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You need a lot more going than just "Effective guy

has a limp".

I know. That's all we got.

Early 30s, has a limp,

likes to hold up pawn shops and liquor stores.

Hey, what's this?

What?

R.A. Next to our names.

What's that? R.A.?

Ride along.

You got a ride-along tonight.

Him, over there.

Why is he riding with us? On who's authority?

Three guesses, Gillis, three guesses.

[EXHALES DEEPLY]

I know what you're going to say, that's why

I was leaving early

so I wouldn't have to listen to you say it.

Ah, Lieutenant, you got to be kidding about that kid

riding along with us.

Oh, of course, Webster,

it's just another one of my fun loving practical jokes.

Ah, Lieutenant, suppose we get another liquor store

pawn shop hold-up tonight?

I mean, we can't have a kid riding in the car...

Gillis, come in here.

Webster, inside please, no argument.

Sit down here, Gillis.

Just sit down, I want to show you something.

Now, what do you see?

I'll tell you what you see.

You see Lieutenant Edward Ryker standing on the other

side of a desk.

It's important for you to know that somewhere

in this department

there is a desk on whose other side I do stand

and listen to orders with which I do disagree.

And then I say, "Yes, sir," and I carry out those orders.

And this morning I received an order

that says these cockamamie junior police cadets

have ride-along rights in this precinct.

It has worked wonders in other cities

and public relations field, and it will work wonders

here too.

I happen to think it is the stupidest order

I have ever received in 23 years of police work.

You will now proceed to implement that order,

gentlemen,

without further delay because that is the word, period.

Queen for a day is over, Gillis, you can get out

of my chair.

They've had junior cadet ride-alongs

at some of the other precincts for almost

three years.

What took you guys so long to catch up?

I guess some of the people around here aren't too hot

on the cadet program, Chet.

Hey, um...

You think there's any chance we'll run into that guy

that's been holding up the liquor stores?

There's a possibility.

CHET: The last time I was on an R.A.,

uh, the same guy robbed an all-night liquor store

and my partner or the officer that I was with,

we went on a two-mile Code 3 run.

Code 3, that's where the lights and the sirens

are going at the same time.

And we got there two minutes after the creep split.

[CHUCKLES]

Almost put the gleep on that scrote.

You almost put the what on the what?

Gleep, gleeps, um...

It's what a lot of the older officers call handcuffs.

Scrote is for, uh...

Scum.

[EXHALING DEEPLY]

Let's go.

CHET: Hey, are you going to let them get away

with that?

It's illegal.

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING ON RADIO]

Why don't we fall by? Give them a warning.

Just a warning?

[WOMAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ON POLICE RADIO]

Where are you guys supposed to be?

We supposed to be somewhere?

MAN: We should be on our way home, Officer.

It's not a bad idea.

First, why don't you get rid of the rest

of your beer, okay?

I'm better if we put it in the trunk.

Eric, let's dump them out.

I'm trying to do you a favor by not issuing you a citation.

I never asked for a favor from any pig.

I'll get the cite book.

Can I see your license please?

Dispatch, this is Ludlow 9, officer down.

Uh, officer in foot pursuit to the yards north

of the two hundred block of summit.

MAN OVER RADIO: All available Ludlow units,

respond to two hundred block summit.

Code 3... Officer down.

Officer in foot pursuit.

Repeat, Code 3.

Dispatch, Ludlow 9, officer not down.

Repeat, officer not down.

Officer in foot pursuit from two hundred summit.

Officer down implies officer shot

or officer badly hurt.

You would have had every police unit in town rolling

on a call like that.

Hey now, you're in enough

trouble already.

[SIRENS WAILING] Don't make it any worse.

I'll come right to it, I'm disappointed

in this report.

I find it somewhat less than thorough.

I read Denzel and Olsen's report,

I see something about an attack

on Officer Gillis with a broom handle.

I read your report, I see no mention of it.

I look at the booking sheet and I see that you've

charged him

with misdemeanor joyriding. There is no mention

of an attack on an officer.

Now what is this?

Well, sir, we found out that

the car had been taken from his sister's boyfriend

and he meant to return it.

So we booked him on the misdemeanor joyriding.

And we didn't feel he should be charged

with a felony

that will be on his record for the rest of his life

just because of a split-second decision

to take a swing at me.

