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Lincoln, X-Ray, Ida, 483.

One-Adam-12, a 415 fight group with chains and knives.

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I'll match you. Okay.

Let me see your coin.

I don't get it.

I don't know why you wanna see my coin.

Yours is the one that's no good.

Uh, cream and sugar.

Hiya, fellas.

What are you made up for?

How do you like it?

Looks like you're gonna play Little League this year.

No, no, pal. Big league upstairs.

Helicopters, huh? Right.

I have been signed as an observer to Astro.

How's that grab you? Great.

Nothing to it.

All you gotta have is a little know-how and a stout heart

and a keen, keen eye.

So you flutter around and keep that keen, keen eye on the freeways.

Does that turn you on, huh?

There's a little more to it, Grant, my boy.

You see, from now on, the helicopters are gonna be used

on regular patrol in the division,

just like the black-and-whites,

only with seven-league boots.

And we see everything, pal.

Nothing escapes us.

How high you flying?

800 feet in the daytime and a thousand at night.

800 in the daytime and a thousand at night.

You aren't gonna see anything but doll houses

and toy cars and ants.

What a great way to stamp out crime.

Yeah, well, that's progress, Grant.

You know, it happens all the time.

Hey, I'll tell you what.

You stay awake at roll call this morning,

and you just might learn something.

Okay.

His father had to be the one that told Orville

he'd never get it off the ground.

All right, who's buying?

Hey, I'll match you. But first, let's trade coins.

Okay, go.

I... I like mine black.

I don't get it.

As all of you know, the Department has been using the helicopter

to a more or less limited degree.

But from now on, the limitations are off.

The helicopter is operational as a regular patrol vehicle.

You'll be learning more about it as time goes on,

but we asked Lieutenant King, the man in charge,

to come down and fill you in,

maybe answer a few questions.

Don't have much time,

but maybe he can field a few.

Lieutenant?

Now hear this, old buddy.

Well, now to a lot of people

the helicopter is just an expensive toy

good only for watching the freeways.

They said the same thing about the two-way radio

when we first began to use it.

Today, we couldn't get along without it.

Tomorrow, you'll feel the same about the helicopter.

When we were in the evaluation stage,

we used one division in particular

to work out operational guidelines.

The figures resulting are pretty impressive from that division.

For instance, robbery down 47%,

grand theft auto down 33%,

all robbery and theft down 20%,

total arrests up 27%.

Now, the primary application of the helicopter is patrol,

the same function you people perform.

Yes?

Are you telling us, Lieutenant,

that the helicopter's gonna replace the black-and-white?

No, of course not.

The helicopter's simply another law enforcement tool.

And it's your tool.

You see, we provide you with an ariel platform.

It's up to you to use that platform

to the best advantage to assist you

in your operations in the ground.

We're not up there to replace you.

We're up there to support you.

For instance, in our evaluation division

there's a large shopping center.

It had the highest crime rate

of any single hot spot in the division.

459, auto theft, theft from auto,

robbery, purse snatch, the works.

We put a helicopter up over that shopping center,

day and night, working with a black-and-white on the ground.

Three months of coordinated effort

and the crime rate dropped to zero.

But how does it work at night?

What can you expect to see?

To assist observers and provide light for you,

each helicopter is equipped with a high-powered searchlight.

A flick of the switch,

and midnight is turned into high noon.

Here's a photograph that was taken

during a recent rescue operation out in West L.A.

If you look at the photograph,

you'd think the sun was out, hmm?

The scene was lit by one of our helicopters.

Now, during this accident,

there was one fatality.

Without the helicopter, the number of the injured

and possible some of the policeman working on it

could have been swept out to sea and lost.

Would you like to pass it around?

Now at night, when answering a 459 silent or "prowler there now,"

we'll immediately illuminate the scene.

If there's any suspect activity, we'll see it

and advise you prior to your arrival.

Would you still use the light, Lieutenant,

if we get there first?

Yes, if you get there first.

Our response time to any location in the division

is less than one minute.

The average is 35 seconds.

Lieutenant, are these helicopters armed?

Our substitute for firepower is one salient fact:

The suspect knows he can't get away.

We can track him through brush,

across backyards, in a car.

And even if he decides to hide, we know where he is.

If I had to stress one thing, it would be communication.

So when something goes down,

get on TAC 2, tell us what you're doing and what to look for.

Give us descriptions, type of vehicle and color,

direction taken.

We're up there to help you.

And believe me, from 800 feet high,

we can see a lot more than you can.

You learn to use a helicopter,

and I'll guarantee you

you won't want to do without it.

Thanks, Lieutenant,

All right, fall in for inspection.

What is it?

