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00:09finally finished good as new hope it'll stay that way this time what smells like smoke oh lucy
00:15she's a smoke cleanse in your house okay all done armstrong's energy is no longer welcome
00:20in this home but if you feel it coming back just call me there's a more intensive treatment i can
00:25do ah that sounds awesome but no actually this is you know what we should really cleanse the
00:29station oh trust me that process is already underway it's reassigned about a third of our
00:34officers to other divisions bringing in a bunch of new blood where it is my new t.o is from
00:38valley
00:38bureau man it sucks that lopez couldn't finish your training yeah but i'm psyched for being a
00:44detective is all she ever wanted on the bright side even if your new t.o is a nightmare you've
00:48only got 25 days till you graduate you should be moving up with us it is not fair that gray's
00:52holding you back that letter of reprimand was severe enough i screwed up actions have consequences but
00:58when you graduate you have to celebrate no more tim tests come on he's been quiet lately too quiet
01:05he's planning something definitely where's the pain in the car
01:14where's your car where's my car someone stole my car who hikes halfway up to the hollywood sign to
01:22steal someone's car i'm surprised i got it to start do not speak ill of my baby did you lock
01:27it
01:27wow we don't blame the victim that's so you locked it it doesn't actually lock
01:43i understand there's a lot of pressure to look good on your first day as a detective but we've
01:48already had five housekeepers quit and i really like this one this is your fault you got me pregnant
01:53i went up a cup size now none of my tops fit right i uh had noticed a change you
02:01did well everyone
02:03else well i i certainly hope that your co-workers aren't as focused on your breasts as i am my
02:07co-workers
02:07are 60 men well they will find out eventually yeah but i have to make my mark as detective before
02:14they do once they know i'm pregnant they're gonna treat me different like i'm delicate so
02:18i have until i start showing to prove myself you will you got this
02:27i'm just gonna have to buy a new wardrobe on my way to work
02:34why is there a pizza box in here
02:38why is roll call in the parking lot it was all in the departmental email you actually read those
02:42chen does turns out that room needs some serious earthquake retrofitting and we've just been
02:47sitting in it day after day listen up in the wake of recent events several changes have been
02:52instituted department-wide officer bradford you want to read the top line change yes sir any officer
02:57requesting a copy of a police report must get written approval by a sergeant after use all copies
03:03must be destroyed failure to do so will result in discipline officer west every recruit in the academy
03:08must now report all contact with active duty officers no matter how small and officer nolan no
03:13officer shall buy own or possess a phone even for personal use without also providing the department
03:18with the number do i have to tell my girlfriend about it too
03:23these changes are necessary what nick armstrong did has tarnished the badge and made all of our jobs harder
03:30we have to prove to the community that we are still worthy of their trust and i know each and
03:34every
03:35one of you will go the extra mile to do that it's a business among our new faces it's officer
03:40doug stanton where you at yes sir so officer stanton will be taking over the training of officer west
03:45and finally we've been asked to man the fourth street community center this week opera nolan you're up
03:51and the punishment continues be safe out there sir real quick um my car was stolen yesterday it's in
03:57the svs but i took the liberty of making some flyers so if you happen to see it on patrol
04:03i would really
04:04be grateful if you could just is this the car you left unlocked technically i mean it's a door mechanism
04:09dismissed
04:12chan let's go yeah i'm coming thank you too good thanks smitty
04:27lopez right yes sir angela lopez reporting for duty not like that you're not what duty manual
04:34prohibits detectives from displaying equipment in public unless in use i know my gun is under my jacket
04:39but i can still see your cuffs and your pepper spray i can't let you go out like that are
04:44you
04:44wearing a vest detectives don't wear vests change and get back here quick newbies make the coffee run
04:50every day uh yes sir lopez you missed the tag
05:01hey let me give you a hand thanks technically i'm your to but i read your file were up to
05:07me you'd
05:07already be riding the solo so let's just drop the whole to boot bs just be partners yeah i'd love
05:15that
05:16you think this is a test no a lot of to's out there play mind games trying to make up
05:22silly
05:22tests but uh i'm not one of them let's go
05:30craig's right we need to rededicate ourselves to doing this job the right way which means the
05:34last 25 days of your training are going to be even more intense we should check the chop shops see
05:39if
05:39anyone brought my car in that's what you're focused on even as parts your car is worthless not to me
05:45let the hunk of junk go and focus on the end of your training is that what you would do
05:49let someone
05:50get away with stealing the thing that means the most to you the only constant in your life for
05:55the last 10 years it's a car it's the only place
06:01never mind the only place what where i felt safe after caleb
06:13there's a chop shop on melrose we'll start there
