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Yeah.

Watch me. I can fly.

Let me help you. I don't need any help. Well, then you help us, Cindy. Come

here. Give me your hand.

Just a moment, Cindy.

I don't want you to fall. Cindy, believe in me.

I can do this.

I can fly. Cindy, let me help you. Why don't you believe in me?

I can float. I can fly.

Give me your hand. I don't want you to fall. I can't fall.

Come on, Cindy. Take his hand. Be a good girl. Come on. I can do this. I can fly.

Cindy. Listen to me talk, Cindy. Don't get excited.

in you cindy your dad has always believed in you

Any witnesses as to how she got the stuff?

They couldn't or wouldn't tell me anything.

Could be they're just afraid, don't want to get involved.

And while they're not getting involved, another kid like Cindy is buying a

ticket to hell, becoming another scrambled mind with a question mark for

her future.

Every chance I get, I'm going to come down on the scum that deal this poison.

Hit them hard.

Make it hurt.

Mexico, sugar babe.

The buyer you're gonna meet and this all spelled Mexico. You keep stealing that

stuff from Tootie and selling it to high schools, we won't never get to Mexico.

You're always wanting. We just gotta put up with the getting, too.

Well, you're looking mighty pretty today, Sue Ann.

Thank you, Tootie.

How'd it go, Kenny boy?

The man was there with 10 gallons of PCP, just like before.

Made the transfer and come straight on in. Good.

There's sure nobody found him.

Isn't that why I'm so valuable to you? I mean, there is nobody who can follow me

when I decide to get it on. Except your Uncle Tootie.

Right.

And don't you forget it.

Yes, sir.

You'll be tested for purity.

I assume it's all there because it would be very dumb.

Very dangerous for somebody.

If it wasn't.

You can take him, lady. Pump.

Pump.

Looking good, lady.

All right.

Looking good, Stacy.

You got Romano by a full quarter second.

How about that, Romano?

Yeah, well, I have a good excuse.

Oh, I bet. I do.

I was out half the night with Earlene. That would sap any man's strength.

Earlene Harris?

Not a real man, Romano.

You haven't been out with Earlene Harris.

How about that? A full quarter second.

Read it and weep. I got a full second off the record.

Think Hooker will be able to stand it when Romano and I team up on the tandem?

You're kidding.

Tandem's my specialty.

Tandem's the one event the Academy has never won in the Police Olympian Trials.

And so far, you and I have the best times.

What do you say now, Macho Man? Do we make a team, or is your ego gonna force

us out?

Look, Sheridan, where I come from, winning is what counts.

If you're the best one for the team, then that's a well-riding.

Hey, great, Vince.

Now all you have to do is tell Hooker there's a new team and that he's been

replaced.

Wait a second. I think I've been had.

Tandem is Hooker's favorite event, isn't it? But winning is what counts, Romano.

Or was that an echo I heard? No, you're right.

I'll just have to lay it out to him.

Nothing personal.

Pride of the Academy Precinct and all that stuff.

Gotta go.

Hey, good luck with Chairman Hooker. Taking the day off?

I'm going under.

And this is a heavy one.

We're gonna do a PCP dope deal with the narcs.

Dope deal?

What are you, keeping secrets from me, pal?

They used me as a fresh face and had one of their informants duke me into this

girl last night.

She says she has a multi-ounce connection.

I'm gonna make the buy-through of her.

I can't believe it.

You're a probationer like us.

I guess some of us have it, some of us don't.

Hey, keep it under, huh?

You know how it is.

This is my big chance.

How was your time on the bike run this morning?

Second and a half on the last year's record.

That's not good enough.

Why not?

My sources say that the 17th's team is cooking well below that. My team has got

to be better.

No, it will be, Hooker.

I guarantee it. There's no exclusive.

On the front seat, you know.

Best man sits there.

Does that go for the back seat, too? You got it.

That's what I like about you, Hooker. Always confident.

Last year, I had a $100 bet with the Sally of the 17th. I lost.

You lost? I'm not working out for my health, you know.

This body may be beyond salvation.

But that race is going to be mine.

Think we'll take a run by Casey's Bar.

See if Eli is holding up the wall.

Eli?

A two-bit pusher who walks the fringe.

If I squeeze him hard enough, maybe he'll tell us something about PCP in the

neighborhood.

