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All right,

you knuckleheads, get in step.

L.A.P.D.

L.A.P.D., L.A.P.D.

All right, pull your weapons.

Tell the suspect to get
his hands up in the air.

Get your hands in the air!

Hyah!

Hey, set them down.

Drive them straight
down to the ground.

Pull 'em. Ready!

Get up that hill! Quit
dawdlin'. Get up there.

Up the hill.

Ready...

All right, let's do it again.

Step back with that right foot.

L.A.P.D., L.A.P.D.

Here's a happy piece of news.

Cornelius Arps, the
Western Avenue pimp,

got cut up by one of his whores

and expired at 3 a.m.
in General Hospital.

Galloway, there are
five divisions in the valley.

What are they?

I haven't the slightest idea.

Durand, you know?

Anybody know?

Okay.

North Hollywood,
Van Nuys, Foothill,

West Valley, and Devonshire.

As of tonight, all
juvenile narcotic arrests

are to be turned
over to the detectives.

Everybody got that?

Sergeant, should
we book them first?

Hm?

Do we book them first?

That's a good question.

I'll let you know tomorrow.

Well, let's see what
else is new in crime.

"Attempted rape.

"last night, 11:30 p.m.
369, West 37th Place.

"Suspect awoke victim by
placing hand over her mouth,

"said, 'Don't move. I love
you. I want to prove it.'

"Fondled victim's private parts

"while he held a
blue steel revolver

"in the air for her to see.

Suspect wore a blue suit,
blue tie and dark shoes."

blue suit? Sounds
like a policeman.

"Male, negro, 28 to 30, 6'2",
190, medium complexion."

I think we can clean
this up right now.

Sounds like Gladstone.

Lots of crime in the
division last night.

None of these
suspect descriptions

are worth a damn.

So I'm not gonna read them.

All right, gentlemen,

let's get out in the
street. Dismissed.

I hope to be able
to get back to work

in a couple of days.

Phil. How come
you aren't suited up?

I've got a jaw infection.

You don't sit on your gums.

Damn it all, on account
of you, I'm paired off

with one of those
slick sleeved recruits.

Hey, I wouldn't mind
paying her bail tonight.

Come on, kid, you look...

See you in a couple
of days, Whitey.

You're gettin' prettier
everyday. I swear.

Killed in the line of duty.

It doesn't pay to get too
comfortable in the street.

I don't know if I'll
ever get comfortable.

You will.

Come on, let's go find a
black-and-white and go to work.

This division's mostly black.

Some, uh, Mexican,
some whites. Lots of crime.

Well, considering the
intensity of living conditions,

poverty, I'm surprised
there's not more crime.

Well, I think
it's just the city.

In any case,

Kilvinski's Law states:

Treat everybody the
same, white, black, brown.

Be civil to everyone,
courteous to nobody.

That's, uh, just a
little philosophy lesson

I give free to every
rookie I'm breakin' in.

Remember, these dudes out here

aren't afraid of
the badge or gun.

As a matter of fact,

they'll try to shove
that badge up your ass

just to say they did it.

You know all that Hollywood
crap about the karate expert

and the one-punch cop is, uh...

A lot of Hollywood crap.

Right.

We're supposed to use
equal force, you know.

Right.

Well, rule two
of Kilvinski's Law

is if a dude uses his
fist, you use your stick.

If he uses the knife,
you use your gun.

Cancel his ticket
right then and there.

If everything else
fails, hit him with a brick,

anything you can
get your hands on.

So, what do your
friends call you?

Sergio.

Well, the reason I let you
start right off drivin', Sergio,

is so you'd get to
know the streets faster.

This would be a quiet district

if it wasn't for the Logos gang.

Uh, Falcons.

Which gang were you?

Gavilones.

You know, a few years ago,

I probably would've busted you.

A few years ago
you probably did.

Why don't you shut up?

Oh, you brought
the cops this time.

Oh, Whitey, Whitey,
come on in. Oh!

What the hell's the
matter with you? All right.

Officer, he...

Quiet!

But, Whitey... Quiet!

Whitey. Now, Holly,

you stay here and
talk to my partner.

But, Whitey... Orville,

you come on in the kitchen.

I wanna tell you about her.

You shut up, you dirty old man!

Officer, now
don't listen to him.

That man's a liar. It's
okay. We're here now.

You gotta listen to
me. Everything's okay.

That nigger.

He picked me up in a gin mill.

He said that was his paycheck,

and would I go in
there and cash it for him.

He said he'd give
me $10 if I did.

Now, where are you supposed
to meet him with the money?

He didn't say.

What does he look like?

20, 25.

Red shirt.

That's one thing I know.

He had on a red shirt. Yeah.

You just look for a red shirt.

All right. Why don't you
jump in the car with us

and we'll see if
we can find him.

Come on. Whoop.

Here we go. Stuff her in there.

Don't let her hit her head.

Yeah, yeah. I got it.

We can take him in on 273D.

The lady says he's been...
Wait a minute, partner.

Yeah. But she says

her husband's
been assaulting her.

Assaultin' her? Yes, assault!

Hold it!
- -me.

Now, listen.

You two people are
unhappy together, right?

That's right. Right.

Now, what would make you happy?

Would you be happy if
you could get a divorce?

Happier than
anything in the world.

All right. All right.
I'll divorce you.

Put your hand on my badge.

Come on, both of you.

Raise your hand.

By the powers vested in me

in and through the
state of California

and the city of Los
Angeles as well,

I do now pronounce you divorced.

Oh, thank you, officer.

Yeah.

Congratulations.
Oh, thank you, Gus.

Oh, hey, you're a wonderful boy.

Bye. You're wonderful too. Bye.

Bye.

Bye. Bless you, Whitey.

Screw you, Orville.

There you go all
over again, you.

Forty-five, a family dispute,

First and Soto.

11-A-45.11-A-45.
Phone the station.

12-0-20, roger.

13-A-99 clear.
13-A-27.13-A-27...

That guy's got a
brown shirt, Andy.

The lady said red.

Hold it right there.

I wanna talk to you.

Who, me?

Yeah, you.
Identification, please.

What for?

I stopped you for a reason.

Now break out that
ID, because we ain't got

no time for shucklin'.
Okay, officer.

I ain't got nothin' to hide.

It just that police is
always roustin' me

every time I goes outside.