06:20not what i pictured they're all like this bottom of the funding food chain
06:25well there goes the neighborhood policia i'm officer nolan this is the center
06:30department don't bother you won't be here long enough for me to remember
06:33okay well if you change your mind uh drop on by we'd love to hear any concerns you have about
06:38what's going on in the community you're my concern about what's going on in this community the only
06:42staff this place when the department's doing damage control oh that way the higher-ups can congratulate
06:48themselves on how much they care without actually doing anything well if that's your take what are you
06:53doing here just trying to be punished i like her okay well you know where we'll be
07:01so far so good that was not the worst of welcomes you expect it otherwise look i know you think
07:09all
07:09this is just gray twisting the knife but i honestly believe he wants us to use our newfound perspective
07:14to engage with the neighbors sure you go with that well is that your lunch uh no it's enough jollo
07:19fries to feed about 30 kids as well as some egg goosey and some moin moin nigerian food it's uh
07:27heritage
07:28day at lila school and i am supposed to bring a traditional dish a dish that may have gone a
07:34little overboard but i just i want lila to see that i'm here for her now when did you sleep
07:40i didn't
07:42listen you do not know these moms they go all out i swear i not one of them has a
07:47job judging other
07:48moms now you're getting the hang of parenting i got a lot of time to make up for i just
07:53i want lila to
07:54see that i am invested to try this wow too spicy for children good it's good oh god
08:10you scared me nice speech by the watch commander it wasn't just a speech great means it sure i get
08:19a few bad apples taint us all these personnel shifts and rule changes make it harder for
08:23good cops to do the job well i'm not afraid of a little hard work sir whatever it takes to
08:28do
08:28things right spoken like a true rookie so tell me about you married kids married 13 years two kids
08:37nice nice what's the wife do giselle's a teacher hopefully she turns my kids into doctors so no more
08:44cops in the family no jobs changed people used to respect us went to us for help nah these days
08:53i
08:54wouldn't wish being a cop on anybody not the words of encouragement you were hoping for i am always
09:01happy to hear another point of view oh you uh mind if i get this partner not to you remember
09:08yo how's
09:10uh community policing room for improvement hey do you have any interest in tutoring for a couple
09:15hours this week you have to ship i just wanted to offer some perks here at the cpc you know
09:21drawing
09:21some of the neighbors lucy said she's on board what's the pay a sense of accomplishment sign me up
09:25you're the best thank you now should a copier be making this noise
09:32no calls pending might as well see if we can help
09:36what's the problem hell if i know it's like a spaceship in here it's all computers these days
09:42let me take a look
09:45took you long enough almost had to give away your first case there was a line but i'm good to
09:51go
09:51it's a burglary report from a funeral parlor overnight
09:56it could be addicts looking for embalming fluid or weirdo sex stuff either way check it out call
10:01me when you get back newbies pick up lunch too la pd community center right across the street over
10:08there we have ticket sign-offs primestad updates after school tutoring do you want to come in and
10:12talk say hi just come on in drop in say hi
10:24hey really it's 7 15. what pursuit northbound on alborado at 8th mail spanish control 7 adam 7
10:35adam 15a also responding blue jacket green pants
10:45i've been in school that should have shown me some attention
11:04No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
11:06Come on, come on.
11:07No.
11:07God.
11:12Oh, no.
11:15Something dying there?
11:17You checking balming fluid levels?
11:19Last night, but they haven't been touched,
11:20and nothing else seems to be missing.
11:22Why would someone break in and not take anything?
11:25Could be a weird sex thing.
11:34You okay?
11:35Uh, yeah, it's just...
11:39Did you cremate someone this morning?
11:42No, not for a few days.
11:56So who's that?
12:03Got him.
12:04Hey, come on, take it easy.
12:06It's okay, we're just resting in for burn doing for...
12:08Stealing this backpack.
12:09What, you need four cops for a kid stealing a bag?
12:11Yo, my man.
12:12It's okay, it's okay.
12:13Look, calling for backup is simply protocol.
12:15We don't know if the suspect is armed.
12:17Better safe than sorry.
12:17Safe for who?
12:18Not for people who look like him or me.
12:21You want us to stick around?
12:22No, we're cool.
12:23I'm not cool.
12:26Are you?
12:26Look, this guy just made one of your neighbors a victim.
12:30Okay, he's going in.
12:31Simple.
12:32It's never that simple.
12:33All right, if the city wasn't spending 50% of his budget on cops,
12:36then maybe he would have gotten a leg up instead of the short end of the stick.
12:39Look, I hear you.
12:40Trust me, I do.
12:42But I don't have a time machine, okay?
12:43So right here, right now, this guy just broke someone's window,
12:46which is not cheap to fix.
12:47And he took their property.
12:49So if you want to help him, help him get a good lawyer.
12:53I will.
12:57Are you supposed to ignore crime in his eyes?
12:59It's not that easy.
13:00And he's fighting against a rigged system.
13:02And he is not winning.
13:05Where's your down?
13:08Uh, do you mind taking a walk back to the center?
13:11I, uh, can still make the Lila school on time.
13:13Oh, yeah, of course.
