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Hey! Watch it.

Be careful.

Hey, will you turn that thing off?

Bad day, huh, Rod?

The worst, four guys out sick.

I don't want to add to it.

I need to get checked out on this thing.

Alright. Let's see what you got.

Hey!

Hey, the truck!

Hey! Come back here!

Hey!

'Units in the vicinity'

'LAPD reports a 10.. 10-8-51 in the harbor van'

'or, correction, harbor area van.. A loaded or..'

'The stolen is a loaded van. three ago, were believed dow..'

'or.. Standby one.'

We've got to listen to her all day?

Rookie dispatcher. That's a real communication problem.

'Th-the harbor area..'

'The harbor area stolen is a crafter transit company van.'

'P-possible second vehicle involved'

'a dark blue 19-1970 Mustang.'

Hey.

LA, 15 Mary 3 and 4. Northbound Alonzo from Pulmont.

Possible on your last broadcast. Stand by.

'10-4, Mary 3.'

You sure you're alright

Yeah, yeah. I'm alright.

But my mattresses..

Hey, you know what? We're gonna miss that communications class.

One of us has got to call Getraer and say why.

I'll call it in, and you take care of the mattresses.

'LA, 15 Mary 3 and 4. 10-22s in pursuit.'

'Be advised we were involved in an 11-82'

'at intersection of Grand and Harrison.'

'The suspect vehicles are 20,002.'

We have a spilled load of mattresses.

Request 11-85 for a passenger vehicle and a three-ton truck.

10-4, Mary 3.

I c-c-copy hit and run.

Would you report..

Would you repeat your 10.. Your location for the 11

Pam, would you give the new girl a hand, please?

Come on. Go ahead. Take a break.

'LA, Mary 3.'

'We're at Grand and Harrison at the intersection.'

- Yeah.

Mary 3, you were 10-1, but we copy Grand and Harrison.

'11'

That's Pam England. Maybe they fired Gravel Gertie.

10-4. Mary 3, uh, we'll follow up the stolen vehicle

if you'll give us a 10-20 on the RP.

Yeah. Mary-3, your reporting party is Rod Sullivan

shipping manager, Tower Warehouse, LA Harbor.

10-4, Mary 3. Would you 10-5 our situation to the S

He's right outside your building.

'Using the extender unit in the field'

you transmit through your vehicle radio

even though you're well away from it.

What you now hear on the PA

is heard inside the building there

by the dispatchers with whom you're normally in contact.

Now...the rescue unit.

A belt-carried, remote component

'with a depressed'

'thumb-operated actuator button in the back .'

A recorder playback unit.

'One on the motorcycle, also one in the trunk of the cruiser.'

And the interface box, which is affixed to your dash.

When the green button is on, the system is disconnected

'and you transmit just like always.'

'Now Officer Clark makes a routine stop.'

'Now the system will not transmit'

but it does record in this box.

She uses her regular microphone.

15-7 Charles

in the communication center parking lot.

She moves to the suspect vehicle.

'The subject produces a weapon and threatens her.'

'She thumbs her rescue button so comm-center hears.'

'15-7 Charles in the communication center'

'parking lot.'

Sergeant, Officers Poncherello and Baker just called in. They--

Yeah, I know, and they just happened onto a multiple DC

a grand theft auto

a kidnapping caper, and a hijacking.

Oh, they didn't mention the kidnap.

Ah, well, I'm sorry.

How'd you know about the rest?

They have such corny excuses.

This time, Officer Clark does not have

her thumb on that actuator button, but..

'...when the belt unit goes horizontal'

there's a brief delay to avoid mistakes

then it automatically activates.

'15-7 Charles in the communications center'

'parking lot.'

Thank you, Officer Clark. Any questions?

Ah, yes, sir.

As a motor officer I'm concerned about the distribution

of additional weights

as a factor affecting the centrifugal forces

which bear on the inherent instability

of the single-track vehicle.

See me after class.

Whoa-a!

- Wow! - Beautiful.

- Look at it! - Hey.

What's this?

That is 10 grand of stereo, man.

No, this stuff.

Open it up.

Oh! It stinks!

Well, it's no use to us.

I can use your phone a second, buddy.

Be back in a minute.

Sir. Wait a minute. Sir, I'm doing three jobs here.

I.. I didn't let it be stolen.

My dispatcher's sick!

All of them.. Hello!

- Dad. Dad, I won a tryout. - 'Hello! Hello!'

Tower Warehouse. Rod Sullivan.

Rod, it's Sandy.