Hell, man, this ain't nothin'.

You got something
with your thumbprint,

your picture, your
driver's license?

What I need a
driver's license for?

I ain't drivin'.

Haven't I seen you?

What've you been busted
for? Forgery? Flim-flam?

No, man. I gambles a little bit.

But I ain't no
criminal, now, no jive.

Yeah, you're jivin'.

Your mouth is dry.
Your heart is hammerin'.

What's your real name?
Gandy. Woodrow Gandy.

Just like it say on that card.

Step over to the car, Gandy.

We got somebody
who wants to say hello.

Oh, man, this is a roust.
This is a humbug and a roust.

Wake her up.

Ma'am. Wake up, ma'am.

That's him! That's
the one that got me

in all this trouble.

Tellin' me how easy
it was to make $10.

Hey, listen, Durand,

you mind if I ask you something?

Why did you come
with the department?

Eleven grand a year and a
chance to get out of East L.A.

Get to some place
like the Westside?

That's right.

Like Hollywood?

Right.

And you got all those
actresses and honey-blonds.

Right.

And yet they put
you back in East L.A.

Right.

Thanks.

- Hey, Andy.
- What's that?

One thing I don't understand.

The guy we picked up.

He wasn't wearing a red shirt.

Yeah, I felt a little
bad about that.

Look at it this way, kid.

Maybe you'll catch somebody
with a red shirt tomorrow.

Come on. Come on, really.

Well, it wasn't green either.

It was a color that
could be called red.

Especially if you're a
fuzzy drunk like the old lady.

Great burritos.

Best in town.

But how... How'd you
know he was the right guy?

Well, this guy Gandy was
standing there, you know,

a little too cool, like
he had nothing to hide.

I honestly don't know
how I knew, I just knew.

Take it from me, kid,

after 23 years,
he can smell them.

Instinct, huh?

Well, I wouldn't
say that in court.

Will you have trouble
with this case in court?

Yeah, probably. Yeah, we might.

I'm sorry. No, go ahead.

We might. It depends
on whether or not

the court feels it was
enough probable cause

to stop and detain the suspect.

Well, Roy's a very bright guy.

He's going to law school.

Right now?

Well, actually
I'm still in college.

I'm picking up on
a few prerequisites.

What are you wasting
your time being a cop for?

Well, it's like this, Whitey.

I'm interested in criminal law.

I'm in school,

a wife and a kid.

I need the money.

So it's either this or
become a criminal.

He'll probably wind
up being a judge.

You're not listenin', Andy.

He said he didn't
wanna be a criminal.

What about you, Beasley,
how many kids you got?

Three. Three?

What do you do
in your spare time?

Go to medical school?

No, I... I just hope
I can do this job.

I mean, I...

All I wanna be is
a good policeman.

That's all I...

Okay, all you late-nighters.

That was a triple play for
your musical enjoyment.

It's the early-morning
sound of KGGY

2:22 in the a.m.,

and "It's Too Late, Baby."

Hi, gang.

Hi.

Are you all right?

I'm fine.

Who's the artist?

Rebecca did the
artwork and I did the copy.

Well, it's a masterpiece.

Yeah, that's what I thought.

Hey, muffin.

Hi.

Ha-ha. She's so tired.

She waited up till
midnight to surprise you.

She couldn't stay
up quite this late.

Oh, I didn't realize
it was so late.

I should have called.

Did anything go wrong?

No, we just got rapping.

Shop talk.

I wanna hear all about it
but she's got to go to bed.

Come on, love.

Bedtime for you.

Oh, sleepy girl.

Come on, Daddy put you to bed.

Okay, little girl.

Thank you for the
beautiful picture.

Goodnight. Sweet dreams.

Who was your partner?

Uh, Kilvinski. Heh.

If you like him, let's have
him over to dinner, hm?

Sure.

Is he married? Divorced.

Then he'd probably appreciate
a home-cooked meal, huh?

Sure.

Oh, Roy, I wish you
could have seen Becky.

She was trying so
hard to stay awake.

I must have told
her about 13 stories,

trying to keep her up.

She wanted nothing
more than to see your face

when you walked
through that door

and looked at that picture.

One day down here is
like 10 in the other divisions.

You'll be a veteran by
the time your year is up.

♪ Someone really loves you ♪

Pimping is profitable.

That's why it's not legalized.

Too much profit and no overhead.

The pimps would control
the economy in no time.

So, what are we doing
out in the whore wagon?

Why arrest them?

For cruising the streets?
For being whores?

No crime in that.

Make an arrest that'll
stick, that's the tough part.

Unless you don't mind
perjuring yourself in court.

I knew a whore.
Had 73 prior arrests.

Most she got was six months
on two separate occasions.

Phew.

So, what's the answer?

We're left with only one weapon

with which to safeguard society.

Kilvinski's Law.

I might have known.

Kilvinski's Law states:

Give them one pass
down Western Avenue,

just to show them
the wagon's out.

If they don't run for cover,

pick them up, run them
around for a couple of hours

and generally bust
up their evening.

It's illegal as
hell, but it works.

Okay, let's take those three.

Good evening, ladies.

Shit, Kilvinski, you
always pick on me.

Oh, hi, there.

Hi, there.

Give me a lift, honey.
- Certainly.

Just grab a handful and push.

Keep your hands off of me.

Come on, Martha, you're
holding up the parade.

Officer Fehler, would
you kindly escort

the young lady to her seat?

Come and get it, honky.

Now, come on,
Martha, just take it easy.

I gotta take you in. Why?

Well, Martha,

you're the prettiest
girl on the block.

Shit.

Got two more of
them for you, Andy.

All right, let's go.

Yeah, you blue-eyed devil,

you ought to make
sergeant for this.

He doesn't like you, Bethel.

Nobody likes this funky devil.

He don't know how
to talk to a woman.

I don't see any women.
Just two whores.

Your wife's a whore, bastard.

She screws for peanuts.

I gets $60 every day.

Into the wagon, bitch.

You ain't gonna get away with
pushin' me around, you hear me?

We're gonna fix your
white-ass one day.

Alice, you've played
your big scene,

now lay it in the wagon
like the sweet child you are.

That there sucker, he don't
know how to talk right to nobody.

He thinks everybody is dogs.

Well, we is
motherfuckin' ladies!

Hey, Kilvinski, you all need
some pillows back here.