13:14What are you going to do about the food?
13:15Improvise.
13:16Good luck.
13:22Dispatch, can you connect me to city services?
13:25City services, this is Mike.
13:26Hey, Mike.
13:27Uh, this is Officer John Nolan.
13:29I'm standing at a park gate on the 500 block of West Elm
13:33with a bike lock on the gate.
13:34Is that you guys?
13:35A bike lock?
13:36No way.
13:37So you wouldn't have an issue if I took it down?
13:38No, sir.
13:39Excuse me.
13:40Hi, me again.
13:42I don't suppose you have a pair of cable cutters I could borrow?
13:45Sure.
13:45They're trustworthy enough, I guess.
13:47I don't know if James would agree with you, but yes.
13:49Oh, yeah.
13:50You've been working with this crew long?
13:51No, James just throws me jobs when he can.
13:54Most days I just line up at the local Home Depot,
13:56take whatever work drives up.
13:58Used to own my own construction company,
14:00but that went belly up when the economy tanked.
14:02I was in construction in Pennsylvania before I became a cop.
14:05Yeah, I had more than a few very lean years.
14:08Well, lean's being kind.
14:09I almost lost my house.
14:11Something to be said for day work, though.
14:12It doesn't pay great,
14:13but it also doesn't keep me up at night
14:15worrying about how I'm going to make payroll.
14:17You know what?
14:18Write your name and number on the back of one of those for me.
14:20I have cops coming to me asking me to do jobs for them
14:22all the time.
14:23I would be happy to throw them your way.
14:25That'd be great.
14:26Thanks.
14:26No problem.
14:26I'll be right back with these.
14:28Write down that number.
14:28Yeah.
14:39Park's open.
14:41What the hell is wrong with you?
14:43It was a simple burglary call.
14:45You could have closed out the case as a non-worker.
14:47Instead, I'm hearing that you have the coroner
14:48and a full CSU team on site.
14:50Yes, sir.
14:51It's a possible homicide.
14:52No.
14:52It's an albatross around your neck.
14:54Those ovens burn at 1,800 degrees.
14:56The DNA is most likely cooked,
14:57and unless you have a victim,
14:59the lab moves you to the end of the line
15:00so they won't even get to those fragments for months.
15:03No victim, no cause of death means no homicide.
15:06All you have is a health and safety code violation
15:09for improperly disposing of a body.
15:13I'm impressed the way you made it over that fence.
15:15Couldn't do that, even back when I was your age.
15:17You ever think about a career in SWAT and Metro?
15:20Only all the time.
15:21A buddy of mine's commander over at SWAT.
15:23I can put in a good word.
15:24Yeah, that would be amazing.
15:26All right.
15:297-N-19 shows code 6 for an IMD-415.
15:33This is your house.
15:34Get out, now.
15:35What seems to be the problem?
15:36The problem is the drug giant in my back seat.
15:39We landed here 20 minutes ago,
15:40and he refuses to get out.
15:42Sir, get out of the car.
15:43Can you please stand on the sidewalk?
15:44Don't hurt the car.
15:45It's my only source of income.
15:46What is the goal of this call, Officer Chen?
15:49To get the Mountain's ugly cousin out of the car.
15:51Wrong.
15:52It is to get him out of the car without making things worse.
15:55And do you think you can get him out without relying on your weapons?
15:57Really?
15:58A TIM test right now?
15:59Our goal as police officers should be to de-escalate whenever possible.
16:02This from the guy who set me up to fight a suspect on day one.
16:04Does this mean you're not up to the challenge?
16:06No, sir.
16:06I am game for whatever you want to throw at me.
16:09Great.
16:09So here's the deal.
16:10We start with 100 points.
16:11Reach for anything on your belt, and you lose points.
16:14Baton is 10.
16:14Taser equals 15.
16:15If you take out your gun, that's 50.
16:17Leave this call with 85 points or less, and you lose.
16:20And I write up a blue page on you.
16:21Getting one of those at this stage of your training would be a real problem.
16:23Can I earn points?
16:24Absolutely.
16:25You get him calm.
16:26Five points.
16:27He agrees to get out of the car.
16:2810.
16:28You get him to apologize to the driver.
16:3020 points.
16:31But if you use any of your weapons, game over.
16:34You lose.
16:35Back up.
16:35I got this.
16:38Excuse me.
16:39Hi.
16:40I'm Officer Chen.
16:41What's your name?
16:42I want the pretty girl.
16:43Where'd the pretty girl go?
16:44Well, she's right out here.
16:45Why don't you come out and see her?
16:47I'm trying to trick me.
16:48They told me all about that in the Marines.
16:50You're a Marine?
16:51Two toys in country.
16:52Hoorah.
16:55Thank you for your service.
16:57Why don't you get on out and let the pretty girl have her car back?
17:00Don't tell me what to do.
17:01Ooh, that's 15, Officer Chen.
