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13A11 roger.

13X45, 13X45, see the woman at 459
report.

1879 East, 51st Street.

Good morning. Good morning.

Hey, Johnny. Hey, guys.

Bully. How are you?

Hey, gentlemen. Nina, Zana.

Yeah. All right?

Yeah. Fine.

Okay, gentlemen, this is what we have.
We have three bad guys.

Now, we know they've taken down three
banks in the last 48 hours.

And they killed a security guard, two
bank tellers.

Now, our snitch tells us they blow away
a cop if they got a chance.

Now, we were told about an hour ago...

that they checked in at this motel right
here.

Snitch thinks that we ought to move
fast, because these guys are liable to

the wind and show up ripping off banks
in Phoenix tomorrow.

So that's why we got you guys up in the
middle of the night.

Got me in a little trouble, though.

Yeah, how's that?

When I was scratching around to find my
clothes, I woke up the old lady. She

thought I was in the mood for a change.

Got mad as hell when I just kissed her
on the forehead and split.

Okay, this is how we're going to do it.

Now, we've got Lee and Joe at the hotel
already.

They're just keeping them honest. The
SWAT has a little problem.

They got themselves a barricaded suspect
with a hostage in the harbor.

So we're just going to have to go in
without them.

Mercy me.

Okay, here's what we got to do.

We need two of our men in blue here in
the alley.

Spencer, Pellegrino, that's yours.

And before it goes down, Joe and Lee
will deal with the suspect's car.

It's a 1985 Lincoln, two -tone in color,
with them pretty little blue and white

Nevada plates.

Now, the suspects...

They're on the second floor.

Now, if you have that whole level clear,
it's enough to worry about anything.

There's window exposure in the front, so
we really got to be careful.

Now, six of us are going to go in the
front.

It's me, Foley, Travis, Hollis, and you
two sacrificial lambs.

You guys wearing vests?

Yes, sir.

Getting younger and younger, D 'Angelo.

Well, maybe we're getting older and
older.

Could be.

Now, remember, we're counting on your
uniform, guys, huh?

You got to control the crowds. Keep
people in their rooms. Let them know

the police.

Now, don't let us down, all right? Okay.

This goes in the back window.

We'll come in the front.

Are we going to use a ramp to go in the
front door?

Oh, he's the key to the city.

Mine happens to be size 11.

Hadn't let me down yet.

Okay, we're going to go at 0530.

Okay, good luck, guys. Remember, it'll
be daylight by the time we get there.

Good luck, guys.

Good luck.

Tom, it's Bob Devers.

How's the raid progressing?

Well, the detectives in uniforms are
being briefed at 7th and Hoover right

Where are you?

On route to the scene, sir.

Foley and D 'Angelo are briefing the
men. Should be all right.

I'll be at the police building in 15
minutes.

Let me know how it goes down. I think
it'll be fine, Chief.

Bye -bye.

Maybe it was a bad idea to call the
chief from here.

No, don't worry about it. As far as the
department is concerned, I was just

answering my beeper.

And I guess I was just stalling for
time.

I don't want to leave you.

You better get to the scene.

Too bad SWAT had such a long ETA.

Yeah. Well, I figured since SWAT
couldn't make it, we might as well bring

little SWAT along with us. The heck are
you talking about?

Got it from a friend in SWAT.

Foley. Now, you know we're not
authorized to have those.

What do you want me to do, throw it out
the window?

No, no, no.

God, D 'Angelo.

I wouldn't swap you for a Jersey Heifer
if she was registered.

the dog of death!

He's got a hostage.

Hold your fire.

Oh, my God.

Don't kill me. Don't kill me. Oh, my
God. You're going

to kill me. Somebody help. Somebody
help.

Get her out of there. Get her out of
there. Somebody help me.

Oh, God.

Oh,

God. Come on. You don't want to do that.
Oh, God.

Come on. Let the man go.

Come on. Put the gun down.

Come on. Talk. Talk.

Come on. Let him go.

Now, put the gun down. Oh, God.

Oh, God.

Please.

Don't hurt him.

Shut that door!

I think he's dying.

But ready your mind, Spencer.

He's not going to die.

Come on. You're going to be all right.

More garbage for the sewer.

Suspect's dead. We got an officer down.

How's the opus?

He's all right. I took one on the side,
but he's going to be all right.

Suspect's dead.

Well, the prayers should be satisfied.

Justifiable shooting.

Any civilians hurt?

No, sir.

Thank God.

Hell of a way to start the week, isn't
it?

Get a good job.

Joe, what's the latest on the officer
who got hit? An ambulance just picked

up at the scene around Central Memorial.

They had Uzis.

It's no longer cops and robbers out
there. It's World War III.

Did Wright get there yet?

He just arrived. You want to talk to
him? No, he gets his word away.

I'll be in my office. Yes, sir. Hey,
today's a big day, huh?

Come again? The civil service
announcement, doesn't that come out this

Ah, that's right.

I better get up there and file.

You're going to make a hell of a chief.

I'll bet you say that to all the deputy
chiefs. Oh.

Until such time as the city can consider
qualified applicants from other law

enforcement agencies as well as from
within the police department.

$95 ,000 to $110 ,000 a year.

What are you going to do with all that
money, Chief?

Get out of debt, I hope.

I'll put the filing papers on your desk,
sir.

Maru and I figure we can make the move
up to the big chief's office in about 20

minutes once the word comes out. Wait,
just a minute.

Don't you two think you should at least
wait until I pass the written?

I'm going to show you.

Don't look.

Don't look.

I'm going to look. I'm going to look.
No, no, don't look.

Woo -hoo!

Huh? Hey.

What do you think?

It does look like a damn cop car.

Yeah.

Yeah, it does, doesn't it?

All right.

Woo! Man.

We're done. Are we going to be able to
roll tonight?

It depends.

How the turnip goes.

Here, say hello to Mom.

Hey, Mom.

You better make out a grocery list.

Take the truck to the supermarket,
because I think we are on.

All units, the Federal Bank at 5th and
Main, requesting assistance on a routine

security check. Possible vehicle.

Commissioner Harris is here, Chief.

I understand you had an early morning
raid and an officer was shot.

Wounded. Yeah, but he's fine now. He's
out of danger over at Central Memorial.

So, are you getting ready for the
chief's exam?

Well, yeah, I've been breaking out the
books, yeah.

You're the best qualified man in the
department.

Gene Benson's a good temporary choice,
but you've been running 75 % of the

department for the past five years, and
there's no reason why you shouldn't run

the rest of it.

Thanks, Paul. I appreciate that.

I, um...

I understand there's going to be some
competition from outside the department.

Well, I haven't seen anything on paper
yet, but I'm sure that Al Narda in New

Orleans and, of course, Freddie DiNoccio
in New York will probably file for the

job. Yeah, I heard as much.

They're good men.

You've got a lot of friends in this
building, Bob, and a lot of friends over

there in the hall.

I'd say the only man that could beat you
in this department is yourself.

at a race.

Thanks, Paul.

Hi, sweetie.

Where are you headed?

Anywhere you say, for a price.

What price?

That depends.

What do you want?

How about a threesome?

That's 200.

Talk to my partner.

How long you been on the streets?

How many times you been arrested?

I've never been arrested. What do you
want, to see my ID or something?

Yeah, I'm sure it's a new one. Look,
honey, we're not hungry for a bust.

We're just looking for a pimp who beat
up some girl.

Yeah, well, that's what they do, all
right.

Well, maybe you can help us.

Thank you.

Where are we going?

Downtown.

Where were you coming from when we
picked you up?

Oh, I met an old guy at one of the
hotels.

You know, he did his best, I did the
rest.

How long have you been drinking?

Three years.

Hey, I thought we were just going
downtown.

What is it with you?

The 19th Avenue is moving now.

Wait a minute.

See any cross the freeway on the hill?
Yeah, I think we might have something

here.

You push me in a little closer.

Tell the cops they have a body on the
feet of chair.

Oh, God.

Yeah.

Well, call me at Central.

Right.

It'll be late when the plane gets in.

Well, I guess I can make some phone
calls from the hotel.

The store wants me to get in and out of
New York as fast as possible.

They work you hard for your money, don't
they?

No harder than the city goes after you.

What was the phone call? Trouble?

Oh, robbery homicide.

They're interested in the homicide
victim they found just off the freeway

morning.

You know, my old partner, Freddy Diaz,
was the first one to respond from

Central.

I haven't seen Freddy in years.

I remember when we first got married.

He came to the house once in a while.

Yeah, we kind of got out of touch.

You know how it is.

You work with so many different people
through the years.

You know, it's been 25 years since he
broke me in.

I should give him a call.

Well, you said that before.

He'll probably be glad to hear from you.

He did a lot of tossing and turning last
night.