Take the back Romano Eli has a habit of rabbiting at the first sight of dark

blue

What's

the rush late for a date Eli Thank You officer Ramon

Won't you join me, Eli?

You know the routine.

Clean, Hooker.

Aspirins, Eli? You got a headache?

What?

What do you want, Hooker?

I don't do, I don't, I don't do horse snow.

How about angel dust? You do angel dust? Get out of here. That stuff will destroy

you.

That's right, Fran. That's why I want information.

It's on the streets.

It's in schools.

I want the first rung of the ladder, Eli, so I can climb it all the way to

the top.

I ain't got any information, Hooker.

Now you listen to me, Fred.

There's a 14-year-old girl lying in the hospital.

Her brain's fried with angel dust.

I looked into her eyes. She reminded me of my own daughter.

When I think of that girl, what she's going through, lying there like a zombie

with needles pushed through her nose into her throat, I get very angry, Eli.

And when I get angry, those dirtbags who sell this poison to young kids have got

to watch out.

Look, I ain't selling, I swear.

The man is asking for information, Eli.

I've got nothing but jive on dust, man.

Then I'll take jive until you come up with something else.

All right.

Street talk.

Around the harbor.

Sister's just grown. She's looking for dust customers.

Names. I want names, Eli.

I've got no names. How can I tell you if I did? I swear.

Then a description.

Didn't ask. Then ask!

I want some meat on the bones you just gave me.

You got it?

I got it.

Look, would you relax?

You're making me nervous.

Well, I've been through it plenty.

Last time some dude was late on me, the deal went sour. It was the setup.

Backup unit isn't here yet.

We better call a district radio car. I don't want to blow this one.

I'll call Hooker on 4 Adam 30.

He might enjoy getting back in the dope business.

Yeah.

4 Adam 30.

4 Adam 30.

This is 4Y24.

4Y24, this is 4 Adam 30.

What's going down, Supernarcs?

Welcome, Walker. It's nice to hear your voice.

The buyer's waiting at the bus stop, southeast corner of Grandview and Mason.

Tune in on tack one.

It's not going to be long. You're so jittery.

I'm not jittery.

Just dragging on too long is all.

Wait a minute. I know that voice.

That's Tom Clemens.

He won't be long. I can always count on him. You're going to be counting alone

in about one minute if he doesn't show. Just take it easy. This is the best dust

anybody can put their hands on. Believe me.

Yeah. When I see you, then I'll believe.

Tom Clemens.

Clemens?

What's he doing on an undercover dope run?

He told me he had a gig with the Narcs.

I thought that wasn't done, Hooker. He was a rookie.

It's not, usually.

There he is. Let's go.

That's the connection.

How do you know?

The signal hands to here.

I used to work in ARC, remember?

Get the bread.

As soon as I see the dust, get in.

We drive and do it.

It wasn't the deal, man.

That's the way it is.

You ride and we don't do business.

Back off, Tommy boy, back off. Con them out of their pants.

Let's go.

Damn it, I wish he hadn't gotten into that car.

We got some backup, Junior. Sixteen just joined the party.

Okay, man. Let's, uh, let's see the dough.

Man, you can't shake it like a lead.

Hold still, you're gonna spill it.

What the hell?

Hey, let go of my arm! He's wired!

What are we gonna do?

Give it up, man! You're busted!

He's busted up bad hooker. He needs help fast. Can I get an ambulance?

4 out of 30.

Send an ambulance to Lancashire and Colfax. We have an officer hurt real

bad.

Take it easy, Tom.

You're going to be okay.

You're going to be fine.

Family support unit is on it. Tom's parents should be on a plane tomorrow.

Was the kid married?

Single. Came from Idaho for the job.

Hell of a young man.

Phase four, hooker trained.

That was one of the reasons I okayed your request to use him on the buy. He

should never have gotten into that car. That was part of his brief. He was told.

But you know that sometimes that goes out the window when a crook puts down

the scent.

I followed it enough in my dope days.

And it's time to get back on the scent.

Who's the link?

Started in a bar and ended on the street today.

You mean there was no surveillance?

No follow-up? No ID before the buy bust?

Look, the case started moving. The girl was ready to deal. It wasn't time.

So we're back to ground zero.

We're working on it, Hooker.

There's a young police officer down there.

Locking a hair between life and death.

The message has to be sent out loud and clear. Nobody puts their hands on one of

ours. Sounds like you're buying in, Hooker. I've already paid.