17:03You're already in the last column.
17:06Let's go out.
17:07Eat a bag of drink.
17:08Not helping.
17:09I'm not a bad guy.
17:10Sir, look.
17:10Back off.
17:11Okay.
17:12Okay.
17:13Look.
17:14I get it.
17:15It's been hard.
17:17Being home, back in your life where nothing feels normal.
17:20But she's just trying to do her job.
17:22And I know your mother didn't teach you to disrespect women.
17:25Don't talk about my mom.
17:27She died when I was over there.
17:30I'm so sorry.
17:32You know she would tell you that you're better than this.
17:36You fought for freedom, and that includes this girl's freedom from you harassing her because...
17:42Because you got drunk and lonely.
17:49You're right.
17:52I'm sorry.
17:54Don't apologize to me.
18:01I'm sorry.
18:02Bite me.
18:05Fine.
18:07Thanks.
18:08Do you live here, sir?
18:10Yeah, upstairs.
18:11All right.
18:12Head on up.
18:12Straight to bed.
18:13And just take it easy next time you're at the bar.
18:15Yeah.
18:15Yeah.
18:18Calm.
18:19Plus leaving.
18:20Plus an apology.
18:22I crushed this test.
18:24Nice recovery.
18:25Mm-hmm.
18:26Have a great day, ma'am.
18:27Oh, uh, just wait one second.
18:29Have you seen this car while you've been driving around?
18:32Super cute.
18:33Yeah, thanks.
18:34You know what?
18:35I did see it.
18:36Where?
18:42There it is.
18:45Somebody's inside.
18:48Control 7-Av-19, Occupy, 10-8-5-1, Wilshire, Norman, Station.
18:52Stop right there.
18:52Put your hands on top of your head.
18:54Fingers interlaced.
18:59You are under arrest for auto theft.
19:01No, you don't understand.
19:02I didn't steal the car.
19:03The guy who owns it lent it to me, but he lost the keys.
19:05I'm the guy who owns the car.
19:07You didn't even lock it.
19:09What did you expect?
19:09Yeah, well, it doesn't lock.
19:10It does now.
19:11What?
19:12How did you fix it?
19:13It was easy.
19:13Just popped out the door panels.
19:15Took like two minutes.
19:17Wait, are you living in here?
19:18How old are you?
19:1917.
19:20Where are your parents?
19:22Dead.
19:28Anything in here that's going to stick me?
19:30Needles?
19:30Knives?
19:31No.
19:31How long have you been living on the street?
19:33You're careful with that.
19:37What?
19:39Sorry.
19:40Must be hard living like this.
19:42What do you care?
19:47Uh, I'm not going to press charges.
19:49Here, stand up.
19:52Seriously?
19:53Yeah, it's my car, my prerogative.
19:55Look.
19:56We'll get you set up over at a children's shelter, all right?
19:58Oh, you don't have to.
19:59I got some place else I can go.
20:00Does it have doors that lock and people that care about you?
20:02Does the children's shelter?
20:04You know how many times I got my stuff stolen from there?
20:07It's too far from school.
20:08You still go to school?
20:09Yeah, I do.
20:10And I get good grades.
20:12Any more dumb questions?
20:15Look, I don't want to make getting to school hard for you.
20:17But I don't have a choice here.
20:19So it's either jail or the shelter.
20:21But I won't just dump you there, okay?
20:22I'll help you find a permanent place.
20:24Is she for real?
20:24Officer Chen, a word.
20:27You stand here, hands on the car.
20:33Congratulations.
20:34On what?
20:35On your first puppy.
20:36What?
20:36Every rookie adopts a puppy at some point.
20:38Someone they think they can save.
20:40Honestly, I'm surprised it took you this long.
20:42Did you have a puppy?
20:43Well, that's not relevant here.
20:45What is, is that it never goes well.
20:46Okay, well, she's not a puppy.
20:48She's a girl in trouble.
20:49And I'm going to help her, okay?
20:527-Adam-7.
20:53Show us code 6 on the burglary call at 1119 Brower.
20:577-Adam-7, copy.
21:00Hey, I'm DeAndre, and these are my folks.
21:03I don't really speak much English.
21:04Most African?
21:05Uh, Somalia, actually.
21:07I was born in Long Beach.
21:08So, uh, someone broke into your home?
21:10Yeah, we spent the night in Bakersfield for my basketball tournament.
21:14Just got home a few hours ago, and door was busted open.
21:16It's with TVs, computers, and my mom's jewelry.
21:19Sorry to hear that.
21:20I used to play a little ball back in high school.
21:22Used to call me the Doug or not.
21:24You got a nickname?
21:25Not really.
21:27Uh, Dee, sometimes.
21:28Dee, huh?
21:29Dee Ball.
21:30Nice.
21:31I like it.
21:32So, did anyone know you'd be gone?
21:34Did you post on social or anything like that?
