Jenkins actually
runs the kid over

in his unmarked car,

claiming that the suspect
pointed a gun at him.

A BB gun is later recovered
from under a parked car nearby,

and lucky for us,

one officer who was there
when the gun was found

is none other than Ryan Guinn.

- Refresh my memory.
- Guinn is the plainclothesman

who was an early informant
on this case,

and who we know to be clean.

But Guinn now tells us that
none other than Keith Gladstone

showed up
at this scene, unannounced,

and said openly
to Wayne Jenkins...

"It's over by the truck."

HINES: Is Gladstone
still on the street?

He retired quite suddenly.

A few weeks after we started

locking up
other plainclothesmen.

[INHALES, EXHALES DEEPLY]

- [COMPUTER BEEPS]
- [KEYBOARD KEYS CLACKING]

JENKINS: I'm done, LT. I'm done.

Done with Gun Trace,
dealing with all this bullshit.

Now, look, there's this opening
in warrant apprehension.

I want it.

- Warrant apprehension?
- JENKINS: That's right.

[CHUCKLES]
Wayne, are you kidding?

Is this-- is this a joke?

I put my ass on the line.

I-- I get all these fucking guns
for command,

and then they go on
and they... I...

Fuck it. I'm just,
I'm-- I'm-- I'm done.

No one is gonna
be happy about this.

Not the Colonel,
not Deputy Ops.

Wayne, you went on leave
two months ago,

the whole task force
went to sleep.

Bosses noticed.
They want you back working.

You know what they say about me
down at the courthouse?
They talk all this shit.

- And I put my head down.
- MARJORIE GERMAN: Wayne.

I keep on working.

- You know me--
- Who are you talking about?

I'm talking about
the fucking judges

that-- that throw out my cases,

I'm talking about fucking
bitch-ass defense attorneys

that-- that--
that say I'm lying.

Wayne, what else
is a defense attorney gonna say?

What's the fucking point anyway?
Look at what's going on.

I mean, you have
the bosses that go along

with this consent decree,
soft-ass,

fucking baby-boy bullshit.
I mean, how am I supposed

- to police like this anyway?
- GERMAN: Right. Uh-huh.

JENKINS: Oh, come on,
don't do that.

Don't fucking do that.

[CLICKS TONGUE]

Ugh, come the fuck on. What?

GERMAN: "It should go
without saying

that this is
an extremely challenging time

for law enforcement nationally.

Officers are
questioning themselves,

and their role in society

and the changing
law enforcement landscape.

Against this backdrop,
I am extremely proud

to showcase the work
of Sergeant Wayne Jenkins

- and the Gun Trace Task Force."
- [JENKINS SCOFFS]

GERMAN: "This team
of dedicated detectives

has a work ethic
that is beyond reproach."

- What are you doing? Why are you reading that shit?
- It's in the goddamn newsletter.

Right.

Wayne, you can put in
for the transfer,

but I'm telling you right now,
there is no way we dump you

in the warrants squad
when your unit is delivering

the way that it is.

- It's not gonna happen.
- [SIGHS] Okay.

- ♪ [CLUB MUSIC POUNDING]
- I'm telling you right now, man, I cannot be the one

who loses his job
over this shit.

I just can't fucking do it, man.

So now you worried?

It's not that I'm worried.
What you motherfuckers

don't understand is,
I'm sick and tired

of being the one who's always
taking the lead on all of this.

I can't be putting my name
on all this shit.

I just-- I can't do it.

Look, I need to just-- I need
to lay back some, all right?

You won't believe the shit

that I'm hearing
people say, man.

- Down at headquarters, the courthouse.
- Like what?

Motherfuckers saying I'm cruddy.

- Like I'm a dirty cop.
- [CHUCKLES]

[BOTH LAUGH]

- Ain't you that?
- JENKINS: Don't say that. Why...

How could you
fucking say that shit?

I'm talking about being like,
fucking dirty, for real,

like I'm a bad person.
That's my name, motherfucker.

I can't have my name
out there like that.

- GONDO: Oh, yeah.
- JEMELL RAYAM: Look at ya'll.

- Oh, my goodness.
- GONDO: Beautiful. Mm.

- I see you.
- RAYAM: Look at this.

