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- So 20,000 and I guess I've just solved my first homicide.

- You really believe in all this

justice and fair play, don't you?

- Most people call it democracy.

- Police! Freeze right there!

Hold it!

- Hold it! Drop it!

- Well I can explain all that...

- Murder One, friend!

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- Crowley.

What?

Yeah Powers?

What you want us?

Alright, where?

Listen, just stay outta sight and keep tight

till we get there, okay?

- Get where?

- That fuzzy faced hot dog.

- Danny Powers?

- You got it.

Why do I always get stuck with the eager beavers?

- He's not such a bad guy, besides you can use some help.

- I don't need any hot dogs.

Where are Pete and Joe?

- They're waiting for you in the parking lot.

- Let's go.

- Eh your memory is shot!

I drew the Oral Boards this week, remember?

By the way the applicants are way up,

they're getting smarter by the year, too.

- My memory's not the only thing that's shot.

- I noticed.

Well, you took your time.

- Sure Powers, didn't realize

we were a personal standby team.

- Here we go again, look...

- Okay, what's going down?

You know those Residential 211s

that had the brass going up the wall?

- Sure, they've been assigned to us.

- Not anymore, it's my case now.

The crooks and loot are supposed to

be behind a fun house over here.

Come on.

How do we know he's in there really?

- Tell them, will you Styles?

I've been trying for three months

but he doesn't hear so well.

Pete-O, Danny's got a source.

Yeah I know, he's about the best thing

to happen to the Police Department since snitches.

Look are we gonna trade notices,

or are we gonna...

- Before you two fall in love,

why don't we get at it eh?

You two cover the front, Powers you take the back with me.

- Police! Freeze right there!

Hold it!

Wait!

- Hold it!

Police!

- Drop it!

Drop it or I'll blow your head off!

Where's the rest of the stuff eh?

Where's the rest of the stuff?

- Make another move and I'll cut your face!

Where's Royster?

- He's checking out the loot.

- Well, aren't ya gonna welcome me aboard?

- Let's get these turkeys wrapped up.

- Arrest reports, property reports,

and follow ups.

Now do you think anybody would get upset

if I took off a minute for lunch?

- Thanks a lot, Pete.

- Okay, you know most guys I know

usually do their own paperwork,

especially when they take car account.

But oh well, tra-la-la.

Oh Bill by the way what's he doing with the Captain now?

- He's gettin' outta work.

- You keep up the good work now, lad.

- Thank you Sir, thank you.

Hi.

- Hello.

- Welcome aboard.

- Thank you, thank you it's gonna be great.

- I saw!

A pat on the back from him is unheard of!

- I know it, I never woulda believe it.

You know two months ago when I was first assigned

as Detective that Captain wouldn't even speak to me.

You know what he just said just now?

- What'd he say?

- He said Powers, I know that I've been prejudiced

against young detectives in the past,

but you've proven yourself very capable.

- That's it?

- That's it!

Are you kidding, for him that's like

handing out a Nobel Prize!

Look I'm almost done here, how about lunch?

- Well if you want to make it fast,

I only have an hour before the Board convenes.

- Sure.

- Okay, I'll get my purse.

- Wait hold it, here he is now.

Powers?

Line Two.

- Detective Powers.

Yes, yes it went perfectly.

When?

Alright I'll be there in 30 minutes.

That was my snitch, he wants to meet.

You want some backup?

- Are you kidding?

- He's a nice guy.

Ease up on him, Bill.

- Well, got a lunch date?

- I did have.

- Come on, I'll let you buy mine.

- Gee, thanks.

- Hey hey!

My favorite cop!

How'd it go today?

- Perfect, and Willy as usual your information was right on.

- Of course, of course!

- And the Captain authorized 100 bucks for this one.

- You're, you're not dropping my name around the squadron?

- Are you kidding?

I want you all to myself Willy!

- A cop is eager.

- You know the game, the better my numbers look,

the better I look.

- You know the,

the market robberies, you heard about that one?

- Sure.

The Shotgun Bandits?

Do you have a line on em?

- No, not exactly but, close.

This fella says he does.

- Drew, Myron Drew, never heard of him.

- No reason you would he's basic fine, upstanding citizen

only he got nailed by the Vice squad for

flashing at a shopping center parking lot.

- Right and he doesn't want his business associates

to know he's got that kinda hang up, right?

- Keep in the closet, right, exactly.