That Paul Harris can drive me crazy.

You ready to close this?

Yeah.

I don't believe one damn word he said to
me yesterday.

You don't think you're the best choice?

I don't think I'm his choice.

The reason he knows that the deputy
chief of New Orleans and the deputy

New York are taking the test is because
he wants them to take the test.

He wants somebody in that job that's not
so independent.

But if I go in with a good written, it
won't make that much difference one way

or the other.

That's half the ballgame, you know that.

Yes, I know that.

Well, I can have a bad night now and
then.

I think I'm getting a little arthritis
in my right leg.

It happens to the best of men.

What are you worried about?

Wait, what? Who's worried?

When you finally dozed off last night,
you talked in your sleep.

Look, Catherine, the only reason you
know how and when I sleep and if I talk

my sleep is because you're lying awake
worrying.

So stop it.

Sorry.

I worry about you.

Your daughter called, Captain.

Long distance collect, I assume.

No, sir. It was a local call.

You got the girl on the freeway
identified.

Good. I was hoping you'd get around to
that. Easy to solve murders when you

happen to know who's dead.

Probably.

Anyway, her name is Lydia Chacon.

1221 Eastern Terrace Drive. She's 18.

Records and identification indicate that
she had a string of juvenile arrests,

all prostitution and drug related.

What a deal.

I went to the autopsy.

Apparently there was forced sexual
activity with her.

And there's no ID on her, which probably
means somebody took her purse and

whatever money she had.

Any calls from the robbery homicide on
this?

Yes, sir.

Lieutenant Banyan, his own self. The
ace.

The ace of aces.

Well, that means they're tracking the
case.

And if there's anything more to it,
they're going to want to scoop it up.

You know, I figured we'd get a call on
this case real early.

So their game is to take it away from
us, right?

Well, I don't care what their game is.

If anybody's going to make this case,
it's going to be us.

Yeah, I'm for that.

Hey, now, you're going to notify the
parents, of course. A parent, a single

parent. Name is Asubia Chacon. Same
address.

It's the next thing we're going to do.
Stay on this case and read that report.

Because if my hunch is right, this thing
is not going to end with just one

killing.

All right.

Claire, do you have any idea what Carrie
could be doing in the city today?

No, none at all. She's got classes all
day today.

Yeah, well, she called here anyway.

Didn't you tell me that she was in
Mexico for the weekend with some

Yeah, that's what she said Sunday night.
She was feeling a little trapped in San

Diego, she said.

Well, I've heard that song before.

Okay. If I hear from her, I'll let you
know.

You do the same, huh?

Yeah, of course. Wait a minute. Are you
going to be home by dinner time? I got

some steaks.

No, I'm going to be late again tonight.
There's a bureau staff meeting at the

academy.

Mm -hmm.

A lot of staff meetings lately.

Yeah, I know.

I'm sorry.

I used the money to buy heroin.

I had gotten more pills from Enrico.

And then there were a lot of days I
don't remember.

It seemed the more I used, the more down
I got.

All right, that's enough, Marna.

You've had quite a time in the city.

You're lucky you're still on the street.

But I don't have any money for bail,
though.

Is there a jail around here?

We're not taking you in.

We're very cooperative, and we're going
to give you a break.

Oh, my God, thank you.

Thank both of you so much.

It's all right.

As they said, you were straight with us
and we'll be straight with you.

Where are we anyway?

It's outside.

Think you can get a ride?

Sure. I won't have any problems.

Maybe you can turn a trick on the way
back.

Thanks again, officers.

Sure.

Okay, come on over here.

Take some photographs and get some
shadows out.

I can get it over here in a second.

Morning, Chief. Morning, Paul.

Who found the body?

The trash collection driver.

We know the cause of death?

Strangulation, apparently.

There's already some indication of
sexual activity before her death.

We know who she is?

Foley and D 'Angelo from Central
Norwich, Chief. They made the ID.

You guys are a little out of your
territory, aren't you?

Yes, sir. We, uh... We were working on
something else and we heard the homicide

broadcast, so... Who's the girl?

Uh, Mona Wilcox, Chief.

She's a young prostitute. Works the
hotels, uh, downtown mostly.

Any similarity between the crime scene
here, the one on La Vida Terrace,

girl, Chacon?

Yes, sir. Looks like both girls were
handcuffed.

So far, there's no indication that
either girl put up a struggle.

So what you're saying is that both
victims may have thought they were

by a police officer, and if they found
out otherwise, it was too late?

It looks that way, Chief.

Hey, Chief.

Freddy, hey.

Well, you're out of your territory, too,
huh? Well, I was just on my way in, and

I picked up the broadcast.

Oh, you know Lieutenant Banyan from
Robbery Homicide? Yeah, we know each

from Chinatown.

Well, I've been meaning to call you.

I don't know where the hell the time
goes.

How are things going with you?

Oh, it's going fine.

You got enough to do now.

You got a hell of a responsible job
here.

Good to see you, Fred.

Yeah. Okay, same here, Chief.

What do you got for me, Todd?

Look, she worked on 7th Street, and I
swear on my life, she was grabbed on 7th

Street.

That's our territory.

She knows, Ann.

I'm sure now.

You mean your wife said it last night?

Or it was cold to you, or what?

She laid awake a long time.

I tried to talk to her. She wouldn't
talk.

She got up, locked herself in the
bathroom, and I heard her crying.

Stepping all over your own guilt, aren't
you?

Well, maybe I have something to be
guilty about.

Until you decide to pass it on.

Men don't like to have feelings of
guilt.

So I imagine you'll pass it on to me
pretty soon. I wouldn't do that, Ann.

don't tell me what you would and
wouldn't do, Tom.

Which hasn't come to shove yet.

Now look, I couldn't blame you for what
happened between us.

I'm grateful for what you've given me.

You just never thought you'd have to pay
for it.

Now look, I'm the one who's crying.

Oh, don't do this to me, Ann.

Not twice in 24 hours. Please don't cry.

I was a tired cop, ready to quit, to
retire.

You gave me back my life.

I love you.

I love you. I love you, too.

And you're right.

I never thought I'd have to pay a price.

What time was her plane supposed to get
in?

9 a .m.

She's here.

Stanley's upstairs having a little talk
with her. Be down in a minute.

We're supposed to talk to her.

We will. We will.

Here he comes.

Get your bowels in an uproar over
nothing again, Chuck. Don't make me

She's right.

Let's get on with it.

She's an 819.

Thank you, Stanley.

You understand I haven't talked to
Jeff's lawyer down here at all.

Well, that would have been a mistake,
Miss Healy, wouldn't it?

You want to get a case fixed, I wouldn't
put a notice in the Times or the Daily

News either.

But how do I know you can actually...
actually fix the case?

Well, if we couldn't fix it, we wouldn't
be here, would we?

It comes up to trial, Department 23.

Now, we have the judge.

In Department 23 in our pocket.

Your problem is not in getting your son
off, but in how much it's going to cost

you.

Look, Jeff isn't really a criminal.

Look, Missy.

Jeff beat up a couple of old people,
robbed them, raped the woman.

Now, he may be your preppy son to you,
but the state of California is willing

give him 45 years just to think it over.

How much will it cost?

Well, we can do it for 50 ,000.

All right.

But I don't see how, since you weren't
the arresting officers.

We work with the arresting officers. We
know them.

You get down here two weeks from today,
give us some money, cash, and your kid

will fly home with you.

Well, I guess I have to trust you.

Well, if we don't come through for you,
we could go to jail forever, and you

could put us there.

So don't worry.

Okay? She's gonna go for it.

Yeah, you know.

Hell of a nice woman.

Yeah. She's gonna be a hell of a nice
woman after she's dead, too.

You're in a good mood, huh?

Yes, sir. They're off to a full day of
happily riding tickets.

Seems like a simple, peaceful life until
somebody objects to the Saturday night

special.

Good morning, Bob.

Mr. Mayor? I'm glad I got in early
today.

I think you know my agent, Lieutenant
Mario Garcia.

Of course, Lieutenant. Good to see you.
Come on, gentlemen, sit down, please.

I just got off the plane from
Sacramento, and I was pleased Paul told

were on your way.

You're looking very fit.

Paul.

Well, uh... There's a lot of confusion
now over what may happen to some banks

around the state that haven't checked
out their cash depositors too carefully.

You mean Mexican drug dealers laundering
money?

No, no. We're talking about honest and
decent local bankers who are trying to

please the government and still stay in
business.

You see, we know that some of the local
banks are under investigation, and we

wondered about the status of those
investigations and how our friends in

banks are going to come out.

Well, it's all federal jurisdiction.

Any information that we may have
developed, we've already turned over to

appropriate federal agencies.

We're out of it.

Okay. Okay, forget it, Bob.