This is terribly bumpy.

Your pillow's built-in, baby.

Hey, silver hair,

how about lettin' us
out over on Vermont?

I need to make me
some coins tonight.

Kilvinski's got soul.

He get us some Scotch
and milk, we ask him pretty.

You got soul, ain't
you, Mr. Kilvinski?

Baby, I got more
soul than I can control.

All right, ladies, here
comes the delivery man.

Here's the Scotch,

and your change is in
this bag with the milk.

Wanna drink, Kilvinski?

You know we can't drink on duty.

I know something
we can do on duty,

and the sergeant won't
smell it on your breath.

Ah, I'm too old for
you young ladies.

Hey, Kilvinski,

gal like me can make
you young again,

you beautiful honky devil.

Wait, wait, wait,
let her tell it.

This one trick picks me up one
night over on 28 and Western

and drives me out
clear to Beverly Hills.

Beverly Hills?

And gives me a hundred bucks.

A hundred? Shut up!

I don't believe it.

And then that bastard
had me cut the head off

a real live chicken,

right there in that
plushy apartment.

A chicken?

And squish that old
chicken around in the sink

while the water was runnin'.

And he nearly went crazy.

My Lord, why'd you do it?

Yeah, why'd you do it?

Shit, I didn't know
what the bastard wanted

until he got me in there and
handed me the butcher knife.

Butcher knife?

Then I was so scared,

I just did it so he
wouldn't get mad.

You know, that milk bath
guy picked up Wilma one night.

Didn't he, Wilma?

Oh, speakin' of milk,

pass it right on down here.

Scotch is no good without milk.

Thank you, honey.

Yeah, but he ain't too weird.

I don't mind him though,
except he lives too far away,

up in North Hollywood in
one of them hilltop pads.

He just gives you a
bath in a tub full of milk.

Anybody wanna feel
my lily-white skin?

People is gettin' so
goddamned weird anymore.

Yeah, sure.

Seem like only
black man like to ball.

You take black tricks, baby?

She'll take any kind
of tricks she can get.

Well, I guess we
can let them out now.

They're too drunk to
work tonight anyway.

We've done our
good deed for society.

All right, ladies,
everybody out.

Habeas corpus has
arrived for one and all.

Hey, we just got robbed, man.

He just ran down that alley.

He hit me with his gun.

Does this alley
come out down here?

Yeah, it goes through.

I'll try the alley down here.
Maybe I can cut him off.

I'll call in. They
got everything.

Everything we had.
Take it easy, son.

3-A-54, Code 6 Adam.

Freeze.

Have to be.

My father!

My father.

You killed him!

You killed my father!

He was chasin' the
robber and you killed him!

You killed my father!

Pig!

Gus.

Gus, call an
ambulance, right now.

Now!

You pig!

I'll tell you
something right now.

If it'd happened to me, I'd have
done the same thing. No choice.

Comes down to something
like that, you have no choice.

Hell, it was just as
much my fault as yours.

I let the guy run out of the
store with a gun in his hand.

I did it.

I did it.

I'll pull over to the side.

Good evening.

I'm the one who made the call.

There's a lady in that
house who's always drunk.

She bothering you?

Oh, no, but she's...
She's got a new baby,

and she... She
drops him all the time.

Tonight she's in there
staggering around

and I saw her drop him again.

My husband told me it
wasn't any of our business,

but I... I told him I was
gonna call the police.

And that's what I did.

All right, we'll
have a talk with her.

Thank you.

What do you want?

Good evening, ma'am.

We received a call that
there might be some trouble.

Came over to help.

Do you mind if we step in?

I know how the police help.

Look, lady, um,
we were told, uh,

your baby might
be in some danger.

How about lettin' us have
a look, see if the kid's okay?

We'll be on our way.

Get off my porch.

Get off. You too.

Out, out, out!

Hey, you can't... Hey,
where's he going?

My baby!

My God.

He just can't walk in here

without showing me
something. You take it easy!

Ah, she put him on
the, uh, kitchen table

next to an ashtray.

He burned his hand. Looks
like he burned his stomach too.

I said, that's my child.

Hey, man, give me my child!

Take it easy. Just
take it easy. Just...

Give me my baby!
Give me my baby!

Give him, it's my baby!

Let go of him. Let go! My
baby! Mine, mine, mine!

You're pulling him apart!

Don't drop it! It's
mine! It's mine!

Lady, take your fingers...
You're choking your baby.

Pry her fingers loose.

It's my baby! It's my baby!

Okay, I got her.
- Let go. Let go!

All right, lady,
that's it. That's it!

You keep your
filthy hands off of me.

Aah! Damn!

Beast. You beast.

Let me go. Let me go!

You can't take my baby.

Like hell I can't.
Get her in the car.

Let's go, lady.

You know, there was a
moment there when I...

I really thought
I could kill her.

I mean, I really
wanted to kill her.

Maybe I should have killed her.

It would be better
off for the child.

It is tempting.

It's more than that.

I know.

Stay frosty, kid.

You can't become
an avenging angel.

Look out the window.

There's always another
asshole in the street.

You can't stop them all
no matter what you do.

So you do your 20 and
take your 40 percent

and relax.

Hi, sweetheart. Hi.

How are you?

Fine.

Give Daddy a kiss?

Mm.

All ready for school?

There's a boy I don't like.

Well.

Hi, honey. Hi. Breakfast?

No, thanks.

You'll be late for work.

Well, I can fix you some eggs.

No eggs.

That's the trouble
with this all-night watch.

I eat breakfast at, uh,
7 before I hit the sack,

and when I get up,

I don't want anything
heavier than breakfast.

Then by 11:00 before
I go back to work,

I grab a couple of eggs.

You know, I'm eating
breakfast three times a day.

If it annoys you so much,

why don't you get
off the night watch?

Well, it doesn't annoy
me. Night watch is okay.

Well, you're complaining.

Hm, I'm not...

What the hell is that?

What's going on here?

It's the plumber. He's promised
to be as quiet as he can.

Becky, you're gonna be late
for school. I'll be late for work.

The plumber? Hey, hey, Dorothy,

don't leave me alone
with the plumber all day.

Hey, I gotta get some sleep.

Couldn't he come back
in the afternoon? Dorothy?

Dorothy? Dorothy, answer me.

