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Hey, partner.

Carpool's here. Time to go to work.

As soon as Romano gets me in gear.

And that's about a tough night.

Mind if I finish my workout?

Are you kidding?

I could stand here and watch you all day.

Well, if you get bored, the newspaper's in the kitchen. It's okay.

I'll suffer.

Morning.

How you doing, pal?

Boy, it looks like you've been through the ringer.

Erlene again?

Erlene.

Actually, it was more like having been through the spin cycle and tumble

I loved every minute of it.

You have to try every machine in the laundromat before you clean up your

acrimony. What's that supposed to mean?

When are you going to try going out with a lady for a change?

Like Gina.

Stacy trying to fix you up with Gina Cannelli?

Yeah. Hey, you're crazy to say no, man. She's a good -looking lady.

My old man used to tell me, never dip your pen in the company inkwell.

You know what I mean? Good advice.

Someone like you would suck the inkwell dry.

Let's hit it.

No sweat. We can be a few minutes late to watch commanders on vacation.

Who's handling Rolkoff? Hooker is.

Hooker, what are you standing around for? Come on, we're late.

three moving violations, and a malicious mischief.

Hooker, we are not earning our keep.

Looks like Briggs and Kennelly are having the same kind of day.

Well, Kennelly probably likes it.

Why do you say that?

I'm always kidding her.

She's what, 110 pounds?

If that's how I weighed in, I'd sure rather be writing greenies than going up

against some mongoose with a knife and nothing to lose.

Well, that's 110 pounds of black belt in karate you're talking about. Hey, don't

get me wrong. I'm all for it.

Same with Stacy.

Women. I think they're super.

All units in the vicinity and four out of 30. A 211 in progress at the

supermarket. 10 -19 Overland. Three suspects.

Handle code three.

Further description on the 211 suspects.

Wearing dark clothing, white mask. All units in the vicinity handle code 2.

4 out of 18, roger.

Move it!

In here, in here.

Move it! Move it!

Go, move it! Go! Over here now.

Over there! Over there! Over there!

You, money! Open it up!

You got it? Come on, put it all in here.

All right, got it. All right, ladies and gentlemen.

Nobody will get hurt if you listen to exactly what I say. Now turn around.

Around. All right, move it.

Come on, come on, come on.

Move it.

Let's go.

I see two suspects.

Call us at 3.

We got the Esau 30.

You two okay? Yeah.

I'll cut him off.

We'll never get out of here on foot.

We've got the transram.

You go for it, I'll cover you.

Let's get out of here. Go!

I tried to shoot.

Romano was in my line of fire.

Sorry, they got away.

Get out.

Sit down.

Briggs, it hurts!

How bad is it?

Plenty. Two of them gone, two of us down. Are you okay?

Yeah. Check Briggs.

I'll call for an ambulance.

You were wide open there.

I had called her.

There.

Kennelly yelled a warning to me.

She didn't fire.

Why?

How's the hand?

Minor fracture. I'll be out of the cast in a week. What's shaking? What's

happening?

Detectives are still playing 20 questions with our bad guy.

His name is Dean Jarvis. He's an ex -con out of San Quentin.

I'll lay you a five. They come up blank.

You won't get my money.

What's the word on Briggs?

He's out of recovery. His shoulder's torn up pretty bad. He's hurting.

Where's Kennelly?

Having coffee.

She's really shook.

She ought to be.

Because I heard that Briggs got shot.

I don't believe that.

But you weren't there when it happened, Stacy.

Well, maybe not.

But I know Gina.

You're real tight with her. Big sister can't do anything wrong.

Knock it off, you two.

I'm telling you, Hooker, she froze out there.

She deserves to be suspended.

Romano.

How much of what happened today did you actually see?

As opposed to what Briggs may have told you.

Hey, who's sorry you won?

Briggs and I nearly got wasted out there. Come on, Romano.

When a shooting goes down, the moments pop damn fast.

Sometimes it's not always that easy to reconstruct.

Well, it actually went down.

That's right.

I thought I was with friends.

With my partner.

Could be I wouldn't take enough.

Man's feeling down, Hooker.

Alone.

Maybe it's understandable.