All right, I'll go along with that.

I would appreciate it in the future

if you keep your superiors informed

so that we can inform our superiors

about these inconsistent reports.

Has the case gone on to the Youth Authority, Lieutenant?

RYKER: Yes, their shrink interviewed your suspect,

Eric Corey, this morning.

He feels that his behavior has been directed against us

because of the numerous times

he has seen us

take his sister and her various boyfriends

off to jail.

He lives with his sister?

RYKER: She's his legal guardian.

What does the shrink say?

The shrink in his wisdom has come up with a new idea,

an alternative to sending the boy to the

Youth Authority Camp.

A foster home?

Putting him in the Police Cadet Program.

That's the craziest thing I've ever heard of

in my whole life.

I mean, here, my brother

has been in scrape after scrape with you guys,

you want him to enlist.

Well, his scrapes, Miss Corey,

have been mostly minor ones,

it's our hope that by getting Eric into the program,

by letting him see that police officers

are not cartoon heavies,

there won't be any more scrapes.

Look, uh...

You think you could let him off? Just this time?

I'll try real hard to keep closer tabs on him.

I mean, I've been trying before but...

I've got... I've got this nervous condition...

Kind of hard to be nervous when you're drunk half the day

and you sleep the other half.

You think this Cadet Program's

a thing to do?

Let's do it.

Okay, Miss Corey.

You don't need me here any more, do you?

You see I've got this person waiting to give me a lift home

and I hate to keep him waiting any longer than I have to.

Well, that's all right.

We'll see that Eric gets down to the store

that furnishes the program with uniforms and he'll be

free to go home.

Well, that's great! Thank you.

Isn't that great?

Thank you, all of you.

Ah, Eric, I'll have dinner waiting

when you get home

or if I'm not home, I'll leave you

a couple of bucks on the mantle,

you can call out for pizza or something.

So I have to wear some kind of ding-a-ling uniform, huh?

That's right.

And that's not the only thing you've got to do.

We have haircut regulations in this department.

Officer Gillis, why don't you take Mr.

Corey here down to the barber shop?

You do remember where the barber shop is,

Officer Gillis?

Yes, sir.

That's quite a memory you've got there.

Sir?

Does the length of your hair have anything to do with

how good a cop you are?

Well, the last police officer who had hair that long

was a man named Samson but he didn't work

in my department.

But I can tell you this,

if he'd gone to a proper barber

instead of letting that crazy lady cut it, he might

have been all right.

Hi.

So what happened? They throw him

in the slammer?

No, um,

they said he's gotta enroll in this Police...

Cadet Training Program, I didn't understand all of it.

I guess I was too anxious to get back here.

I mean, you wouldn't want to wait.

Police, what?

The training program.

[LAUGHING]

That is beautiful, that's really beautiful.

I'm knocking off more liquor stores than Carrie Nation

and you're telling me your brother's involved

in a Police Cadet Training Program.

Del, look, he doesn't know

what we're doing.

He can't tell them a thing.

And even if he did know,

Eric wouldn't say anything.

CHET: Nope.

They won't let you wear it like that.

Like that.

That's regulation.

You in this ding-a-ling outfit, too?

Yeah.

Don't you remember?

We met last night.

ERIC: What are you here for? CHET: Pick up a little

side money,

just like most of the real cops do.

You see most people feel guilty when they see a cop,

or anything that even looks like a cop.

Yeah, but you've done this kind of thing before,

this is my first time.

All you have...

All you have to do is to tell them

that you're a police reserve officer.

Don't say cadet.

What about this? Don't worry about it.

Keep talking and they won't notice it.

Police reserve officer.

Reserve officer, right.

And your partner was observing them at the stop sign...

Running the stop sign... No, no, no.

They did not come to a complete halt at the stop

sign around the corner.

They didn't come to a complete halt at the stop sign

on the last corner.

Right, and you've got to give them a ticket.

No, say, issuing a citation.

Then what?

Then they look and they see how young you are

and they offer you five dollars to forget

the whole thing,

and three hours from now, we are hundred bucks

to the good.

Sorry, ma'am,

I'm going to have to issue you a citation now.

My partner observed that you didn't come

to a complete halt at that stop sign back there.