I'm at my first stop here.

My manifest says I should have

four of those cases of chemicals.

I only got two.

- 'Yup.'

Okay. Call at your next stop. I'll check.

Dad!

What are you doing here, son?

I won a try-out with The Aztecs. I need some soccer shoes.

Jerry! Frank!

Dad.

Watch those intersections!

I don't know what kind of a chemical it is.

That's what I'm trying to find out.

Well, they're, uh..

...th-they're gonna call back about the chemicals, okay?

Look, that's the last mistake you'll ever make around here.

You're fired.

Are you crazy? It wasn't my fault.

You put the boxes in the wrong van, my friend.

Go pick up your time.

Wait till the union hears about this.

They're gonna fry you.

All units stand by

for an update on that APB crafter van

believed to be carrying a chemical

's-substance of unknown kind.'

'Advise extreme caution.'

'Uh, the van is also scarrying-carry..'

'carrying stereo components.'

LA, 15 Mary 3. Code 33.

Stand by all units on a code 33.

Go ahead, Mary 3.

'Uh, LA, this is 15 Mary 3.'

We have a chemical explosion in a crafter van on Colgate

between Waterman and Bishop.

Initiate a code 20 and air-traffic control.

Code 33 advisory northbound on Colgate

between Bishop and waterman.

Officer in the field requests alternate traffic routes.

H-5 is en route for air-traffic control. ETA 5.

You okay?

Yeah. Got a blast of fumes.

Never pull a guy out of a chemical fire

without a gas mask.

'15-3 uh, Mary 3 and 4..'

Hey, sarge, where'd you find ratchet voice?

I wish I knew. All I can tell you is her name.

Would you believe Kathie Lark?

No. Wrong bird. Crow I'd believe, but not Lark.

'Mary 3, LA Go ahead.'

'Mary 3 and 4'

your RP on the grafter..

Crafter van GTA has some additional information

If, uh, if you could 10-20.. 10-21 him at his home.

Rod Sullivan. Call him at home?

Okay, but, uh, look, I want your reports

on this to be super accurate, super careful, huh?

It's gonna be a legal circus.

Hey, Turner.

- Okay.

And release these other units as soon as possible.

Right, sarge.

Well, thank you very much, Mr. Tate.

Thank you very much.

The job's taken, thank you very much.

Honey, don't give up. The right one will come along.

I got it.

Hi, Chad. Your father called me?

'Who is it?'

It's a cop, mom. I can handle it.

Oh, I'm sorry. I tried to call, but the line was busy.

I was only five minutes away.

I'm Mrs. Sullivan, officer.

Hi. Officer Baker.

Ah, just a minute.

Well, I got the information you want

about the chemicals.

The, uh, man identified it for you.

Yeah.

'Thank you very much.'

May I use your phone, please?

My phone?

You got me fired.

And now you wanna use my phone.

Chad, show him the phone.

Excuse me.

'This is Officer Jon Baker, 15 Mary 3.'

'I have follow-up information'

'on the crafter van APB .'

The chemicals, uh, they're safe in the containers.

There's a possible incendiary

if concentration contacts aluminum.

And the cargo floors in the crafter vans

are made out of aluminum, alright?

Yeah, that's it. Okay?

Chad, uh, what'd your father mean, I got him fired?

They think he helped those guys steal the van.

- Ah.. - Phew!

All we have to do is pass the word to our buyers.

The merchandise is here, folks, at bargain prices.

Okay, alright.

It's okay.

What are you doing here, Jerry?

I told you never to come here.

Hey, I just want to tell you guys I lost my job.

I loaded some chemicals in the wrong van, this van.

What'd you say to them, Jerry?

Are you sure they don't know?

Hey, easy now.

I got fired because of the chemicals.

Well, they don't know I was in on stealing the van.

I'm innocent.

So I go out and get another job, set up another hit, and so on.

Now, you're sure the cops ain't wise?

Well...there is some bad news.

Oh!

Well, they think the chemicals are dangerous.

They put out an APB.

They're gonna stop every crafter van

'every walk-in that looks like a crafter'

and every blue 1970 Mustang, too.

And you can laugh?

Sure.

We leave these crates locked up in here.

And we use my car.

My car is innocent, too, like me.

Well, that's the good news.

Alright. Alright.

Okay.

Uh...get these things in the van.

They stink.

Bye-bye.

- Hi, Pam.

Janet's going to send somebody down

to help me dig out some voice tapes.

Ooh. Jon said that stolen van is a rolling time bomb.

