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Previously on SWAT... Truth be told, part of me

still feels like I've got big shoes to fill.

HICKS: You do, but the reason we chose you

is because you're unique.

It's up to us now working together as a unit.

HICKS: I know Street covered for you today,

but you keep playing it fast

and loose, and that winning streak's gonna dry up like that.

NICHELLE: This pilot program was actually founded by a police officer.

It's really important that civilians like yourselves

and Nichelle are at the forefront of this program.

Would you be interested in continuing to oversee COPE

even if it were a part of the LAPD?

How could I? I'm a civilian.

So am I. What do you say?

♪ ♪

Hey, you're up early.

Let me guess.

The baby's doing karate all up in your belly again, huh?

No, she's been good.

Mm.

I was just looking over the agenda for my OIG meeting.

Oh, that's right, today's your big first day.

Mm-hmm. Ah, I bet the inspector general's excited

to have the brains of the COPE Program on her panel.

Keeping COPE on track is only a tiny part of this job.

Advising on LAPD procedure changes,

complaints against officers, even reviewing

other community initiatives.

There's a lot that's gonna be new for me.

You'll get the hang of it. Ah.

I hope so. Trying to be super-prepared

for today's topics.

Oh, wow.

LAPD Good Neighbor program up for review.

More like on the chopping block.

I was doing some reading.

I don't know that much about it yet.

Well, it gives police discounts on homes

in low-income areas. The idea is

to turn cops and community into neighbors. You know, Luca

bought his house through that program, you should talk to him.

Oh, that would save me a ton of time.

And it'd be good to hear from someone who's actually done it.

You okay if I stop by today and ask him a few questions?

You know you are always welcome.

Hey.

Stop stressing.

You're gonna be great.

I love you.

I love you, too.

(chuckles softly)

REPORTER: Witnesses say it felt like a coordinated attack...

Press is calling 'em "flash mob robberies."

Bunch of shoplifters hit a store at the same time,

then scatter. It's clever.

On-site security gets overwhelmed.

By the time patrol shows up, the thieves are in the wind

with thousands of dollars worth of merchandise.

This is the second incident in a week.

First was a hardware superstore in the Valley.

No this electronics store on the west side.

Those are really different targets.

What do we know about the crew? There isn't one.

Events are organized online.

Suspects don't even know each other

when they converge on their target.

RHD has been coordinating with Cybercrime.

Now they found some social media accounts

that hype the idea to their subscribers.

And then they drop the details of the event

right before it's happening.

So the followers can decide if they want

to jump in on the action.

As if the Internet doesn't enable

enough bad behavior already.

Well, the word is, there's gonna be another flash mob

robbery today. Yeah, but, Commander, these

are memes and TikToks, created by teenagers and opportunists.

Is this what SWAT's on high alert for?

Well, these thieves are not major threats

individually, but as a collective,

they're doing real damage.

I mean, businesses are all over

the mayor, she's all over the chief.

Patrol's stretched thin.

They're asking for our help.

LAPD needs to shut one down as it's happening.

So I want 20-David dressed out and standing ready.

Once Cybercrime gets wind of the next target,

I want SWAT rolling.

(sirens wailing)

(clamoring, shouting)

LAPD!

Don't move! Drop it!

You're done.

Scoop 'em up.

Guess Cybercrime was right about a store here being

the next flash mob target.

We're here to crash the party.

Patrol's set a perimeter.

Let's get inside.

(clamoring, shouting continues)

Shoplifters gone wild.

All right, that's our entry point right there.

We work to the back. Deacon, Luca, you take the south side.

Street, Powell, you take the north.

Tan and I will clear things up out here. Now remember,

most of these people are non-violent threats.

Let's do it, go.

LAPD. Who wants to go to jail?

Put it down.

Hey, hey! Put it down!

Turn around.

Give me your hands.

Put it down. (scoffs) Make me.

OFFICER: Let's go.

TEEN: I'm coming.

STREEET: You got him? Yes, sir.

Thanks.

Open the cash register! You know you can do it.

CLERK: I-I can't! I don't have keys. ROBBER: Do it!

I got two suspects with crowbars.

LAPD! Drop the crowbar. Cops!

(grunting)

Powell, with me.

