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Item seven, the y 'all approaches.

Additional holiday assignments.

Fort Patrol accompanying the Salvation Army Band and Mount Hermon Baptist

Choir, and they combine, and I might add, courageous annual serenade of the

Center Street Project.

Officers Meyer, Grimley, and Schwartz.

Overseeing this afternoon's gift giveaway at the hurdle use facility,

and Richmond.

Item eight concerns the visit of... Now, these are representatives of the

Journalist Union for Publications of Manufacturing and Farm Collectives of

Soviet Republic of Georgia.

Now, these scribes have asked during their stay in our fair city to see the

situation of the proletariat class in a true American ghetto.

We qualify.

Lieutenant Hunter will supervise their tour.

Commence to get 800 hours.

Officers Hill and Rank go to serve as escorts.

Questions I like to ask them creeps. There'll be no editorializing, Andy. The

podium notes with envy your itinerary stop at Maynard's Country Kitchen.

Item 9.

The predictable rise in robberies of pharmacies, ambulances, medical and

veterinary offices has ensued following our recent narcotics operation.

In Little Ecuador, the panic is on people.

Detective Belker begins an undercover today with the Fairview Ambulance

Be alert for backup.

Tough choice, mouth -to -mouth from Belker or death.

Item 10 is a welcome return to alumni Marty Nichols and Al Bolino.

along with six of their fellow officers from South Ferry, will be fleshing out,

as it were, our ongoing prostitution undercover on East Utica.

I'm afraid to ask Al what he's going to be doing.

Item 11, what I hope is a very temporary situation, and you're advised of a

temporary freeze on all promotions as regards the force.

It's not the view that we encourage, Lucy.

Item last.

A Christmas reminder from our confreres in the judicial arm. Share our own deep

desire to honor holiday shopping and party commitments.

Our adversaries in the streets sometimes have families and loved ones as well.

In the seven days left until Christmas, let us not therefore be averse to

tipping the scales on the close ones.

Huh?

Away from the bust.

Away from the paperwork.

Away from the testimony. Away from the lonely Christmas incarceration.

All right, that's it. Let's roll.

And hey, hey, let's be careful out there.

So you agree with him?

Oh, I agree with what he said. That makes sense. That's probably why he's

it.

You know, you don't seem too broken up about this, Joe.

Hey, I feel bad, okay, Luce?

But if you ask me if I'm sorry that it's going to be you rather than some beer

-bellied grunt sitting next to me in the unit, the answer's no.

You're honest.

Say, you'll be wearing stripes within a year.

A year?

Eighteen months, ma 'am.

Hey, hey!

Hey, Joe, how are you? I'm great.

Whoa!

Bobby, hi.

Hi, Marty.

You look great.

Thanks. You, too. A lot better than the rovers.

Winning that lottery put me through a lot of changes. That's behind me now.

Along with the money?

No, I still have a few crumbs left.

How about if I scrape together a few and take you out to dinner tonight?

Yeah, I like that.

You give me some little eager thoughts.

And for sale, you ain't running sugar.

People's Drive.

Hey, brilliant philosophical observation, Curtis. I got to warn you,

Even if we don't get robbed, you may be up for some pretty funky stuff today.

It's all right. I got a note from my mother.

You guys see a lot of bullet holes, but we get action on this gig worse than I

saw it now.

Cool the tape.

Unifor, go ahead.

We have a 63 -year -old female with chest pain at 133rd and Decker.

Unifor responding.

100th and Decker. 100th and Decker. Hey, hairbag, they said 133rd and Decker.

What's doing?

I'm doing.

week we got a junkie who sat on a seltzer bottle.

It was like delivering a baby except you could return it for deposit.

Coming up on 130th.

Five seconds off median,

14 off the record. Well, first one's always the slowest.

How long did your heart stop for this time, Mrs. Randolph?

How long?

Yeah.

Let's see.

Maybe about 30 minutes.

Uh -huh.

Well, it's beating nice and strong now.

But I think we'd better take you in anyway.

Besides, I think it's time for your clinical part.

Lewis, I was just thinking about that last night. I noticed my pills were

getting kind of low.