- Damn.
- Sweetheart, we're good.

- Go on, girl. We're good.
- Do not listen to that man.

- Thank you, sugar.
- Now you happy?

Just go get me
a fucking wine cooler.

The bar's that way. Fuck.

Hey, man, I told you weeks ago
about a federal investigation.

You thought
I was shittin' you, Wayne?

Man, there'll be
no federal investigation.

There's always a rumor
of a federal investigation.

That shit never happens,
it's Baltimore.

It'd take years
to fucking go down.

Look, if they're looking
at cops,

they gonna get cops to talk.

We are some
snitchin' motherfuckers.

- Bet.
- JENKINS: Don't say that.

Nobody's snitching on nobody.
It's not gonna happen.

Hey, look, look, here's
the bottom line, all right?

Stevenson beat us in court,

so we need to hit his ass again,
right away.

Now, we can do this shit,
but I'm telling you right now,

I need to lay back some.
I do not want my name

on any of the paperwork.
It's gotta be you two.

- How big?
- Big. Huge.

Two hundred Gs.

- Two hundred Gs?
- JENKINS: Yeah.

At least 200 Gs.
Shit. We can do this, yo.

We can fucking do this,
but it's just gotta

be us, all right?
Rest of the squad,

they cannot know about this.
We keep this tight.

We keep it close. It's just us.
I want your word on that.

- Just us?
- That's right.

Shit. Cool.

You mind if I drink this beer
and stare at some pussy?

Or is this night
all about business?

- I'm trying to, but my man is bugging.
- It ain't right. Relax!

- Relax, nigga. Tightened up!
- Stare at whatever the fuck you wanna stare at.

RAYAM: Somebody get this man
a beer.

Looks like I got a fucking
invisibility cloak on me.

Hey, Brandi,
can I get a fucking wine cooler?

[DOOR CLOSING]

[SIGHS]

Whoo-hoo!

When's my next chance
at a phone?

Can I get a chance at a phone?

You want me
to get a hold of what now?

ELDRIDGE: Statement
of probable cause

for the search of that car.

Why do we need that, man?

ELDRIDGE: Look, I know
Jenkins probably wrote it,

but we should at least know
what was in there

since you searched
the car, right?

We should look at it
before you go into grand jury.

Just pull the probable cause

before you go down
to the courthouse tomorrow.

- SUITER: Okay. Okay.
- ELDRIDGE: It's due diligence, that's all.

ELDRIDGE: I'm sure
it's gonna go okay.

SUITER: Yeah.

- ELDRIDGE: See you tomorrow.
- SUITER: All right.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

DAVID BOMENKA: Hey, Sean.
You ready?

- You wanna hit another stretch?
- SUITER: Nah.

The best information we have

is that she works the area
around Bennett,

- near the expressway.
- BOMENKA: Yeah.

Maybe today you get lucky.

You know, it's always tough
to go back

on a case a year later.

CLERK: Givens, Antonio.

Possession with intent,
possession and loitering,

Your Honor.

JUDGE REED: Is a lawyer
for Mr. Givens here?

PROSECUTOR: In the hallway,
I believe, Your Honor.

Consulting on another case.

Okay. Hold on Givens. Next.

CLERK: Dupont, Jerrod.

Okay, I gotta ask,

what're we doing here
in District Court?

- AARON SOLER: Aaron Soler, representing Mr. Dupont, Judge.
- Look around.

JUDGE REED: This is an FTA.
What is the original charge?

- Look at it.
- SOLER: Possession of cocaine

and possession
of a handgun, Your Honor.

JUDGE REED: And this
is a second FTA?

Bail is revoked.

- Judge, my client--
- JUDGE REED: Save it, Mr. Soler.

You get one bite
of the FTA apple.

We've built this machine
where half the damn country,

the part with money and power,
chew up the other half

that didn't have anything
to begin with.

JUDGE REED: Next.

- CLERK: Vinson, DeShawn.
- Watch it work.

- If this is what we want...
- CLERK: Possession with intent.

- Resisting arrest.
- ...then the Freddie Grays,

the Eric Garners,
the Michael Browns

are what we get.

- JUDGE REED: How do you plead?
- VINSON: Not guilty.

And every page of whatever
court order we write...