The john hasn't been
working right for three days,

and unless he came now,

he couldn't come until after 6,

which means he
gets time and a half.

Now, the man gets
$18 an hour as it is.

So that means that after 6:00,

his time is worth more than
yours and mine put together.

Oh, I see. His time is more
valuable than mine, huh?

I didn't say valuable, I
said it was worth more.

What's the difference?
There's a difference.

I'd like to know what it is.

Simply that on the open market

a man who can
make your toilet flush

is worth more money than a
cop and a secretary combined.

All right, Dorothy... I know,
you're making the world

a safer and a better
place to live in.

Hey, look, could you please
stop that for just a moment?

Everywhere but
for us kids at home.

Here's your mail.

Thanks.

Aren't you gonna open it?

Later.

Just curious.

Curious about my mail?

Curious why you're not curious.

All right, then here, why
don't you just open it yourself?

All right, I will.

"Dear Mr. Fehler, the following
grades are hereby submitted

"for the term ending
November 30th:

"Economics 5-A incomplete.

Corporate Law 27-A incomplete."

And there's two other
incompletes here.

That's all right, I'm
not worried about it.

I'll finish them.

Finish them? You
never even started them.

As far as law school goes,
you'll never even get there.

I will, Dorothy, as soon
as I get off the night watch.

It isn't the night
watch. The night watch.

Come on, Becky.

Hey, Dorothy,
what is it with you?

You have been
hounding me all morning.

What is it?

You're just having a
wonderful time. You like it.

You like being a cop.
Well, of course I like it.

That doesn't mean I'm
not working my ass off.

I don't give a damn
how hard you're working.

You like it, and I
don't wanna spend

the rest of my life
being a cop's wife.

Then you'd better get
married to somebody else.

Oh, boy. Oh, boy.

Come on, Becky.

Uh, listen, will you
do me one favor?

Tell that $18-an-hour
asshole to stop

before he breaks the house down.

Why don't you bust him
for disturbing the peace?

Becky.

I'm sorry.

I know it's dumb,
but I'm scared.

It's not like you can't
get hurt as a cop.

And I miss you.

I don't see you, y-you know?

It's dumb, but I miss you
and Becky misses you.

I guess I just feel

I don't have enough attention
paid to me and I get hurt.

Come here.

I know.

I know.

Can I see your
driver's license, please?

You're gonna try and
say I ran the red light.

3-A-13.3-A-13.

The light was yellow
when I went through.

Request wanting
warrant information

on California license plates.

Step over here, please.

Sixty-two...

Just got to get your
quota, don't you, man?

No, as a matter of fact,

they passed a new law recently.

I can write as many of
these as I want to now.

Son of a bitch.

Just any nigger
would do, wouldn't it?

That's it, ain't it?

And I just happen to be
the one you picked, huh?

This guy's got six
warrants out on him,

all moving violations.

You sign this, please?

I ain't signing that.

All right, you don't
have to sign it,

but I want you to
get in that patrol car.

If you want to, you
can lock your truck.

I ain't going, either. I
don't think you understand.

You're under arrest.
No, you don't understand.

I ain't going nowhere.

3-A-13.3-A-13.
Requesting an ambulance.

Uh, 137 South San Pedro. Over.

What's he doin'? What you doin'?

Calling an ambulance.

Ain't no accident around here.

I know,

but there's gonna be if you
don't get in that patrol car.

I guess I'm getting in the car.

You'd better cancel
that ambulance, Roy.

I never called an ambulance.

You mean you were bluffing?

That's right.

First time I ever
laughed on the way to jail.

You know when that guy
thought I called an ambulance,

he got so unglued he
didn't even know what to say.

To tell you the
truth, neither did I.

Well, don't worry. I won't tell
anybody else, not even Whitey.

How about if I buy you a
cup of coffee, smart-ass?

All right.

You know, I love it.

I really love it in the streets.

I don't think I love
anything else so much.

I know.

Oh, hey.

A picture of my
newest grandchild.

Yeah, she's a beauty.

When I retire next year, I'm
gonna live with my daughter.

Hey, how about, uh, Mabel's?

It's a new donut shop.

I hear their coffee's so bad,

you can pour it in your
battery when it dies.

But it's free and
so is the donut.

Look in that liquor store?

No, why?

Nobody behind the counter.

Maybe they're in the backroom.

Maybe.

Let's take a look anyway.

I'll take the back.

You request help
and cover the front.

Right.

3-A-13.

Officers need help.

113 and Western.
211 in progress. Over.

Oh, my God.

Get this car the
hell out of here.

I'll get an ambulance.

Dr. Taylor. Dr. David Taylor.

Andy, have you ever been shot?

No, not even nicked.

I wonder if I could take it.

What?

What Roy's going through.

They say a stomach wound's
the most painful of anything.

Well, if it hurts, it hurts,

whether you can take it or not.

Dr. Browne. Dr. Ross Browne.

Yeah.

Except somebody
fired point-blank at him

and almost cut him in two.

It's like dying without dying.

Roy's got to be different now.

Doesn't he?

Yes, I suppose he does at that.

When do you think
we'll be able to see him?

Well, he's been
out of Intensive Care

about seven and
a half hours now.

I guess he's still a
little dopey, though.

Dr. Dunnavan.
Dr. Andrew Dunnavan.

I know, I know.

He's gonna be fine.

Yes, this time.

Four or five weeks,
he'll be out of here.

A few months of
light duty and then...

Yeah, then what?

Back in the street.

Walking around like a target.

You mustn't look at it that way.

Oh, how should I look at it?

Tell me, how did
your wife look at it?

We had other problems.
Who cares if he gets killed?

You think people
care? People don't care.

Just another cop as
far as they're concerned.

And it's going to
get worse, not better.

Oh, Andy. Help me.

He listens to you. Tell
him he's got to quit.

I can't.

He's his own man. He's
doing what he wants to do.

And I want you to go
home and get some rest

and stop thinking about this.

Mr. Kilvinski, you
can go in now.

Dr. Carmen. Dr. Kenneth Carmen.

Dr. Carmen.

Hiya, partner.

Hey, Andy.

You need anything
from the nurse?

Gus and everybody
wants to see you.

I don't wanna see
anybody. Not yet.

I feel so dumb.

I don't wanna see anybody.

I really don't
wanna see anybody.

Okay, partner. Okay.

Oh, Christ!

You want me to get the doctor?