So if you're going to help me up, I'll go get my medicine. Nice and easy,

sweetheart. Nice and easy.

Oh, thank you. Thank you, Lord. You're welcome.

She don't look too sick.

Not too bad.

She's hypertensive.

I'm sure she's not using you for a taxi.

You ever try to get a taxi up here?

Got a little something for you boys.

Curtis? Thank you.

Louis? Thank you.

Here.

Thank you.

Nice and easy.

I'm ready.

That's it.

Oh, boy.

Am I all right now? No, you're fine now. It's not okay. There we go.

Okay, I'm ready.

What's your name?

Michael. Michael? Wait a minute.

Are you from the welfare?

No.

Well, keep it.

Okay. Watch your elbows now. Nice and easy. Come with you.

That's a girl.

Nice.

This is good.

Great, Maynard.

This gentleman is a pillar of his community.

He provides meals for the meeting each Thanksgiving and Christmas.

And every year he hosts a party at Santa Claus for the neighborhood children.

Problems of pigmentation notwithstanding.

Excuse me. Please, what is this appliance?

Oh, that, Mr. DiCinco.

It's your basic ghetto blaster.

You see, you put a little tape cassette in here like this and you prop the box

up by your shoulder and sort of walk down the street until the volume sort of

makes your nose bleed.

Tape cassette.

Impressions, Mr.

Manishvili? Oh, I am still gathering these.

Yes, Constantine observes everything, Lieutenant.

He misses nothing.

Hey, Bobby.

You say these folks are from Russia and Georgia?

They eat like they're from Macon, George.

Right to smell there, man.

How do you like it?

Oh, it is completely delicious. I hope you will show me the ingredients.

Uh -oh, that may be a state secret.

Oh, no, we got it for you.

Lots of folks asked.

Excuse me, is it so easy for a person in America to become successful and give

away food?

Well, I wouldn't say it's easy, mister.

Can I have some bones?

bones away. He's supposed to be getting them bones away. But we're still using

it for the soup.

I see them bones. Give me that. The man gave me a hard time.

I can't keep my dog tied outside all day.

As soon as we can. I need the bones. I'm almost lying to me.

Get that stool down right now.

We'll go. We'd like very much to see your procedures of arrest.

We would wish to follow the entire arrest procedure. Would this be

We have no gulags here. We do our pain of linen in fresh air and sunlight.

Come along if you like.

Let's go. All right, if you so desire.

You have the right to remain silent.

Now,

that's my recipe. Oh. And please come back.

Thank you.

Yeah.

Maynard, the city's visitor bureau... make arrangements for payments?

Uh -uh.

Fuck this creep.

Charge? Soliciting. I'm just being a degenerate.

Scott, how you doing?

J .G.? Yeah, I'm great, man. I bet... Rob,

what's going on here? You gotta help me out, J .B.

Officer Nichols?

You know this guy?

Oh, yeah, I do. He's a family member. He's Mr. Sister's husband?

Well, he's sick. He needs a lot of help.

Rob, what have you done?

Okay, what's the charge?

Well, what's the name?

Come on, J .D. Come on, J .D., what?

Did he approach you?

He sure did.

Officer Nichols.

Is there any chance you might have been mistaken? I mean, this guy is married to

my sister. I can't believe he... Okay, maybe you misunderstood.

J .D.!

Whipped cream and hot fudge.

Jake, do you think you can... Whipped cream and hot fudge.

Book him.

Bad news, Frank. What?

I was coming in on an earlier flight.

How much earlier? She's still coming in on Tuesday, Jake.

Tomorrow.

One thing.

One thing.

To say I'm more than a little irritated with Faye.

I asked her to keep Frank Jr. this weekend. She said no?

She said she needed the space.

I'll call her.

I'm going to send a cab to the airport for Mother Frank. She's going to stay

with us. What about her hotel?

It'll only be a few nights. She couldn't get a reservation, okay?

Okay.

Tyrone Crane?

The analyst.

You've got a spot.

I'm not going to do this. See ya. See ya.

Mother's staying with us for a few nights. Oh, no problem. There's going to

plenty of room, because as soon as you leave here, I'm going to kill myself.