Drew says that if he can get to the charge

either kicked down or dropped,

he'll trade the Market Bandits.

- Well how do you know he has information to trade?

- I don't for sure.

But the way I see it, it's worth a shot anyway.

- Well the way I see it, you're right Willy.

I'd trade a flasher for some bandits any day.

- We're cooking then,

he goes to court 9 AM tomorrow morning.

- I'll drop in on the judge at 8:30.

And Willy, you might get 200 for this one.

- The way I see it for this one I might get 20 grand.

Danny, got a minute?

- I have to get over to Court.

- Yeah, listen.

You'll probably tell me this is none of my business but,

it wouldn't hurt if you told me who your snitch is.

- You're kidding!

- The insurance company called.

They know about our recovery,

now I didn't tell them and maybe your snitch did.

- Well maybe so but that still doesn't say

I should reveal my source.

- Well it wouldn't hurt, I mean just to tell me.

I might be able to give you a little insight.

- I don't believe this!

You're not turning green like the rest of them are you?

I'm offering to help you, Danny.

- Well then don't ask me to turn my informant!

No good cop does that.

You burn your snitch, you source dries up, you know that.

- I am not saying you should burn him!

- Well that's what it amounts to, doesn't it?

- You know when I was in uniform

what really used to bug me?

- I'm sure you're gonna tell me.

- Those hot shot rookies that wanna sit in glamour seat

from the first night out.

- I've got to get back to the Oral Board again.

- Anderson?

Yeah?

- The kid's a hot dog.

- Well then maybe it's up to us to cool him off!

- Sounds to me like she's got something going

with that baby wonder, Crowley.

- Have you discussed this with the City Prosecutor?

- Yes Sir, and he's agreeable.

Said it would save him time.

- Oh thank you.

Well I can't disagree with the value

and a plea bargain of this nature.

Indecent Exposure is just a misdemeanor.

You do realize that the parking lot was in a public place

and that there were children in the vicinity?

- Yes Sir, I do, but I still feel

that robbery suspects are worth the trade.

- How long have you been with the Police Department,

Officer Powers?

- Four years, Sir.

But three and a half were in a radio car.

It's only the last two months that I feel

I've been doing something worthwhile.

- Then this plea bargain is something more

than just robbery suspects?

- Well I suppose it has some relation to my career, yes.

I suppose it does at that.

The Court calls the matter of Myron Drew,

Penal Code Section 314 as charged.

- The People move to dismiss in the interest of justice,

your Honor.

- Does the Defense wish to waive Probable Cause?

The Defense waives, your Honor.

And I might say my client and I are both surprised,

but nevertheless grateful for the unexpected motion

on the Prosecutor's behalf.

- I'm sure you are, Counsel.

Charges are dismissed.

There will be a 20 minute recess.

- Alright I've done my part.

Now let's take the man to lunch and talk about robbery.

- Wrong.

No he said up front he'll only talk to me.

- Now wait a minute, you didn't tell me anything about that.

- That's the way it is.

Hey don't worry, you're gonna get your information.

Even his lawyer doesn't know.

Don't worry, you'll get your information.

- Want some company?

- Sure.

- Thank you.

Those kids trying to become cops,

you should hear some of their ideas.

- Why?

- Why what?

- You.

Everybody in that squad room thinks I'm the plague.

- I think you have the savvy to be a good cop,

how about that?

- But I haven't quite made it yet, is that it?

Like those kids over there?

- Not quite.

Not quite, Dan.

- Well you know the Captain disagrees with you.

- The Captain said thanks for the numbers.

All I'm saying is there are plenty of us around

to share our experience, if you'll listen.

- Listen to what!

Listen to what, a bunch of traditionalists

saying there's no room for a young detective?

- That'll wear off.

- You know when I was 13,

my father died and left my mother

with a mortgage on everything.

The house, the car, everything.

But she still managed to put me through college.

And when I told her I wanted to go into this job,

into law enforcement.

She couldn't believe it, but she said one thing to me.

Be the best you can and don't take a back seat to anyone.

So you see Sergeant, I have something to prove

to myself and to her.

- You can be the best.

Just give it some time, you're,

you're moving fast Danny, maybe a little too fast.

Let it happen.

We're a pretty good bunch of guys, we might even help you.

- You know it's amazing, I almost believe you mean that.

- Gimme a chance, I'll prove it.

- Slow down Danny, I'll help you Danny.

It's a bet, isn't it?

- Eh?