Oh, no. They gave me
all they could give me.

God.

It just keeps tightening
and tightening.

I feel like I'm glued together.

Oh.

Are you the one who called?

The bastards
threatened to shoot me.

Who?

Damn wetbacks.

They're two months
behind in their rent.

I've tried to be patient.

A man has got expenses.

You think my creditors
are gonna wait?

They pull a gun on you?

Just like them.
Well, we can't evict,

but we can investigate
a gun charge.

What apartment they in?

Upstairs. In the back.

You talk to them.
Tell them to pay up

or you'll throw
them the hell out.

What's he say?
They don't have a gun.

And even if they did,

they wouldn't use it for
a stupid thing like this.

Ask them about the rent
and let's get out of here.

He's got last month's receipt.

So the landlord is lying.

They're not two months
behind. Only 10 days.

He says they lost their jobs.

But they're starting
new ones today.

And they'll be able
to pay him next week.

Well, the man says
they're wetbacks.

That true?

How much does he
charge them to live here?

Fifty dollars each.
For the month.

Each. Fifty each for this?

You son of a bitch.

Goddamned extortionist. Sarge!

I'll sue you! I'll sue the city!

Three hundred bucks a month?

I'm a taxpayer. I'll
have your ass for this.

I'll get them spics deported.

I'll call Immigration.

I know where they
work. I'll call their boss.

You'll do nothing.

They're here illegally. But
they're breaking their asses

trying to make a buck
to send back home.

Doing all the crappy jobs
that nobody else wants.

And a creep like you
is gonna hassle them?

Well, you call Immigration.
You go right ahead.

And I'll call the
health department

and the rat catchers
and Building and Safety.

If that doesn't work, I'll
come back here myself

and I'll beat the
shit out of you.

You'll wish to God
you'd never seen me!

Huh.

Hey, take it easy.

Listen,

I played two and a
half hours of handball.

I ran three or four laps.

I'm getting myself
in terrific shape.

Yeah, you are.

How do you like it on the desk?

Oh, I just had it.

I mean, it's hardly
fascinating. It's so boring.

All I do is tell everybody
how I got shot.

Yeah, they all want
to be reassured

that it couldn't
happen to them. Right.

They want you to reassure them.

Right.

Ah, you'll be back on
patrol soon anyway.

I hope so.

It'll sure be good to
get back on the streets.

But after Andy retires
it won't be the same.

I'll probably transfer
over to the Vice Squad.

I wish you well.

1-A-58, roger on the call.

Man, I hate these
damn silent alarms.

I wonder why this early.

There's not much money
in the till at this hour.

Around here, man,

cats will burn you down for $10.

Wait a minute.

What do you want?

What's in the bag?

Freeze, man or your
head is coming off.

Cool it! Cool it!

Out of my way.

Hold it. Stay back there.

Help!

Get out of the way.

Get an ambulance.

Phew.

Only natural.
Everybody's scared.

I'm not scared.

I'm not scared.

If we can have the attention
of the Wright brothers,

maybe we can get down to work?

Before I read the crimes,
I want to give you a report

on the supervisors'
meeting today.

Here's another
goddamn interpretation

from our Supreme Court.

Something about only the
room that you arrest the guy in

being under his control.

Don't ask me what it means.

Just pick up a copy
of the new rules

and get somebody
who's smarter than I am

to explain it to you.

Thanks for everything, sergeant.

Andy.

You're in trouble.

Good luck, Andy.

Don't catch too many fish.

Good luck.

Adiós, wetback.

Adiós, Andy.

Take care of yourself.

Good luck.

We're going to miss you.

Take care, Andy.

I didn't think you'd really
pull the pin, Andrew.

Well, you know, 25
years is enough, Whitey.

Yeah, once you
pull that pin, Andy,

you gotta let her go,
blow up in your face.

I'm gonna live with my daughter.

She's gonna have a baby.

Congratulations, grandpa.

That's great.

Listen, you guys gotta come
and see me. Meet the family.

Yeah, sure. Sure.

Read the crimes, sergeant,
before I start bawling.

This goddamn Kilvinski
is gonna make me cry

with all this goodbye shit.

I don't have to stay around here

and take all this abuse.

Had a kind of interesting
homicide this afternoon.

Some dude told his
old lady she was a bum,

so she shot him twice.

He fell off the porch
and broke his leg,

and she polished him
off with a kitchen knife.

Hey, sarge.

What?

Maybe she was a bum lay.

Ah, I'm glad I'm out of it.

We're through.

We're finished. You
know that, don't you?

Hey, come on, Andy,
you know better than that.

No, I don't. Not anymore.

We can't hold the line anymore.

Yeah, but you
know, things change.

People change.

Last year everybody
screaming about lack of freedom,

this year they're screaming
about lack of control.

Yeah, but something
else is happening this time.

The don'ts.

The don'ts are dying.

First the vice laws die,

and then the misdemeanors,
and then the felonies.

Easy to get rid of crime,

all you do is change the law.

No law against selling dope?

Dope's not a crime.

No law against robbing banks?

Bang. Ain't no bank robbers.

Fighting crime is
getting very easy.

Well, let the assholes
change the laws

and get rid of crime.
They can't get rid of evil.

Laws change. People don't.

Never get rid of evil. Never.

You know, it sounds
like all these years

you've been trying
to bust the devil.

Ah, the public don't understand.

Lawyers, judges
don't understand.

They only see the
criminals. We see the victims.

We know what
crime does to people

because we see them
like nobody else does.

Yeah, you're right.

Maybe you can't change people,

but you can help them.

Maybe not much,
maybe it's a losing battle,

maybe... they don't like us.

But I think they need us.

I think they always have.

I mean, even the Romans

had centurions
to keep the peace.

And they were unsupported,

unhonored,
disliked, just like us.

But they held the line,

for a while,

until Rome was finally
overrun by barbarians.

Mm-hm. Yeah.

Well, here's to
the new centurions.

Let's hope they do a
better job than the old ones.

You must be, uh, Feller, huh?

Fehler.

Phillips. Simeone.

Hi. Hi.

Ranatti. How are you?

Good to have you. Thank you.

You already met
Gant, huh? Right.

I was just briefing him

on the chicken shit expense
allowance we get here.

Oh, Gant, Sgt. Anders
wanted me to talk to you

about that Ruby Castle bust.

