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Thank you.

The exclusionary rule opens the door for the development of workable rules

governing search and seizure. Rules that provide protection for the individual

rights guaranteed by the constitutional provisions.

Wait a minute. I've got to disagree with that.

What about the rights of society at large to be protected from the lawless

elements? Should the protection of the individual be gained at the

disproportionate loss to society?

To be continued. Well, that's all for tonight. Let's hit those books, folks.

have midterms next week.

I'm sorry if I gave you a hard time. Oh, don't be. Students like you make

teaching much more interesting. You inspire other minds. I like that.

Thank you.

Miss Randolph.

Cynthia, in the classroom. It's Miss Randolph. Out here. I'm Cynthia.

Minds means.

I know.

Uh, there's this new play in town.

What do you mind if Back East is in it? I have a couple of tickets. I was

wondering... Oh, gee, Vince, that's awfully sweet of you, but I make it a

never to date my students. I make it a habit never to date my teachers.

Usually.

Well, believe me, if I was ever going to break my rule, it would have to be with

somebody like you.

Actually, I'm involved.

How involved?

Very.

Oh, look, I've got to run.

Friends, okay?

Good night.

Hello, Charlie.

I missed you. I was a little worried.

Hey, look, I'm sorry. I drive around and I think about the book, what I've

written, and what I've got left to do.

I lose track of time.

Well, maybe we can make up for all that when we get home, huh?

Lovejoy versus California.

Lovejoy versus California. The Mickelson rule applies.

Lovejoy was case law involving a suspiciously parked car. All right. I

think I knew that. No, I didn't think you knew that. I didn't either. No, I

you didn't know it. Come on, Hooker. It's too nice a day for a pop quiz.

All right.

It's not me that has a law midterm coming up.

You're the one that wants to be a lawyer. I just figured the better

am with the points and authorities on search and seizure, the better cop I'm

going to be on the streets.

Besides, you should see my teacher.

Did you see that?

What a catch.

I'm really sorry I didn't make Sally's funeral.

He had a case in court.

Besides, you really didn't know him.

No, but I know you two were good friends.

The best.

4 Adam 16, 211 in progress at the Lucky Loan Check Cashing Service, 750 Holman.

Four suspects wearing ski masks and armed with sawed -off shotguns and .45s.

Adam 16, your call is code 3.

Oh, man, sawed -offs and .45s.

This is 30. We're rolling back up to 16's call.

Control, can you repeat that address?

Come on, Stace. Shake and bake time.

750 Holman.

Control, we have the address. We're rolling with the 10 -minute EPA.

All right, let's get out of here.

is in pursuit of two 11 suspects.

Shots have been fired at the Lucky Loan Company. Man down. Requesting an

ambulance.

This is 4 -Atom -30. Show us code 6 of the crime scene.

Get to heaven.

Tell them Frank Morton sent you.

Hey!

Hey!

It looks like Omega.

I'll call an ambulance.

Are you okay?

He was on his way to City Hospital.

I lost the other one.

Dave Ted Barnes, retired cop.

Friend of Hooker.

Come on, Teddy. Fight it.

Fight it.

Fight it.

Come on, Teddy.

Please, may I?

If you can, say after me, Lord Jesus, Son of God, have mercy on me.

To the degree that you are needful and I am capable, I absolve you of all your

sins in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

What happens if they put the squeeze on Morland and he talks?

They won't.

He knows that in or out of the joint I can get to him.

Cop's got a shotgun.

What if they trace it back to Ellison?

Well, if that time comes, we'll eliminate the problem.

Like you're eventually going to eliminate that dumb blonde school

living with?

Straight on.

Hey, Tommy, how you doing? Just talking about you. Pull up a chair.

I heard about Morland.

What about my piece, man?

There ain't many works around that good.

The cops start asking around. They're going to come looking around.

By that time, we'll be long gone in the breeze, old buddy.

I'm going to need a new shotgun made, though.

We're going to need it in two days.

This is a full -blown gig, man.

Go ahead, tell them.

250 Gs.

You're serious?

Your cut's 10%, old buddy.

That's 25 ,000.

16, the hospital reports your robbery suspect, Frank Moreland, is in stable

condition. A criminal records check indicates Moreland has a prior record

robbery, assault, and manslaughter.

For item 16, roger.

16, Sergeant Schaefer of the shooting team requests Officer Sheridan report to

station code 2.