Got a shortcut. Powell!

Don't shoot! I work here. Please!

Suspect's down.

You can't just take off like that.

You don't know what could've been behind that door.

Relax. We got the guy, didn't we?

TAN: 25-David. We're circling around to the stockroom access.

(gunshot)

26-David.

We've got gunfire.

30-David, responding.

LAPD. Drop the gun! (gunshots)

LUCA: Whoa, check fire, Deac, to your right!

DEACON: Moving.

Hondo, armed male suspect heading your way.

Wounded, left arm.

Suspect down.

LUCA: Clear.

Got a body down.

She's gone.

Deacon, that's the direction we fired from.

Do you think it's possible...?

It might've been my shot.

Cover!

He's got a kid.

Back off!

This is LAPD. We got the place surrounded.

You let that kid go.

If you're really a cop,

then we're on the same side.

This is Sergeant Harrelson, LAPD SWAT.

You put that gun down, nobody gets hurt.

Okay.

I'm putting my gun down.

HONDO: Slowly.

Tan, move in.

Keep your hands up.

Purdue?

It's okay, Hunter.

They're police. HONDO: Good.

You know this guy?

Yeah, he's my bodyguard.

She was an employee.

Only wrong choice she made was coming into work today.

How is that fair?

We got 14 shoplifters in custody.

Injury count's still climbing.

Don't think there'll be any more flash mob robberies for a while.

Talk to me about the bodyguard.

His name's Roger Purdue.

His protectee is Hunter Wright.

The kid's a VIP. His father's Gregory Wright.

Big-time real estate developer. Yeah.

Purdue was part of the gunfight?

(fading): Claimed it was self-defense.

According to Purdue, the guy we took down

is one of four masked gunmen.

Tan's pulling the security tapes to confirm.

Commander?

May I have a word?

Yeah.

Um... I spoke to Hondo.

This fatality...

She might've been caught in the crossfire. Mm-hmm.

There's a possibility...

it's my fatality.

Oh.

All right.

Well, you're benched until the ballistic report comes back,

effective immediately. Give RHD

your statement and your weaponry.

Yeah.

HONDO: Sir?

An unarmed Black girl

shot by a white cop. If it's true...

I don't need to tell you how bad this could get.

Let me worry about that.

We don't have all the facts.

Speculation is not gonna help Deacon.

Or that young woman.

And once you guys pull the security tapes, you can turn

over the scene.

No video. Store's security cameras

all lost power two minutes before the looting started.

That didn't happen at any of the other flash mob robberies.

TAN: Yeah, it gets stranger. Witnesses saw four gunmen,

confirmed they were armed and aggressive.

But none of them were carrying any merchandise.

True for the guy we saw, too.

No shopping bag, just a gun.

Why come to a flash mob robbery and not steal anything?

Maybe they weren't here to steal.

Now Hunter is a high-value target.

What if the gunmen are after him?

Hunter had an appointment with a stylist. They could've known

exactly what time he was gonna be here.

And used the flash mob thing as a diversion?

It wouldn't be hard to get a rumor going on social media,

whip up a crowd to help cover your real crime. Figure

they could grab up Hunter and get away before the cops came.

They just didn't realize we were already here.

Hey, Purdue?

Has Hunter been the target of any threats recently?

Yes.

His father doesn't play around when it comes to business.

Lots of angry letters and phone calls.

There was an incident last week.

Someone broke into his dorm.

A kidnapping attempt? Couldn't rule it out.

Mr. Wright has no shortage of motivated enemies.

We're gonna need those letters.

All call recordings.

I recommend you and Hunter come back to SWAT headquarters.

Is that necessary? Well, if these gunmen staged

an event this bold to get Hunter,

they're going to strike again, faster and harder.

LAPD can't risk that.

♪ ♪

Hunter Wright's family is secure. Mom's coming in now.

And Dad accepted our protective detail.

Smart move.

Some serious haters in these threat letters, from

environmental activists to other developers.

The gunmen could be working for any of 'em.

We're running some partial prints and tracing some

phone numbers, but nothing in these messages

points directly to today's attack.

Okay, I got an ID on the gunman that Hondo brought down.

Simon Cong.