JUDGE REED: ...I'm going
to deny bail at this time.

- ...it won't fix it.
- JUDGE REED: Is that the last of the lockup?

BAILIFF: Yes, Your Honor.

I thought you said you didn't
make it your everything.

JUDGE REED: Next.

CLERK: Bullock, Keandra.

Possession
of a concealed weapon.

Possession with intent.
Assaulting a police officer.

So, you even gonna know
where to see her?

I got a general description.

- Name of Mary?
- Yeah.

No last name. No street name.
Just--

Just a street whore named Mary

who knows something
about the case.

It ain't much, but it's worth
a shake or two, right?

- [SIGHS]
- [CELL PHONE RINGING]

- Hey.
- ELDRIDGE: Hey, Sean.

I can't talk right now.

- Take a left on Schroeder.
- All right.

- Hey, what the fuck was that?
- What, you saw something?

Where, down the alley?

[DOOR ALARM BEEPING]

You sure you saw something?

A dude wearing leather,
squatting down.

Said you saw a jacket
with a white stripe, right?

SUITER: Yeah.

Sean, man,
I think we might have seen

that pile of trash right there.

Mistaken it for a guy
all hunched over.

Well, he's gone now.
Or he's gone to ground.

Let's roll back around
and see who's here.

[CELL PHONE CHIMES]

Let's swing back in 20.

In the meantime,
let me show you something.

BOMENKA: Sure.

This was my old post,
right here.

Seven twenty-three.

- [CELL PHONE CHIMES]
- [WOMAN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

Nothing like
your first post, right?

- No.
- [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

SPEAKER: What the fuck
you doing, yo?

[DISTANT SIRENS WAILING]

[CAR ENGINE STARTS]

SUITER: Let's try out the alley
one last time.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[STEELE SIGHS]

BRAD ROSENTHAL: Why resign?

Why go that far?

If all you need is a vacation...

Trump's gonna give us that.

Relax, Nic.

[SIGHS] This is about
more than that.

Wait a minute.
So, my orientation ends

with my advisor telling me we're
not doing anything that matters?

- That's what you're saying?
- I didn't say that.

Then what are you saying?

[SIGHS]

[INHALES]

I'm saying... [SIGHS]

It's your turn, motherfucker.

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

[STEELE INHALES, SIGHS]

BOMENKA: Fuck it,
Sean, it's 4:30 now.

It's quitting time, ain't it?

[SIGHS]

[DOG BARKING]

BOMENKA:
You sure you saw something?

There was movement, yeah.

I saw a guy ducking out
of the alley when we pulled up.

Tell you what, you go up
and around the corner

in case he makes his way out
onto Schroeder.

- All right.
- I'll see if he pops out here.

You got it.

[EXHALES]

[INHALES]

[DOGS BARKING]

Stop! Police, stop!

[GUNSHOTS]

Sean!

Sean!

Sean!

This is 70-4-20 Unit
calling a Signal 13

at Bennett and Schroeder.

Shots fired. Officer down.
My partner is hit!

You kinda mentored Wayne Jenkins

- when he first got to plainclothes, right?
- Yeah.

We worked together.
I helped break him in.

But, truth is, I wasn't all
that close with Wayne.

So, why would you throw away
your whole career

to plant that BB gun for him?

I'm talking about
the Anntana Avenue incident.

Yeah, I didn't come
from the greatest home.

When I was coming up,
I had brothers.

We were very close,

and that's how
we got through it.

I got out, joined the military,
camaraderie again.

Got in the police department,
camaraderie. It's just, uh...

Eh, you know, John.

You go into these situations,
and there is always

this person right behind you.

So, he called me.
Asked me for help. I did it.

And I threw away everything
to do it

because I thought
he'd do it for me.

So, you thought of him
as a brother?

Well, I consider
pretty much most police

I ever work with as a brother.

[OFFICERS SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

[BOMENKA BREATHING RAPIDLY]

OFFICER 1: Where the fuck
is the ambulance?

OFFICER 2: He can't wait,
he's bleeding out!

Fuck the ambo.
Get him in the back of a car

and drive him to shock trauma.
This can't wait.

OFFICER 3: Get his head.
Get his head!

OFFICER 4: Get his shoulders!