Roger, dispatch.

Tell Schaefer we're en route.

Why did you use a wall search instead of proning out the suspect?

Come on, Schaefer. We've been at this for over three hours. Give the lady a

break, huh? Corrigan, you know as well as I do why we have to keep at this. The

lady had her gun taken away.

If it hadn't been for you, she'd have been blown away.

Good tactics, proper search procedures might have prevented this shooting.

Like a dream.

When I looked up...

To the barrel of my gun.

I knew the muzzle flash was coming.

And that it would all be over.

And I thought about my dad.

And my friend.

And I didn't feel sorry for me. I just felt bad. I thought, this

is a really stupid way to die.

Hey, look, something's got to come out here.

Stacy lost a good friend recently.

They buried her just yesterday.

She's had a lot on her mind.

And she's lucky.

She's damn lucky her preoccupation with a personal problem didn't cost her her

own life.

Frank Moreland is a stone killer.

You came down a little hard on Stacey. Yes, I did. Maybe she'll remember it for

a long time. At least long enough to count the next time around.

Okay, I think I know where you're coming from. You think?

What do you think?

Complacency kills cops.

Schaefer's going to say that or something like it in the shooting

Somebody's going to come to you and ask whether or not Stacy should stay on the

street. Maybe I'll have to go to them.

She's my partner.

If you'd been 30 seconds late, she'd have been a dead partner. It's called

survival, Jim.

Yours, hers, anybody you're working with.

Maybe it was forgetting about survival that killed your friend, Ted Barnes.

All he had was tombstone courage.

He didn't have to die.

Why the hell couldn't he have waited for backup?

For us to arrive.

Saw it off, and wasted Ted is still out there. I want him.

I'm the trigger man.

The guy who modified this was no garage gunsmith with a hacksaw.

What are you doing here?

I had some paperwork to catch up on.

You got off watch four hours ago, Jim.

You were still there with the shooting team.

I didn't want to leave until I... Until what?

You made sure your incompetent partner made it through the day in one piece?

Incompetent? Is that what you got out of that grilling?

I get my hands on Sergeant Schaefer. Wait a minute. I'm the one who blew it,

Schaefer.

So you made a mistake.

Hey, I got news for you. Cops are human.

Think because we put on a badge we're perfect?

When you put it on and you're a woman, you have to be.

According to whose Bible?

Sergeant Schaefer's are your own.

How about hookers?

All right, Caswell and Janie will go in first.

Janie's going to cover the rear door. Todd stops right here.

Okay, what about security?

No problem. There's a security guard station right here. We'll take him out

and fast.

Jack? Put that away. It's just my old lady.

Here you go.

Is that really necessary?

It's just my paranoia, I guess.

Oh, I was hoping you'd outgrow that.

What's he doing here?

Porter? You remember him, don't you? Oh, yeah, sure. I remember Porter.

How can you forget that associating with him violates your parole?

Come on, give me a break, will you?

Yeah, well, it's always nice to see you too, Miss Randolph. You still donating

time down at the Prisoner's Defense League?

Well, ain't you got the need no more since you're sleeping with your own

forbidden toy?

You wasp do -gooders never cease to humor me.

Hey, come on, man. That's enough. Let's go.

Moreland still stonewalling? He's suffering from a heavy case of prison

Not very loyal to his buddies. If you're scared to death, they'll smell a

snitch. He'll end up with a sliced artery in some corner of the prison

Jim, pull his associates file.

See if any of his friends fit the robbery MO.

I found an expert in refitted shotguns. I thought maybe I... Romano and I have

that end covered.

Thank you.

Let's go, Jacob.

This is a real good job, Hooker.

Who's that good at?

And that dirty.

Well, you guys got most of them in jail.

But Tommy Ellison's out. That slave and mill man we had.

He worked here?

Mm -hmm.

Trouble with Tommy was he liked to bet on slow horses and fast women.

Got in real deep with the boys.

Of course, they came up with a way he could pay off.

Making illegal firearms from them. Machine guns.

Silencers. You name it, he made it.

Finally got caught and went to prison.

I'd like to talk to him, Ed.

He's an iron freak.

I hear he goes to that new house over on Lexington.

What does he look like?

A little guy, dark -haired, maybe 30.

You wonder where he gets the strength to pump that iron.

Thanks.

Todd.

Bobby? Yes?

The receptionist says you were a friend of Tommy Allison.