- You have money riding on this with the squad, don't you?

- What!

- Slow Danny Powers down, see what you can do.

- Oh come on!

- See if you can keep him in line.

Sergeant Anderson, I hope you don't lose too much.

- Nice, nice neighborhood Mr Drew.

- Come on in.

I suppose this is what you want.

- If that's $20,000 you know it is, Mr Drew.

- Well part of our agreement, isn't that right Mr Jaques?

- That's right, Sir.

- Let's see, you said 10,000 for the judge,

and five a piece for the police and prosecutor.

- You got a good memory.

That's no conviction, and no record of arrest

as a sex offender.

What are you doing?

- I went to the bank this morning, I got the money.

And I was more than ready to pay.

- You're talking past tense, pal.

- Near the bank there's a place called

the Crisis Intervention Center.

I always wanted to stop in there, but before I was afraid.

This morning, I went in there Mr Jaques.

- Well I'm not interested in what you did this morning,

or what you had for breakfast.

- You will be.

The people there told me that as a matter of routine,

the City Prosector in Court

allow a first arrest plea to trespass.

That means I wouldn't have to register as a sex offender,

especially while I'm receiving treatment, which I am now.

They also told me that they know the judge.

They know him to be fair and honest.

- Eh shows you how much the shrinks know about the courts.

- I called the judge, Mr Jaques.

I thanked him for his consideration and he wished me well.

He complimented me for working with the police.

He also said something about armed robbery suspects.

What does that mean, Mr Jaques?

- I don't know what.

What else did you tell the judge?

- I told him I was only trying to be a good citizen.

- Yeah well enough with this, just gimme my money okay?

- There won't be any money!

And there won't be anyone else victimized

by your lousy racket!

What are you doing?

- I'm calling the judge,

to tell him the truth, about the both of you.

You're not saying anything to anybody.

- Crowley.

Yeah, yeah let me have it.

Where?

Okay.

Try to keep it clean until we get there, will ya?

Hey Joe, let's move it.

Radio car's got a homicide on Park Terrace, 1002.

- Did you get a handle on who the victim is?

- Yeah a male cauc middle to late 40s, hey Peter.

While we're rolling help me get us a quick run down

on the homicide victim, Myron Drew 1002 Park Terrace.

- What did you say the name was?

- Myron Drew.

- Crowley?

You know I've never been on a homicide before,

you mind if I just tag along with ya?

- Yeah come on, you can tag along.

- Good, good, I just have some paperwork to do and

I'll meet you there alright, I won't be a minute.

- Take your time.

- Now he's starting homicides.

- Hello.

Gimme a run down on a Myron Drew.

- And shoot it over the corner for comparison.

- How was he killed?

- Somebody bashed him on the head

with the little statuette there.

- Well, it's my first homicide.

- Oh, well it's kinda simple Powers.

Just remember the two Os, observation and objectivity,

you got that?

- Yeah.

May I take a closer look?

- Sure, I'm sure he won't object.

Bill?

- Yeah Joe, what's shaking?

- Well this says maybe we have

a robbery or an extortion motive.

What is it?

- Withdrawal slip.

Seems like he took out 20 grand

from the bank sometime today.

But all I find is a lot of paper, no cash.

What's with him?

- I think it's his first homicide.

- It's great to be humble eh?

- Well what did you want me to do!

I had no choice.

- You're a fool, Willy.

A damned fool!

- Don't worry, I've got it all worked out.

The money's enough to get me out of the country.

In a month or so when it's cool, I'll come back.

- And if it's not cool?

- Then I'll stay in South America,

what do you want outta me!

- Alright, alright but get moving.

- You used me Willy.

You used me for your lousy stinking shakedown.

- What the hell is going on!

- I don't know Captain, am I supposed to guess?

- Come on Crowley, the Myron Drew homicide

and the $20,000 you told me he pulled out of the bank today!

- We're still playing games Captain,

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

- What I'm talking about?

He was busted for indecent exposure,

yesterday he went to court and got that case dismissed!

And yesterday Detective Powers went to court

and fronted that dismissal with the judge.

- For what?

- You tell me!

- Maybe he can tell both of us.

- Who's this guy, your snitch?

- He did an end run on me.

So 20,000, and I guess I've just solved my first homicide.

I wanted to say I'm sorry.

It happened, but it's over now and I'm sorry alright?

No it's not over.

Not until you learn what that mistake was all about.

I think I know that.

Well that's the problem.