Hey, Blake, you're not going to let a hole in your shoulder keep you down,

Hey, Romano.

Good to see you, buddy.

Just talk to the nurse.

They're going to spring you day after tomorrow, huh?

That's the good news.

I don't look forward to the trial board.

I don't enjoy taking a fellow officer to the mat.

But cowardice isn't something you can let go.

Yeah.

Hope you don't mind my falling in on you like this.

I know how you must be feeling.

I got some questions I gotta ask you.

Sure. I don't mind.

You got any idea why Kennelly didn't pop the suspect?

Other than cowardice.

No.

I wish I did.

Up until the time of the shooting, I thought she really had her stuff

Tell me about the shooter.

What did he look like?

You were the only one who had a full -faced look at him.

Uh, 40, 45.

Pretty good shape.

One tough -looking case.

Uh, scraggly, little mustache, brown hair.

I'm not gonna forget that face for a long time.

Or what happened?

I've got a sketch artist down here in the morning. You can work with him.

Meanwhile, I think you can plan on a visit from Lieutenant Ellis.

Get some rest.

I'll see a real cohort.

Yeah, right.

Lieutenant.

You're here to see Briggs.

That's right. What about it?

In your report, I noticed that Briggs and Cannelli's statements are in

as to the number of shots fired by the shooter.

That's right.

Briggs says there were two shots fired.

Kennelly says there were three.

Exactly what is your interest in this matter, Hooker?

All the officers involved are on my watch. I'd say that puts me personally

squarely right in the middle.

I think it's Kennelly who's in the middle.

Our investigation reveals a trend.

She did a similar thing three years ago.

Failed to back up her partner in a violent field confrontation.

She's a coward, Hooker.

And that's what I intend to prove to the trial board.

You defended Scanlon when everyone thought the department had him cold on

a bribe. You proved he was clean.

That's ancient history.

Hooker, look, you've got what I need.

Dedication, commitment, objectivity.

Certain qualities don't change with time. That's what Ellis is going to

Three years ago, you didn't back your partner.

I bet he didn't tell you no charges were brought against me.

Who was your partner then?

Tulliver.

Sergeant Bob Tulliver.

19th Precinct, I know.

He's the kind of guy who gets a little bit of authority and then promptly comes

on like a deputy chief.

Go on.

I was a recruit.

Still in probation.

And Ryan was tell of her for about a month.

We got a family disturbance call. Husband and wife really going at it. I

talking to the husband. He was just about ready to go off.

I guess he was pumped up on PCP.

You in the hype? Out there alone?

I used every crisis intervention technique in the book. He was just about

to let me put the cuffs on him.

What went wrong?

Tolliver.

Came back and did what he always did. Took over.

His exact words, move over, Kennelly, while I handle this.

So I did just that.

Stood by and watched while I got creamed.

You did wrong, no matter what your partner said.

I was a rookie.

It was an immature decision.

But I was not a coward.

Not then.

Not now.

Hooker, I need you.

I really need you.

Hey, Hooker, you called it right.

NCIC verified the shape charge they tried to use in the supermarket.

It ties into an M .O. used by one Matt Proctor.

His last market job eight years ago went bad. The explosion went off early, put

him in a wheelchair.

Is he still on it?

He only gets out to sleep. First floor, West Block at San Quentin. Maybe Jarvis

and his partners went to yard school with him. Not Jarvis.

West Block has seen your citizen role.

Jarvis didn't do enough time to get to that side of the prison.

Here are the convicts that Max Proctor did come in contact with.

Briggs is in the hospital.

Working with the sketch artist this morning. Make sure he sees these.

What do you got from the lab?

They're still trying to analyze the shape charge for possible ID. We may get

lucky and find out where it came from.

Keep the pressure on the boys in the white suits, will you? Okay, you got it.

Listen, I hear you're taking on Kennelly's defense.

You sure you're doing the right thing?

Marty?

Jerry? What's up?

Way to work out your injury blues, partner.

The injury's not my problem.

Something eating at you?

Must be a lady, huh?

Yeah, a lady.

Gina Connelly.

I hear you took on her defense.

You got it. It's dead.

Somebody I know?