All alleged perpetrators must undergo this fingerprinting process.

Where's my dog?

Where is he? He's in the restaurant, Tyrone. He's fine.

I've got to see him. Now, Tyrone, you take it easy. Your foot's going to be

right. But you're going to end up spending the Christmas season in the

you don't straighten up. Hear me?

Come on now, give me that. Take a walk over here now.

Clear?

Just photographs, Ms. Davenport. He's all yours.

Now, Mr. Crane and his attorney will counsel as to his situation, which is a

portion of the process that our Constitution says that we cannot attend.

And I thought that we would use the interval to tour the rest of the

if that pleases you.

Sure. Oh.

Do you have family, Tyrone?

I left when my mama died.

What about brothers and sisters?

I don't know where they is.

I didn't mean to hurt nobody. I just wanted to get him his bones.

I understand you care for your dog, Tyrone, but it's against the law to

another person's property.

Do you understand that?

Yes.

You see a doctor?

At the clinic.

I got medication.

What kind?

To calm down.

The hurdle clinic?

What's your doctor's name?

Dr. Ramis.

How often are you supposed to see him?

Tuesdays.

Your record's pretty clean.

And the judge doesn't want to have people spend Christmas in jail.

It's my guess.

He might put you on probation if you make restitution to the man in the

restaurant. Yes, ma 'am. I would if I could keep my dog.

No one else wants your dog, Tyrone.

Would you promise not to cause any more trouble over there?

Yes, ma 'am.

There'll be an arraignment in a little while in court.

I'll see you there.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas, Tyrone.

Now, this officer is in charge of our supplementary holding facility, which we

refer to as the garden level.

You totally believe in the free enterprise system. Anyone can become a

Oh, without question.

Why, look at Maynard, our host at that restaurant.

Here is a man with educational and economic cards stacked against him.

And yet he's kind, honorable, hardworking. You see, in America, a man

a better mousetrap will ultimately succeed.

Do you hear this, Ludmilla?

It is like my brother in Phoenix I spoke to you of.

I do not ask if Constantine hears, since Constantine hears everything.

Lieutenant, what will finally happen to the criminal?

Oh, well, Mr. Crane has a right to a trial by 12 of his peers, all of whom

vote to convict.

Yes, but we have read of your plea bargaining system.

Well, it's true. He may be given inducements to plead guilty to a lesser

Believe me, this is a flaw.

And will he not be convicted solely because he is a black?

No, not for this minor offense. He probably won't even be convicted at all.

As instinctive believers in the individual as against the collective, we

surround our defendants with protection.

I demand asylum.

Something with those Russians.

Later for the Russians, Neil. This little scenario is shaping up to satisfy

transportation needs for the next decade.

Uh, give me a couple seconds, Marty, okay?

So, uh, they're taking you for a raiment, all right? My lawyer's meeting

there. Thinks maybe we can beat it on Entrapta.

Yeah? Did he think he could get to the newspapers and the radio stations?

What do you mean?

Let's put a publish in a John's list now and read the names on the air. You

know, the guys who were arrested for soliciting. No. Every day.

Look, J .D., we had our differences in the past. Hey, any close family, that's

going to happen.

I'm telling you, J .D., I'm on thin ice with Peggy now. This will do it. The

marriage will drown.

All right, look.

Maybe I overreacted. I mean, it was such a shock.

You want me to see what I can do? Would you?

I can try.

I'd be grateful, man.

The only thing is, I've been getting these visions.

Yeah. At night, I keep seeing automobiles, presidents.

I can't figure it out.

Try.

Well, maybe I'm seeing automobiles that are named for presidents.

Yeah, like the one that freed the slaves.

Okay, here's a lease on me.

Now, I keep seeing an owner slip in a glove compartment that says J .D.

LaRue. That's right.

Okay, line up for transport for arraignment.

Hey,

come on this side.

Okay, J .D., you got it.

Atta boy.

Geez, Rob, I don't know. Whatever happened to the old fat banana split?

Follow along here, buddy.

He won't come out until he talks to his brother.

I don't know if he's a spy. He doesn't look like a spy.

FBI's in the way.