You only think you know.

What do you mean?

- How to handle a snitch.

It's called informant management,

and you just don't know enough about it.

If you did, you wouldn't have had Jaques on your payroll.

But how am I supposed to know what he was doing?

- Experience.

You gotta know all the rules that we play with our snitches.

Rule Number One, you call the shots.

It's what to do, when to stay home,

what do with your information.

Number Two, you never, never, never

deal with anybody except your direct source.

Now if you knew the game plan,

you'd have been talking to Drew

and you'd have found out that that creep Jaques

was just jacking you around.

- Alright I'll admit that.

I didn't play with the game plan, I made a mistake.

But I still don't see any reason

why those people have to gloat about it.

- They're not gloating about it, Danny.

They're, they are waiting for you to settle in

and learn the job from the bottom.

And that requires some listening

and following, not leading.

Not yet, okay?

- I wonder how many other times he used me.

Powers?

Yes?

- You report to the Captain's office.

IAD wants to talk to you right away.

- What about?

- That bondsman, Jaques.

He just got himself bailed.

Now he's agreed to turn state's evidence.

- State's evidence?

- Yeah.

He's alleging that you were in on the shakedown.

In fact he says you were in on all the shakedowns.

Mr Everson?

- You? What are you doing here?

- We gotta talk.

- No, we don't have to talk here.

- Listen, you're in this as deep as I am!

You wear your fancy clothes, and you drive your big car

because of favors that I've done for you,

and your so-called plea bargain.

- Willy, I'm your lawyer now,

and a lawyer doesn't meet his client in a public mall.

Look did I tell you what would happen

if you fingered the cop?

- Yeah and I did that.

And you're out on bail.

- Yeah but I'm not off the hook!

They can nail me for murder!

- Not unless you panic!

My friend, you just don't understand the ways of the law.

The DA would take a cop over a bondsman any day,

it's good politics!

- Yeah will why doesn't he do it, then?

Why doesn't he offer me immunity?

I told him Powers was involved, right from the start,

just like you said.

- That's the way they work.

Don't worry the way he went for your bait

no jury would ever believe he wasn't on the take.

Go home, Willy.

You'll get your immunity, trust me.

Trust me.

- Hey Anderson.

You can sure pick em!

- What's that supposed to mean!

- Come on!

- Hey, no, wait a minute, come on Tate!

What is that?

- Hey easy with the threads!

- You got something to say with that smart mouth,

let's hear it!

- You done played an even up sucker by that guy

and we're up to our necks with you frontin' for him.

You're back on the team Pepper, or bow out.

That what you wanted to hear?

- No, I'm telling you that I believed him,

his information was so good, so many times.

- There were two burglaries,

and he collected the insurance reward on both of them.

- I didn't know that.

But even if I did, it isn't illegal.

- Your half was.

- There wasn't any my half!

I took information from him, that was it!

- Tell us about Drew again.

- I approached the judge about Drew

because supposedly he had information on robbery suspects.

- But you never talked to Drew

before you approached the judge?

- No, Jaques was to get the information.

- Oh come on Powers!

- It's the truth, look it I brought him in, didn't I?

If I was conspiring with him, why would I arrest him?

- Because you saw the handwriting on the wall.

You knew they'd find out about the plea bargain.

- I didn't!

- Okay, okay.

Let's go down a new road for a while.

- What new road is that?

- Sergio Gonzalez.

Four months ago.

Tell us about Sergio Gonzalez.

- I talked to the DA about him.

- Why?

- He was up for a Heroine Possession for Sale.

- And you got the DA to reduce it to straight Possession

and as a result Gonzalez got straight probation.

- Yes, but Gonzalez turned the Cuban shoplifting school,

the one that I nailed!

- Oh did he now, you talked to him?

- No!

Jaques gave me the information.

- Did Jaques give you a piece of the 10,000

Gonzalez paid for the reduced plea?

That's what he paid Powers.

I've got his deposition, and his bank record.

- I didn't know.

- I thought you might say that.

- You stay out of it, too!

- What's this!

- Pepper, please.

- What, did those guys choke a confession out of you?

- It's not what it seems Pepper,

he's on temporary suspension, pending investigation.

- Why!

They've proven nothing!

Danny!

- They've already made up their minds that I'm guilty.

Forget it, Pepper, alright?

Just forget it.

- You're gonna let this happen!

- I'm only following orders,

it's temporary pending investigation.