Looker, how could you...

I think you've got your loyalty screwed up.

How do you figure?

I figure I'm your partner.

I tell you what went down in the parking lot, Kennelly tells you her version,

and you stand up for her.

That's calling me a liar. Ready? Romano!

Kennelly's career is on the line.

So far, I've heard two versions of what happened.

And before I let her go down the tubes, there's some important questions that

gotta be answered.

But the point is to get to the truth.

And I'm just part of that process.

Damn it, Hooker. Two of us almost bought it in that parking lot.

I know that.

And I care about you, partner.

And I care about that badge and what it stands for.

finally came through. The IDD explosive is part of a shipment made to the Gold

Coast Rock Company out on Fisher Road.

You get the name of a buyer at Gold Coast? The foreman, Richard Garcia.

That's great. Appreciate the help. Hey, what are friends for? Thank you!

Richard Garcia.

I'm Sergeant

Hooker.

Some primer cord explosives that you signed for were used in a robbery.

I was afraid of that.

Tell us about it.

A couple of weeks ago, this guy came around looking for some work.

I had a deadline, so I put him on without going through all the red tape.

He was gone by the end of the day, and so was some of the primacorp.

You didn't report it?

My neck was out.

It still is.

What did he look like?

Kind of small, around 40 with a limp.

That's it?

I wish it was. He took my buyer's permit along with the primacorp.

Yeah, here we got a third step back to find.

How's that with a limp?

What's the matter with the kid? Got something stuck in his straw? It's

on it.

And Nellie? Is he still grumbling about you defending him?

Give him time, he'll come around.

Yeah, but if you got the time.

When you're on the street, the last thing you need is a partner whose head's

straight. Think about it.

See, the trial board's tomorrow, isn't it?

Yeah. That's a lot of law to read them one night.

Tell me about it.

I'd like to write off last night, but how can I? Those weren't punks. They

cops.

We don't know that for sure.

Oh, come on. I didn't just get off the bus from Bakersfield.

Every cop in the precinct would like to hang one of those poor chickens on my

door. Not everyone.

Sorry, Edgar.

I was scared last night, but this trial has me petrified.

I understand that we drew Captain Daniel as the senior member of the trial

board.

Forget it, Hooker.

Just because you used to play racquetball with him isn't going to cut

this trial.

I guess he's past playing with sergeants.

I understand his Friday afternoon game is with the chief, isn't it?

Let the record show that the accused and the defense representative, Sergeant T

.J. Hooker, present, as is the department advocate, Lieutenant Peter

Officer Pennelly.

The department alleges that on the 16th of this month, at or about 1 ,300 hours,

in the vicinity of 108th Street in Stamford, you failed to take appropriate

action in a field incident, such failure resulting in serious injury to your

partner, Officer William Briggs, and a lesser injury to Officer Vincent Romano.

How do you plead?

Not guilty.

After deciding to split up, I moved to this position.

As I arrived, I observed Officer Romano running from here,

this location, and the suspect came from here with his gun raised

and pointed at Romano's back.

And what did you do?

Well, I raised my gun to fire, and I observed that Officer Romano was in my

direct line.

I heard Kennelly yell a warning.

I assumed she was in a better position and would fire herself.

But nothing happened.

Suspect shot Romano.

And then what happened?

Well, as I reached this point, the suspect turned, and he

pulled one off.

I was hitting the shoulder and went down.

Did you at any time see Officer Kennelly before you were shot?

Yes, sir, I did.

As I was running, when I cleared the truck right here, I saw Officer Kennelly

crouched behind this pickup.

Do you have any idea why she took this position after having yelled a warning

Officer Romano?

That would just be speculation on my part, sir.

I'd rather not say.

Yes, that is a judgment for the board to make, isn't it?

The old witness, Sergeant Hooker?

You were right. Looks like they're going to call my old partner, Sergeant

Tulliver.

This story could bury you.

No matter how we explain your actions, the fact is you're charged with the same

thing he accused you of three years ago.

Sergeant Hooker, do you have any questions for the witness?

Yes, sir, I do.

But before I begin, may I approach the board?

Well, what is it, Sergeant?