- Grab his feet.
- OFFICER 3: Everybody, go! Everybody, go! Everybody back.

- OFFICER 4: Move, move!
- OFFICER 3: Go, go, go, go, go.

OFFICER 5: Anybody you see,
hold 'em.

[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]

- Description. Height, weight.
- Go, go, go!

I didn't see anyone.

- The shooter--
- I got here so fast, man, I...

I could see the gun smoke
above him

where he was laying.

I didn't see anybody.

- But you heard the shots.
- Yeah, I heard three,

maybe four shots. One of them
might have been an echo.

He shouted, "Stop, police."
Then the shots.

His leg was still moving
when I got here, man.

I was just coming
from the corner.

I was here
within three to four seconds.

- Where was the gun?
- [EXHALES]

Under his right shoulder.

Radio too.
When-- when backup got here

and we rolled him,
he was still holding

his radio in his left hand.

He's fighting a suspect
for a gun in his right hand,

but doesn't drop
the fucking radio

- in his left hand?
- Or hit the guy with it?

[DOG BARKING]

[PHONE RINGING]

Hines. Yeah, he's here with me.

Wise here.

Jesus. Just now?

Thank you.

Sean Suiter's been shot.

He's in shock trauma.

It doesn't look good.
Head wound.

We were gonna
grand jury him tomorrow.

He's supposed
to report at 11:00.

No reason to assassinate him.

HINES: Half these guys
are pleading,

and the ones who aren't
are cooked by the ones who are.

Suiter's testimony
was in no way critical.

He was told he wasn't a target.

SIERACKI: Rayam's gonna...

name him
as taking money back in VCID.

Yeah, but is that enough
for him to--

Yeah. For a cop, yeah.

[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]

JUDGE BLAKE: And also,
the right to be free

from incarceration due to
a law enforcement officer's

willful failure to disclose

exculpatory evidence
to a prosecutor.

How do you wish to plead
to counts one through six

of the superseding indictment?

Guilty, ma'am.

JUDGE BLAKE: Do you agree, sir,
that the statement of facts

is correct?

I do, Your Honor,
except, there is, uh--

Your Honor, we are agreeing
to the statement of facts

with the exception
of one correction.

In the matter
of the Burley arrest,

he is not acknowledging
he planted the drugs,

although he is acknowledging
he wrote a false report

with respect to another officer
planting those drugs.

JUDGE BLAKE: Noted
for the record, Mr. Levin.

We can acknowledge...

We just watched him put that sin
on Ryan Guinn and Sean Suiter.

Well, we know it's not Guinn.

And Suiter's not here
to defend himself at this point.

Any questions at all, sir,
for me or your lawyer

about your guilty pleas

or the terms
of your plea agreement?

No, ma'am. Uh, just...

I've-- I've made a lot
of mistakes here, Your Honor.

In my life, if I make a mistake,
I own it. I say, "I'm sorry."

That's-- that's not gonna
cut it today.

I want you to know that,

you know, I feel very bad
for the things that I've done.

And, uh, that I've lost
my chance to be a father.

To raise my boys.

I'm ashamed of myself,
Your Honor. That's it.

LEVIN: Furthermore, Your Honor,
I would just like to say

that in the nearly 25 years
that I've known Wayne...

- Why would he take that plea?
- ...I can without uncertainty tell you

- that this man will learn...
- I thought he wanted his day in court?

- ...from his mistakes.
- You ask me, it was Stepp,

the bail bondsman.

Once he started talking...

- LEVIN: He will use this experience to do better.
- Well,

that means Wayne Jenkins

- isn't just a thief.
- LEVIN: Thank you for your time, Your Honor.

- He's a drug dealer.
- Worse, they partied together.

Stepp puts him
with strippers and hookers.

This way, he stays a family man.

- [GAVEL SLAMS]
- BAILIFF: All rise!

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]

- [HANDCUFFS CLICKING]
- I love you.

DAVIS: This is a dysfunctional
police department.

I am telling you,
as a person who has seen

what a healthy organization
looks like,

- this is not one of them.
- [GAVEL SLAMS]

BAILIFF: Will the defendant
please rise.

JUDGE BLAKE: Mr. Rayam,
considering your cooperation

after your guilty plea,

this court sentences you
to 12 years.