He still thinks you and Ranatti

exaggerated your report.

You don't think I'd
perjure myself, do you?

How about you, Ranatti?
Would you do that?

Hell, we're the only ones

that ever had a case
against Ruby Castle.

If Anders don't
buy it, screw him.

Just because he's bucking
to be the youngest captain

on the L.A.P.D.
even if it kills us.

Sgt. Anders.

Roy Fehler. Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

Welcome aboard, sailor.

Thank you.

Be seated.

Tonight we work trash patrol.

Oh, not again.

Oh, no, not again.

All right, knock it
off. Let's move out.

What a pain in the ass.

I forgot. I wore
my good clothes.

What's the matter?

Either way you go home
smelling like a garbage dump.

Hey, Fehler, now you can tell
your friends you're a G-man,

but don't tell them
the G is for garbage.

Did you find something, Fehler?

Oh, yeah, sergeant.
As a matter of fact I did.

Go on.

Uh, a corn beef on rye,

a blueberry cheese
blintz and a Tampax.

Hm? Did you guys find anything?

Did you find anything, Gant?

Garbage. Garbage.

Dirty, rotten, stinking,
lousy, filthy garbage.

All right, all right.

I realize that trash
night is a dirty job,

but I have it on good
authority that these trash cans

came from one of the biggest

bookie organizations
in this city.

We're bound to find
some betting markers here.

Now, keep looking, men.

Nobody said that
police work was easy.

This could be the big
break I'm looking for.

This could be
bigger than all of us.

Now, let me warn
you about fruits.

They can look like anybody.

Big manly guys
with wives and kids.

Good jobs.

Or they can be professional
men or even cops.

And when they find
out you're the law,

those sons of bitches
come uncorked,

so get the cuffs on them fast.

I say don't get yourself hurt
for a lousy misdemeanor pinch

that don't mean a
damn in court anyway.

You know what the
average fruit gets?

No.

About a $50 fine and that's it.

So what am I supposed
to do, sergeant,

just walk around the lake?

Well, if you want to swish
a little, go ahead. Swish.

Oh, come on, come
on. That's entrapment.

I'll worry about the law.

You just do the job
you're being paid to do.

Yeah, well, I'm not
being paid to swish.

I'm going to ignore
that statement, Fehler.

Now, you won't have any
trouble recognizing him:

6'6", all muscle. A
lumberjack from Oregon.

Comes down here
to get his rocks off.

Oh, man, this is a
shitty and degrading job.

Somebody's got to do it.

But as far as I'm concerned,

you don't have to
let him feel your joint.

I mean, if it looks like
he's making a move

to honk you, you
just grab his hand.

Then he's under arrest.

Okay, Fehler?

Thanks, sergeant.

All right.

Get out there.

Don't forget to swish.

It's a lovely evening, isn't it?

Yeah, it is.

The moon is beautiful.

I like to watch the
ripples. Don't you?

I don't really think
about it too much.

All right, that's it!

Come on, boys. Go get him.

Oh!

I got him! I...

I... Aah!

Don't let him get away.

Help! Police!

Police! Help!

Roy?

Dorothy?

What are you doing here?
When did you get home?

A little while ago.

What a nice surprise.

Is Becky asleep?

No. Becky stayed in San
Francisco with Mother.

Oh.

I...

I wasn't expecting
you till the weekend.

I'm glad to see you though.

Boy, did we have a night. Jesus.

A bunch of us went down
to MacArthur Park to, uh,

bust fruits.

And what happened?

Well, we staked the joint out.

We ended up
wrestling in the lake

with some poor fruit.

I mean, it really bothered me.

Here I am, a grown man.

I'm supposed to
be protecting society

and I feel like I'm more
depraved than that poor guy.

I don't know.

It just disturbed
me, that's all.

Roy, I'm leaving you.

You're what?

When did you decide this?

I don't know.

It's been coming on
a long time, I guess.

I guess after Kilvinski retired

and you decided to
stay on and go on to Vice.

I guess that's what did it.

Yeah, but Dorothy, I'm...

I-I hate this assignment.

I'm not gonna be
doing this forever.

It doesn't matter, Roy.

It doesn't have
anything to do with that.

And it has nothing to do with
your being a policeman anymore.

And it's not because I'm a girl

who doesn't like to be alone,

or because I worry about you.

I stopped worrying
about you months ago.

I learned months ago
to go to bed by myself.

It's none of those dumb
cliché reasons, Roy.

Then what is it?

I just don't care anymore.

Why?

Oh, Roy.

What about Becky?

What about her?

I'm her father.

You're taking my
daughter away from me.

I can't help that.

Hey, Dorothy. You're taking
my daughter away from me.

No! You've done that, Roy.

You risked too much, Roy.

Your health, your
life, your family.

And for what?

To keep some psychotic kid

from holding up a liquor store.

I don't understand that, Roy.

I grew up in a house where
those you love come first.

You and Kilvinski,
you're two of a kind.

Only the sad thing is

that you could have
been something better.

Goodbye, Roy.

Wait a minute.

Before you go,

I'd just like to ask
you something.

In all the time
we were together,

did you ever say,

"Whatever you want to
do, Roy, I'll back you up.

I'll see it through,
no matter what."

You know, w-when I quit school,

you gave me the
feeling that I cheated you.

It was like, uh,

I'd deprived you
of something more.

That my being a policeman
wasn't good enough.

Well, that's what I am.

But you want
something, uh, more.

You don't want me.

So go on. Fly home to mother.

If it brings you any comfort,

let's leave it that way.

I let you down.

I'm not letting Becky go!

Dorothy, do you hear me?

I'm not letting her go!

Get a haircut.

Been eating at Fat Jack's again?

That's right, sergeant.

The top stains,
above the tie bar,

look like chicken gumbo.

What are the others?
Barbeque sauce?

Uh, with green pepper, sir.

When do you change
the oil on this tie?

Every 10,000 miles, sergeant.

All right, gentlemen.
Let's get out in the street.

Dismissed.

Yes, sir. What
can we do for you?

I used to work in this division.

Hang on a minute.

Yeah?

Right, hang on.

Well, what can I do for you?

My Name's Kilvinski. I...

Now, that's what I call

one helluva guy.

Comes all the way from Florida

just to give ol'
Whitey a kewpie doll.

Hello, Andy. How are you doin'?