- You said that, dear god can't you see what's happened!

He got himself caught in this mess!

You're responsible and I'm responsible,

we're all responsible!

We let it happen to him!

- So if he's clean it'll come out in the wash.

- With IAD investigating, forget it!

- Pepper!

Stay out of it!

- Yes, Sir.

- City Police, Sir.

- Some other time, alright?

- Didn't you know?

All of the psychiatrists say

this is the wrong time to be alone.

- I never trusted them.

- How about your friendly neighborhood cop?

- Well, they really have me

drawn and quartered haven't they?

- Not yet they haven't.

I want to help.

- You mean that?

- Yeah it's part of the brotherhood.

The same badge, and all that.

- Well I wish there was something that could be done

but I don't think it's, I don't think it's any use.

- Don't say that.

Just give me something to go on.

- There's nothing, that's the problem.

Coffee?

Jaques gave me the information now I find out

it's always for another reason, to shake somebody down.

- Hey wait a minute, the information was usually good.

- Yes.

- And the characters that you nailed in the fun house,

they were the Righteous Bandits, weren't they?

- Yes, but I had to get the bail of a white collar embezzler

kicked down for that information.

- And probably the guy didn't have the faintest idea

about the 211 artists?

- That's right, that's what it looks like now.

- Then maybe that's our answer.

And if I know Jaques, it probably is.

Sit tight.

- Wait a minute!

- What?

- What are you onto?

- I'll let you know if it pans out.

- Well I'll come with you.

- That's even worse than sitting here alone.

Just keep the faith.

There was a snitch Roland.

Somebody rolled over on you.

Who was it?

- Maybe it was the same guy

who collected the insurance reward for those jobs.

Or maybe it was the guy who rolled on you,

to get a rich flasher off the hook

and set him up on a phony plea bargain.

- Alright who is it?

Who's the snitch?

- Play it back to me, Roland.

Gimme a line on your benefactor.

- I don't know his name.

He laid it out, took our part of the property,

he was supposed to pick up the rest of it,

just before we got nailed.

- Would you recognize him?

Sure, I think I could.

- Start looking.

- Look if you want somebody, you just show him to me,

I'll tell you.

- We'll do it my way.

I want to be sure.

- Yeah Powers?

Yeah.

Pepper happen to be there with you?

She left, how long ago?

- That's him, he's the one.

- You want to testify to that?

- What's in it for me?

- Less than what you're looking at now.

- I'll testify.

- What's that all about?

- You're under arrest, pal.

- No, no I posted my bail.

- Oh we got a whole new string of counts to lay on you.

- You're crazy.

- Tell me about it.

- Roland is his name and he picked you

out of a lineup of mugs.

Claims you're the one who hired him.

- Oh well I can explain all that...

- Murder One, friend.

Roland cinches the noose!

Drop it!

- Pepper?

- You had to do it, didn't you?

Had to get yourself involved.

- He could've cleared Powers, Captain.

- He can't do anything, he's dead and you killed him.

- That's it!

You have the whole story, what more do you want?

- Alright, we talked to your pigeon in jail

and he verifies much that you've said.

But that doesn't give us the reason

for you going to Jaques' office yesterday.

- Jaques was a crook, I am a cop,

I was following up a crime, okay!

- Look Pepper we have information

that you've been involved

with Danny Powers.

- Do you now?

- Suppose you tell us about it.

- Suppose you tell me all about your sex life?

Or don't you have one?

- You're being insubordinate, Sergeant.

- And you're being nasty and nosy.

Why don't you two work at clearing Powers

instead of loitering in the gutter?

- Okay Sergeant.

Let's start over, from the beginning now.

Now yesterday it was said here.

Sit down, Sergeant Anderson.

- Is that an order, Head Hunter?

- Yeah, you can consider it that.

- Eh no she can't, see Pepper works for me,

and I give the orders around here.

- Look Crowley, she's outta line.

- Yeah I got one question for ya.

Now you got the home run down here,

you've got the evidence, the gun, the struggle, right?

Everything?

Now with that is either one of you,

either one of you,

got a charge or an allegation to lay on her?

- No, not exactly.

- I didn't think so.

She's got work to do.

- There's nothing here.

At least nothing I recognize that would do us any good.

Just keep at it.

- I'd be happy to, but keep at what?

I don't even know what I'm looking for.

- Powers, you're a detective.

You hit something sometimes and it rings a bell

and you just react to it, that's all.