REPORTER: Are you blaming this
on your predecessors?

Well, this department has had
four commissioners

over the last eight years.

So, there hasn't been continuity
in leadership here.

- [GAVEL SLAMS]
- JUDGE BLAKE: Mr. Gondo,

due to your cooperation
after your guilty plea,

the court sentences you
to ten years.

- [GAVEL SLAMS]
- BAILIFF: All rise.

[HANDCUFFS CLICKING]

This is happening now,
on my watch,

and I am taking responsibility
as the police commissioner.

[OVERLAPPING REPORTER QUESTIONS]

- [GAVEL SLAMS]
- JUDGE BLAKE: Mr. Ward and Mr. Hendrix,

having plead guilty
and subsequently cooperated

by agreeing to testify
against other officers,

this court sentences you each
to seven years.

I've moved
to end plainclothes policing,

and we've undertaken a plan

to track the quality
of gun cases

to see how they fare in court
rather than just tallying stats.

We are already responding.

[OVERLAPPING REPORTER QUESTIONS]

[GAVEL SLAMS]

JUDGE BLAKE: Mr. Allers,
you have been found guilty,

and since you've refused
to cooperate,

the court sentences you
to 15 years.

JUSTIN FENTON:
But federal investigators say

this has been going on
for years.

Uh, shouldn't the leadership

of the police department
have known?

Well, Justin,
speaking for myself and my team,

we inherited a culture

that looks at accountability
as a four-letter word.

And that's years and years
of neglect.

Years and years
of chasing after the two H's,

homicide and heroin.

Should someone have known
about this kind of corruption?

Absolutely.
They should have known.

"They" should have known?

We should have known.

[OVERLAPPING REPORTER QUESTIONS]

[PHONE RINGING]

[SIGHS]

PUGH: Crime is spilling out
all over the city,

and we've got to focus.

And while we are grateful
for the efforts

of Commissioner Davis
and his team,

we need to move forward
in a new direction.

Commissioner Darryl De Sousa.

- [APPLAUSE]
- Thank you.

Change is coming to
the Baltimore Police Department.

And let me make it clear,

I have zero tolerance
for corruption.

[OVERLAPPING REPORTER QUESTIONS]

DARRYL DESOUSA:
We're gonna be doing proactive,

constitutional policing.

We're going to enforce
the laws of Baltimore City.

We're going to be very visible.

We're gonna have
positive engagement

with the entire community.

- [SCATTERED APPLAUSE]
- [OVERLAPPING QUESTIONS]

Your Honor, as a point of law,
it's Mr. Hersl's contention

that he is not guilty
of the charge of extortion

for taking money from citizens
subsequent to their arrest.

JUDGE BLAKE: No?

WILLIAM PURPURA: He was
responsibly taking that money

as an agent of the state,
Your Honor.

His crime is instead that
of failing to deliver that money

to the Evidence Control Unit.

Therefore,
he is guilty only of theft,

not of extortion or conspiracy.

JUDGE BLAKE:
Novel defense, Mr. Purpura.

[POLICE SIRENS WAILING]

[DOG BARKING]

[POLICE SIRENS CONTINUE WAILING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER
OVER POLICE RADIO]

[AMBULANCE SIREN CHIRPS]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER
OVER POLICE RADIO]

♪ [DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

- [COMPUTERS BEEPS]
- [KEYBOARD KEYS CLACKING]

JENKINS: Police, search warrant.

♪ [HIP-HOP MUSIC
PLAYING OVER STEREO] ♪

RESIDENT: Motherfucking police!

- JENKINS: Get the fuck out.
- Shit!

- HENDRIX: Police!
- Hands behind your back.

- Get on the floor.
- Down! Down!

What I just say?
Get on the fucking ground.

Let's go!
Anybody on the second floor?

- Your mother is.
- Anybody on the second floor?

- OFFICER 1: Baltimore police!
- JENKINS: Let's go. Who's upstairs?

OFFICER 1: Baltimore police,
search warrant.

OFFICER 2: Wayne,
we got a door left.

JENKINS: No, no, leave that
with me. That's mine.

Take the hall.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER
OVER POLICE RADIO]

OFFICER 3: Keep moving.

- Oh, we got it, Sarge.
- JENKINS: All righty. Come on.