HICKS: Immigrated from China on a student visa.

Worked as a bouncer until about six months ago. Yeah.

The bar owner he worked for said Cong was kind of a loner.

He didn't know much about him. China. Hang on.

Gregory Wright broke ground on a luxury hotel

in Beijing last year.

Was supposed to be low-income housing,

but Wright made a big bid on the land.

He upset a lot of locals.

So kidnapping Hunter could be some kind

of protest or payback.

Yeah, but we need more concrete info.

There's three other gunmen.

We ID them, we find them

before they strike again. Okay, security cameras

were down before they arrived in the store.

Yeah, but those weren't the only cameras in the building.

There were dozens of shoppers with cell phones.

RHD collected recorded videos

along with people's witness statements.

And we have two dozen shoplifters in custody.

Their phones are in an evidence locker.

People are dumb enough to film themselves committing a crime.

Anything to boost the 'Gram.

All right, get the phones, pull the video,

and find those IDs.

Tan's working on more IDs for the rest of the gunmen.

Collecting footage of the robbery now. Great.

Oh, hey, uh, real quick?

Speaking of the robbery, uh...

I kind of wanted to talk to you about something.

Powell ignored orders, didn't she?

Now it's not the first time she's been dinged

for being reckless. Come to think of it,

it's not the second time, either.

That's why I wanted to talk.

I corrected her in the field, but she didn't get the issue.

But, see, that is the issue.

Mistakes happen, but she is not learning from them, Street.

Now my team needs to be able to rely on her.

But right now... I know, I know.

So I was thinking maybe you can talk to her.

Drop some Hondo wisdom. Look.

Powell is stubborn,

but I really do think that she's worth investing in.

All right, then you do it.

I tried. You try again.

You're not in the heat of the moment right now.

So you've got some time to go dig into her.

If we can figure out

why Powell does what she does, then maybe we can fix it.

And I'm starting to think you might be

the only one who can get her to open up.

Okay.

Hey, Hondo?

Thanks. Don't thank me yet.

If Powell doesn't make changes and follow procedure,

I will bounce her, before somebody gets hurt.

(breathing shakily)

(high-pitched ringing)

(door opens)

Ballistics report came back

from the bullet pulled from the dead employee's wound.

Okay.

It didn't match any of SWAT's rounds.

Okay.

Um, her name?

Her name was LaToya Turner.

She'd worked at Coleson's for five years.

Started as a... stylist,

worked her way up to a buyer.

You're not responsible for her death, Deacon.

She was, no, she was just

in the wrong place at the wrong time. Yeah.

Those are the ones that eat at me the most.

As they should.

20-Squad's tracking the IDs

of the other gunmen.

Do you need some time, or...

you want me to clear you back into the field?

Clear me.

All right.

I want to get these guys.

And give LaToya Turner some justice.

Good.

DEACON: Any luck identifying the other gunmen?

No, but I need to show you guys something.

I think we got their motives all wrong.

I'm listening.

All right, so the gunmen stay masked the whole time.

I was able to organize all the videos

into a rough chronological order.

There's Hunter Wright, but the crew moves right past him.

There's no way they missed seeing him.

So we were wrong. They weren't after Hunter. These guys didn't engage

with Hunter's security intentionally.

So if the gunmen weren't there for the kid,

what were they after? TAN: Don't know yet.

Now as the robbery goes on,

the store continues to clear out, they disappear

from view a couple times.

But I think I see them in the back of this clip.

I was gonna blow it up...

HONDO: Right there.

They grabbed someone and that was definitely a gunshot.

DEACON: It's LaToya Turner.

That's the woman who was killed.

We assume she was hit with a stray bullet,

but she was the target.

These guys could've killed LaToya anywhere.

Instead they engineered

an entire flash mob robbery to cover it up.

Which means whatever the connection is between LaToya

and these gunmen, they wanted it kept secret.

Wait, I found video of LaToya during the robbery.

They found me.

Just go! Get out of the apartment now.

The apartment. She's talking to someone that

isn't at the store, which means, that there's someone else.

There's another person that these gunmen are after.

Tan, trace the number LaToya called.

I'll let Commander Hicks know that Hunter

and his family can leave protective custody.

I'll look into LaToya's background.