Paul tells me that you've got a couple
of homicides on your hands that are a

little out of the ordinary.

Yes, sir.

Two young prostitutes, both brutally
murdered within the same 48 -hour time

span.

Are the murders linked? Yeah, yeah.

I spent the morning reviewing the
investigating officer's reports, and I

they were both picked up in the downtown
area.

The crimes in terms of their sexual
assault and harsh physical sadism are

too close to be mere coincidence.

You see, they're linked by physical
evidence in an M .O. pattern that

that they may have been committed by a
police impersonator.

What about committed by a police
officer?

It's possible, too.

No, no, really, Kim. I was married to an
Oriental girl once. Uh -huh. I'm pretty

sure she was.

But I wasn't married too long enough to
be absolutely sure.

This one really loves you, Freddy.

Yeah, how about that?

I must be doing something right.

I hear your old radio car part is going
to make cheap. Yeah.

Yeah, I saw him just the other day.

He felt kind of bad because we hadn't
talked in a long time, but... Yeah, what

the hell, it was good just to see him.

I remember when he was a salty young
cop.

Freddy, I'll buy the drink for you. Hey,
kid, sit down.

Buy you one.

Oh, I'm with my buddies Foley and D
'Angelo.

Well, they'll be glad to hear they got a
buddy Robert Hamlet back, because we're

all looking for you to be taking care of
us.

Hey, Max, how are you doing tonight?

Well, Todd, nice to see you here.

Thank you.

You didn't quit drinking in Chinatown,
did you?

Nah, quit drinking altogether before I
do that.

So, I hear Foley and D 'Angelo are going
to get this new strangler, hmm?

I'm going to get him, Freddy.

How'd you like to help me?

You're crazy.

I'm a patrol sergeant in Central.

Yeah, but you rolled on the first
freeway, Kelly.

There'll be more.

In your division, Freddy. And I want to
be on those crime scenes as soon as

possible. Now, you'd be helping Robbery
Homicide, but you'd also be helping Bob

Devers. Come on.

Without the cop, would this really be
helping Devers?

Absolutely.

Yeah.

Damn right they'll help you.

Any way I can, Cox.

Hmm. Hi.

Kim, understand you weren't, uh...
Freddie's been shacking up over at the

Shanghai Motel.

Hey,

I'm not shacking up with Sergeant Diaz
unless he marries.

Oh, man, that's the story of my life.

Tony! Hey!

We're in town for the weekend. You going
to be able to help me out? You bet, Mr.

Lawson. You just go and enjoy the show.
I'll be here when you're ready. All

right.

Yeah, gentlemen. Tony Palmetto? Yeah. D
'Angelo and Foley, Central Division

detectives.

Oh, no.

You got him?

I'll get the stash.

Hold still, damn it.

I had a taste of you.

I'm getting too old for this, D 'Angelo.

I was just holding it for somebody.

Well, well, well.

What have we here, my boy?

Looks like that fancy white pallet that
does away with all cares.

You've been dealing a little coke, huh,
Tony?

Not just claim checks you're handing out
here, huh?

I got a right to a lawyer.

You got a right to hard time with that
attitude.

What happened to Lydia Chacon?

What happened to who?

Who? Who?

What are you, an owl?

No more who's out of you now, you hear
me?

You went through juvenile court
together.

And for two years running, you visited
her at Girls Republic.

Oh, hell, you're talking about the girl
that got killed. Yeah, that's who.

Now you're getting to it, huh?

When's the last time you saw her?

I haven't seen her since she got in that
car with two vice squad cops.

I swear to God.

Cops? Did you say cops?

Now you keep talking, Anthony.

And don't you leave a word out. You
understand what I'm saying?

Not one.

Or this will be a day you'll want to
forget.

I never will.

I promise you.

I called narcotics. They're running a
test to make sure it's cocaine before we

release anything.

I should be sure of everything on this
one.

He had two men in their 20s or 30s.
Yeah.

Poor descriptions at best.

A dark police car, I think.

He also saw some handcuffs. One thing.

Apparently, they put the girl in the
front seat. And you and I know that

the way vice does it.

Well, police procedures?

Are you kidding me?

These two animals aren't policemen.
Yeah, but we have to go on the premise

maybe they are, no?

Yeah, we do.

I'm bringing Ann Cavanaugh in on this.
I'm taking her off the night shift.

Tom, I discussed the case with the mayor
and Paul Harris in the commissioner's

office yesterday morning.

Oh, yeah?

It's their feeling and my feeling that
the case should go downtown now. The

robbery homicide is the first step.

And then probably the creation of a task
force.

Well, it's wrong.

It's wrong and it's stupid.

We found the first victim. We developed
all the facts about the killings.

I'm not going to give this case to
anybody.

I won't hold still for it, Bob.

They have the expertise and the
resources you can't possibly have. Now,

What does he have?

Psychiatric profiles, computers, all
that crap?

Yes, all that crap, as you put it.
That's exactly what I mean.

Yeah, well, if this case is going to be
solved, it's going to be by detectives

like Foley and D 'Angelo who break their
butts around the clock. They go from

killing number one to killing number
two. They never give up. Are you trying

tell me that two detectives and a
policewoman from night shift that you're

a number with could do a better job than
200?

I'm telling you, if Foley and D 'Angelo
and Ann Kavanaugh can do better than you

and all your damn computers, but that
wouldn't guarantee your

becoming chief of police, would it?

This is your station.

I better get out of here.

I'd appreciate that.

What do you think?

Look down here at the bottom.

So pretty. I like how, yeah, the way the
phone is.

Look up there.

That's how you always wanted to do it,
huh?

Shut up, Carl.

Just shut up.

I want to wear a big time hat. I don't
want to wear a veil like that.

Yeah, I like the pearls. Yeah.

Come on.

With the crimes that have previously
taken place, thus the discovery of the

Carson sisters by Mission Hills Police
this morning.

As acting chief of police, I have placed
Deputy Chief Robert Devers in charge of

the investigations into the four
killings.

Deputy Chief Devers. Thank you, Chief
Benson.

As a first step, I'm assigning the case
to the Robbery Homicide Division of this

department. They'll be aided by a
special task force made up of the top

investigators in the department.

The task force will be commanded by
Lieutenant Joan Manning.

Lieutenant Todd Banyan will be working
with her.

We now have...

Conclusive physical evidence linking
these four crimes together.

And we're going to launch the most
intensive investigation in the history

this department to solve these crimes.

What

the

hell are you doing?

the damn car let's calm down where are
you going what the hell business is it

yours just move the department car
before i run into the damn thing anybody

to leave i will all right you go then
you just go right now go to her she's

probably waiting for you anyway let's
get in the house

Where the hell do I go?

Can you tell me that? Where the hell do
I go?

No reason for you to go anywhere.

This is our house. No, it's not our
house. Nothing is ours anymore. You

that up when you slept with her.

So tell me, where do I go? I'm too young
to go live with the kids.

I'm too old to start over again with
some other man.

Is that what you want?

No.

I never wanted that. I wanted 30 years
in the house at the lake.

and trips across country, and I wanted
those things because you told me that's

what you wanted, too.

Claire,

honest to God, I still do.

Part of me still does that. Part of you?

There's another part now, right?

I don't want to hear about this.

I didn't plan on falling in love with
her. I should hope not.

What the hell right do you have to fall
in love with anybody else?

About as much right as I ever thought I
had.

You're right, I can't drink.

What am I going to tell the kid?

Joe's just another uniform shaped in his
father's image.

I didn't mean that. He's a good kid.

I don't even know where Carrie is. I
keep thinking we're going to find her

in a motel room with needle tracks in
her arms.

Shut up! No, I will not shut up. You
clean up everybody's mess except your

Why do you have to talk about this now?

Because it's true.

Somehow, everything that happens in this
house has no relationship to what you

do all the rest of the time. I always
try to protect you and the kids from

I do.

But you can share that with Aunt
Kavanaugh. Does everything have to go

her? Yes, it does, because that's where
you go when you leave. All right, that's

enough. What are you going to do now?

Are you going to hit me?

What did she do?

She convinced you that you would never
have to retire?

You could just go on being the great
Captain Wright forever, with your

policewoman at your side.

This in -basket examination fulfills the
practical portion of the selection

process for the position of Metropolitan
Chief of Police.

You are being provided with a box
containing writing material and office

supplies, in addition to a number of
memos.

Your task is to read the material and
take appropriate action.

You may write on the memos.

It is imperative that you behave as if
you are the chief of police.

Do not merely write descriptions of what
you would do. Write instead the actual

memos, letters, and notes.

It is now 12 noon. You have two and a
half hours to complete this examination.

Are there any questions?

Good luck.

Officer, what can I tell you? I'm
telling you everything I know about this

situation.