What in the hell happened, Howard?

Jacko must have been planning it, Frank. He's the one that asked to come back

here. We're going to let him make his call. What call?

His brother owns a liquor store in Phoenix.

He wants to call me. All right, just keep the garden level sealed off. No

decision on any of it until the FBI guys get here.

Prudent, Frank, if not bold. Division wants an open line.

Set it up, Ray.

Henry, let's keep those other two Russians comfortable and isolated.

Low profile, everybody. Nothing to press, nothing. Nothing happened.

Use it till the FBI gets here.

Council approach.

Are you two officers, please?

I understand this, Eddie.

Hostage situation developing at Hill Street?

A Russian?

Well, yes, sir, Your Honor. Judge, but actually it's nothing.

What do we have over there, officers?

He got into a beef at a restaurant, Your Honor. He smashed a display case.

One prior disorderly? He's receiving lithium treatment at the hurdle clinic.

I called his doctor about an hour ago. He described Tyrone as fairly flaky.

Wouldn't classify a major risk.

Where's our complainant?

I guess he's busy, Your Honor.

Officers, on a scale of one to ten, if I told you that I'm inclined towards

charity of the season, how crazy is this guy?

Ooh, maybe six. Five and a half. Five and a half. Six.

Objections to adjournment and contemplation? None, Your Honor.

Well, let's proceed.

What made you so upset in the restaurant, Mr. Crane?

Worry for my dog.

Case is adjourned in contemplation of dismissal.

Do you understand that, young man? If you misbehave, you won't get another

Christmas present from me, and I'll have you right back in here.

As it is, I'll want you to pay the restaurant for damages.

Yes, sir.

You're free to go, Tyrone.

Can I get my dog here?

83095 Robert Nelson, 707 of the penal code.

Unlawful solicitation.

Complaintant's officer, Martha Nichols.

You tell me. Whipped cream and hot fudge.

It's impossible to construe defendant's request as innocuous.

No money changed hands?

None did, your honor.

Now, I admit, I've been in this job for four years, but whipped cream and hot

fudge, that's a new one on me.

Judge, I know when I've been solicited.

That knowledge notwithstanding, officer, with language as ambiguous as this, you

should have waited for the cash.

Dismissed.

In shot. Hey, what time this afternoon should I come down to the lot? What for?

What did you do for me? I told the DA it was nothing.

Even the judge knew it was nothing.

They don't publish the names of those arrested, just convicted, right?

Rob, I turned this one for you. You're lost.

Lost time.

First, chips.

Close the curtain. See if I can.

That's sardines.

Here, honey.

What?

Nothing.

You want it?

Yeah. What?

Thank you.

Okay, hit me with the pipe. Okay, try not to move the top. Go right now.

Everything's going to be all right.

Straight ahead.

Jeez, they're breaking in down there.

Just give me a minute.

He's got intelligence value.

He's political whether the state steps in or what. Now, which of the other

individuals has tried to call his embassy?

Neither one.

That's weird.

In a delegation, you always have one KGB. He always tries to call his

Shechenko, the guy who defected, wants to call a brother in Phoenix.

That's fine. Fine. As long as I can listen and record. You got a setup?

should have a phone hookup in five minutes. Okay, good. Can we listen, see

anything? Yeah, go ahead. Okay. The brother in Phoenix, he naturalized? I

know. Yeah, extension 4366. Great. Thank you. Phoenix!

I hate not to do my duty, but, I mean, my duties are in the restaurant this

week. Maynard, I suspect you don't want to see that boy cool his heels in stir

during Christmas time.

Well, that too, but he didn't really do that much damage. He's supposed to make

restitution. If he doesn't or cause you any more troubles, I know just who to

call. Thank you.

Now, I brought a few items.

And Merry Christmas. Hey, Merry Christmas, Maynard.

Ooh, Bobby Hill hat.

Brother runs a liquor store.

Tchenko figures it's Macy's.

Brother tries to explain it's more of a mom and pop set up.

Tchenko can't believe it. Says, Anton, your letters, you spoke of so much

business.

Yes,

I say it in your English.

You are not blood of mine.