Oh, you can't give me a ticket.

You're not a policeman.

Um, police reserve, ma'am.

It's a new program, just started up recently.

Must be very recent.

Are you sure there's not some sort of compromise we could

work out on this?

Yeah, I suppose there ought to be.

Yeah, seems a hassle to go through all this

just because of our bad luck and your bad luck, right?

I don't think I understand.

Well, it's our bad luck that we ran that stop sign

like you say

and your bad luck that you stopped an off-duty

police officer,

who is about to arrest you. Now, you want to give me

those toys?

You wanna put your hands on the car?

You want to drive us in? I'll sit with him in the back.

What would you do if you were in my place,

Mr. Corey?

Wouldn't be in your place.

[EXHALES]

I guess I'd kick me out, what else can you do?

Suppose I kick you out and the people

upstairs decide

that what you've done reflects

on the entire program

and they further decide to pull a plug

on the whole thing?

Because that's precisely what I think they will do.

Might be doing a lot of people a big favor

if they did fold the thing up.

Now, you listen to me, sunny boy, you are entitled

to your opinion.

I don't share it, nor do most people.

Now, I'm not known as a progressive thinker

in this department,

but even I have been told that this police cadet thing

has given a sense of belonging to a lot

of kids who need just that.

And it's given a lot of other kids a chance to see

police as they really are, rather than bullies in blue.

Now, if that's true, it's important.

And if it's important, it's more important

than punishing you.

So I think you better get out of here now.

Eric?

Stopping vehicles for moving violations

is potentially one of the most

dangerous things

a police officer can be called upon to do.

You never know when the guy you stop may

have just robbed a bank

or just dropped enough acid to turn his brains

into silly putty.

Now you get away with it this time.

Don't press your luck.

I won't.

[EXHALES]

You chicken gut.

Be with you in a minute.

[EXHALING DEEPLY]

Hey there, what's up?

There was no point in both of us getting caught.

[CHUCKLES]

All right...

Take your ring off at least.

[GRUNTING]

[GRUNTING]

Okay, okay, break it off.

Okay.

That's enough.

[PANTING] That's enough.

What's this about?

We were just, uh, practicing.

Practicing what?

Self-defense techniques.

Self-defense?

Yeah, self-defense techniques.

WEBSTER: Looks like you both flunked.

We'll take you somewhere, and get you patched up.

WEBSTER: Um, five letters, uh...

Historic... GILLIS: Venus.

Hysterical character.

Okay, I guess we'll take you off the critical list.

Next.

[LAUGHTER]

So we come over the hill, and here's this kid standing

in the middle of the road

with a flashlight waving us over.

Uh-huh. Claims we ran a stop sign.

GILLIS: Did you run the stop sign?

DANKO: No, and you know, what they say,

you're getting old when the cops

start looking like kids.

WEBSTER: Who said that?

Ah, the people. They say that,

you know, that's what gets me.

So I went about the lane... GILLIS: Mmm-mmm.

You should have seen the look on his face when I busted him.

[LAUGHING]

GILLIS: I would like to see the look on your face.

DANKO: Ah... [LAUGHING]

Pretty good. [LAUGHING]

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

GILLIS: Why do those things always happen to you?

Okay, I guess that'll teach you to

lead with your right?

Thanks for the ride.

Yeah, thanks for not telling Webster and Gillis

that I wasn't in on that phony

ticket thing with you.

Yeah, well...

It was kind of funny when you stop to think about it.

Yeah. [LAUGHING]

Be sure and tell Iris about it,

she'd get a big kick out of it.

Iris. Who's Iris?

She gave you that ring you got on.

Or at least that's what the inscription says...

"To Leon, from Iris."

Take a look.

I'm a terrific mind reader.

ERIC: I never saw that before.

How the heck did you know what it said?

This told me.

The only reason I didn't turn you in was because

you didn't fink on me.

Hey, wait a minute, wait a minute,

wait a minute.

I didn't take this thing.

My sister's boyfriend gave it to me.

Oh, yeah?

Recognize anything else on that list?

Yeah, couple of things, maybe.

Your sister's boyfriend walk with a limp?

Yeah, yeah, he does.

That's the guy that's been holding up the pawn shops

and the liquor stores.

She in pretty tight with the guy?