I think the board ought to know that I plan a thorough cross -examination of

Officer Briggs.

It will probably take 45 minutes to an hour.

What are you trying to pull, Hooker?

You can question Briggs all night as far as I'm concerned. Well, that's very

generous of you, Lieutenant, but I didn't want to interfere with Captain

Daniels' schedule.

Thank you, Sergeant.

This board is recessed until Monday morning. We'll reconvene at 9 a .m.

Well, I bought some time.

Oh, yeah. All we need now is a miracle.

Stacy, follow through on the description you got at the quarry. The guy who

stole the primer cord?

What if he got his limp in the same explosion that took out the con in the

wheelchair?

Mickey Dowd.

Accomplished and injured in the same explosion that put Max Proctor in the

joint. And Dowd has a limp.

Where do we find him? We're working on it. Now get this Dowd cellmate.

It's Frank Abbott.

The man who shot Bill Briggs.

We should get these out to all ordinance outlets.

They're already in the system. But photoduplicating is closed today and

tomorrow, so they'll be out first thing Monday.

Monday. That'll remind me.

It's back at the trial board, pressure cooker.

Talking about Monday.

I went over Briggs' package last night. He transferred in from San Francisco

four years ago. Did you know him up there? I saw him around.

I transferred in a couple years before he did. Any idea what went into his

decision?

I heard he was in a big shootout.

And sometimes you want to put those things behind you.

Yeah.

Vin, I wish none of this had happened.

I know how you feel about Gina.

That's right, but I care about you, too.

And the scuttlebutt says you may be putting in for another part.

Well, I was about as close as you can get.

Now?

I don't know.

Brought the safe?

Yeah. It's a drop job, check stand five.

See that clock on the back wall?

Manager's office is above it.

It's got a view of the whole store.

See those mirrors?

You can see all the aisles.

When we take this place, I want you to keep your eyes glued to them.

I don't want any surprises in case some jerk wants to play hero.

Gotcha.

When do we do our thing?

Sunday.

Say it should be fat, but we can receipts.

953.

That's the truck the company dispatcher said was at the scene of the robbery.

And the slug is still in there. There was a third bullet fired.

Kennelly was right, and I wasn't bothered to look for it. All right, it's

third bullet, but all that tells me is Abbott was a lousy shot. It could tell

more. Let's get the lap boys down here.

Hooker.

Your bulletin on the stolen explosives permit paid off.

Just verified a full case of primacord purchased this morning at the XXX Supply

in Alameda. The salesman made the buyer is Mickey Dowd, the man with the limp.

We'll need a location on him.

We have a possible.

Prison logs show Dow completing a course in electronics.

City records show a video game parlor license issued to someone of the same

at 1016 Central.

And the lab report indicates the bomb used to blow the safe was rigged with

components used in video games.

Sounds like we're smoking.

Get all that to the DA's office. Pick up a search warrant.

We'll meet you at the location.

Hooker, about tomorrow, when I get on the witness stand, I'm going to tell it

like a song. You do that.

That's all anybody can ask.

And if I have to cross -examine you, I'm not pulling any punches.

Chaka's good.

Why don't you make it easy on yourself?

Telling you, officer, you're wasting your time.

Give me the key.

Out this primacore this morning.

Some of it's missing.

If it goes boom and people get killed, you're riding a murder beat because of

that crazy you're teamed up with.

Crazy? I don't know who you're talking about. You know who I'm talking about.

Frank Abbott.

Come on. He's going to kick off the market at 6th and Union.

Hands behind your head.

Put your hands behind your neck.

The department calls Sergeant Robert Tolliver.

Objection, Mr. Chairman. I believe that Lieutenant Ellis intends to use Sergeant

Tolliver's testimony to establish a trend relating to some on -duty activity

Officer Kennelly's past.

That's correct, Mr. Chairman. Sir, in Section 6, Paragraph 2

in the Board of Rights Manual...

The board may not examine anything relating to a trend of character or

until after a finding of guilty and then only for the purpose of determining

penalty.

Objection sustained.

When did you come up with that?

Three o 'clock this morning.

To sum up then, Officer Kennelly was standing to your right.