See if I can find out why someone wanted her dead.

They found me. Just go! Get out of the apartment!

Hey, I got this. All right.

How are you? Hi!

We got our hands full with that flash mob robbery,

but Hondo said you might come by for me.

I'll be quick. Mm-hmm.

I started working in the inspector general's office.

Yeah. And we're reviewing the Good Neighbor program.

Wanted to ask you about your experience.

You know what, using it might be

the best decision I ever made as a cop.

I mean, I'm part of a block.

Makes me think differently about people, be more open.

What are you guys doing with the program?

Actually, we're debating ending it.

Why?

Look, after Street and I moved in, our neighborhood got safer.

People don't try as much shady stuff,

'cause they know we're there looking out for them.

If the officers stick around, then, yes,

the program is effective.

Problem is, there are a lot of cops

who use the program to get a cheap house,

stay exactly as long as they have to,

and then sell for a big profit.

Yeah, sure, the contract only makes you stay for two years,

I bet that some cops move on... A lot of cops.

I've been reviewing the data all morning.

But you know there are officers out there like me,

who believe in the Good Neighbor program.

I can put you in touch with some of them.

I-I'd be happy to hear from other participants,

but I don't know, Luca. I can't deny the stats.

Right now, the initiative is a waste of resources.

And I owe it to the inspector general

to make a fair recommendation.

I guess.

Just doesn't seem like you ever let the numbers

get in the way of a good idea before.

Okay, I got to go.

(sighs)

TAN: Phone number LaToya Turner

called right before she was killed belongs to a burner

activated three days ago, but whoever has it

switched the phone off, so we can't ping it.

I looked further into LaToya.

No criminal history, no contact

with anyone even the tiniest bit shady.

If she's spotless, why target her?

Drugs? Maybe gambling debts? DEACON: Well, if she's

got a problem, it's not showing up in her financials.

But this is. Three days ago,

a charge to a prepaid phone company.

That burner you mentioned, LaToya activated it herself.

That's odd. And she withdrew some cash, too.

She broke from her usual routine,

and made two trips to the grocery store this week.

Plus she used her work discount

to purchase clothes. And this emailed receipt

says none of them are in her size.

Food, clothing, cash. All basic needs.

We heard her say, "Get out of the apartment."

What if LaToya is sheltering someone?

Patrol didn't find anything unusual at her place.

Well, when LAPD reached out to notify LaToya's next of kin,

they contacted her sister, Nicole.

She's a property manager

at an apartment building in Santa Monica.

In that building, there is one vacant unit.

Even if LaToya was stashing someone there,

they're long gone.

They might've left something behind. I'll call the sister.

If LaToya was borrowing this unit,

it's worth a shot. Okay.

Empty unit number's 229.

You know, if my sister asked to borrow a whole apartment,

I'd ask some follow-up questions.

Busted window.

POWELL: Looks like the door's broken, too.

Gunmen must've figured out LaToya's shelter spot.

DEACON: Could still be inside.

Stay sharp.

TAN: Hey! Hold up!

We got a rabbit! DEACON: Go.

30-David, we got a solo runner

heading east on Montana.

Hold up!

(panting, whimpering)

Hey! LAPD! Stop running!

Stop!

LAPD.

You're police?

Real police?

I thought you were the guards

coming back to get me. The guards?

From the factory.

You're the person LaToya sheltered.

The one the gunmen are looking for.

We've got you. You're safe now.

But my brother.

We escaped the factory together.

I was out of the apartment when LaToya called.

When I came back,

I saw them dragging my brother to a car.

Please.

You have to save him.

The factory that you worked in,

you say you made clothes? Yes.

Sewing all day. Sunup to sundown.

No breaks allowed. And then they'd say

we messed up and don't deserve full wages.

Long hours, low pay.

Sounds like a sweatshop.

Hold on, let's go back.

How did you end up there?

A man said he'd help us immigrate from China.

Promised us work, a better life.

It was all lies.

How many workers are there? Eight.

We had to share two old mattresses to sleep on.

So you couldn't leave at all?

The guards watch us every minute.

One time, another girl tried to get out.

They caught her.

Beat her up. She died.

They killed her?

I don't know.