Yeah, she is, but I don't think she knows

where he gets this stuff.

If he is the guy.

Oh, boy, yeah, you just give everybody the benefit

of the doubt, don't you?

Well, you know, she is my sister.

The doorbell broken?

[DOORBELL RINGING]

ERIC: No, works just fine.

This is a friend of mine, Chet.

Chet, this is Lynn and Del.

Yeah, what's with the hair?

Regulation.

And the spots on the uniform, that's a regulation too?

I, uh, scratched myself playing a little touch

football, that's all.

You get a new uniform and you play

touch football in it?

That's very bright.

Yeah.

We're going into my room, listening to some records.

Have fun, kiddies.

What about this kiddy, hmm?

What's the rush?

It'll keep.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Now look at this, same description

as this one here.

Yeah, same thing with this watch.

[DOOR OPENING]

Listen, kiddies, we're going to play kick the cat

and you're the cat.

[GRUNTING]

DEL: Lynn, stop him, please!

[LYNN SCREAMING]

LYNN: Del, what are you doing?

[GRUNTING]

Give me the gun, Lynn, this guy's a thief.

Give it to me. Give it to me!

You turn against your sister, and you expect her

to stand by you?

No way, little pig. No way. Sit down over there.

Sit down!

Come here, it's all right. It all right.

[PHONE RINGING]

Hi. Hey.

Uh, Ryker wants to see you.

Can it wait till after muster?

RYKER: No, it cannot.

Yes, sir?

Want to talk to you a second, come here.

This cadet that rode with you a couple of days ago,

you know where he is?

No, sir.

You're leveling with me now, are you?

Yes, sir. Why would I lie?

Because you and Gillis have been known to take in strays

before and keep it a secret.

I just want to make sure

this boy didn't lay a sad tale on you

and the two of you didn't take him in.

No, sir, um...

Last I'd seen him, he was going to give

Eric Corey a ride home.

Oh, maybe he drove the other boy home,

he never got there himself.

His mother just called. She's worried sick.

Why don't you go ahead and get into your uniform

and you check that out?

I'll call Missing Persons and we'll see if we can

come up with something.

Yes, sir.

Look, I told you, Del's not going

to hurt your friend.

He's just going to put him someplace he can't be found,

so Del can have a head start and get out of town,

that's all.

Where is someplace?

It's just a place.

Your friend's going to be fine.

He's not my friend, he's just a guy I met.

Well, why are you so worried about him?

Because he got into this whole thing trying to help me

and this is how he gets paid back.

Eric, why don't you worry about me?

Don't you realize I could be sent to jail

for receiving stolen property?

Do you want to see that?

No, I don't want to see that.

But there's somebody coming up the walk who does.

Now listen, you remember what I said?

Nothing, nothing is going to happen to that kid.

I don't want you to tell that cop, not a thing.

Do you hear me?

All right.

We'll play it your way.

[DOORBELL RINGING]

Hi. Hi.

I'm Officer Webster, we...

Yes. Met down at the precinct

the other day.

Yeah, how are you?

Uh, fine, thank you.

I'd like to talk to your brother if he's in.

He's in the other room.

Ah, why don't you come in?

Thank you.

Eric?

Hi. What do you want?

We are looking for Chet Wiggie.

He gave you a ride home last night

and, uh, never got back to his own place.

We were wondering if you knew anything about it.

I don't know anything about it,

dropped me off here and then he split.

That's all I know.

He was okay when he left here?

Yeah, he was fine.

Let me out at the curb and then took off,

like I said.

Yeah, you know how kids that age are. He, uh...

He probably got it in his head to take

a ride up the coast

or maybe he's with a girl or something.

I bet he'll be home real soon.

Well...

Just that his mom is worried about him.

A kid that age? Come on.

No, it's about that medicine he's supposed to take.

Medicine?

What medicine?

His mom says he's got some kind of hormonal imbalance.

If he don't take that medicine every day,

he goes into convulsions.

Lynn...

Officer, I'm sorry but we can't help you.

Tell him! Eric.

I don't know where he is but she does.

I don't know what he's talking about.

I don't know anything, I can't help you.

But one of you knows where he is.

You're going to tell us here at the precinct,

but you're going to tell us.

DEL: What time you got?

[CHUCKLING] I'm sorry.