- Look we've been over the list

of every crook he turned for me,

I don't know what else there is.

- Now that's what we've been trying to skull out.

Listen why don't we,

why don't we forget about all these crooks

you caught for a minute.

They were either set up

or he just had some way of knowing about em.

Let's think about all the so-called sources,

the guys that you plea bargained for.

How do you know about them?

Drew, the Mexican doper, the white collar worker

who supposedly turned the guys in the fun house.

I mean how do you get into them in the first place

to even suggest a deal for a plea bargain?

- I don't know.

Maybe they were all ex-clients?

- Except the records don't say so.

They all have one thing in common.

Each was arrested for a crime, each went to jail.

Damn!

- What?

- The Defense Counsel, who was he?

- The only I know is Drew's.

Everson, Darryl Everson.

- Well that little bell just started to ring.

Take a look at this, Bill.

Darryl Everson, he was the bulk of Jaques' bail business.

- Well that's where we start.

Darryl Everson.

Every client.

We'll need every court record you can dig up.

- Now wait a minute, Darryl Everson's one of the

most respected lawyers in this town!

- And one of the most powerful and richest.

- That should make him a good suspect right there.

Hello Counselor.

- Well, Sergeant Crowley.

It's been a while.

Let's see, the Andrews burglary case two years ago,

you and that pretty blonde cop, what was her name?

Pepper?

Let's try the Jaques shakedown two days ago.

- I have no idea what you're talking about.

- I'm talking about your client Drew, he's dead.

Jaques tried to squeeze him for 20 Gs,

and when he wouldn't play Jaques killed him.

- Such a shame, that Jaques I never did trust him.

- Then why did you have him on your payroll

for the past three years?

- I don't like your inference, Sergeant.

You have something specific you'd like to discuss?

- Yeah, I'm talking about a cop,

who got himself mixed up in Jaques' nasty little game

and I think maybe you can help get him off the hook.

- How's that?

- Everson, Jaques was your client, he's dead.

Now your obligation for a

confidential relationship is off.

I want you to go to the Internal Affairs people

and tell them the story, the true story,

that he told her when he was on the slammer.

- Sergeant you know how those types are,

always innocent.

He told me nothing.

- You know that cinches it for me.

- What?

- This idea that have that

you were in it just as deep as Jaques was.

That's a very serious thing to say.

You could be sued for slander.

- Sue me.

That'll give you a '68 Chevy

and two double knit sport coats.

- Good day, Sergeant.

- Well, just stay with it.

- That's a great way to spend your lunch hour.

- Well this is as good a time as any to start a fast.

- Did you come up with anything new?

- Well let's put it this way,

we got a lot of great potential.

- Proof is what we need, Pete.

Proof.

- Yeah I know that's what we don't have, proof.

Not yet, anyway.

- I just got a call from the DA's office.

- Let me guess, he's just decided

to drop the whole Drew idea as far as Powers is concerned.

- No he's gonna keep digging for more

and see what he comes up with before he makes up his mind.

- That's old news.

- Internal Affairs says they've got enough

to go to the Administrative root right now.

Powers is gonna be terminated,

unless we come up with something fast.

Do any good?

- Yep, I found the account on Gonzalez the doper.

Both of em copped to paying off Jaques after their pleas.

- What about Darryl Everson?

- They both think he was in on it,

but we got no direct statements to tie him up.

- Smart lawyer.

- Yeah, he knows his business.

He gets close enough without getting himself

in a crack with the law.

- Yeah he sure knows how to bend it like a pretzel.

I've tracked two years worth of his cases.

95% plea bargain, and he never goes to trial.

- I tell ya Joe, that proves zilch.

We better pack up all these names

and just go through em one by one.

- Bill, you sure we don't have a loser here?

- Not till we've lost.

- They bite?

- You know the trouble with the law today

is that nobody follows it.

Circumstantial evidence is good in the code,

you try to get one of these guys to go to court with it,

they go into shock.

- No criminal complaint on Darryl Everson?

- That's right, a lot of soul searching but no complaint.

- Anybody hint that they'd like to have him disbarred?

- That's not good enough Joe, we gotta get him behind bars.

- Even if he wore the hat, where would you get the rabbit?

- DA calls it corroborations.

- That's a rabbit nevertheless.

- Yep.

You know, if we pull Pepper off those Oral Boards,

pay a little visit to SID,

we just might come up with a herd of rabbits.

- It's a very complex law, and very damaging.