She was all bloody, and they took her away

and we never saw her again.

That's what they're gonna do to my brother.

You have to save him. DEACON: Hey.

We've got a squad heading to the address you gave us right now.

If your brother's at that sweatshop, we'll find him.

The gunmen from this morning's robbery

could be the sweatshop's guards.

Yeah, but they came to the store specifically for LaToya.

Did LaToya Turner help you

and your brother escape?

Yes. LaToya is an angel.

She found the factory when she was picking

new clothes for her store.

I begged her for help, and she did.

Is that how you found me? Grace?

I'm sorry to tell you this.

Um... LaToya was killed this morning.

She was in danger because we escaped.

And now my brother is, too.

Right now, we got nothing.

Hey, we got a problem.

That factory that Grace pointed us to? There's no workers,

no equipment, not even product.

When Grace and Park disappeared, the guards

must've got spooked, moved the entire operation.

We have to find them.

Grace said that there are seven other workers

out there, including her brother.

Deacon, the guards are in the wind,

and we don't know if Grace's brother is even alive.

LaToya Turner was murdered trying

to help these people.

So I'm sorry, but if there's a tiny chance

that we can help save them, we got to take it.

All right, what about that building they vacated?

Must've been a name on the lease. Shell corporation.

That warehouse was their only property. It's a dead end.

All right, whoever's in charge of this sweatshop

obviously covered their tracks.

Grace was inside.

So maybe she saw something or heard something...

Right now, she's our only lead.

Did you save Park?

Can I see him? DEACON: I'm sorry.

We sent a team to the sweatshop, but no one was there.

It's my fault.

I should have protected him.

Hey, we are still looking for your brother.

We just need to find another way.

(sighs) Grace...

I need you to think about the guards.

Was there a leader or a boss?

I didn't like looking at him too long.

He was scary.

Yelled at us.

Did you ever hear him talking to the other guards?

Maybe they mentioned his name?

No.

He only ever talk about work.

How many pieces we make in a day.

How we need to do more. Uh...

money and clothes, that's all he ever talk about.

Wait, the clothes.

If we can ID the clothing

the sweatshop was making,

we can go talk to the brand.

They'd know who was running the factory.

Did you ever sew a tag?

Or-or maybe see a logo?

I didn't attach the tags.

Uh, sometimes there was

a little T on the shirts,

but it didn't look that special.

It's something.

And I know a guy who might be able to help us.

All right, well, let's run with it and find out.

TAN: Grace?

Can you draw the logo for me?

And anything else you remember about the clothes?

Hey. Hey.

Tan took Luca to meet some old C.I. from his Vice days.

They think this guy can ID the brand

that's using the sweatshop. Cool.

We need to talk through what happened this morning.

Not this again.

You went through a door alone, not knowing

what was on the other side. Sure I did.

It was a stockroom, a shortcut.

(sighs) There could've been suspects

hiding in there, waiting to ambush you.

They weren't going to ambush me. They were suburban moms

grabbing free perfume.

You always think you know better than procedure.

But it says we stick together

for a reason.

You probably pulled my records

already, but before I was LAPD,

I worked in the sheriff's department.

No, I-I never read your file.

Well, I worked search and rescue.

My partner, Gabe, had been on the job 20 years.

Real... dad energy.

Loved the outdoors.

And the rules.

What happened? Got called out

to an injured climber stuck on a cliff face.

Gabe went up, rocks were sliding around.

(stammers) And I had a weird feeling.

So I told him to forget about attaching

the extra lines, get the guy down now.

But Gabe followed every procedure to the letter,

so he was still up there when the whole cliff face gave way.

Climber died. Gabe might as well have.

Spinal cord injury.

Lives in a hospital now.

I'm sorry. That-that must've been really hard.

If he would've listened to me, they would've been safe.

It was the protocol, made up in some boardroom

to cover liability or whatever.

I'll never let nonsense like that get

in the way of me doing actual good again.

Powell, just hold on a sec-- hey!

Hey, just wait a second.

Look, what happened to Gabe, that was not your fault.

But you keep this attitude up,

you will hurt someone or worse.

Look, you've been lucky so far.

But I don't want me or anyone on 20-Squad

around when that luck runs out.