21:36Got any tattoos, Dee Ball?
21:39I mean, one.
21:41A little tiny dot I gave myself when I was 13.
21:44See?
21:46So, who are you claiming these days, Dee?
21:49What?
21:50I'm not claiming anybody.
21:52I'm not in a game.
21:53So, you're not murder East Nation, state land crew?
21:55No, dude, we got brought.
21:57Do anybody money, Dee Ball?
22:00Sometimes, burglaries will have personal motives.
22:02My partner is just trying to narrow the suspect field.
22:05Sir, could I ask you a favor?
22:07Partner to partner.
22:09What is it?
22:10Officer Lopez never let me do any interviews along,
22:12and I could use the practice over the next three weeks
22:14before I end up riding solo.
22:16You'd be doing me a real solid, sir.
22:20All right.
22:21I'll be back in the shop.
22:23But your report better be bulletproof.
22:25If I find as much as a typo, it's a blue page.
22:27Understood.
22:31Like, I, uh, I gotta apologize about my partner.
22:34He's done a lot of work with gangs,
22:35and gets kind of stuck in his head.
22:39Will you please show me the point of entry, sir?
22:41Yeah.
22:41Round of applause for the conquering hero.
22:44What happened?
22:45I snagged a deep dish pizza on the way there.
22:48Because Donovan is from Chicago, so you know.
22:51Heritage.
22:51And kids love pizza.
22:52Only thing they ate.
22:53One mom, she brought this jellied fish thing.
22:57One kid cried when he saw it.
22:58Looks like I went at momming.
23:00Not sure that's exactly how you're supposed to see it?
23:02Super, Josh!
23:03I'm enjoying my triumph.
23:06Anyway, how are things going here?
23:07Great.
23:08Uh, signed off on a couple fix-it tickets.
23:09Came up with some ideas for reaching out to the community.
23:12Would you like to hear them?
23:13Sure.
23:14All set.
23:16Thanks for letting me do that.
23:18Mm-hmm.
23:20Get to work on that report.
23:23Did one of you clip the bike lock in the park?
23:26I did.
23:27Yeah, are the kids using it?
23:28Yeah, luckily my oldest found the dirty needles in the sandbox
23:31before little kids played in it.
23:34I had no idea.
23:35Did you at any point stop to wonder why the lock was even there?
23:39Those lights have been busted for a year.
23:41Do you know what happens in a dark public park?
23:43Yes, drug dealers.
23:44Yeah, and junkies and who the hell knows what else.
23:46We locked the park to keep them out.
23:49We could have helped.
23:50You should have called 911.
23:51So do what?
23:52Clear them out for the night?
23:53Maybe kill someone in the process?
23:55We're not all trigger happy.
23:57I mean, most of us want to help.
23:58I don't know about most.
24:01But I can't roll the dice that a good cop is going to show up.
24:04So we found our own solution.
24:05The lock was there to protect us, to protect our kids.
24:09Look, you shouldn't have to trade a place to play for safety.
24:12No.
24:13We shouldn't.
24:15But we do.
24:37The city gave you permission to work on this yourself?
24:39Uh, yeah.
24:40It took some convincing, and I got to do it on my own time.
24:42All the city has to do now is come and inspect.
24:45Until then, lights are working.
24:48Hey, that's just great.
24:50You must feel real good about yourself.
24:52Actually, my shoulders and my back are a little angry with me.
24:55And what about tonight?
24:57When they break the lights again, what then?
24:58Uh, cameras are on their way,
25:00and the watch commander has approved more patrols in the area,
25:02so if anybody's caught messing with the lights,
25:03they'll be arrested.
25:05So more black and brown people in prison.
25:08And then you'll be gone,
25:09and it'll just go back to the way it was.
25:11I'm just trying to help.
25:15You ever wonder why cops spend so much time in neighborhoods like this?
25:20It's because the arrests are easy.
25:22Hell, I've lost count of the amount of times I've seen rookies
25:24brought here and taught,
25:25this is what a junkie looks like,
25:27and this is what a dealer looks like.
25:29And from that moment on, that's how cops see us.
25:32Okay, look, I wasn't trained like that.
25:34Well, that's because your training officer looks like us.
25:36Like, the only person you helped this morning is you.
25:39Made yourself feel good while you put a band-aid on a systemic wound.
25:43You want to make a real difference?
25:47Stop picking on us.
25:48And attack crime at the source.
25:51Keep meth out of this neighborhood.
25:53Anything less, you're just wasting both our time.
26:00Morning.
26:04You okay?
26:05Uh, Tamara left the shelter during the night.
26:08The girl who stole my car.
26:10Right.
26:10Sorry.
26:11I, like, wrapped up a mile in a little drama.
26:14I talked to a caseworker.
26:16Tamara's had it rough.
26:17Both of her parents OD'd.
26:18She got taken in by relatives,
26:20but there was violence in the house, so she split.