What do you

got?

My God.

The hell?

Morning, Foley.

How you doing, Yanzel?

We're doing all right.

Where the hell did everybody come from?

You got another body off the freeway,
right?

We'll take charge of the scene and
preserve it.

Lieutenant?

He's liable to lose her brick.

Well, that's part of equal employment
opportunity.

First black victim.

Right. We'll ID her and put the details
of her life into the Matrix over the

weekend. Now, wait a minute.

Foley and I got the first call on this.

At this moment, it's a divisional
homicide locate, and we have the primary

investigative responsibility.

If it is the next girl, Sergeant D
'Angelo, it's the freeway killer and

going to have the case in 20 minutes.

If it isn't, if it's a single victim
homicide, I'm sure we'll get out of your

hair.

You're right, Lieutenant. I'll notify
the station that you are taking charge

this crime scene.

Oh, Chief, I'm Bob Devers. I was hoping
you'd put your hand out, Bob.

And it's Al.

You know, I haven't been this nervous
since they told me that Hoover wanted to

see me about a case I'd been working on.

Well, the exam was no picnic, huh?

Well, you know, aside from the language
barrier, I think I did okay.

Yeah, well, I think I did all right
myself.

But they can fool you.

You gonna be in town for a couple of
days?

No, just a quick fly in and fly out.

I wanted to bring the family out here
and make a three -day holiday out of it,

but there's just too much work to do.

Especially if you have to change jobs in
a hurry, huh?

You know I figured you were a shoo -in
for this job until your mayor said that

it was going to be a wide -open race.

Mayor Cameron said that? Well, sure,
when he was in New Orleans for the

conference last year.

Did she call? Yeah, five minutes ago.

Catching the one o 'clock plane down
from San Francisco as planned.

You meet her at the plane. Don't let her
talk to anybody.

I know that. Don't you think I know
that?

Stanley, don't tell us what you know.
Tell us what you're going to do.

I'll meet her at the plane.

And you guys will be waiting outside the
main parking structure.

We'll go to the Bayland Hotel, and I'll
put her in the room that you guys rent.

Nothing to tie her to the room.

Nobody even sees her at the desk or
anything like that.

She'll understand.

She's bribing some cops.

We'll take care of the rest.

We're thinking of making it a suicide.

What?

fool idea of bringing her here, Carl.

Joan.

Hi. It's a mug shot of the latest victim
taken last year at the time of her

first arrest of prostitution.

She just turned 18 a couple of days
before that.

She was really pretty, huh?

I never saw that many pretty hookers
when I was working life.

Or that young.

Okay, we've got six victims now with
mine.

Each one of these represents a workup.

Red dots indicate where the victims were
found.

Blue dots indicate location of
residence.

But none of them seem to have known each
other.

Yeah, but almost all the victims are in
the downtown area.

Well, is this busy all the time?

During the day, anyway.

Chief, most of the calls go nowhere, as
you know.

But we're gonna get one one of these
days, or one of these clues is gonna pan

out, and I'm gonna have a prime suspect
for you.

Have you found anything so far that ties
any of these victims to a policeman, a

police department, or...

Even a family with cops in it.

No, Chief, I would have called.

That's what I want you to do.

That's all I want you to do.

You pick up anything that seems to
confirm that a policeman was involved in

of these killings, I want you to call me
directly.

If I'm not here, you get a hold of Mario
and he'll find me.

But hold on to everything until I see
it.

I'll decide what to do next.

Do you understand me, Jo?

I understand you, Chief.

All right, tell me that again.

I can give you both of them. Gavin and
Hallett. They're the freeway killers.

How do you know that?

Tomorrow...

Tomorrow...

Tomorrow they're gonna kill another
woman who's flying down from San

I'm supposed to help them.

You're gonna give us two killer cops,
huh, Stanley?

Collect 25 grand?

You'd better be right about them.

Hello. Thanks, sir.

Banging's got something.

It involves the case.

And it involves cops.

What in the hell is happening to us,
Mario?

Killer cops.

And we really got our heads in the sand
on this thing.

Bob, are you all right?

Reasonably.

I had it all programmed, Kate.

The mayor.

He went from the mayor's conference in
New Orleans to New York.

He sold Narder in New Orleans and he
sold Dinocchio in New York.

They could become the next chief of
police of this town.

You're saying the mayor wants those men
to come out here and take the department

away from you?

Why not?

They're good administrative police
officers.

They'd be anxious to, uh...

Pleased the mayor and the commission.

They'd clean up the streets, the
muggers, the hookers, the rapists.

Whatever it takes to get a lot of
headlines, convince people that they're

their toes.

While they were up to their necks in
street crime, before they knew what was

happening, organized crime would come in
the back door.

With a welcome mat outside City Hall.

They're into everything, Kate.

They become experts subverting unions,
corrupting local politicians, laundering

drug money.

Harris and the mayor already tried to
get some information out of me on the

federal government's money laundering
cases.

You didn't tell me about that.

They worded it so innocuously it could
have been a perfectly harmless inquiry.

But I stole all of them.

Bob, I know how much you want this job.

But you can't take the whole weight of
this city on your shoulders.

Can't you see what's happening, Kate?

I hate politics.

I've always hated politics.

And here I am, asking for a job that's
become a politician's job.

If I say the wrong thing, if I try to
take the rap for a department that's

coming apart, I... You think you're
talking to a

paranoid cop?

Or is that a redundancy?

Look, I just don't want this thing to
get to the point where it hurts you or

changes you.

I don't know what you're talking about.
What do you mean you don't know what I'm

talking about? You're disturbed with the
other candidates, you're upset with the

politicians, you're faulting your own
men.

When did this ever bother you before?
You just did your job. But now... Do you

think this is a personal ambition?

Huh? Do you think I want this job at any
cost?

That I don't care about anything else?
My men? My responsibilities?

Who the hell's side are you on? Just
hold it.

You remember me. I'm your wife.

I don't care if you're chief of police
or not.

But I can see in your eyes right now
that you don't trust me or your own

department or anybody.

Accept yourself.

Good thing the Reverend's willing to
give us a hand, Chief.

Just can't get used to calling Reverend
Mario.

Yeah, he was a good cop.

Hello, Chief. Chaplain Johnson, how are
you?

I see you're involving my church in
probably illegal police activities

Well, you just hang tough when the
internal affairs people come around.

Where is this champion of ours? He's
inside.

How long have you known officers Hallett
and Gavin?

About a year, sir.

How'd you meet them?

They spend a lot of time in a bar at the
Hotel New Kyoto.

I'm the assistant night manager there.

I understand you're conversant with the
plot to kill a woman named Laura Healy

who's coming in this afternoon from San
Francisco.

Yes, sir.

You didn't think that's all that Hallett
and Gavin are doing.

You say they're the freeway killers?

Yes, sir.

Everything fits.

They're driving a four -door police
sedan, just like the killer's car that

described.

And the parking lot attendant?

He thought the freeway killers were
vice.

These two, they tell half the people
they meet that they're vice.

And I rode around with them for hours
the other night, sir.

They discuss their victims in front of
you? No, sir.

But they talked about what they were
going to do to Laura Healy before they

her.

He's number one in the field of 38.

Mr. Mayor, there's no getting away from
that. There's no getting away from his

running the police department for the
next six years either.

I didn't say that, Merritt. Al Narda did
very well on the test, too. Okay, who

else do we have?

Freddy D 'Onocho scored a 93.

That's below Devers and Narda, but it's
an acceptable score, and he's got an

excellent administrative reputation.

I want D 'Onocho.

I need some flexibility from across the
street over there, not some hard -nosed

cop who goes on a high every time he has
a fight with City Hall.

That department thrives on its high and
mighty tradition like it's gotten a

message from heaven. They don't care.

They don't care about politics or...
compromise or getting something done one

way or the other to keep this city
growing and functioning.

Now, Devers is going to find out that he
is not some little Dutch boy holding

back the sea, not in this day and age.

He will either learn that or he's going
to drown.

Very easy.

It's not like you to let something like
this get to you.

Suppose, suppose he cracks the freeway
killer case. Not in time, he can't be

sized. He's got problems coming up every
day and we can exploit whichever one we

want. We, we've got... Money coming in
from all over the world.

I mean, some of it is questionable, but
it gets here clean.

And it's put to good use. You bet.

Municipal projects, new buildings, new
businesses.

All they want is a profitable
environment that they can work in. It's

Al Capone time, the way Devers keeps
talking about it. It's for everyone's

interest. You can't change human nature,
but you can regulate it and control it,

channel it.

Okay.

I don't want what happened back east.

Couldn't agree with you more.

But, hey, what happened back there is
just a great idea that got out of hand.

Looks like this big old house on the
corner.