Agent Ramsey of our Federal Bureau of Investigation. Yes, of course. FBI.

He has some questions.

Yes, of course.

I'll take care of this. Excuse me.

Frank! I'm sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. I've been running around

crazy all day. Say, listen, we have a real problem. Joyce's mother is arriving

tomorrow. I can't, Frank.

I'm sorry. I already told Joyce. I got plans of my own for the weekend.

The whole weekend?

So... Let me try to work something out here. The last thing in the world you

need is a couple of kids along messing up a romantic weekend.

No, no, no. Really, Frank, it'll be all right. I mean, thank God this man's an

adult. Meaning I'm not?

Don't be so sensitive. I was thinking of Paul Grogan.

Anyhow, listen, it's going to be all okay. I'll work it out.

Sure.

This guy sounds special.

He is.

Bye, Frank.

That's the information I have.

some sort of hotel screw -up. Anyhow, she's got to stay with them so they

keep Frank Jr. for the weekend.

No problem.

Taking the baby, we'll take him, too.

Yeah, and the next time he sees his father, we'll tell him all about us.

Ah.

So, uh, I guess we should cancel?

Absolutely not.

Now, listen to me, Faye. We want to be together.

I wouldn't do anything behind a closed door. I wouldn't acknowledge outside of

it. If you want, I'll go tell him right now.

No.

Listen, he's going to know soon enough anyhow.

It's just that, you know, for right now, it's our secret.

I want to keep it a little longer.

Come on, Luce. Promotional freedom is only temporary.

It better be only temporary.

472 East Eureka.

Backups will meet you there.

My friend, just now he's completing preliminary interviews on his lonely

to freedom.

Can't figure this one out.

Did he say what he wants?

There's always about 5 % of them. They don't know what they want. They apply

asylum. Six months later, they reapply. They want to go back again.

I've done 12 of these previous. Never had one like this. No political motive.

Throws his one economic motive out the window. Got nothing off for a value.

Guy's so off the wall. If he's a KGBC, he'd be the trick of the year.

If I had a guess, I'd say he's in that 5%. Can we get rid of him?

I want my supervisor to evaluate first. Tell you, a guy like this would be an

embarrassment. Let him in on other than ordinary immigration.

Captain.

Please.

I sense you're a very kind man.

I'm appealing to your personal mercy.

How can I help you?

I would like the permission to speak with Cherchenko.

I'm afraid we can't do that until we determine his status.

But his desire to defect is not genuine.

Please believe me.

Cherchenko's problem is with me.

We have to take him at his word, ma 'am.

But he'll change his word in three or five days, and then he and I and

Konstantin, all of us, are going to be in very big difficulty.

That's why no one has called the embassy yet. We would speak in English.

We'll have nothing to hide.

What do we have to lose here? You said yourself the guy could be an

embarrassment.

I'd have to be there.

Fine.

He said we tried to poison it.

Maynard just bought some water, you know.

And then he started screaming, and Maynard went to try to calm him down.

And the boy picked up that cutting knife and stabbed him.

All right.

Maynard had his hand, but he was trying to keep him off.

But the boy just kept stabbing him and stabbing him.

What happened?

He's dead.

Maynard, some crazy guy stabbed him. Saw a guy with a dog?

Guy with a dog?

Yes. What happened, Belger? Somebody stabbed Maynard.

146 Walnut. They have him cornered in a basement. He's got a gun. Rico!

We gotta look.

You went down there?

Yep. You caught it? Yeah, one shot.

Tyrone? Tyrone. Ukraine.

Don't be too late.

I don't care.

You're just saying that. You don't think of consequences. I think of them.

Perhaps it is you who do not.

Explain.

Perhaps it is you who do not.

I say it.

Let us speak frankly while we still have this chance. I have said so. Finish.

Does this concern love?

Does it concern Konstantin?

You slept with that snake!

That cold frog!

Misha, please, forgive me. I love only you. No, you do not love me.

We have difficulties, I know. We can resolve this.

Konstantin understands my love for you. He understands no second idea. How could

you? How could?

Because you always think only about yourself.

Because you are the most real egoist. Because you are the most disgusting.

Misha, but we can still try to resolve this.