26:23What are you going to do?
26:24Try and find her.
26:25Even though Tim's giving me a hard time,
26:26he calls her my puppy,
26:28says that every rookie gets one.
26:29He's just being judgy.
26:31You know how he is.
26:32All due respect, screw Tim.
26:34Yeah.
26:35And all the other T.O.'s.
26:36You know, I am so sick of being at the bottom of the food chain,
26:39like, constantly jumping through somebody else's hoops.
26:42Well, are you all right?
26:43What is up with all this drama?
26:46Doug, like...
26:48He did something yesterday that really bothered me.
26:51The way he treated this one family.
26:54Black family.
26:55Did he put hands on them?
26:56No.
26:57No, it's just the way he talked to them.
26:59Like, the disrespect was like...
27:0624 more days.
27:08Yeah.
27:12No.
27:14It's super healthy.
27:15Then you eat it.
27:16I have too much work to do to spend the next half hour puking.
27:19Can I help?
27:21I'm dead in the water.
27:23Our unknown suspect forced entry into a funeral crematorium
27:26and disposed of a body.
27:28No prints, no DNA, no gender, age, or race.
27:31All we got is a sneaker print from the most popular brand on earth.
27:34There has to be something.
27:39Suspect approaches, forces entry, alarm goes off.
27:43According to the alarm company, he enters a code.
27:46Enters it again, alarm is still going off, so he cuts the wires.
27:53He didn't try two different codes.
27:55He tried the same code twice.
27:59Gotta go.
28:08Now she's got me doing it.
28:11We gotta get something straight.
28:14Okay.
28:15I was super pissed when I went home last night.
28:17The way you pushed me yesterday.
28:19Then I realized, you just don't know any better.
28:22So it's my job to teach you the right way to think on the street.
28:25Officer Lopez did that already.
28:27Yeah, sure.
28:29But I got a very different perspective than your former T.O.
28:32I've seen a ton of gang activity in my time.
28:34And that experience has taught me that crooks and dirtbags
28:38always try to hide who they are.
28:39No, DeAndre didn't seem like a crook or a dirtbag.
28:42They never do.
28:43Do you know the significance of that dot tattoo, Officer West?
28:47You see, he has three more on his chest.
28:50So when he puts his hand over his heart
28:52and holds up two fingers,
28:55it makes the area code 213, birthplace of Crips.
28:58That kid, D-ball, is a straight-up gangster.
29:00Maybe I'm wrong.
29:02If so, that's on me.
29:03But I've seen far too many good cops
29:05get caught flat-footed, making the wrong assumption.
29:08We must remain ever vigilant on this job.
29:10Otherwise, we end our shift in a body bag.
29:18Good morning.
29:20You are six minutes late.
29:22Sorry, I was putting up lights at the park.
29:24You know they're just going to smash those out again.
29:26That's what James said.
29:27But the lights are up, which means crime will be down,
29:30and the patrols and cameras will keep the lights working.
29:32That's got to be value-add, right?
29:34Okay, I know you.
29:35I know your heart is in the right place,
29:36but you can't come at this like you are some kind of...
29:43savior.
29:45You mean white savior.
29:47Look, that's the last thing I'm trying to be,
29:49but what am I supposed to do?
29:50How can I be an ally to the people that live here?
29:53Stop pretending like you know what they need,
29:56and just ask.
29:58Mr. Moore, thanks for coming by.
30:01Y'all painting in here?
30:03Something like that.
30:04Have a seat.
30:05Would you like some coffee or water?
30:08I could use a beer.
30:09You used to work at St. Dubois Funeral Home.
30:12Is that correct?
30:13Barely.
30:14I mean, it's been so long.
30:16Your pay stubs show that you worked there
30:17up until two months ago.
30:19Feels longer.
30:20Records also indicate
30:22that you had your own access code
30:24for the security system.
30:26It was your code that was entered
30:27during a recent break-in.
30:28Anybody could have seen that code,
30:30tried to use it.
30:31True.
30:32The wear on shoes is as unique as a fingerprint.
30:34No two people walk exactly the same way.
30:36This, you may remember, is your shoe.
30:38And this is from the crime scene.
30:49Okay, yeah, I broke in.
30:50But I didn't kill anyone, I swear.
30:52I just burned the body like all the others.
30:54Others?
30:56Like in more than one dead body?
30:59Yeah.
31:01Okay, I'm going to stop you
31:03and redo your rights.
31:04You have the right to remain silent.
31:06Anything you say can and will be used against you
31:08in a court of law.
31:09You have the right to an attorney.
31:10If you cannot afford an attorney,
31:11one will be provided for you.
31:13Do you understand the rights
31:14I've just told to you?
31:15Yeah.
31:16I'm not stupid.
31:18Of course not.
31:19And with these rights in mind,
31:21do you wish to speak to me?
31:23Okay.