Just before you moved out to face the suspect.

Yes, sir. And you were depending on her to back you up.

Yes, sir.

But when the suspect opened fire, she failed to protect you.

That's correct, sir.

Your witness.

Officer Romano, you testified that you saw Officer Kennelly standing to your

right.

Uh, just prior to the shooting?

That's correct.

Did you actually turn and see her?

No, I saw her to the side of my eye.

Ah, your peripheral vision. Let's discuss your peripheral vision.

What did you actually see in your peripheral vision?

Officer Kennelly.

Are you positive?

Think very carefully, because it's important.

Did you see Officer Kennelly, or did you see a blue uniform?

I saw a blue uniform, but when the shooting stopped, I turned, looked,

Kennelly was standing right there.

But before the shots were fired, all you can swear to is that you saw a blue

uniform, which could have been Officer Kennelly.

Or it could have been Officer Briggs.

I get it now.

Yes.

I guess I assumed it was Kennelly.

No further questions.

Your excuse, Officer Romano.

Who are your next witnesses, Lieutenant?

The department rests, Mr. Chairman.

Sergeant Hooker, you may now call witnesses for the defense.

Yes, sir. I wish to call...

Mr. Hong, the department criminologist.

The bullet entered the truck at a 30 -degree angle here.

That would place the suspect somewhere along this line coming from the truck.

Yet that trajectory is well above the location where Officer Briggs says he

hit. That appears to be the case.

On the other hand, if Briggs were here and not here where he says he was, would

that be more consistent with your trajectory analysis?

Yes, it would be.

This is the weapon I recovered from the shooting suspect.

Did you have a chance to examine it? Yes, it's a .44 Magnum revolver.

And the slug that was removed from Officer Briggs?

Fired from that gun.

And the bullet that was recovered from the truck, was that also a .44 Magnum?

Yes, it was.

No further questions.

I believe that we have shown that two bullets were fired in rapid succession

Officer Briggs.

and that their trajectory places Briggs, not Kennelly, in

Officer Romano's peripheral vision position behind the truck.

Here it is.

Mr.

Hong, is it possible that one of the bullets may have hit the truck, as you

said, and the other, Officer Briggs, in the position he claimed he was in?

the shooter would have to substantially redirect his aim. Now, answer the

question. Is it possible?

It is possible.

Thank you.

I have no further questions.

Lestrange, is he here yet? He's outside.

But he's here only because of the subpoena.

He's refusing to testify, and he's got the law to back him up.

Officer Briggs' personnel jacket from his prior service with the San Francisco

Police Department.

Have you ever been involved in a shooting before?

Objection.

Overruled.

Answer the question, Officer Briggs.

Um... Once.

When I was on the job in San Francisco.

Was it a hit or no hit incident?

What's that? I didn't hear you.

Please speak up so that we can hear you.

Uh, hit.

It was a hit.

Who was hit?

I'll repeat it.

Who was hit?

Who's Danny?

Danny... My partner, Danny.

Danny was hit.

What did you do?

I tried.

Oh, God, I tried.

But I couldn't stop him.

He killed Danny. You exposed yourself to save your partner.

Saving. Just like you thought you couldn't save Romano, so you didn't.

You were the one hiding behind the truck with the gun in your hand, weren't you?

And it all came back to you.

And when it was over, you remembered the story of Sergeant Tuller and Kennelly.

And you had a ready -made scapegoat to explain away your inability to act.

I tried.

I just couldn't pull the trigger.

I couldn't.

Mr.

Chairman, Officer Briggs' psychiatrist is here. I believe Officer Briggs could

use the help.

This is my celebration. I'm buying the next round. I'll give you a hand.

When she thanked you, Gina was afraid she'd get too emotional.

That's all right. I got her message.

Well, Hooker, I think it's about time you got mine.

Oh.

Look, if you hadn't dug in and gone after the truth, everyone would have had

pay the price.

Right. The department would have lost a good cop in Gina, and Briggs would have

stayed on the job without getting the healthy meat. And I wouldn't have gotten

my perspective straight now.

We learn as we go.

I'll drink to that.

What are we drinking to?

To Romano.

He's decided to buy the next round.