I was.

Does he come around very often?

What?

We were wondering if he worked out.

Uh -huh.

Does he come around at any specific time?

At one o 'clock.

We'll stick around.

Uh, practice.

Hello. We have trouble with Tommy Ellison.

What? Cops are looking for him. They are?

Yeah.

So what are we going to do?

Tommy's a lightweight. The cops can twist him.

So you want me to handle it?

Do what you have to do.

mind junior i was wondering how you'd be feeling if i'd been the one looking

down the end of that gun barrel instead of stacy it's very simple i'd be chewing

you out or burying you i didn't ask how you'd act i asked how you'd feel i don't

know stacy's like one of my own kids something ever happened

to her and she doesn't just have to be good she's gonna survive her mom she's

gonna be better than the best point she is better than the best I know.

Does Stacy know that?

I think he should talk to him.

I plan to.

For Adam, 30, meet Officer Corrigan on tack two.

Go, Jim.

Booker, I ran Moreland's associates.

Came up with half a dozen fitting our MO.

Any best bets?

How about a con who specializes in gun takeaway classes for his prison buddies?

The prison authorities made a tape of something like that about a year ago.

One and the same.

Con's name is Jack Lewis.

Start running down Jack Lewis and see if you can get me a copy of that tape.

Roger.

Hooker, there.

That looks like our gun expert, Tommy Ellison.

Hey, Todrick!

Let's go.

How's Ellis?

Made it to surgery.

What about the guy who shot him?

I booked him in the jail ward.

His injuries are minor, but he's stonewalling. What'd you get from Ellis?

Kind of tough to talk with a bullet, but he did give me a name. Jack Lewis.

Jack Lewis?

It's all coming together.

The shooter's name is Todd Caswell.

I pulled his package.

His record shows time done for armed robbery in San Quentin. And get this,

partner in crime, Frank Moreland.

The guy that took away Stacy's gun. I'm one of Jack Lewis' disciples.

I'll tell you, Paul, the day they saddle me with some blonde mini -cop for a

partner, that's the day I quit.

Or I quit real police work. Put on the old blinders, you know, so you don't get

tempted into any situation that might get dangerous.

I mean, ain't this job tough enough without having to depend on some

munchkin to back you up if you get in trouble?

Yeah, it's tough feeling like John Wayne, isn't it, Schaefer? An attractive

can do the job.

Well, now, that's kind of Sheridan's problem, isn't it? I mean, she didn't do

the job, did she?

You know, they say I gotta live with this federally ordered affirmative

including the hiring of women and minorities.

There's nothing in that directive that says I gotta like it.

You know, Schaefer, the problem with prejudice is that it's a matter of

that belongs to somebody we dislike.

Why don't you get out of my face, Hooker?

If I wanted to fight with someone, I'd have gone home to my old lady.

Want some company stays?

I have a lot of show business out there.

Don't patronize me, Hooker.

I can take care of myself.

I can't even remember the last time I had nails.

No matter what happened out there, you're still a good cop, Sheridan.

You're only a good cop as long as you think you are.

That doesn't sound like a hooker train cop to me.

Maybe you just let me waltz through probation.

An account of... for a lot of reasons.

Including the fact that I'm the captain's daughter.

That's a lot of bullying, you know.

Where's all this coming from?

You know where it's coming from.

I thought you had more guts than that.

Don't push me with that, Hooker.

I've got more problems to deal with here than just having my gun taken away.

You know, one woman can do something stupid and it reflects on all the other

female cops.

But if a man does the same thing...

It doesn't reflect on the other men.

Fear is the motivating factor. It always is.

Sure.

They're worried about us getting killed.

More like afraid that we'll get them killed.

That's what's been bothering you too, huh, Hooker?

I'm not sure if I should be out there either.

Well, maybe I can't handle it anymore.

All right.

You made a mistake out there.

Hopefully you learned something from it.

You're scheduled for an in -service refresher course that I'm teaching at

academy tomorrow morning.

It's important that you be there.

What we're seeing is becoming more and more commonplace in our jails and

prisons.

Inmates teaching other cons how to become professional criminals.

Here you see two inmates practicing a gun takeaway that was used by a 211

suspect and one of our own officers.

As seasoned officers, you're all aware of the fact that an officer's survival

depends on alertness, attention to proper police procedures, and the use of

field tactics.