You get the message he's gonna meet you here?

Well, something came over the air

but with that new girl at the mike, it's hard to tell.

You know, she sounds like a crow in agony.

Oh, Ponch, Kathie's my friend. She'll be okay.

She's learning. It's her first week.

Be a little tolerant. Give her a break, huh?

Officer Poncherello?

You're the one who's interested

in checking some voice tapes?

Yeah, right. Uh..

...the freeway explosion?

It'll involve the state in, you know, claims, counter-claims.

I wanna know what I said and did

so my report can be super-accurate.

Oh, we recorded every word. I can take you to the file room.

I'm new here, but I'm sure I can find your tapes.

You're new here?

I'm Kathie Lark.

I guess you've heard me on the air.

Oh, yeah, we were just--

Yeah, Ponch thinks you sound like--

Different. I mean, in person.

Listen, if Jon comes before I see him

tell him I'll see him tonight, huh?

Alright.

Well, I guess we all sound different on the air.

I don't recognize your voice at all.

Oh, I'm 15 Mary 4.

Mary 4...of course.

You know, sometimes when you call in on the air

you're really hard to understand.

15 Mary 5.

I'm stopping a crafter van

about one mile west on Sepulveda, the Arlington on.

Hi, sir. What are you carrying?

Uh, that's about it. I'm empty.

Thank you very much for your cooperation.

I'm sorry for the inconvenience.

Here, dog! Hey, boy.

Here, boy.

Hi.

I'm Marty Grossman. I love dogs.

'15 Mary 5. I'm stopping a crafter van'

'about one mile west on Sepulveda, the Arlington on.'

'15 Mary 5.'

'I'm stopping a crafter van about one mile west on--'

Attention all units, 11-99. Officer needs help.

'Westbound Sepulveda. One mile west..'

One m-mile west of..

...o-one mile west of, um, uh..

...on r-r-ramp.

Bye, boy!

All units, S-4, I see his motor.

Well, if you ever fall down with that rescue unit

remember there's a delay built in

to give you time to get out.

I can't get over the expression on Getraer's face

when he realized that Grossie's emergency was a dog.

I can't get over how awful Kathie sounded

when she put out that call.

I wonder if anything's wrong.

Hey, wait a minute.

It's Kathie now? You've met her?

Yeah, when she got out those voice tapes for us.

She always sounded awful.

Hey, she's learning, man.

Be a little tolerant. Give her a break.

Hmm.

That foxy, huh?

I'm sorry, Pam.

It's just..

Well, an officer down like that..

I flashed back on Ted.

I just couldn't help remembering.

Look, the shift's almost over.

I'll square it here

so you can go home and get some rest, huh?

Wanna be fresh for tonight.

I can't go out tonight.

Yes, you can.

I don't want to.

I'll call Ponch and tell him.

I just can't.

From here it looks like your therapy worked.

Yeah, she's really enjoying Ponch.

Kathie, you okay?

I think I better go home.

Thank you.

Why'd you want to be a dispatcher?

Kathie, you got yourself in a pressure cooker.

You're that close to blowing apart.

What do you mean, "Be a dispatcher"?

I ama dispatcher!

You think it's complicated here?

Well, you should see what it's like back home!

I handled the taxi company, the tow company

the fire department, and the police.

And I was good!

Well, people make allowances back home, but not here.

You talk to me like violin music

but on the air you squawk

like a ruptured parrot. You're awful.

Well..

...I guess, I already knew that.

Okay, if you can face that, then face something else.

Whatever it is that's hurting you

it's gonna hurt just as long as you want it to.

Two or three times you've called me Ted.

Now, if you don't want to unload it to me, okay, but--

His name was Teddy Parker.

He was a police officer..

...and we were high school sweethearts.

I dispatched him on the call that got him killed.

The last thing he said..

...was, "Officer needs help."

Hey, maybe I do need someone.

Not you.

Not another cop.

Ponch!

You know, it's weird that Kathie sounds

so musical in person and so terrible on the air.

Trick voice, I guess, huh?

Hey, Chad! How you doing?

Okay.

What's he doing out here this time of night?

Collecting aluminum cans and junk.

For what, his health?

To supplement his family's income.

Hasn't found a job yet.

Check every crafter van you see

even if you think you've stopped it before.

And remember, the stolen may be a chemical bomb.

Poncherello, Baker, you finish up on the stolen

and, Baker, you carry the motorcycle rescue unit today.

That's it.

- Jon. - Yeah.

I attached you--

You attached the rescue unit to my motorcycle.