Biggest pile of termite bait I've ever
seen.

Hell of a place to be finding the
captain's daughter.

The information's right.

Not in the best of shape, is it?

Doesn't look too homey.

D 'Angelo and Foley.

We're looking for Carrie Wright.

Nobody here by that name.

And what name is she here by?

She might be upstairs.

She's calling herself Sparky.

What do you mean, she might be?

You're running a junkie. You ought to
know if she's here or not. Take it easy,

will you? You know, the guy who brought
her here says she has some pool in your

department. Oh, yeah? Yeah. Oh, yeah?
Yeah.

Come on, honey.

Take it.

Oh,

Carrie.

I know you guys.

Did my dad send you?

We'll talk about that later.

Now, what have you been taking?

Come on, Gary. What have you been
taking?

Aspirin.

You have to arrest me for marks.

Section 11721 says you have to arrest
me. I saw that.

My dad's police report.

You have to arrest me, right?

You're that anxious to go to jail,
Carrie?

I don't care.

I hope to die.

Dope fiend, I told him that.

Now look, we're going to get you out of
here.

Do you have anything here that's yours?

Carrie, your folks brought you a sports
car for Christmas.

Where's it parked?

I sold it.

It was a beautiful car.

All right, come on, baby. Up you go. No.

Come on. No.

Up you go. I don't want to stay here.

Come on, baby. No. I want to stay here.

So you can finish killing yourself?

I don't want to see my father. Come on,
baby, get up. He's a cop.

I don't want to see my... I don't want
to see my father. I hate him.

Oh, honey, it's too bad.

Because he really loves you.

Okay.

Come on, baby.

I got it. I got it. Come on, baby.

Come on.

Come on, Gary.

It's going to be all right.

Flight 876 from San Francisco is now
arriving at gate 17.

Hello, Miss Healy.

Where are they? They'll catch up with
us. You got the money?

Yes, all of it.

S1 to S4, suspect's car is just now
approaching the Figueroa off -ramp.

S1 to S4, suspect's car is taking the
Figueroa off -ramp as expected.

We've lost transmission, Chico. Can you
pick up on them as they come down the

ramp?

S1 to S4, have you picked up on them
yet, Chico?

S4 to S1, negative.

They didn't come down the Figueroa off
-ramp. What's this all about?

Shut up, damn it. Back up.

What's up? Back up on the freeway. We'll
go out 3rd Street just in case.

Chico, how about it?

S4 to S1.

Negative. Negative. They're nowhere
around here.

Damn it!

S1 to all S units. We've lost the
suspect car.

You got any ideas?

Here, Lieutenant. These locations will
seal off the area.

S2, Figaro Overpass.

S3, 5th and Main.

S4, 7th and Grand.

S5, 18th and Broadway. And find them,
damn it! Find them!

Pauline D 'Angelo found Karen this
morning.

Oh, thank God.

Yeah. She was living in a filthy house
in the hills.

Fresh needle marks on her arms.

She'd been taking heroin.

Didn't she try and tell you and Claire
that?

Well, not in so many words.

Or maybe I never wanted to listen.

Everything I always hated.

Narcotics, junkies, dealers, all that
slime.

Now my daughter's a junkie.

Where is she now?

They've taken her to Western Memorial.
They have a substance abuse unit there.

You told Clarion?

Yeah. She's on her way to see her.

I don't know what to do.

Just don't bury her.

What?

Your daughter's not dead, Tommy. She's
alive and she needs you. If one program

doesn't work, another one will.

And even if...

Even if nothing works, she needs you to
fight for her life for her.

She'll always need that.

I've come to depend on you a lot, Ann.

It goes both ways.

What the hell went wrong? We followed
them to the 6th Street off -ramp. They

went down it, but they must have backed
up, gotten on the freeway, and then shot

down 3rd or 4th. You flood the downtown
area and the freeways with descriptions

of the car? Yeah. Emergency broadcast,
all frequencies, all departments.

They're driving a gray sedan, belongs to
you, Jack.

Weren't there supposed to be two cars?

That was the original plan, according to
you, Jack, but it must have changed

overnight. They left Hallett's car at
the airport. We recovered it there.

Why? Why?

I mean, if they know we're on to them,
why go ahead? Why change the plan? I

don't know.

Except we're dealing with bad cops here.
They're the worst. They know all the

tricks.

We should have grabbed them at the
airport.

Well, then we'd have them on conspiracy
and soliciting a bribe. Maybe nothing

else.

Now we've got them on kidnapping and
assuming we get there in time, attempted

murder. Maybe even a double murder.

See, I don't think they intended to let
you, Jack, walk away from this from the

beginning.

Do you realize what you people have
done?

The press can make us an accessory to a
double murder.

They're not going anywhere, Chief. We'll
get them. Yeah, we'll get them. We'll

get them.

And when you get him, if that woman's
already had her throat cut, I want you

explain that to the press.

How do animals like that get on the
police force?

How do they last so long?

If you, Jack, hadn't come to us, would
they have gotten away with it?

Yeah, yeah, that's it.

Bingo.

S4 to S1. You're not going to believe
this, boss.

We found them.

Got them.

Let's roll.

I've done my job.

Oh, Stanley, shut up. You don't need me
here.

Yes, we do, Stanley. Now shut your
mouth.

Whatever happens now, you're part of it.

Just a minute. Just a minute.

Freeze!

Hold it! I ought to kill you, man! I
ought to kill you!

You hear me? I ought to kill you!

Banjo!

Don't even think about it.

It's all right.

It's all right. You're safe now. It's
all right. It's all right.

I'm going to take care of you. I'm just
going to take the tape off.

I'm trying not to hurt you.

Easy, easy, easy.

I tried to get you on the phone.

They said you wouldn't take the call.

Is that right?

I tried calling you the second I got
into town.

You didn't want to talk to me then.

That's not true.

I was out.

No.

No.

You sent two of your cops.

To come hunt me down like I was just
another one of your street animals.

I sent them to find my daughter.

Because I... I love her.

He sent them and they locked me up
and... I don't want to talk to you

I don't...

Get out of here.

Just get out of here.

Just get out of here.

I don't wanna see you again.

Just get out of here.

Just get out of here.

Does anybody know how far they actually
are, the freeway killers?

No, it seems increasingly unlikely.

You can get a holiday twice a decorated
office set. Isn't that true?

That's true. At the time your informant
contacted your robbery homicide

investigators, neither men were under
suspicion for anything?

That's correct. If the informant hadn't
come forward, would the two officers

have gotten away with it?

I don't know.

We just don't know how the crime scene
would have... read to our investigators

later on. No, I just can't say it.

Candidates from all over the world come
here to join your department.

What's to keep you from hiring another
Hallett and Gavin?

Well, we have tests. We have background
investigations, screening and abuse.

We do everything that's humanly possible
to weed out the bad ones before they

ever get the badge. But something must
have gone wrong in this case. Almost

irreparably wrong.

Do you have a comment on that, Deputy
Chief Devers?

Both... The men under arrest were sworn
personnel. They spent years with the

department.

If they weren't outstanding officers,
they never gave us any indication that

they were unsuitable and inherently
criminal.

The truth is, we just didn't know
anything about them.

Perhaps we're not ever immune to what
today's society can offer.

We got him tonight.

That woman reporter hit him hard.

She knew the right questions because she
got a little briefing from some friends

of ours.

He holds up pretty well under fire.

No question.

He's a cool one.

We are probably defecating all over the
best cop in the country.

Catherine.

What are you doing out here in the
middle of the night?

I knew you had a hard day and didn't
want you driving tired.

I thought you could leave your car and
I'll drive you into work in the morning.

I don't have to be at the store until
ten.

Well, that's the best offer I've had all
day.

It's also the only one.

Thanks, son. I really appreciate it.

And... I'm the bearer of good tidings.

You passed the written.

I was worried.

You know, it's funny how important that
car has become.

Not too important, please.

There are just some things I have to
face, whatever the consequences.

And just having you a part of me makes
that possible.

There's nothing...

I think we better get home in a hurry.

I'm all for that.

Tonight, tonight, Kim?

No, tonight we go to Reno and visit the
wedding chapel.

That's the night.

Oh, my God. I'm breaking down. You may
talk me into it, yeah?

Maybe I can get Debra to be my best man.
I taught him everything you know.

Very good.

Here goes Reno.

This is unit 41. I was spotted in 1980
to 85, four -door Ford sedan, black in

color, with two men apparently throwing
what appears to be a body underneath the

overpass at Echo Lake and Temple.

Apparently throwing a body on the
freeway spur closest to Echo Lake and

Vehicle was last seen proceeding
southbound on the Holly Hills Freeway.

units and all frequencies.

Suspects may be the freeway killers.

out of the car with your hands up. Take
it easy, man.