Have a plan. If you or your partner find yourselves at a disadvantage, be ready

to act.

Use a code signal of some sort, which will send you both into action, not

surrender.

This group's guru is Jack Lewis, a multi -talented hood.

who's gained some notoriety for a book of prison poems he's written, but whose

real talents lie in teaching other cons how to disarm cops.

I might add, I know this guy Lewis.

He did a gun takeaway on an officer up in Oakland.

Put six of the officers' own into him.

Well, what did you think of the tape?

To be honest, it scared the hell out of me. I kept seeing Moreland with my gun,

thinking how close I came to buying it.

The thing is, did you learn anything from it?

Yeah, I know I never want to get caught in a situation like that again.

Someone's got the drop on me. Well, maybe you'll be lucky. Maybe you won't.

the other hand, it could happen tomorrow evening.

To you, to me, to any cop. It's part of the job. The technique is down to

perfection. Of course. Makes you wonder how many students this guy Lewis has put

out on the street. Plenty. Background intelligence on him says he's not only a

hot shot stick -up artist, he's a fast -talking flim -flam man. Why don't you

check on Lewis?

See if he's still in the joint. Jim, contact the armored truck company. See

you can find out.

Four out of five. your request to adult authority has been confirmed.

Suspect Jack Lewis is out on parole from San Quentin.

His parole agent has supplied an address.

2538 South Mariposa, apartment 7.

For item 30, roger.

Jack, this is fantastic.

I think a couple more pages is good as this, and we'll get in touch with that

publisher I told you about.

You're the first person that ever really believed in me.

Yes?

Jack, it's two policemen.

Vince?

Jack Lewis.

So what's this all about?

about a friend of mine who was killed in the robbery of a check -cashing place.

It's about an officer of mine who almost lost her life in a gun takeaway that

you taught to one of your San Quentin disciples.

A guy by the name of Frank Moreland, remember?

I never heard of him. Sure you have.

He was a cellmate of Todd Caswell.

Perhaps you heard that Caswell was off the street, but not before he pumped a

.22 into a guy by the name of Tommy Ellison.

Or maybe you never heard of him.

That's a real touching tale, Sergeant.

But obviously you're mistaken.

No, I've got my facts straight. I'm just verifying them. Look, this is my

apartment. You have no right... Now, you look, lady.

Looks like you and this gentleman have set up good housekeeping rules.

But maybe you don't know he's out on parole for armed robbery and the second

-degree murder of an Oakland policeman.

I'm perfectly aware of that. I'm also his attorney.

Cynthia, this man has killed a policeman.

And he's paid for his mistake, Vince.

And I thought you had more respect for the law on yourself.

Seems you've been had, lady.

This guy owes more than he can ever repay in ten lifetimes.

You want to tell this lady and me where you were?

Friday afternoon, three o 'clock?

You don't have to answer, Jack.

What are you writing? How to kill a cop book?

I think you'd better leave, Sergeant. Friday afternoon.

That's about enough.

You're on parole, Lois.

Hanging by a short rope. Do you want me to cut it for you?

He was with me.

All day.

Now, you heard my attorney.

Your parole conditions say you better be.

You know, love and justice are said to be blind.

In your case, Miss Randolph, I suggest you remove the blindfold long enough to

distinguish the difference between the good guy and the bad guy. It's the

victim. You had

something with that lady, didn't you?

Had.

Sorry.

So am I.

For her. I mean, she probably fell in love with his jailhouse poetry.

And he figured he'd have it better than he ever had in his whole life with her.

He lied to her, just like he lied to us. Because it's the only thing he knows

how to do.

She lied for him.

You can tell because she's not used to it.

Jack, you can't run.

Watch me.

Don't leave that councilman on me about a parolee not being discharged, just

serving out a sentence in a prison without any walls.

It's the law, Jack.

You've heard those cops.

They're setting me up to go back.

If I go back at the joint, I'm a dead man. Do you want that? I only want

best for you.

Well, this morning in bed, it was us.

You and me.

What happened to that, huh, Cindy?

Jack, if you'll just stay here, fight it through, finish the book.

You lied to those cops for me.

That puts you on my side of the fence.

All right, maybe I don't know everything there is to know about you. You want to

know what there is to know about me? Well, I'm going to tell you.

You don't shut the door on me ever. You understand that?

Jack, I never... You want to know what there is to know about me? Well, I'm

going to show you right here and now.