What are you doing around here?

Just checkin' upon
you. Don't believe him.

His daughter kicked
him out of Florida already.

Where can we reach you?

I'll be around. I'm
gonna look for work.

Shouldn't have trouble,

man of your experience... Andy!

Hey, Roy.

We gotta go. Okay.

Nice seeing you. Stop in again.

How are you? Good to see you.

Oh, Johnson, this is the
guy I was telling you about.

This is Andy Kilvinski. He
used to own this division.

How do you do, sir? Hiya, son.

I'll see you out
at the car. Okay.

Come on, walk me out.

Good to see you.
When'd you get here?

Can we get together
a little bit later on?

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

How's Florida?
Well, I'll tell you.

With those three grandchildren
and that little house,

I think I was better
off in the street.

This is for Becky.

Oh, thanks, Andy.

I'll send it to her.

She's up in San
Francisco with her mother.

Well, what else is new?

Well, I'm off Vice.

That's always
good to hear. Ha-ha.

Dorothy's divorcing me.

Oh, for sure?

Yeah, for sure.

She met some
realtor in Sausalito.

He's a nice guy apparently.

Owns a helicopter.

Gee, it's good to see you, Andy.

You too.

Man, you won't
believe this town.

How it's changed. I'll bet.

Guess I'll have to
show you around.

We'll have to get
together. You free?

Hell, yes. Good.

Where can I reach you?

Well, I'll leave my,
uh, number at the desk.

Okay.

I'll, uh... I'll
give you a call.

Andy.

Yeah?

Nothing. I'll talk to you.

Roy, Andy. Did I wake you?

Oh, gee, I didn't mean
to wake you. I'm sorry.

Fine. Fine, fine, fine.

Sorry, I woke you. I
didn't mean to wake you.

Hell no, I'm not drunk.

I, uh, repeat
myself all the time

without any help at all.

You'll do it next year.
You wait and see.

Listen, uh,

what are you doin'?

No, I mean, uh, tomorrow.

Besides that.

Oh, yeah, yeah.

Well, um, give
Becky my love, huh?

Yeah.

Listen, uh, uh, wait
a second, will you?

Um, did I ever tell
you about the, uh...

The old guy on the... On the

porch who used to
sit in the wicker chair

and he would call the
station every week?

Yeah.

And he'd always
say the same thing.

See, he'd say, uh,

"I, uh, I just come home

"and there's a man in the house,

"and I don't know him,

"and he's just, uh,

"starin' at me o-out
here, you know,

"and I was inside
and I got scared.

"I run out here on the porch

"and I called you.
And he's still here.

"He's just sitting
in there rockin'.

Lord, I think he's a crazy man."

And, uh,

I'd come over, you
know, and I'd, uh,

I'd go in the house.

Of course the house
was empty, right?

And I'd wait a few
minutes and I'd, uh,

I'd say, "All right, now,
you get out of here

and don't come back."

And then I'd go to the
back door, you know,

I'd slam it real hard
and make a lot of noise.

And then I'd come out to...

To the porch again
and I'd say, "All right.

"It's okay. You
can go back inside.

It's safe now, he's gone."

And the old guy would
come over and he'd, uh...

Uh, thank me, you know,

tears in his eyes...

and in the next week,

he'd call and he'd
do the same thing

and I'd come over and
I'd do the same thing.

I wonder whatever
happened to him.

No, I don't mean the
guy that was chasing him,

I mean the guy
on the front porch.

There's a point
to that whole story.

I don't know what
it is right now.

Yeah. Well, look, uh,

you stay frosty, huh? And, uh,

I'll be talking to you.

All right.

Hey, Roy. What do
you think about Kilvinski?

Johnson, um,

you pick up the toys

and I'll go find a
black-and-white.

Yeah, right.

Who is it?

Police officers.

Just a minute.

Good evening, ma'am.

I understand you've
had some, uh, trouble.

I'm Officer Fehler,

this is Officer Johnson.

You know these wafer
locks aren't worth anything.

Now you tell me.

What all's missing?

Oh, my color TV,

uh, wrist watch,

uh, Polaroid camera,

all my clothes.

Just about everything
that was worth a damn.

May I have your name, please?

Lorrie Hunt.

Miss or missus?

Miss.

Would you like some coffee?

Okay. Thanks.

Would you?

No, thanks.

Well, I'm gonna fortify mine.

I know you guys
can't drink on duty.

The print people will
be here in a while, miss.

So try not to touch anything.

I'm gonna check
on the radio, Roy.

I'll see you below.

Okay, kid.

Goodnight, miss.

And we're very
sorry about all this.

It's all right.

Um...

Listen, if you don't mind, uh,

I'd like to forget the coffee,

but I wouldn't mind a drink.

Be my guest.

It doesn't hurt to bend the
rules every now and again.

Fehler?

Does that name mean
something to you?

I know you.

You do? Mm.

I think I know about you.

How?

I'm a nurse.

I was on the floor
when they brought you in

with a shotgun wound.

We don't get too many of those.

You surprised everybody.

I did? How?

By being alive.

Are you all right?

No.

Thanks for the drink.

We'll be in touch
with you. Good night.

Uh, listen,

if you like, I could
stop by a little later

after I'm off work, around 1.

What for?

Uh, just to see if you're okay.

I'll be all right.

I'd like to.

I'll be all right by
myself. Thanks.

Okay. Good night.

Good night.

Johnson, you look
absolutely beautiful.

I got some cigarette
ash on my uniform.

I just wanted to
see if it was all off.

Well, it's... It's all gone.

You look great.

Look, I wanna take a
run over to the call box

at 81st and Hoover. I
wanna use a call box.

Let's go.

Okay, Roy. What for?

I wanna use a call box.

Now a palmful of mints
and a quick cigarette,

and you hope nobody'll
smell it on your breath.

I don't want a
boozer for a partner.

I can't depend on him.

Okay, kid. Whatever you say.

Hey, look at that.

Look at that chick coming
towards us right over there.

Follow her. Make
a right, right here.

I'll be damned. Silverpants.

Look at those silver
pants. Isn't she beautiful?

She is the heaviest
hooker in town.

Hey, hey, Silverpants!

Slow down. Slow
down. Stop the car.

Wait here. I'm gonna
give her a little zoom-o.

Hey, Silverpants, don't go away.

I wanna talk to you.