Take it easy.

Get out slow. Relax.

Get out slow.

Unlock the door.

Easy. Take it easy, man.

Gonna open it, dude.

Wait. Use the outside lever.

All right, man. Just relax, all right?

No problem.

Keep your hands up. Slow.

Didn't Dears get him?

He got two armed robbers. They ate an
all -night market, battered the owner's

head to a pulp.

Well, that's damn good work.

Bob.

He's got alcohol on his breath.

Put him on a breathalyzer now.

It's gonna show he was drunk when he
blew that scum away.

Did we get the breathalyzer report on
Freddy Diaz?

He blew .16, Chief. The shooting team
says he was driving under the influence,

still under the influence after the
shooting, and he was using hollow -point

ammunition.

I want the full shooting team report
back in 12 hours.

Where did you ride together, Chief?

Eastern Division.

Long time ago.

25 years.

Did Captain Wright call us? No, sir, he
didn't.

Lieutenant Manning would like to see
you, though.

She has something on the freeway
killers.

All right, fine.

We almost had them last night, Mario. We
almost had them.

We had at least 50 cars in the area, and
somehow they got away.

Changed vehicles, maybe?

Yeah, sure. They changed vehicles.

They had to leave the car somewhere.

Somewhere in the downtown area.

And we let them get away with it.

Can't we do anything right around here,
huh?

I mean, I can't even keep these names
straight anymore.

How many of these young kids have to die
before we do our job?

Chief?

What have you got for me?

I think I've got at least one of the
freeway killers.

Computers cough them up? Several times
now.

Waited until the cross -references made
a lot of sense.

His name is Robert Nayland.

31 years old.

Born in the city.

Presently working at the racetrack.

The second victim was found near the
racetrack.

Previously worked at International
Airport as a ticket agent, and he lives

the Rodeo area.

And the first victim was found near a
porno theater just a few blocks from the

airport. What was her name? Lydia
Chacon.

Nayland's been arrested six times on
various sex charges, including rape. And

served two years at the California
Colony for Men at Vacaville.

Chief, he's been adjudged a sexual
psychopath.

Any personal ties with any of the
victims?

Uh -huh. Marna Wilcox lived at 2118
Rodeo Avenue West.

Nayland lives at the same address, one
floor above.

Has he been questioned?

Once by divisional detectives to whom he
lied about his previous arrest.

Once by Mission Hills uniformed officers
in a door -to -door. Again, he lied

about his previous arrest.

Said he was employed as a gardener,
which he has been at various times.

Don't we have some physical evidence?

Victims five and six had their wrists...
found with a type of wire used by

gardeners in fencing.

Nalen's neighbors say he still has
gardeners' equipment in the garage of

apartment building.

Have Banyan pick him up.

Get a search warrant, both for the
garage and the apartment itself.

I'll set up the interrogation so that
you and I can watch him under the gun.

We used to run in these hills.

You were hot running even then.

Yeah.

Thanks for coming, Chief.

That was a hell of a shootout last
night.

I couldn't say much at the scene.

I wouldn't have heard you anyway.

I just realized how much I had to drink.

I guess I blew a .16, huh?

You always could hold your liquor.

A drunk or sober, you always knew what
you were doing.

I hear the city hall crowd is hitting on
you for the freeway killers.

Not to mention the Hallett and Gavin
mess.

I think I personally went out and
recruited a couple of killer cops.

They're going to get you if you try to
help me, Bob.

If you try to cover up for me, they're
going to use that to get you.

I owe you a hell of a lot, Freddy. You
don't owe me anything.

I was your training officer.

T .O .s take chances for their people.

You owe the men a hell of a lot more.

That's why I asked you to come out here
to meet me, to tell you that.

I just don't want to see the department
tear you apart.

Oh, hell.

I had the dream once. Yeah, super cop.

Maybe lieutenant.

Maybe even captain.

But the brass thought I had a green card
taped to the back of my batch.

So what the hell?

Well, things are better now.

They're better than they were.

Maybe.

That's something you're going to have to
face.

Now, listen.

If I go on the shelf, I'm going to sit
there with my kids and watch you on

television.

And I'm going to say,

That's the chief.

He never would have made it if I hadn't
been his training officer.

See me enough now?

It looks like new, huh?

I'll kill that hound.

Oh, you don't want to kill an old dog,
Carl?

It's bad luck.

I hope the new paint shop changes our
luck.

Freddie Dean's case goes to the shooting
review board on Wednesday morning.

You shouldn't talk to me about this.

I want you to do a job for him.

As his captain.

Isn't this kind of unusual?

A chief coming to a captain before a
shooting review board to plead a

case?

I mean, what if this conversation came
out?

Give you a chance to be chief.

But knowing you, I know the conversation
won't come out.

Tom, back in 1962, Freddy and I, we
stopped an out -of -state store on

Avenue.

I was young. I was eager.

I was in the lead, and the bad guy came
out of the car, shooting.

Freddy shoved me to the ground, and he
took a .38 slug right to the collarbone.

Right. It's instinct for a training
officer to protect his butt.

But he saved my butt.

Made it my life.

That's why I'm here now.

Chief.

I was going to do anything I could for
Freddy anyway.

He is one of my men.

About Ann, I... I want you to know I was
way out of line. I just... Forget about

it. I've been there myself.

Bob, this has gotten to be one hell of a
no -win job the last couple of years.

Computers, killer cops, it's all
changing.

Violence in big cities, just naturally.

grow together.

It's like an organ stable.

The more you shovel out, the more it
comes back.

I like the sound of that. You mind if I
use it in my next report?

Only if you don't spell out what they
shoveled.

We spend more time in the courts
defending ourselves than we do on the

And it's terrible for the men.

I mean, it rips their guts out to see
slime on the street after a good arrest.

They risk their lives, and for what?
They call killers, they're accused of

brutality.

So, some say to hell with it.

They take the easy way.

Their pride is gone, so they wear their
uniform, that's all. They just wear it.

And the others turn rotten.

That's the way a police department dies.

Yeah?

Well, I don't know. Sometimes I think
people just don't give a damn.

Until they need a cop.

The day when the officer used to climb
up the tree to save the kid, that's gone

forever. History.

You have an answer?

Sure.

You get up in the morning, you go to
work, and you do your job the best you

how.

And 30 years go by, catch yourself a
camper in Colorado, if you're lucky.

I got to go see my daughter, Chief.

Now, let's just hang in there.

I still need cops like you and me.

No, I got it.

Thanks. Thanks, Dom.

you'll look a lot better.

Thanks.

I, um... I'm sorry about last time. I
don't remember.

Forget about it. Past history.

How long did they say you gotta be here?

Well, the program is for three days, and
then they want me to go to a halfway

house. A halfway house?

That's for people who just got out of
prison.

No, not this one.

This one's for, uh, girls with chemical
dependencies.

Ah. Sounds preppy, huh?

Yeah.

How long do they want to keep you there?

I don't know.

Six, nine months.

I'm going to have therapy there.

What about your school?

What about your life?

Spending six to nine months with those
people?

Some of them just one step away from
prison?

I don't want you to wind up just like
them.

I am just like them.

What do you think, heroin in my veins is
any different just because my father's

a police captain?

You... Oh, you think I don't want to
shove a needle up my arm as far as it'll

half the time I'm here?

told me that you were having an affair,
that you were leaving her for some

policewoman. I don't think she should
have told you that right now.

She shouldn't have?

No.

You're blasting her to bits, and she
shouldn't have told me that.

What can I do? It wasn't planned. I
didn't plan to hurt her feelings. I

plan on being a junkie either, but I am
one. Look... I won't accept that.

Then maybe you should just leave. Why
don't you just get out of here again?

Is everything all right, Carrie?

You're fine.

Yeah, thanks.

Everything's fine.

Who the hell is that guy?

He's the guy who throws police captains
out when they yell.

I'm not ready to accept your addiction.

But what I wanted to say was... I'm here
if you need me.

I mean, I'll come and see you.

That is, if you and that guy let me in.

And I'll stay as long as I can.

And I'll even come to that halfway
house, too.

Suppose they say not to?

Come, suppose they just say call or
write or send money.

Well, then I'll write or call or send
money.

And stop shouting?

You should be glad that some people
still care enough to shout.

Maybe I am.

Thanks for the flowers.

You told the Mission Hills officers that
your true name was Joseph Nalen. That's

the name you used when you raped Ed Coed
up in San Francisco in 1981, isn't that

right? Yeah, that's right, but I'm
trying to put all that behind me now.

you tell divisional detectives that you
only worked part -time as a gardener?

Because I was afraid. I was afraid that,
you know, once they got my record that

they'd... Go to the racetrack while I'm
working, and I can't lose any more jobs.

How long have you been working at the
track?