Let's see.

Same as mine.

Won't be dark for another four or five hours.

That means we've got a lot of time to get acquainted.

Will you untie this rope off my hands or no?

Shh.

You hear that dripping sound?

That's my heart bleeding for you and your numb wrists.

[CHUCKLES]

No, my fine little pig, you're going to stay

exactly as you are

until somebody comes and finds you.

How long will that be?

Couple of days.

What about my car?

They'll find you and they'll find your car.

This plan is automated.

They always send around a couple of guys

to monitor the gauges.

I didn't hear any "Thank yous".

Mmm-mmm. You're not grateful, huh?

I could kill you, you know.

[LAUGHS]

But I won't. I won't accomplish anything

except to put more heat on me.

More than I need.

Now, if that other little twerp

didn't join this Cadet Training Program,

there wouldn't be any heat on me at all.

He didn't have any choice.

Well, neither do I!

I'm going to bug on out of here.

CHET: You're just like any guy

with a job, aren't you?

Seven days a week, robbing places.

Yeah.

That's right.

And if it wasn't for people like me,

people like you wouldn't be joining up with pig outfits.

Now shut your mouth, you're beginning

to bore me.

You're just wasting your time, I'm not going

to tell you a thing,

that's all there is to it.

You're a very determined woman, Miss Corey.

You're right, I am.

I don't think you fully appreciate your situation.

Now we can charge you with receiving stolen goods.

Your first offense, you'd probably get off

with probation, no big deal.

But you're also an accomplice to a kidnapping.

And the courts don't care about first offense

in the case of a kidnapping.

All they care about is that there is no second offense

and they accomplish that by handing out sentences

without possibility of parole.

And how old are you, Miss Corey?

Twenty-nine.

You'd be about 60 by the time

you got back on the street.

I think that'd be the year 2010.

You're just trying to scare me.

Yes, I am trying to scare you, Miss Corey.

I'm trying to present you with reality

and if that reality frightens you,

then I would say you're sane,

because it should.

I can't... I...

I can't turn him over.

He means too much to me.

RYKER: You're telling me that you have

a relationship with...

Yes.

I think his wife will have something to say about that.

It's some... It's some kind of plant on the east side

of town.

Uh...

Del uses it

to keep the stuff he stole.

You don't remember the name?

No.

Can you tell us how to get there?

No, it was... It was night. I don't know where it is.

Webster, get the grid maps, bring them into

the muster room.

Then get hold of Gillis

and have him contact Air and see if they can get

a chopper up.

Yes, sir.

[SOBBING]

How did we get so far apart?

By being too mad and...

Too scared to get close.

[CHATTERING ON POLICE RADIO]

[TELEPHONE RINGING]

Hey.

You're going out looking for that factory, can I ride

along with you?

But I don't think the Lieutenant will like it.

Don't tell him then.

Look, you and that guy, Gillis, are partners, right?

Yeah. So are me and Chet.

Well, my, uh, unit is 504,

out in the parking lot,

and I hardly ever look on the floor

in the back seat.

Thanks. Okay.

Where have you been?

You're gonna have to ride alone.

And then have Gillis coordinate the copters.

I'll adjust, Lieutenant.

Dispatch, this is Ludlow Niner here,

we're at the east gate of the generating plant

on Imperial Road.

Code six will advise within five minutes.

MAN ON RADIO: Roger, Niner, 10-4.

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING OVER POLICE RADIO]

You want me to call it in?

DEL: You better tell him "No".

I was having a wonderful time,

wish you weren't here.

MAN OVER POLICE RADIO: Ludlow Niner, Ludlow Niner.

Come in, Niner, do you read, Ludlow Niner, over?

Is that you they're calling?

Are you Ludlow 9?

Yeah. DEL: Well, answer it.

No codes, no numbers, just straight, you got it?

Got it.

Dispatch, this is Ludlow 9, what you got?

Webster, this is Ryker, you got anything out there

at the generating plant?

No, Captain Ryker, uh...

Everything is clear here.

No sign of Chet or Bonner.

I see.

What is this "Captain" nonsense?

Is Sergeant Gillis out there with you?

No, Captain, he isn't.

Okay, just keep searching that area,

we'll be in touch with you.

Over and out.