Let's go. Search that closet
right there. Yeah?

Dag, boy.
Right where your man said.

Big fucking Wayne.

Oh, Hendrix, I think
I'm getting an erection, man.

Big fucking Wayne!

JENKINS: That's what
I'm fucking talking about.

- HENDRIX: You my man, yo.
- This shit ain't stopping.

Check it out. Go through that.

What's that?

Yo, we should...
Oh, my God. Oh, shit.

What you got, Wayne?

♪ [OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

HENDRIX:
Wayne, what you looking at?

What?

We about to eat, motherfucker.

Shut that door.
Shut the fucking door.

That's it, put your foot on it.
Stay in front of that shit.

Stay in front of it.
Good, good, good, good.

Stand right there.
I got you. Oh, shit.

We eating this, motherfucker.

We eatin', motherfucker,
that's what's up.

That's what I'm talking about.

JENKINS: Yeah.

Make sure you put your foot
on the fucking door.

You shitting me?
I'm fucking bitches.

I don't give a-- I can do
what the fuck I wanna do.

[SCOFFS] Niggas was hating
on me too.

All right. [SHUSHES]

[GRUNTS SOFTLY]

- [EXHALES]
- [HENDRIX CLEARING THROAT]

- [CLEARS THROAT]
- Jackpot, motherfuckers! Whoo!

[CELL DOOR OPENING]

OFFICER 1: Come on.

You got a half-hour
of daylight all to yourself.

OFFICER 2: Your time
to shine, Jenkins.

OFFICER 1: Sooner we get you
to gen pop,

sooner we can stop
babysitting your ass.

[SCOFFS] Go on and bring it.

[DOOR LOCK BUZZING]

- Three-ten to control.
- OFFICER 3: [OVER RADIO] Copy.

- We got one for the yard.
- OFFICER 3: Clear.

You that cop
from Baltimore, right?

Fuck, yeah. Best they had.

[INDISTINCT INMATE CHATTER]

INMATE 1:
That's that fucking cop!

INMATE 2: He out there, yo.

What's going on, LT?

- GERMAN: You ready for them?
- You know. I was born ready.

[CHUCKLES] I'm glad you pulled
back that transfer request.

[SIGHS]

- And so are the bosses.
- Good.

- Let's kill 'em dead.
- Got you.

That's the other thing
with being brutal,

not only does it get in the way
of getting good cases,

but beating on people,

you're gonna get
IAD complaints, files.

Maybe even a reputation,
get enough complaints,

get transferred
out of your unit.

And even if you can write
your way out of the hassle,

most police
worth a shit can write

their way out
of pretty much anything.

Look, it just-- it gets you
the kind of attention

that only makes it harder
to do the job.

If beating on people
made cases, shit,

I'd tell you, "Go out there
and kick everybody's ass,"

but it just-- it does not work.

So, if that's the kind
of work you wanna do,

I'm gonna tell you right now,

you're not coming
anywhere near my unit.

Gun Trace Task Force,
we are not about that bullshit.

Make no mistake.

We're about
getting guns and drugs.

We're about getting
the motherfuckers

that deal the drugs
and shoot the guns.

That's what we do.
That's what we deliver.

Gun Trace Task Force,
we get those guns,

and we put 'em on the table.

We get that dope,
and we put it on the table.

My unit took 132 guns
off the street

in nine months of work.
We got 59 cases charged.

Every single one of those
went up to Calvert Street.

During that time,
we kicked in 45 doors.

We got in over
a kilo weight of dope and coke.

Not to mention the pills
and all else. We took all that,

and we put it on the table.
That's what we do.

That's what we deliver.

That's the job.

And you take care of each other.

I'm proud of you.

[ALL CHEER]

- Yeah, everybody! [LAUGHS]
- [CHEERING CONTINUES]

Who wants to get some?

I wanna fucking get some!
Let me hear it!

Who wants to get some?

OFFICER: [OVER PA]
B-16. 10-78. Code 17.

- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [BUZZER SOUNDING]

[TRAIN WHISTLE BLARING]

♪ ["WE OWN THIS CITY"
THEME MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

♪ ["WE OWN THIS CITY"
THEME MUSIC CONCLUDING] ♪