Captain, please, slow down our calls. Give Romano and me room.

I was just about to suggest the same thing.

Doc, is he going to be all right? We're not sure.

Rookies.

What are we?

Meat for your table?

Numbers to make your arrest records look good?

Romano, let it alone.

Look, Romano, we're sorry about the rookie.

The rookie's name is Clemens.

Tom Clemens. And sorry isn't good enough.

I thought rookies weren't supposed to be involved in this kind of stuff.

Hooker, you were the one who told me not to be so anxious about getting involved

in undercover work.

You tell me this is right.

You tell me this is the way it's supposed to be.

It's the way it is, Junior.

Well, it stinks.

And I don't want to be any part of it.

Practice makes perfect.

If I'm misused, maybe I'll at least be able to protect myself.

Come on, Romano.

Soapbox doesn't become you.

Oh, how am I supposed to feel, Hooker?

Suddenly, everything you've said isn't the way it is anymore.

Romano.

Reality also creeps in.

Come on, Hooker.

Tom Clemens was thrown out of a car he never should have been in in the first

place. Even you said he shouldn't have been there. Well, he was.

Because he's a cop and there was a job to be done.

Dope to be taken off the streets.

No help, no personnel, and no new faces to do it.

So the narcs made a call.

And with all the limitations and budget cuts and lack of support, they

reached down and found the best man they could under the circumstances.

Because the dope is out there.

The Cindy Palmers are flying off of buildings all over the city.

It was a judgment call. It had to be made, Romano.

Police work isn't black and white, Romano.

It's a million shades of gray.

Decisions have to be made in seconds.

So the buy went down solid.

That happens too.

All we can do is try and learn by our mistakes.

Reality. It's what a cop lives and breathes.

Sometimes dies for, right?

Sometimes.

But not this time.

It's been a long night, but Tom made it through.

He's asking for it.

Folks will be landing in a couple of hours.

Thought I'd send the composite artist down first. Get the real business out of

the way. Count on Hooker to go right to it, huh?

Here's what we came up with.

So how you doing, Goldbrick?

Hey, you know, it's all part of the undercover territory.

Just open all heels like they say it will.

I don't like the idea of being a retired cop before I even get off probation.

I don't think there's much danger of that.

Hooker, I know I blew it getting that car.

I should have stayed out.

But you didn't, so don't beat yourself.

This is enough.

Tough way to learn a lesson, huh?

But I'm ready again anytime they need me.

Just wish I could have scored, got some of that PCP off the street.

Pure cop, partner.

Hooker trained, Romano.

Well, let's see about that.

What can you tell us about this guy, other than the composite?

25, 6 feet, brown and brown, ruddy complexion, bony frame.

wore Levi's yellow western shirt and tan desert boots, had on a cheap dime store

wristwatch, and had dirty fingernails.

Not bad.

How about a name and address?

She's Sue Ann.

I missed his name, and neither one of them gave me their address.

What's the grade, hooker?

I'll let you know as soon as we get on the street.

Romano, question.

You were driving the pursuit.

Why didn't you keep going instead of stopping for me?

You could have radioed for an ambulance.

It was a split-second decision, Tom.

Judgments in police work aren't always black and white.

There are a million shades of gray.

Right, Hooker?

Right, Romano.

Wish I had said that.

Sergeant

Hooker?

Yes.

I'm Cindy Palmer's mother.

The nurse told me you were in to see Cindy yesterday.

This is my partner, Officer Romano.

Ma'am.

How is Cindy today?

Well, the doctor thinks she'll be all right before the week is out, but I'm

not too sure about flashbacks or if there'll be another coma.

You're the officers who saved me, aren't you?

We just happen to be in the neighborhood.

I don't want anyone else hurt.

I want to help if I can.

What I did, it was so stupid.

I know that now.

Maybe you can help, Cindy.

Have you ever seen either of these people before?

I've never seen the girl.

But the man?

He's the one that sold me the dust.

They call him Kenny.

You did real well. You rest now.

From what everybody said, I guess I was a whole lot of trouble to you both.

You're growing up, Cindy.

You learned a hard lesson.

Well, what you're saying ain't so.

I don't know nothing about no cop getting burned in a dope deal.

No, Kenny.

This whole operation pretty much like a family.

That's why when your daddy called me, I said, sure, send the boy on out.