Let's go.

Jack!

There.

That's what I'm about.

I thought I'd get an early start.

I hope I'm not interfering with your workout.

I usually have this place to myself this early in the morning, but since you

seem to be practicing some of my old academy training advice, I'll share it

you. The consummate sensei. Always teaching. Do you remember my lesson on

dangers of lag time?

Sure. The reaction gap between the decision to act and the actual action.

That's what officer survival is all about.

There's no quarter given by the bad guy on the streets.

To be a policeman, you have to learn to defend yourself.

And your partner.

And those who can't defend themselves.

If you can't handle that, then you don't deserve to be out there.

And it's not a matter of man or woman. That isn't part of the issue.

You either believe in yourself or you don't.

When other people no longer believe in me.

Stacy, if you think that you're a good policeman, believe it.

Because if you don't, how can you expect anybody else to?

Hooker, we got another report from Quentin.

Lewis had a girl who visited him a lot. She lives here, too. Yeah, we met her.

His live -in. Her name is Cynthia Randolph.

She's an attorney, teaches at City College. This is a different one. Her

Janie Holmes.

Might have just talked to her landlady.

Janie's already left for work and you'll never guess what she does.

Operations officer for the Commonwealth Thrift Bank.

The bank that has the fast cash deposits.

I'll go pick up Vince.

We'll talk to the personnel department. We'll meet you later on the air after I

pick up Janie home.

I've seen her before.

She was at the gym when we were asking about Tommy Ellison. That's right. Ten

minutes later, Caswell capped Ellison.

Just one big happy family. You better put a call in to your security people.

Janie works at the South Coast branch at Lincoln and Grand.

They handle all the distribution of funds by armored truck for the fast cash

chain. Today is Wednesday. It's pay day at the Colton Aircraft Company in the

Valley. There's a fast cash place right around the corner from Colton. Yeah, but

I got a feeling if Lewis' bunch is going to make a hit.

I'm not going to try for a hit on a check -cashing place.

Sure, go directly to the source. Maybe even come up with something extra.

The Holmes girl definitely knows the layout and delivery schedule at the

We're en route to the bank with an ETA of two minutes. We'll meet you there,

Code 2.

Roger, 30. We're rolling.

We'll be there in three.

All you got to do is look out and drive the first leg.

You do your part and nobody's going to get hurt. All right?

From here on in, you belong to me.

Okay, guys, hard and fast.

All right, this is a hold -up. Any idiot who doesn't do what I say is dead. Get

on the floor and tell them to put their hands over their heads.

You! I'm going to do the chicken. Get out of there. All the way down. Down.

Nobody move.

Any unit in the vicinity able to handle a 211 silent at the Commonwealth Rift

Bank, 455 South Grant, come in and identify.

That's our bank.

Four out of 30 will handle the hot shot.

Roger, 30, your call is code three.

We're only two blocks away from the hole in the siren.

Cops! That looks like a getaway car to me.

What's up?

Cops. We'll have to use the switch car.

What about Zany and Cynthia?

Hey, forget about them, man. When it comes down to it, they're all just

Let's go.

out the window.

Drop the gun.

Drop it.

Where's Jack Lutz?

Jack had been in here. He'd have blown your guts out. Put your hands behind

neck, just the way you did.

Get out!

Move!

Against the car.

Hands on your head.

All right, everybody can get up.

Why?

Cynthia, where...

We're going to switch to my car after we left here.

Where is it? What is it?

Well, it's a green Chevy, a Lawson and Compton.

Ramona, you stay with the women.

Corrigan, you handle the bag.

You come with me.

Thanks for having me.

Make a move and I'll cut you in half.

Give me that gun.

Come on.

Make a move, lady, and your partner's dead.

Drop your gun.

Stacy, take it easy.

You can't be expected to handle a situation like this.

Right.

Talking action, not surrender.

It's called survival.

Hey, Romano, cheer up. If Cynthia wasn't there voluntarily, it'll come out in

court. I just can't figure it. How could she get so screwed up as to even go

along with him? Maybe her heart and her head had no idea what the other one was

doing. Somehow he slowed her. And by the time he found out about her, it was too

late.

Stacy, how'd it go?

Okay, I guess.

I guess your shooting was in policy, huh?

Hey, Sheridan.

Yes?

That was one fine shooting.

You did a hell of a job, officer.

I've had a good teacher.