Chief, we found a large roll of wire in
his garage.

The lab says that the wire used to bind
victims' five and six hands could have

come from the same row. Could have come
or actually did come.

Chief, they got the hillside stranglers
with some carpet fiber from the spare

bedroom. What did you find in his
apartment?

We found three unregistered guns, some
sex magazines, booze, marijuana.

Only Martin Wilcox?

No, never.

I saw her picture in the paper, though.
Oh, come on. She lived one flight down

from you. You never saw her?

Oh, right. I might have seen her.

You know she was a prostitute?

Yeah. Did you ever go in her apartment?

No. Yes. No. Which is it? Yes or no?
Yes.

Did you ever pay to have sex in her
apartment?

Yeah, that was just that one time. How
much did you pay her?

Seventy -five. Oh, come on. You're an ex
-con. You beat and raped three women in

the Bay Area. You tell me you paid her
seventy -five bucks and just walked out

of there?

I took the money back.

Didn't she fight you?

Oh, yeah, but I took it anyway.

You know what she said? She said she was
going to call the cops. I said, hey,

you know, fat chance.

I mean, a hooker calling the cops.

When was this? Not when she was killed.
How do you know when she was killed?

I read the papers.

All right, you get Banny out of there
for me, will you?

I want you to book her on suspicion of
killing a Wilcox girl. Just one booking

for now.

Chief, there is a whole city living out
there in fear.

Women afraid to leave their houses. Some
of them still afraid of the police.

You've got to give them the freeway
killers or they're going to come down on

you. Book him on suspicion of killing
the Wilcox girl. We're going to do this

the book.

As we develop hard physical evidence
tying him to the other killings, we'll

charge him for those.

Right, sir.

I was just worried that they would...
That's all right. That's okay.

I appreciate your concern.

But one uptight cop is enough for now.

Like that big car

Feel better now.

Victim number eight.

John.

Relax,

everybody.

Well, as you all know, Bob Nalen is no
longer a feasible freeway killer

So we're back to square one.

Chief. We gave you one suspect with the
computers, and embarrassingly, it turned

out to be the wrong one, but we still
believe our M .O. is on the right track.

That may very well be true, Lieutenant,
but it seems to me that we have to use

the computers. We can't let the
computers use us.

Computers still need some street smarts.

Gardner's wire with hard physical
evidence. Now, we got the wrong roll of

but the other one's out there somewhere.

When we get these two bastards, we're
going to find out that one, possibly

live very close to one of the victims.
That stands to reason.

What do you think, Chief?

Well, I think we're all going in the
same direction.

So, let's go over what we've got.

The gardener.

Now, we all know that you don't have to
have a license to be a gardener. But if

you also do some hauling, you need a
small business license.

So make up a roster of every small
business license in this county.

Okay, Robbery Homicide's got half a
dozen teams that can start checking out

those licenses right now.

I want the team from Central to work
with you on every lead, Lieutenant.

We've been handling the overall
coordination of the cases. We know

We know that we've made some serious
mistakes.

Downtown Hot Shots, is that it, Chief?

I want you all to work together.

You report directly to Captain Wright.

I'll relieve you of your other duties.

Remember, this is a plainclothes
operation, so dress accordingly.

The killers are familiar with police
procedure, Chief. They probably knew

after each killing, the friends,
neighbors of the victims would be

So, I think we should go back to the
first victim.

Go over every apartment house they lived
in and find out who's moved out before

or since the killings. We can help you
with that, Captain. We've got all the

victims' addresses for the past ten
years.

Good.

I think there's a link between the use
of the freeways and the fact that we've

always lost them somewhere in the
downtown area.

Foley, D 'Angelo, I want you to explore
the possibility of a second car, one

that's used for the killings and one
that's used afterwards, especially if

think we're getting close to them.

Captain Wright, give them whatever
manpower you can spare.

Now we're going back to basic
investigative police work.

We're going back on the streets and
we're going to break this case.

Because that's our job.

What are you doing here?

I forgot something. We supposed to be
somewhere an hour ago?

No, there's no place we're supposed to
be.

I'm the bearer of tidings again. I don't
know whether they're good or bad

anymore.

That's why I'm here. This one has a
particular problem.

Oral exam for chief of police.

May 16th.

10 a .m.?

That's less than 48 hours from now.

Every oral you've ever taken, you've
spent night after night going over the

books. I guess I've been kind of busy.

You know, I keep thinking there's going
to be three names on that final list

that goes to the full commission.

They could still knock me out.

But you're the best possible choice. The
commissioners have to know that.

Spoken like a true wife.

Oh, I always did love those Texas hogs.
Come on, come on. Okay, okay, okay, come

on. Yes, yes.

Think of the payment, Foley.

Ah, you should have married a rich girl.

Thank you.

Good morning, Mr. Mayor. Paul, I'm sorry
I missed your call last night. It

doesn't matter, Bob.

I'm all for postponing unpleasant
occasions anyway.

Now, what is the status of the freeway
killers?

We've been carrying Robert Nayland as a
suspect in the Marna Wilcox slang.

I ordered his release this morning for
lack of evidence.

Do we have any other hot suspects in
sight?

No, we do not.

Bob, how could Nayland have been the
killer? He was in custody when victim

number eight showed up dead near the
stadium.

That crime could have been committed by
his partner.

The DA's investigators tell us that
Naylor and I had a half a dozen male

partners over the last two years, all of
them ex -cons, and most of them either

homosexual or bisexual like he is.

Not a very likely freeway killer
suspect, is he, Bob?

I'm not sure he ever was.

The computer gave us several cross
-references.

I heard his interrogation.

So far, Chief Devers, you've arrested
two policemen who Snitch thought they

the freeway killers. You have Sergeant
Diaz, who shot two other suspects,

thinking they were the freeway killers.
And with the help of the computers, you

personally ordered the arrest of the
wrong man.

Not a very brilliant performance by this
department, which you aspire to

command.

That's a cheap shot mixed with
hindsight.

The fact is, speaking of Sergeant Diaz,
we have a copy here of the shooting

board report, which found that he was
involved in a perfectly good shooting.

We don't know what you did to lead that
shooting review team to a whitewash, but

the minority report says Diaz was in
violation of departmental policy from

time he got into his car alone until the
time he blew away the second suspect.

You can destroy the credibility of the
shooting review board.

You can destroy Sergeant Diaz'
credibility.

But I don't think that's really what
you're after, is it?

I have a meeting.

That I'm late for.

You'll have to excuse me.

Bob, even if you come up with the top
score in both the written and the oral,

civil service has to certify two of the
top candidates to the commission.

Both of them will be fine for the job.

So what are you telling me now?

Exit gracefully.

Look, you withdraw immediately from the
competition for chief.

Concentrate on trying to solve the
freeway killing so that you can hand the

department over to a more competent
successor and we'll let you save your

reputation.

I can't do that.

I care too much about this department.

I'm not going to cave into your
political games, Harris.

Through the years, this department never
had more than half the men it needed to

get the job done.

But we did it.

Through riots and assassinations and a
foreign conflict that could have become

civil war.

Okay, you're a good cop, but you're not
a chief of police that can run and

administer a modern city department.
Look at the shape you're in.

I haven't failed.

This department hasn't failed.

We arrested two murderous cops before
they killed anybody.

Sergeant Diaz took out two killers.

And he's been completely exonerated.
That's enough, Devers. I'm giving you a

out. And it's a way I can't take.

Because this is too good a department.

And while I forgot it for a while, I'm
too good a cop to quit under fire.

So you can go to hell.

Hey, it's me. We've been here before.

Yeah, hello.

Hey, that looks familiar.

Well, you can't have it.

Check that one over there.

All these cars began to look alike. I've
seen 10 ,000 of them.

There's so many Japanese cars here, I
think I'm in Tokyo.

Okay. Shall we hightail it?

Yeah, not only that, but my kids are
coming down with the flu.

Oh. Yeah.

Tom would need the car to take him to
the doctor. No problem. Tomorrow is my

turn anyway.

Good night. Thanks a lot, Mary.

Ann. Yeah?

Debra's going to make chief.

Tom Wright thinks he is. Oh, I hope the
man can change things.

In what way?

I'm talking policewomen, black cops,
black policewomen.

Maybe Debra's going to help things.

If he doesn't, it won't make a damn
loose chief to a lot of them.

You always feel that there's a few at
the top who don't want it to change at

all.

Yeah, Mary, I know. It's a problem.

Mr. Faith, bye -bye.

Hi. Hi.

I'll make us some coffee.

Okay.

Mary and I picked up a list of small
business licenses issued in the last 18

months.

Lieutenant Manning must have busted her
butt to get that out of the computers

before tonight.

Good.

Good.

I guess I said I've missed you.

I miss you, too.