His uncle take care of him.

I set you up with wheels and gave you lots of credit.

Now you're lying to me.

And I can't, I can't have that, can I, Kenny?

But I didn't do anything.

Kenny, there are six ounces missing from the last batch I checked it myself.

After I heard about the cop and the Chevy there's looking for.

Now, the word is, the fuzz is tracing that dust.

And that's why I need your word that you were doing this all by yourself.

Now, Kenny, don't make me ask that pretty little girl out there, because if

I do, she ain't gonna be pretty no more.

All right.

It was me. Just me.

I dumped the Chevy, but I'll make it up to you, Tootie. I will. I know you will,

son. I asked you for the truth, and you give it to me.

I want you to get your little lady, and you're going home.

Tomorrow you come on back here. We're going to set you up with a new set of

wheels. We're going to start all over again, huh?

I can go?

Sure you can go.

Come on.

McKinney, I want you to behave yourself. I'm not getting any trouble here. Yes,

sir. You just keep it cool.

Yes, sir.

In the morning, go to the bank and get what cash we have.

Wait for me to contact you at your apartment sometime tomorrow afternoon.

What do you know you've got, Kenny?

He doesn't dirty his own kitchen.

I'm on borrowed time, and you can believe that.

I just can't trust him.

Go play Iceman.

Once the barbs hit the subject, you give them the jolt.

Harmless, but effective way of immobilizing most people out of control.

Someday, there'll be enough in the budget to equip the whole department.

Till then, call for a sergeant.

Any questions?

All right, hit your next class.

Hooker!

You know one over his boy's name, Eli?

Like a late echo, did he call?

He said if the rumbles are right, the desk girl he discussed with you could be

the same one who was involved with the buy that put Tom Clemens in the

hospital. Well, it's a small world.

Eli may be coming through for us. Thanks, Stacy.

Romano, you've been sandbagging Hooker, haven't you?

What? What are you talking about?

Did you tell him about the tandem bike race?

Well, I... That's called sandbagging, Romano.

Now you tell him or I'm going to wrap that manadnock around your ears.

I can't.

Why not?

Simple.

I'm a coward.

But cute.

Four out of thirty, four out of thirty, see the man at the snack stand,

Oceanfront Park, regarding requested information.

Four out of thirty, roger.

We'll wait till you swallow, Eli.

Hey, hey.

That lady dust connection, huh? You know, um, I got a possible for you if

she's a blonde.

I telled her home from a bar last night to her apartment this morning.

Does she look anything like this?

Yeah.

That's the one, Hucka, yeah.

Um... Summarize apartments number 38, 35 and a

half.

What do you bet we find her with a friend called Kenny?

No bet. Your odds are too good.

You'll get your reward in heaven, Eli.

Sue Ann?

You got the money?

Yeah. Where are we gonna go, Kenny?

Someplace, Tootie. Never mind. Come on, let's get packed.

We're getting out of here.

It's over.

I haven't told Hooker he's not riding, but I'll get to it, I promise.

Nobody has to tell him, Romano. Amended rules just came through and there's a

new wrinkle. I guess it's to prevent wringers.

What do you mean?

Take a look.

Every race must have at least one veteran in it, and the veteran picks the

probationer. You mean Hooker's not out?

That's it in a nutshell.

Oh, that's too bad.

I know how much you wanted to ride that race.

Vinnie, baby, I am riding. The front seat is mine.

Race roster came through.

I put down your time and my time.

Stacy, baby, I told you. I have a good excuse for why my time was bad. I was

out all night with Earlene.

That's life in the big city.

Okay, forget that.

Read the rule you discovered yourself.

Right here.

And the senior officer shall have the right to select the probationary

officer.

So, my trial times are better than yours. Hooker will pick me.

No way is he gonna pick a woman especially when she's related to brass

Booker wants to take the 17th captain down bad.

He's got an image to consider, you know Hooker I've got to talk to you.

I'll talk to your father. Just see this. Well, sometimes I wonder what the brass

is smoking. What do you want?

It'll wait this one

They took the credit for your bust. They're entitled to take credit, but not

to say the case is closed.

It is closed. Not in my book.

Look, are you ever satisfied?

Not when knocking down one punk runner is headlined as toppling an entire PCP

distribution ring.

All right, Hooker.

What do you want?

I want you to put up money to protect the girl. Roll her over.