Nichelle. Theo.

Thank you for meeting me before tonight.

I just wanted to run some thoughts

past another O.I.G. auditor.

What did you want to talk about?

The Good Neighbor program.

I've been talking to some officers who've used it,

and they are passionate about how well it works.

I'm sure they are.

And they're not alone.

I know what the stats are,

but I think we should consider

recommending the program continue,

maybe with some more provisions.

Look, I told the inspector general

that bringing you in was a mistake, but even I thought

you'd wait for a bit to start roadblocking us.

Excuse me?

You're a cop's girlfriend. The inspector general

knew that when she offered me the job.

Sure, she's fine with it.

Doesn't mean the rest of us are.

I mean,

you live with this guy, right?

You talk shop with him?

Uh, Hondo doesn't dictate my opinions.

Still,

it makes me wonder what you're doing

in the inspector general's office.

You're basically a spy for the cops.

Not at all. I can be objective.

We're standing in SWAT's headquarters

at your request.

Theo, I asked you here because it's closer

to your office than my South L.A.

community center.

But you're telling me you want to rubber-stamp an LAPD program?

Well, not because it's a cop thing.

Because I think there's more to the story

than what the numbers say.

Did you decide that before

or after talking to the officers who are so passionate about it?

And be honest, were any of these guys

your boyfriend's buddies?

Like I said, bringing you in was a bad idea.

(door opens)

A Fashion District connection named Snazzy B?

It's almost too perfect, bro.

Know him from my Vice days.

The merch might all be counterfeit,

but the style's all cutting edge.

Let's just hope he can ID the brand

that was using the sweatshop.

Officer Tan. Hey.

Black on black?

How boring.

Yeah, function over style, man. This is Officer Luca.

What up? What up, man? What's up?

Yeah, I need you to take a look at this

and tell me if you recognize the logo

or any of these clothing designs.

Hmm. How about while I look this over,

you fellas look these over?

(laughs) LUCA: Yeah.

No, thanks, man. I'm gonna spend my money,

it's gonna be on something real.

They really tell time

and shade your eyes. It's the consumer

who decides how much a brand name is worth.

It's worth something to you, you took the trouble to spoof it.

TAN: He's got you there, man.

Huh.

This logo, this letter T, plus the,

uh, drapey tops... (chuckles)

I think this is

Tremblay's latest line.

Tremblay? That's a designer?

Vivian Tremblay would call herself a designer,

but I say she's just another person

shoving '70s style in my face again.

Bell-bottoms died

for a reason. Yeah, noted.

All right, I'll call Hondo.

Thanks for the info.

Hey, be good now. Don't hurt nobody.

Yo, we got 'em.

Hi.

Welcome to Tremblay. Can I help you?

LAPD. We're looking for Vivian Tremblay.

Just want to ask her a few questions. Oh.

She's in the back. I can get her for you.

Oh, that's okay. We'll find her.

DEACON: Vivian Tremblay? Cops are here.

Excuse me.

STREET: Stop!

Don't move!

Up against the wall. She dropped it in the toilet.

(panting)

Who was that?

Was that the sweatshop operator?

Where are the workers, Vivian? Where are they?!

Phone company pulled the last number that Vivian called.

Belongs to a burner. It's switched off.

It's got to be the sweatshop operator.

She warned him, probably told him to move the workers

out of L.A. Which means we got to find this guy

before he gets them out of the city.

Tan and Powell are going through Tremblay's business records

from the showroom office, looking for anything

that can give us an ID.

Well, it seems like Vivian was involved

in the sweatshop in a real way.

But I doubt she has his name in her records.

Look, it's a long shot, but we need some way

to get to these workers. (phone vibrating)

Hondo and Deacon are talking

to Vivian now. We're working on it.

I don't know what workers you're talking about.

DEACON: Okay.

That phone call that my colleague and I interrupted--

what was that about?

Something else. Vivian,

we raided the sweatshop. We live in America.

There haven't been sweatshops here in decades.

DEACON: It's funny, because one of your seamstresses--

she told me that just yesterday, she was in yours.

Tremblay employs no seamstresses.

Piecework is sent outside of the company,

and I don't know anything about the labor conditions.

Come on. You were trying to destroy your phone.