31:24Mind if I invite in a friend?
31:26Is she cute?
31:28How many bodies did you dispose of
31:29while you worked there?
31:30Not many.
31:31Seven, twelve.
31:33I don't know, it was like
31:34once every couple months.
31:36But then I got fired
31:37and I was really scared to tell the guys.
31:39So when they brought me another body,
31:40I just broke in.
31:42And who are the guys?
31:45They'll kill me.
31:46You can be a good witness
31:47or an accessory to murder.
31:49Up to you.
31:50Okay, fine.
31:52K-Town Mafia.
31:53Brian Samoro's crew.
31:55But he's crazy.
31:55I need Secret Service protection.
31:57You mean witness protection.
31:58That too.
31:59Give me all of it.
32:03Pretty sure that albatross just flew away.
32:05Nice work, detective.
32:07I'll finish up here with Ms. Lamour.
32:09Go coordinate with Ezra and the gang unit.
32:11This is going to be a front page arrest.
32:16What's an albatross?
32:21Okay, and you've reattached
32:22your front license plate,
32:24which means I can sign off
32:26on this fix-it ticket as prepared.
32:28There you go.
32:30Thank you so much for coming in.
32:31As you can see,
32:32it's been just a little slow.
32:34Still getting up to speed.
32:35Don't forget to send in the $10.
32:36It's a processing fee.
32:39Another satisfied customer.
32:41No.
32:43Go for John Nolan.
32:45Hey, it's Hugo.
32:46I lent you bulk coders yesterday.
32:48Great.
32:49Yes.
32:49Hey, how are you?
32:50Uh, I'm on a job right now.
32:52We're doing a commercial kitchen.
32:54They want vinyl composition tiles
32:56in the food prep area.
32:57Pepper.
32:57So we're going through lots of denatured alcohol,
33:00paint thinner, drain cleaner.
33:02Building codes forbid vinyl composition tiles
33:04in food prep areas.
33:05He knows that.
33:06He knows I need that.
33:06Vinyl's great, but the coffee is terrible.
33:08All the filters I found are stained red,
33:10plus no AC until we get the Freon.
33:13And don't even get me started on the propane
33:15while the brass in the tanks turn blue.
33:17Red phosphorus gets run through coffee filters,
33:20Freon, denatured alcohol.
33:21These are all ingredients that produce
33:22anhydrous ammonia gas.
33:25Gas that turns brass fittings on propane tanks blue.
33:29Where are you?
33:30Can't say, but you keep those jobs open for me.
33:33Of course I will.
33:35Red phosphorus, ammonia gas, I don't...
33:37It means that Hugo has been roped
33:38into building a meth lab.
33:40Probably a super lab.
33:41We gotta go save him.
33:42All right, I will call Matt Scherl.
33:44I'll tell them to get a SWAT team together.
33:45No, we have to go.
33:47SWAT doesn't know what Hugo looks like.
33:48What if they lump him in with the Narcos?
34:03This is it.
34:04This is where Hugo's phone was
34:06when it last sent that signal,
34:07but there's nothing here.
34:09Nolan, look over there.
34:11Gases from a meth lab
34:12kill any vegetation near the vent ports.
34:14It's somewhere over there.
34:18All right, listen to me.
34:19Some gases from a ruptured meth cook
34:21can kill you instantly.
34:22So, even with this on,
34:24that'll give you about 30 seconds.
34:25Pops.
34:29We hear a boom.
34:30We get out of there immediately.
34:32Do you copy that?
34:36Ready?
34:37Push!
35:12Thank God you found us.
35:13Then we're gonna let us go.
35:14Where are the keys?
35:15Up on the wall.
35:18Hurry.
35:18We gotta get out of here.
35:20Come on.
35:20What is that smoke?
35:21Oh my God.
35:23Oh!
35:24Oh!
35:28That's it.
35:29That's gas.
35:30Nolan, we have got to get out of here.
35:32Levantate.
35:33Go, go, go, go.
35:34Okay, go.
35:35We gotta go.
35:36We gotta go.
35:36Nolan, come on.
35:37We gotta go.
35:38I'm not leaving him behind.
35:39We gotta get out of here.
35:40Steve.
35:42Oh!
35:42That's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's,
35:44growls.
35:44Stop!
35:45Green, go, go, go!
35:52Let go!
36:03Ah!
36:07Oh, my God.
36:18For nine, for eight, for seven, for six,
36:23for four, for three, for two, for three, for three, for three.
36:42Oh, you're okay.
36:44You're good.
36:45Here.
36:50Don't watch.
36:52Trust me.
36:53There's nothing we can do for him.
37:04Tamara.
37:06How did you find me?
37:07Well, I checked all the local high schools to see where you were registered,
37:10and they told me that you're usually hanging out at the library until closing time.
37:15You can take me back to the shelter, but we both know I won't stay.
37:18I know, but living on the street isn't any better. You know, you deserve more.