Let me go after Kenny Lander's connection.

Then you figure I can ride the heat, get your radio calls answered, and keep the

brass off our necks while you're doing it.

It's called commitment, Captain.

You let Kenny get killed and you lock me up while I am free. I have bail.

Yeah, free to fry kids' brains with angel dust. That was Kenny's doing, not

mine. We want you to help us.

We want to know where Kenny connected.

I can't do that.

You can't afford not to.

What do you mean by that?

I mean you're alive now, but they can't afford to let that continue.

Well, I can't hurt nobody.

You can testify.

That and some corroborating evidence will give us enough to lock him down for

a long time.

Well, I won't testify.

They don't know that.

Hey, Sue Ann.

Why do you think somebody coughed up $10,000 for you bail? Because they like

you? You were safe here.

Sue Ann.

They killed your man.

They murdered Kenny. They care nothing about you.

Look, he's telling you the truth.

You've got to trust us. There's nobody left.

We'll arrange a safe house for you until they're caught and during the trial. And

we'll arrange to have you relocated with a new identity.

So where?

You have no choice.

His name is Tootie Nelson.

Tootie Nelson.

Top of the heat.

I've wanted him for years.

Look, you see what I see?

I sure do.

Hop in.

We're cheaper than a taxi.

So when do we pick up hitchhikers?

Now you can play.

How are you doing, Hooker?

Great, now.

Angie DeFelici, Vincent Romano.

You know her. And her paisana, too.

Terrific.

You gotta turn to her to speak to her. She's deaf.

And one of the best teachers of the deaf I ever met.

He's such an expert, you know. It's nice to meet you, Vincent Romano.

Nice to meet you, Angie DiFalice.

What's going on?

Angie's gonna help us climb the ladder.

She also teaches lip reading. But this hooker is a first, I gotta tell you.

Well, we all gotta start someplace. I got my fingers crossed that you can pull

it off.

Right down there.

Who cares?

You give seven points, you give seven and a half, the cowboy still wins.

What'd she say? It's personal.

Did she say anything about me?

Romano. She doesn't have that kind of language in her vocabulary.

He's making a phone call.

Get the number.

You ready?

I don't care. No, the rover is fine.

I'll send Larry.

You got it.

And so do we.

4 Adam 30, 4 Adam 30, your telephone number comes back as a non-published

number. Registered to the Graphic Arts Chemical Company, 2040 Industrial

Boulevard.

30, roger.

A full-blown PCP lab.

But no Tootie Nelson.

That brings us to Tootie.

He'll be out of there in five minutes.

It'll take an hour to get Narc out here.

Then we'll just have to run the tail ourselves.

In uniform? How do we run the tail in uniform?

By planning ahead, Junior.

We're gonna bird-dog him.

They'll both dance this time.

Seems the load is moving.

We could tail from a mile.

Nice. Now the trick is to put Tootie Nelson in possession of that boat.

And we have our corroboration.

Make your test.

Adam 30 to A-29.

Suspects have stopped along Riverbend Access Road. We're making our move.

Come on, come on, come on.

Duty abundant.

Possession of PCP.

Hands high. Move away from the vehicle.

He's going for the pier.

Must be crazy.

It's the PCP.

He's finding out what it's like to be a junkie.

Get him off of me! Get him off of me!

Get him off of me!

Get him!

Help

me!

Help me!

Right now I'm making a hard decision.

Personally, I'd like to see the dirtbag drown.

That'd be too quick.

I think I'd rather see him pay for a long, long time.

And like I told you before, Hooker's going to see that on the roster.

You're pushing it, Sheridan.

Believe me, Hooker is not going to go out there with a woman on his bike. Oh,

ridiculous. Only to you, sweetheart.

What's going on here? Who's Hooker's partner?

I am, sir.

Captain!

I'm ready.

We are sure winners this year, Captain. Now, who is the wee hooker? Both these

people think they're going with you. My time, Sergeant. I tried to tell her,

Hooker. Now, look, who is it to be a hooker?

Recruit probationer Sheridan or Officer Romano?

Considering the honor of the precinct.

and the history of this annual competition and the not inconsiderable

wager i made with captain lasalle i don't know what the two of you are

arguing about i made my decision this morning

Rotten luck.

Grabowski just transferred into the precinct yesterday.

Twice National Collegiate Bicycle Champion.