That tells me that you're trying to cover up

how involved you really are.

This goes better for you if we save those workers.

Now, if you help us, maybe we can get some

of the charges reduced, get a few of them taken off the table.

I... (sighs)

I don't know where they're being held.

Then give us the name of the sweatshop operators.

Now, before you go turning your nose up, know this.

We are going through your files,

and we have his building.

Now, it may take a minute, but we are gonna find this guy.

And when we do, I wonder if he's gonna say that you don't know

anything about what's going on in your own clothing factory.

Or maybe he just might have some new insight

into LaToya Turner's death.

I will give you his name.

But I want a deal in writing first.

She is 100% involved in this thing.

And we're offering her a deal?

There are other ways to get this guy's name.

But this is the fastest.

We get the sweatshop operator's ID, we can get to these workers

before he can move 'em out of the city.

Deacon, he skips town with them, they get tossed

into some new bad situation.

Maybe another sweatshop,

maybe something even worse.

What if we don't find this guy?

Or what if the workers are already dead?

Then we've let her walk for nothing,

LaToya Turner has died for nothing. HICKS: You were the one

who said, if we had a chance to save those workers,

we have to take it.

I know. I know.

All right, call the D.A.

Get the deal in writing,

and get the sweatshop operator's name from Vivian.

Yes, sir.

(Hicks sighs heavily)

I got the name of the sweatshop operator.

William Chen. Look at this. He makes frequent trips

to China.

He's probably the guy who recruited Grace and her brother

in the first place.

Here are Chen's properties.

Sweatshop lease was under a shell company name,

but Chen had to move the workers

out of that building with no notice.

He wouldn't have had time to secure a new hidden spot.

They're probably at a property he already had available.

His apartment? Risky to try to bring in seven people

without a neighbor seeing something. Yeah.

This here's a storage unit,

but that company is big on upgraded security.

Cameras in every hallway,

he'd have been caught on tape for sure.

Leaves this storefront.

Paint shop, Chen's a co-owner.

But it's a public place.

But what about the rear entrance?

He sneaks them in through the back.

No one's the wiser.

Chen only needs to stash his workers for a few hours,

while he makes arrangements to get 'em out of town.

Betting Vivian's call sped up his plans.

Let's roll. All right.

30-David. We're set.

STREET: 26-David in position.

We got one suspect

by a van.

Plate's registered to Chen.

Probably how he intends to move them.

DEACON: According to Grace,

there are seven other workers.

Might be looking at three or four armed guards,

including Chen.

STREET: All right, I got a second suspect visible.

He's loading three workers into the van.

Could be more inside already.

I... I don't have a visual.

Still can't see

the other workers or Chen.

Van's pulling out now.

All right, let's go. Go!

(siren wailing)

22-David coming in.

(siren whooping)

(tires squealing)

(siren wailing)

(engine revs)

Out of the van!

Get out of the van!

Get out now! Show us your hands!

Your hands up! Don't even think about it!

LAPD!

Out! You two, out! Move!

Move!

Get on the ground!

Going hands on!

Give me your hands.

Suspect one in custody!

Get out.

STREET: Suspect down. Tan, you got him?

TAN: Yeah.

Third suspect's approaching. He's rabbiting!

Two! Two! Give me two!

With you. With you. Go. Go.

Drop the weapon! Show us your hands!

(groaning)

(panting)

Suspect three in custody. (zip-tie tightens)

Nice job, Powell.

It's okay. We're police.

Hey, there's six workers in here.

Come on.

HONDO: Deac, there should be one more worker.

LAPD! Stop right there! Don't move!

20-Squad, I got eyes on the seventh worker and William Chen.

Park Lin, your sister Grace showed us your photo.

Grace? She's okay?

We got her. She's safe.

I shoot him!

Come on now, Chen.

Back up! Park needs medical attention.

Let me leave! Can't do that.

You're not gonna get away from us, Chen.

Let's make a deal. Like what?

We know about the sweatshop and LaToya Turner's murder.

We got Vivian Tremblay in custody.

She's saying she had nothing to do with any of it.

She's a liar and a snake!

Take it easy. Chen. Relax, Chen.

Let's talk about this.

(gunshot) Go!