You and I, alone.

No Konstantin.

What was the Russian?

Personal. It involves Konstantin?

Which is KGB.

Not to speak frankly.

Konstantin?

Excuse me.

What was the Russian?

A guy's got a little problem in the sack.

To prompt.

That was the word he used. To prompt.

Nothing to defect about.

Mr. Meneshvili.

Excuse me, sir.

I've just heard of your occupational assignment.

I'll have to ask you to remain in Officer Ballantyne's company for the

of your stay.

She is back with him.

Excuse me?

Mila.

She has reconciled with Cherchenko.

That seems to be the drift of things, yes.

Hey, there's plenty of tuna in the sea.

I do not wish to defect now.

I am sorry.

I wish only to continue our tour of America.

If it is possible for this not to become an international incident, we would be

very grateful, Captain.

No one of us would wish to tell our government.

I can't guarantee the press, Miss Morris, but I have no hotline to your

embassies. Thank you. Thank you.

You're welcome.

Hey, Rob.

Oh, Peg.

How are you? I brought Peg down here so you could explain to her, J .D. Explain

what? Somebody telephoned and told her I'd been arrested in the police suite.

Somebody told you that?

You wouldn't give me his name.

He said Rob made a... Filthy request.

I couldn't believe it. But then when I called here, they said he'd been

arrested.

Told her it had to be some kind of street scum. Somebody do anything for

bucks. You know, you're probably right. Hey, it was probably a practical joke.

It's not a practical joke. The packing officer told me.

Got vision problems, CD?

Yeah. Tell her they'll clear up.

You mean, tell her?

Hello, J .D.

Well, you got some guts, Rob.

Hey, this guy, this guy trusts you all the way, Peg.

My baby.

You gotta swear not to tell.

Okay.

It's an ongoing police action.

Now, we've been worried that maybe some of the female undercover vice were,

like, yeah, freelancing. You know what I mean? Like, trying to pick up a couple

extra bucks on the side.

Now, the chief wanted us to find some outside faces to pretend they were

See, you know what I mean? Like guys that there was no chance the vice cops

could recognize.

Heaven help me.

I thought of Rob.

Rob, the chief wants to give you a commendation.

I only hope that the cost hasn't been too high.

You can imagine what I thought, J .D. Well, hell yeah. Hey, it's what we

them to think.

Go wash your face now, all right? All right.

think it's funny? I don't know.

Marty, it's been a rotten day. Let's go get some dinner.

Okay?

You cut.

We at least no maintenance.

Bitchin' I'll put a bomb in his hole.

Where do I find this?

Around up front.

Hey, you're a sweetheart.

See you kids, huh?

have any possessions yes thank you and we must say again we're deeply sorry for

a friend maynard freedom sometimes exacts horrible prices captain i hope

not think we're clowns in the face of such a sad loss to be taking up your

with what it must seem to you such a foolish quarrel of course i hope you two

can work out your problems

But at least one of us will have rank.

God,

Frank, what did I do?

It's all right.

Oh, it's not all right.

One of my clients committed a murder.

You don't have a crystal ball, Joyce.

None of us has.

Sweet man.

And he's gone.

It's tragic.

And I got the man released who killed him.

In conscience.

And with good intentions.

And I'm sure with compassion and concern for his welfare.

I called his doctor. His doctor thought he'd be all right.

So did you.

It's what you hoped. It's what everybody hoped. What else can you do, Charles?

Look like a candidate to your touch?

I got a little feeling about this one.

Hurry! The baby's coming now! Hurry up! The baby's coming!

Hurry! Keep your head up. I'll be right with you.

Unit 4, request police assistance.

619, Michigan.

Request backup.

Okay, okay, okay. Hurry up. Is somebody with her? Yeah, her sister.

But you've got to hurry.

Be cool.

Be cool. Easy, easy. Just tell us what to do. Yo, get the keys. Drop the boxes.

All we want is your stuff, man. All right, just take it easy.

No talking.

No talking. No talking.

Talked about two units, but his BP's holding at 100.

Yeah, I've got him. Hold for 24.

Don't worry, I'll take care of him.

No Matt, no Alex!