It even requires that you register with the police

as a sex offender.

- If this is a first arrest, see the Public Defender.

He'll have reduced to straight Trespassing

with no other charges, I'd like to speak with your attorney,

do you mind?

- This is an outrage!

- It certainly is.

- You had better explain yourself.

- Let's start with this.

- This, this appears to be a list of my clients.

- Your last client isn't on there, Willy Jaques.

We've talked to just about everybody on this list

and there's a definite pattern that stands out.

Plea bargaining, followed by payoffs.

The Jaques-Everson combination.

- You run a lousy bluff Sergeant Anderson.

No better than your boss, Sergeant Crowley.

- Circumstantial evidence is no bluff, we have it all.

- We're wasting our time, aren't we?

- Well, that pattern is still there.

And an awful lot of people would be interested

in taking a look at it,

particularly the Bar Association.

- Try it.

I'd destroy you.

- Mr Everson, I might not get it together

today, tomorrow, or next month,

but I will push for a hearing.

Maybe the courts, maybe the Bar.

When we get there, it will not be innuendo.

It will be the pattern of how you twist justice

and squeeze the blood out of your clients.

- Spoken like a true cop.

You really believe in all this justice

and fair play, don't you?

- Most people call it democracy.

- It's called opportunity Sergeant.

I've done well by it, and you could do the same,

if that fog of yours would ever dissipate.

- You really have a, a rotten outlook on your profession.

- It's made me rich man.

Rich enough to bury any funny little game

you might try to play.

- Like Drew was buried.

- You really try, don't you?

Reaching for some kind of confession, Sergeant?

- You're just too smart for me.

- And powerful.

Remember that, power.

I could tell you everything

about Jaques, Drew, and all the others,

and it wouldn't help you a bit Sergeant.

You see, I'm the lawyer and you're the cop.

- I do believe you just made a confession.

- Of course I have.

One on one.

And just who do you think those stupid judges would believe?

- This stupid Judge, Mr Everson, believes the cops.

How is that for one on one?

- Your Honor, I, I...

- Have him taken into custody.

I'll personally issue the warrant.

- Yeah, wasn't six months ago.

And you paid Jaques

after your court appearance?

- Five Gs.

They knocked the beat down to Petty Theft.

Said he had to pay off the judge, the DA, and the cop.

- Did you ever see this man before?

- Nope.

- Alright, tell me again, exactly what did your lawyer

tell you about your reduced plea?

- Not much it was like an understanding, you know?

- No.

Tell me about it.

- Well I knew he knew and he knew I knew

there just weren't no words spoke, that's all.

- But you did meet Jaques after you hired your lawyer,

Darryl Everson, didn't you?

- Sure, that's right.

He turned Jaques onto me.

- Alright thank you, you can go.

- Well?

- You got any more Crowley?

- Captain, that was Number 15,

what do you want, the whole court docket?

That guy had a pattern after Number Five.

- You're right.

There definitely is a pattern here.

- So everything fits.

For 15 of Jaques' shakedowns,

and every one of em Everson's clients,

not one of em saw Powers.

He wasn't in on any of their cases.

- Mills?

- There's no direct that he wadn't involved but

Crowley's right.

The pattern's there, the Trial Board'd have to say

there's not enough proof to find him guilty.

- Alright.

The allegations they'll be filed as not sustained.

You can go back to work, pick up your badge and gun.

And Officer Powers?

You're going to be assigned to the Juvenile Detail,

until you get the basics down.

- Yes, Sir.

- Well?

- Powers is not sustained.

He gets his badge back and a kiddie cop assignment.

I'll see you later.

Crowley?

- Yeah?

- Thank you.

- It's no more than I'd do for any cop.

Welcome back.

- Thank you.

Not sustained.

That's means I'm not really cleared, does it?

- You're still a cop, Dan.

- Yes.

But maybe in some people's minds, still guilty.

- Well, welcome to the real world.

You just be that good cop you wanted to be, let it soak in.

It's really up to you, Dan.

- Yes ma'am.

It's hot!

Yeah.

You're thinking about a nice, cold beer eh?

Yeah and a nice big lobster.

How does that sound to you?

Oh great!

What do you say we have a go at Vinnie's?

On me?

They're serving lobster at Vinnie's now?

- Oh yeah, they got a brand new policy,

flies em in from Maine, fresh every Monday.

- This is Tuesday.

- Well that's even better.

They'll be bigger.

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