37:22There isn't more. There's just this.
37:26You don't believe that. Otherwise, you would have given up, dropped out.
37:30I think you believe that there's something better out there.
37:33You just need someone to help you find it.
37:35Okay, so, look, um, I'm gonna give you my car.
37:41What?
37:41Just until you get back on your feet. You know, I know it doesn't run great,
37:44but it took me to college. It saw me through three really bad relationships,
37:48and it kept me sane after, well, after I almost died.
37:53What's the catch?
37:55You gotta let social services help you find a place to live.
37:57One that I'll make sure is safe, and you have to keep checking in with me regularly
38:01until that happens, so I know you're okay.
38:03Like once a week?
38:04Like once a day. It's a free car.
38:07That barely runs.
38:08Once a day, until you're off the street, or no deal.
38:16Thanks.
38:23How's life without Lopez?
38:26Definitely not the same.
38:28Hey, have you ever seen anyone with one of those 213 dot tattoos?
38:32Not in like a decade.
38:33That's some old-school gang stuff.
38:36Did Stanton tell you about that?
38:38Yeah, right after he told me that I should listen to him
38:40because he has a different perspective than Lopez.
38:42Look, Stanton was originally an LA County Sheriff.
38:45Rookies in the Sheriff's Department, they don't start out in the streets.
38:47They do two years as guards, mostly at the Twin Towers.
38:50That sounds like a nightmare.
38:52Nothing like having inmates pelting you with bags of feces on the rig
38:55to give you a jaded view of humanity.
38:58Or a certain color of humanity.
39:05Look, Al.
39:07I hear you're a solid cop.
39:08Learn what's useful and ignore the rest.
39:12Alright?
39:13If you quote me on that to Chen, I'll deny it.
39:22You all done?
39:23I gotta pick up the kids for my mom.
39:25Mmm, how old?
39:2770.
39:28You were talking about moms, right?
39:30Mmm.
39:31Right.
39:3212 and 14.
39:33Mmm.
39:34You got any?
39:35I do.
39:36Her name is Lila.
39:37She's seven.
39:38I know.
39:39I know.
39:40You go up around here?
39:42Inglewood.
39:43You still live there?
39:45Is this a side door into a conversation about cops living in the communities they serve?
39:51Busted.
39:51Mm-hmm.
39:52But you gotta admit, it wouldn't make a difference.
39:56Yeah, sure.
39:57But it would also mean that anyone who was angry at the police could take it out on me,
40:01my family, my home, my little girl.
40:05And don't act like you don't know nobody who wouldn't do it.
40:08I mean, we're not tight, but I get it.
40:13I get it.
40:14It's complicated.
40:16Yeah.
40:17Both of us.
40:18But I appreciate you willing to talk about it.
40:22Thanks for looking out for Hugo.
40:23He said you straight up saved his life.
40:26Well, that wasn't just me.
40:29I mean, Nolan insisted that we both go, personally, so that SWAT would not see Hugo as a criminal.
40:35Don't write Nolan off.
40:36He is more of a guardian than any other cop I have ever worked with.
40:40I mean, right now his shift is over, and yet he's still inside waiting for kids to come by for
40:44tutoring.
40:45Anyway, have a good night.
40:57Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
40:58You gave her your card?
41:00Listen, I can't deal with any more judgment.
41:02No, no.
41:03I was gonna say that's very generous.
41:05Thanks.
41:06Hey!
41:07Uh, hi.
41:08Come on in.
41:08Oh, thanks.
41:10These are my boys, Aaron and Michael.
41:12Uh, hi.
41:12I'm Joan.
41:13Hi, I'm Lucy.
41:13Nice to meet you.
41:14Uh, look, I, uh, I know I've been giving you a tough time, but I really do appreciate what you
41:19were trying to do this morning.
41:21Even though it was misguided?
41:23Yeah.
41:25Plus, they've changed the way they teach math again, so I'm a little lost.
41:29Well, you came to the right place.
41:31Lucy is excellent at math.
41:34Jackson is excellent at math.
41:36Yes, and he will be here soon.
41:37Why don't we, uh, get you guys settled?
41:39Right this way, Jensen.
41:42Look, I don't take handouts, so if you're gonna tutor my boys, I am gonna pay.
41:47Well, how about this?
41:48Uh, we'll tutor Michael and Aaron, and you sit down and talk to us a little more about what this
41:53neighborhood really needs.
41:56I can do that.
41:59Perfect timing.
42:01Jackson, this is James.
42:02You met him outside the park?
42:03Yes.
42:04Uh, right this way.
42:04These are the guys that need your help.
42:08This is the numbers, guys.
42:11Why don't you grab that, Jermaine?
42:13How are you?
42:1413.
42:1514.
42:1515.
42:1914.
42:2015.
42:2115.
42:2115.
42:3016.
42:3317.
42:3518.
42:53Damn it.
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