They're holding him hostage.

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING OVER POLICE RADIO]

Call upstairs, find out how many unmarked cars

the detectives have in that neighborhood.

Have Gillis send the chopper over there

and see if they can spot Webster's car.

And listen to me...

They have a police radio, so either use

a different frequency,

or call out the coordinates

off the grid map

instead of naming the streets,

you understand?

I want the two of you to keep your heads down,

keep your mouths shut and you won't get hurt.

Look, you got me, you don't need them.

Wrong, I do need them.

With the two of them in the car,

you're not liable to be pulling any Junior G-Men

stunts on me.

Am I right?

Now I want you to drive east on Imperial.

You stay within the speed limits and you answer

all calls on that box that you're supposed to answer.

Do we understand each other?

We understand each other.

Fine, fine, we're going to get along fine.

Let's go.

Dispatch, this is Harper.

I've got the target at coordinates G3 and Q1.

MAN OVER POLICE RADIO: Roger Harper, we copy

coordinates G3 and Q1.

What's that? What are they talking about?

I don't know.

What do you mean you don't know?

G3, Q1? What, are they trying to code me out?

Look, man, I don't want to hurt your feelings

but the department's got a lot of things to handle.

The world doesn't stop because some petty thief

tries to skip town.

Some, what?

Harper's a plainclothesman, that's all I know.

He could be working a stakeout, a surveillance,

anything.

You better be straight, buddy boy.

That'd put him headed east about a half mile

past Fillmore.

Well, I thought he was headed for the harbor,

it's best to turn off.

What's this here?

Glendale Airpark, only got two runways,

just for weekend puddle jumpers.

RYKER: Bonner spent three years in the air force,

he's a qualified pilot.

MAN ON RADIO: Air Two, this is Dispatch, over.

This is Air Two.

You've got two minutes to target vehicle

at Glendale Airpark. Over.

Air Two. Roger.

We're on our way.

All right, make a left at this intersection.

Older?

OLDER: Nothing yet, Lieutenant.

Waiting, it's always the waiting.

Now take a left at the airport.

Take it easy, on your left.

Now slow down.

Okay, that building there on the right.

What now?

Put your heads down.

Now, you two stay put, don't make a sound,

otherwise buddy boy here is dead, do you understand?

Now come on, let's go.

Do exactly what he tells you to do.

[CAR DOOR OPENS]

Anybody here?

Yes, sir, what can we do for you today?

That blue job parked out by the gas pump,

is that yours?

Mmm-hmm, $75 a day.

Mmm-hmm.

Let's see, we'll need

some credit references and a pilot's license.

This some kind of police business?

DEL: You might say that.

All right, get me the keys to that plane. Come on.

There are two kids outside in that car

that'll be very dead if they're not

the right keys.

All right, come on, bring them over,

put them down.

What's behind that door?

It's just a closet. All right, inside,

both of you.

Come on, move, move. Move!

Come on.

Hope you don't have claustrophobia.

[ENGINE STARTING]

[GUNSHOT]

[POLICE SIRENS WAILING]

Taking the car out today, Lieutenant?

Well, it's a good idea to get out from behind

the desk

every once in a while, Older.

See what's happening out on the bricks.

What is this R.A. here?

If I remember right, Lieutenant,

that means "Ride Along".

Mmm-hmm. Yeah, that's what it means, Lieutenant.

Looks like you're going to have a ride-along

from the Cadet Corp.

Look here, Older, that nonsense does not apply

to precinct supervisor.

That's no skin off my nose, Lieutenant,

but you'd better explain it to her.

She's a student in Criminology

out at City College.

Well, you got a good point, Lieutenant,

when a man reaches your rank,

he shouldn't be expected...

That's right, Lieutenant.

You've got far more important things to do.

Not true, Gillis, my job is administrative

and it should never be classified as hazardous.

Excuse me, miss, my name is Lieutenant Ryker.

Sergeant here informs me that you're penciled in

to ride along

with me in my squad car this evening.

Yes, I am. My name is Virginia Hastings.

RYKER: Well, I'll tell you what, my dear,

since we're going to be together throughout

this long night,

if it's all right with you,

why not I call you Virginia

and you can call me Eddie, that is of course

if you don't mind.

Yes, that's just fine.

Shall we?