Hey, baby.

Hey...

What's the matter? Don't
you remember who I am?

Why don't you go bust
somebody for parking overtime?

Because I'd much
rather take a look

at your driver's license
and your registration.

What for?

Come on, I'd like to. Come on.

Come on, come on,
come on, come on. Let's...

Hey, you got no right!
That's an illegal search!

Wait a minute. Just
be polite. Watch it.

Oh, Silverpants,

I smell trouble.

Oh, God.

Oh, Silverpants, you're
in real trouble now.

This smells like good grass.

You know, I must take you in.

Look, I just got out of jail.

Not again, please.

I'm sorry, I gotta take you in.

You're under arrest.

Come on, give me the keys.

All right, you son of a bitch!

What are you doing?!

What are you doing? You
crazy? You're gonna kill us!

Get off the car! I can't!

Look out! Look out!

Stop the car! Come on!
I won't bust you! Stop it!

What are you doing? Are you mad?

Get out! Die! I can't.

You dirty bastard, die!

Jump, or I'll scrape you off.

Oh, God, stop the car, will you?

Watch out. Watch it.

Stop it!

I'll kill you, you filthy pig!

Aah!

Look out! Aah!

Aah! Look out! Look out!

Look out! Look out!

Look out! Oh, please!

Aah!

Who is it?

Roy Fehler.

Oh, my God!

What happened?

I just took a little joy ride.

I'll get a doctor.

Uh, I, uh, don't want a doctor.

I don't need any
doctors. No doctors.

Yes, you do.

What happened?

Couldn't hold on.

I, uh, couldn't let go. I...

What?

I tried to hold on,
but I tried to let go, I...

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

Doesn't matter.

Look,

I'm sorry. I...

I didn't want to bother
you. It's just that...

I know how you felt, but I...

I had to see you. I...

I had to come over here.

You understand?

Yes, I understand.

You're gonna be all right.

I'm gonna take care of you.

I know.

Hi.

Hi.

Sorry I'm late.

That's okay.

Well, how'd it go?

Three weeks' suspension.

Well, that's not so bad.

No.

Actually, I guess
they gave me a break.

I could have pulled a
lot more time than that.

The thing is, I don't really
know if I want to go back.

I mean, you stop
to think about it.

What is there to recommend it?

Nothing, unless it happens
to be the thing you wanna do.

At least you have three
weeks to figure it out.

You ever been married?

No.

How come?

Maybe I don't believe in it.

There was this guy,
a basketball player.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

So, what happened?

Why I'm not with him?

Yeah.

Well, I work nights

and I like my job.

And he wanted me to
travel with the games.

I guess I missed
one game too many.

Why are you smiling?

I'm glad.

I'm glad you missed the game.

Hello.

Hello yourself.

I'm in the kitchen, honey.

Really?

Hello. Hello.

Mm. Mm.

Something smells good.

It's the dinner I'm burning.

Looks like a feast.

It is.

Mm.

I thought since it's
your first day back,

we could celebrate.

Great.

Well, tell me, how did it go?

All right.

Felt pretty good all day long.

Did it go the way you expected?

Well...

it was different.

I mean, it wasn't the same way

as when I was working with Andy.

You know,

I used to think that
being a policeman

was the most
important thing in my life.

I guess Andy helped
me feel that way.

But, you know, as far as
I'm concerned, he was wrong.

What?

I thought you told me he
was the best policeman

you ever saw.

Well,

actually, I guess, he was more
of an artist than a policeman.

I mean, he did
everything his own way.

Heh. If the law didn't cover
a problem, Kilvinski did.

Kilvinski's Law.

I guess he felt that his work

was the most
important thing in his life.

Well, don't you feel that
way about your work?

No.

Not anymore.

Not since I met you.

Come here.

You know something?

What?

You are more important to me

than anything I can
do in the streets.

You're more important to me

than anything I can do. Period.

I never knew that
before, but I do now.

I know you're more
important to me than anything.

Major 415, in the alley...

Let's go! We got some action.

Guy's got the gun.
Let's go get them.

I'll take the driver.

Hold it.

Drop it.

Come on now, drop it.

Drop it!

All right, drop it or
I'll take your head off.

Somewhere under the
Whittier Avenue Bridge.

In the car.

I put a call in for assistance.

Good.

What happened, Sergio?

I lost him.

I'd give a thousand bucks

to get another shot
at the son of a bitch.

Let's go, Serge.

Serge.

Hey, come on,
Serge. Come on, man.

Sergio, come on, forget it, man.

Hey, Serge.

Hey, Sergio, come on!

Serge!

You know something?

I feel great.

Let's book these dudes.

And let's get us some breakfast.

You know, sometimes I think I
made a mistake by being a cop.

They made a mistake anyway.

How's that?

Well, I'm now
getting 990 a month

for bumping heads in gang fights

and breaking cars.

Nine-ninety a month for
what I used to do for free.

Wasn't it more fun
when it was free?

No, it's more fun now.

Hey, Gus, how's school?

Yeah, you're going
to school, huh?

Yeah, he's already
passed his sergeant's exam.

We're gonna be working for
him before you know it, Sergio.

You'll make a
great sergeant, Gus.

Thanks.

Well, I'm getting married.

Oh, yeah?

I'm not gonna be any
goddamned sergeant,

but I'm getting married.

Hey, congratulations.

You know, I...
I've been thinking

of trying that again myself.

Who is she?

Just a girl.

Damndest girl I ever met.

It's too bad people
don't sleep all the time.

Why don't we tell
her to call the cops?

My old man kicked
me in the ribs.

I think he broke something.

I gotta get back inside.

What the hell are
you getting paid for?

We'll follow you
in and talk to him.

You can't talk to
him. He's crazy.

I'm not going there.

He said he'd kill me
if I called the cops.

What apartment is he in?

Upstairs in the
rear of this building.

No, no. Don't. Don't.

Jesus!

Oh, Christ.

Not in the stomach.

Not in the...

I'll get an ambulance!

It can't...

It can't happen now.

Not now.

I'm just starting to... No.

Not now. It can't...

Somebody get a blanket.

Again...

It can't happen now.

Take it easy.

I don't want it to happen now.

Don't talk.

I was...

just beginning to know.

I know...

I know Lorrie...

You what?

I know Lorrie...

He's dead.

Please!

Would somebody throw a blanket?!