I'm not putting my papers in.

I'm not pulling the plug.

What'd I tell you?

Yeah, I made that decision.

Seeing Carrie every day at the hospital.

She explained something.

Something about tough love.

Not to give her too much.

She said... But I should be there
whenever she

wanted to give some back.

You want to go to the other room?

I want that more than anything else in
the world.

But you can't.

I can't leave my wife.

When did you know?

I mean, a week ago we were talking about
the rest of our lives

together.

I might not be able to live with her.

I don't know if I could live with anyone
except you.

But the way we would have to be together
is a way that would destroy her.

Why didn't you tell me this four months
ago?

I didn't know it four months ago.

I can't live with her.

I'll probably die with her.

If she goes first, I'll mourn her. If I
go first, she'll bury me.

She and Carrie.

And some guys are cut out that way.

I guess I'm one of them.

Well, you answered all my questions.

But I do have one more.

Why did you come here tonight?

You could have called me into your
office. You could have closed the door.

could have given me the word then.

Or phoned me on your day off or
something.

Why?

I... I had to tell you face to face.

I couldn't run away.

I had to...

Tell you that if I never see you again,
I'll never

love anybody.

away.

heat in the damn refrigerator.

Go to the grocery store.

If I don't feel like working, I don't
feel like going to the store.

I'm telling you, we gotta take it easy.

It's just too much heat. That chippy
officer spotted us.

What the hell are you looking for?

Don't tell me when we take it easy and
when we don't.

Don't you think this gun makes you a
man?

I wasn't going to use it.

I just couldn't find it since we moved
here.

I'm getting nervous about the cops.

You go to the grocery store.

You come back here.

Deputy Chief Devers, please have a seat.

Thank you.

Chief, we're going to shoot a lot of
questions at you, some of them at least

adversarial. Some of them may seem
unfair.

We operate on the premise that life is
not fair.

It seems that much of your police
experience is academic, that you've

administrative route to high office.

I started in a radio car, and I worked
one for seven years.

I made sergeant during the South Side
riots.

I commanded a station during the
Symbionese Liberation Army shootouts.

Right now, I'm in tactical command of
over 75 % of the police force. It

me to go personally to the scene of
every major crime, and usually to the

of every police officer shooting.

You're also in command of the celebrated
Freeway Killer Task Force, isn't that

true?

Yes, that's true.

City police.

Looks like one of the downtown units has
got the car parked here.

Yeah, he's supposed to get one of these.

Yeah, but downtown preempted as per
usual.

Why the hell would a robbery homicide
have a car up here?

The fresh paint, Judd.

Let's run the plate.

Chief, over a dozen years ago...

Your department was told that it had
been tried and found wanting in the

area of minority representation.

It was both racist and sexist.

Now, what, if anything, has been done to
remedy that situation?

Well, we've increased the number of
policewomen.

We've increased the number of minority
males, Orientals, Blacks, Hispanics.

But to be honest, we've had to lower the
minimum requirement to do that.

I take it you object to this?

Well, not the concept.

As to the application.

You see, you can't change the
operational and historic aspects of the

in just 12 years.

How many years will it take, Chief?

Well, it's not a question of years.

As these minority candidates show
promise and gain experience, rise in the

ranks, they'll hold command posts.

That's inevitable.

And I welcome that.

And that sounds like a very qualified
response.

I'm surprised to see you guys are out
here.

There was a lot of cops after Mai got
killed, but there hasn't been anybody

around in weeks.

Well, we're following up on some new
information.

Mai lived here for about six months with
her mother.

Yeah.

Think back to the time just before she
was killed or shortly thereafter.

Was there a man in his late 30s?

To living by himself or possibly with
another man who might have moved around

that time?

Well, we might have had six or seven.

Wait a minute.

There was this one guy. He used to
borrow the women over in the laundry

But he moved away before mine got
killed.

I forgot all about him. We need to know
his name.

Carl James.

Do you know where he works?

He's a gardener. He works for himself.

Thank you.

Chief Devers.

Why do you think you're uniquely
qualified to head this department?

Our candidates include chiefs who are
already nationally known police

executives.

Well, I think I understand this
department better than any of the other

candidates because I've been here all of
my police career.

That's not a unique distinction.

It could just mean you're ready for
retirement.

Summarize the police role in the 60s and
early 70s.

I think the police held the line.

We were in the midst of a very unpopular
war, and the country was deeply divided

to the point of violence.

It was the first time in our history
that a sizable proportion of our people

felt that we should get out of that war.

And you held them down, isn't that
right?

We held the line.

The National Guard didn't do it. The
Army didn't do it. The police did it.

And at the same time, we gave the
average citizen who... might have felt

were in a bad war.

The sense that there was some order,
some sanity.

It was a bad war, not a bad country.

What do you see in the future based on
your experience in the past?

I think it'll get worse before it gets
better.

I can't believe that the terror that's
ripped open the airports in Europe,

that's left the Catholic Pope almost
mortally wounded, that's turned the high

seas into a killing place.

can spare us much longer.

Won't you find it necessary to restrict
individual freedoms in preparing for so

-called terrorist acts?

No, sir.

This department will not only enforce
the laws of this community, we will live

under those very same laws.

Thank you very much, Deputy Chief
Devers.

Well, thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
Thanks for coming in.

You sure you don't mind knocking off?

No.

You've been a brave, hard -working cop
all day. But I know Tommy Wright put you

in a world of hurt.

I'll get over it.

I'll live with it.

Well, you just tell me if I can help.

Anyway, we got through the first nine
letters of the alphabet.

There's only one address left in this
area anyhow.

It was fun while it lasted, well.

Oh, yeah.

Bye -bye.

Might as well check it.

Mario's in your office, sir.

Well, how did it go?

Who the hell knows who it was? I did my
best.

Chief? Yeah, I don't know.

What have you got?

Quite a bit.

Banyan and his guys found a male
Caucasian about 29 to 30.

Works as an independent gardener doing
small houses. His name's Carl James.

And he lived in the same apartment
building as my young... Where does he

now? Banyan's taken that out.

James gave another address in renewing
his driver's license, but that's no good

anymore. However, at the second address,
he co -signed on a short -term lease

with a man named Louis Morello.

We're getting a run on both from Joan
Manning. Sorry to bust in on you, Chief,

but Paulie and D 'Angelo found the car.
It was black. It is now tan.

1984 Ford sedan, Cal plates, 9CVC214.
They searched the car?

Yeah. They found a roll of Gardner's
wire in the trunk.

Registration? Louis Morello.

General delivery, Hillside, California.
I got a new business address for Carl

James. It's 3135 Palmcrest in Hillside,
California.

It's on that master list being checked
out today.

The till site is being checked out by
Ann Cavanaugh and Mary Mars.

Carl James, male, Caucasian, 29 to 30
years old, brown and brown. Suspect

two is Louis Morello, male, Caucasian,
45 years old, dark hair and blue eyes.

5 King 20 to base. We are en route to
suspect's location.

ETA four minutes. Contact 5 King 24 and
advise.

Hi.

Can I help you? Police officer, I'm Ann
Cavanaugh. Are you Carl James?

No.

Now, he's out back in the garage.

You want me to get him for you?

Oh, that's all right. I can get him by
myself.

Back here?

Uh -huh.

Thanks.

I'll go with you.

Paying 24. Officer needs help at 3135.

Palm Crest. Hillside area.

One suspect down. Shots fired. One
suspect Carl James.

Barricade. Backup requested.

Step on it.

You all right?

Yeah.

Yeah.

That one's mine.

Don't shoot. Don't shoot.

Okay.

Hands behind your back. Yes, sir.

I'm doing anything.

Just don't shoot. Don't shoot.

Don't shoot.

Cavanaugh, you all right?

Yeah. How'd you get here so fast? You my
backup?

We're a lot better than those guys.

We ran his license plate.

We were on our way over here when we got
the help call.

Looks like you've been doing a little
shooting around here.

It's a good thing you didn't shoot the
door.

All right, up there through the alley.

Tommy.

Good job, D 'Angelo.

Thank you, sir.

Nice work, Foley.

Thanks, Chief.

It was either me or the dog.

Damn good job, man.

Thank you.

Damn good job.

Landis from the police commission is on
the phone. Huh? What does he want?

What do you think he wants?

Beats me.

Did you ask him about his family?

How's his wife? You're a wise guy. Come
on.

This could be it.

Maybe he's making this call to one of
the two who didn't get it.

Let's find out.

Hello, Bill. This is Bob Devers.

Yes, sir. Yeah. Yeah, it was a terrific
effort by a whole group of dedicated

officers No, I see.

Yeah Well,

thank you Yes, sir, thank you very much

It's a great honor Yeah Yes, sir.

It's the best job in the country

Bye.