On your stomach!

20-David to Command.

Fourth suspect in custody. We're Code Four.

(panting) It's over.

Pardon me.

Watch your step.

I will, Officer.

It's Sergeant.

(Vivian scoffs)

(scoffs)

So Vivian Tremblay walks free, huh?

Well, not exactly.

The D.A. wasn't willing to grant her full immunity.

I mean, she's still gotta answer for destroying evidence

and obstruction of justice.

So she pays a fine that she can afford ten times over,

and then goes back to doodling overpriced pants

like nothing happened.

Making a deal got us those workers

before Chen could get 'em out of town.

They're what mattered most.

Now it wasn't the perfect option,

but it was the right one. That doesn't make it

any easier, watching her waltz out of here.

I know, I know, but come on.

Something else I want you to see.

♪ ♪

Baby, you better get over to the inspector general's office.

Your meeting starts soon. Don't think I'm gonna make it.

Letter of resignation.

Gonna turn it in.

Okay, hold up, hold up.

Is this because of what that Theo guy said to you?

He is not

the inspector general. She believed in you.

But Theo was right.

I took a look at the numbers

for the Good Neighbor program, and then

changed my mind after I spoke to Luca.

And if you quit, what happens to COPE?

There are other great advisors in the IG's office.

Hey, they are not you.

Hondo, if

I can't be objective,

I'm not going to be able to do the job.

I disagree. Nichelle, I am not impartial.

I see a situation, and I think

about it as a cop, I think about it as a Black man,

and a member of the South L.A. community

and a hundred other things.

And my ultimate decision is the better for it.

That's true, but I've seen the line you walk.

I got a taste of it today-- the cop and the community side

pulling me in opposite directions.

It's not easy, and I know the toll it takes on you.

You can do everything I can backwards and in heels.

Nichelle, trust yourself

like I trust you.

(sighs)

That's Nicole Turner, LaToya's sister.

When I let her know that we secured the people

that LaToya was helping, Nicole asked if she could meet them.

Thank you for saving my brother and the others.

It's the least we can do.

I just wish...

You are like me.

Always thinking I could have done a better job somehow.

(chuckles softly) Grace,

I made some calls. If you and Park need a place to stay, I...

Oh, no need. Nicole offered us a place

and help to find real jobs.

She said it's what LaToya would want.

I don't doubt that one bit.

Excuse me.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

DEACON: Nicole,

I'm David. I'm so sorry for your loss.

Theo?

I was hoping to catch you before the meeting.

Okay. You were right.

The IG's office shouldn't re-up the Good Neighbor program.

But we shouldn't cancel it, either.

I don't understand.

The reason I sided with the officers

who love this program isn't because I'm knee-jerk pro-cop.

It's because the program works.

And the numbers back that up.

But they also tell us what the problem is.

Cops who abuse the initiative for profit.

You want to reform it?

I just dropped off some proposed changes.

Cops stay in their homes

that they purchase for five years minimum.

And if they choose to sell before then,

the Good Neighbor program has a right to buy back the house

at a fair cost.

The inspector general was intrigued.

I am, too.

But...

it should be eight years minimum commitment.

I'm open to discussion.

I still don't trust you.

You don't have to.

Shall we?

After you.

Hi.

Hey. Hey.

Oh, uh, I spoke to Powell.

It wasn't perfect, but...

I think I got through to her.

She followed procedure at the paint shop.

That's a start. Yeah.

Oh, uh, by the way,

you were right about her opening up to me.

And?

Powell says she's got attitude

because protocol is made up.

If you ask me, it's 'cause she couldn't

save someone she cared about, and she doesn't want

to feel like that again, so,

she's decided not to trust anyone.

Well, that's an understandable response

for a human being, Street.

But it ain't ideal for a SWAT teammate.

(locker closes)

There's hope.

She heard me today.

Key word is "today."

I'm still worried about tomorrow.

What you're describing doesn't sound like the kind of thing

that goes away from a single heart-to-heart.

I guess I'm in it for the long haul then.

Look, she did listen to you today, and you damn sure know

what it takes to be a good SWAT officer.

I know I can do this, Hondo.

I know it. All right.

You get Powell squared away.

She's your responsibility now.

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