Right, and this--

That's a belt-unit actuator.

Right. On the back--

Recessed thumb button.

Thumb button, right. Um..

Uh, remember the safety features.

It has a--

Yeah, there's a built-in delay

in case you become, you know..

...unexpectedly prone.

How did you know about that?

Excuse me.

We ran a little experiment. Ha ha!

Oh, I see.

Got any other questions you want to ask me?

Uh, well, I'll give that some thought, alright?

Right.

Well, who's your best bet for the inside man?

On the warehouse job, I'd say

Jerry what's his name, the guy Sullivan fired.

Oh, yeah. We got his address.

Maybe we can shake him loose and he'll lead us somewhere.

Hmm, let's do it.

Hey, Ponch, we're still on Mason approaching 23rd.

10-4, Jon. Let me pick him up at 26th.

Ponch, he's taking a right on 23rd.

He's coming toward you.

Ponch, you see him?

No, negative.

Okay, he made a quick turn. I lost him.

Search toward me, alright?

'10-4, Jon.'

I think I wanna take this, too.

Cops. Cops. Look, you take the van.

We'll decoy with the Mustang. Come on!

LA 15 Mary 3

I'm checking out the garage

at 10-41 Pattison place.

'LA 15 Mary 3'

'I'm checking out the garage'

'at 10-41 Pattison place.'

'LA 15 Mary 3'

'I'm checking out the garage'

'at 10-41 Pattison place.'

'LA 15 Mary 3 I'm checking out the garage..'

All units, Mary 99

11-99 is at Pattison..

...stand by, one.

LA 15 Mary 4, Kathie, it's Ponch!

Me, Kathie! Talk to me!

A garage at 10-41 Pattison place.

Ponch, Jon is down.

LA 15 Mary 3, I'm okay.

10-8 10-41 Pattison Avenue.

APB Mustang, uh, left eastbound

crafter van westbound about two ago.

'Units in position. We have a citizen report.'

A crafter van is speeding south

on Ingram toward the harbor two ago.

LA 15 S-4, requesting roadblocks

at every harbor area exit.

If that southbound van is the stolen one

we'll trap it at the peninsula.

Hey, Jerry!

Hey, looks like there's a bicycle down.

7 Adam Mary 4, come back

to the salvage yard..

The gate's been smashed open.

Hey, Jerry!

It's okay. Jerry.. He went aboard the ship.

I think the van's here someplace.

Alright, you stay here. I'll call it in.

Okay, bring a flashlight.

The van's in there somewhere. Suspect's aboard the ship.

Let me have your flashlight.

I want you to call it in, okay?

You got it.

All units, 7 Adam the van's 11-24

at the California Shipyard.

Suspect's aboard an old freighter here.

I'm going aboard with Mary 3 and 4.

Police! Jerry, give it up!

You alright?

Police!

Jon?

Police!

There he is!

He's coming out!

You okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Remind me never to rescue a guy in a chemical fire.

Without a gas mask, I told you that.

Yeah, I knew I'd heard it someplace.

Hey, you guys okay? Anything I can do?

You can tell your parents you're a hero now.

We got a lot to thank you for.

Frank, take this guy and put him in Baricza's car.

'I'll go call the fire department.'

Hey, where is Baricza?

The other cop? He didn't come out of the ship.

Hold this.

LA Baricza again.

I still can't find a way to open this door

so I'm going to describe you my location as best I can.

I'm in the after part of the ship

in the engine room.

'Hey, Baricza!'

It's okay, LA, they found me. Thanks.

Hey! I'm in here!

Ponch, here!

Thanks for coming.

There's no telling how long I might have been trapped

if I hadn't had this extender.

Bari, you're in a steel box.

The extender wasn't getting out.

No

Like I always say

in the end it comes down to us

you, me, the man.

- Come on. - Come on.

'That's affirmed, Mary 9.'

'7-Adam will 10-98 in approximately 10.'

Hey, now there's a girl that really sounds great.

She is.

You've already met her?

LA 15 Mary 4 and 3

can you 11-98 us in the parking lot?

Be there in less than one.

'10-4, Mary 4.'

Hey! Now, don't tell me that was Kathie we heard.

10-4, Mary 3, with a little advice from Ponch.

Hey, you sounded great, really great.

Uh, what advice? Advice?

Well, Ponch said to pretend

I was having a very private conversation

with some dashingly handsome guy.

Oh, I see. Well, who would that be?

I mean, we don't have anyone who would qualify.

Hey, partner, she has a very vivid imagination.