Your guess is as good as mine.

Eat your hearts out, guys.

You know, when I'm up thee today,

I'm gonna be feeling for you guys down here,

but I just won't be able to reach you.

Next thing you know, he'll be taking flying lessons.

Oh, that's all arranged.

Sure, the department's gonna need pilots,

and I plan to be one of them.

How about that? Right on time.

Well, listen, uh,

try not to get too dirty out there today, won't ya?

We'll do our best.

If you get in a jam now, just call me.

Hey, do you think Wells is serious about becoming a chopper pilot?

Why not?

I envy him.

I wonder how much flying lessons cost.

One-Adam-12, One-Adam-12,

see the man, unknown trouble.

1623 Hickory Street.

Handle code 2.

One-Adam-12, Roger.

1623 Hickory. Pretty ritzy section.

Did you get any of that? Are you kidding?

You know anything about mushrooms?

They're good on steak.

Did somebody steal some of your mushrooms?

Take them? Put them in their pocket?

No!

I think he's telling us he heard something.

Okay, we understand. What did you hear?

What did you hear?

I have a feeling this has nothing to do with mushrooms.

Can you hear me?

How may people live here?

How many people?

One? Two?

Call the station and have them get

the lock and safe crew from S.I.D. out here

and get them out here fast.

Telephone?

Telephone?

Hello? Frank? Judy? Anybody home?

Fid out who that is and send them down here.

Right.

This is the police! Can you hear me in there?

Are they really in there? Somebody is.

Are you a friend of theirs?

I'm Vincent Packard, Dr. Vincent Packard.

I live just down the street.

Frank and I play golf together.

Frank who? Laird. Frank and Just Laird.

They live here alone. What about servants?

Just the Chinese couple.

She's the one who called you. She's at my house now.

What about the combination? Who'd have it?

I don't know. Maybe the son, but he's in the army.

How do you think this happened?

Residence holdup, probably.

Forced them to open the safe and then locked them in.

Right. I checked the second floor. It's been ransacked.

Somebody shook it pretty good.

Did you make the call? S.I.D.'s on the way.

Anything new inside? Nothing.

Get out in the street and wait for S.I.D. to show up.

When they do, get 'em down here right away.

I've got to have absolute quiet.

Everybody just stand still.

I can hear groaning.

First thing we have to do is get some air in there.

About halfway up.

Make sure you don't hit the relock with the drill.

Complete quiet, everybody.

When he bought this one,

he sure got his money's worth.

We're gonna have to burn it.

Hold it. Hold it. What's the matter?

We can't use the torch.

Laird had the company install a teargas capsule inside the safe.

The capsule's got a fusible-linked trigger.

Put it out.

Mr. Laird has a weak heart.

If he's having to fight for air, it maybe too late now.

What do we do now?

I can't understand why Laird didn't

unlock the safe himself from the inside.

How could he do that?

Well, usually on a safe like this,

they have a coated interior combination.

You get locked in, you dial your way out.

Maybe they were injured. Hit on the head or something.

Well, I wouldn't be surprised.

Okay, we'll drag it.

Pull the spindle and we'll see if we can manipulate it by hand.

Let's blow some oxygen through that hole in the door.

I think we're about ready.

Okay, easy. Now take it easy, boy.

Don't bang the door any more than have to.

Right. Real easy.

Good boy. Good.

Oh, yeah.

Now, if we could just punch it, we'd be home free.

What does he mean?

Well, normally,

we'd smack a drift with a sledgehammer,

and we'd drive those tumblers right our of there.

Yeah, and set off that tear gas capsule.

Exactly.

That's why this time we do it a different way.

I have a special tool

which I manipulate the lock.

What's he doing now?

Well, he's lining up the gates and the tumblers.

And then when he's through,

I go fishing with this.

What is it?

A little thing I designed to manipulate the lock bolt.

Works pretty well, huh?

Yeah... about half the time.

She's all yours, Sarge.

All rightie.

Careful.

How's it feel?

I can move the bolt a little, but not enough.

These custom jobs can be tough.

Just don't jam that thing too far in there.

Yeah.

You do and these people are dead pigeons.

I'll tell you something.

The guy who designed this one was mad at the world.

Those loud noises scare me sometimes.

Okay.

She has a good, strong pulse.

He'll be all right.

Keep the oxygen on him till you can get him in a tent.

Burned out. Mm-hmm.

Gentlemen, I don't know what to say.

If it weren't for you...

Don't you mean if it weren't for this?

The interior light in the safe.

It's probably the original.

When it went out, they didn't replace it.

Does Mr. Laird smoke?

No, he gave up cigarettes because of his heart.

Why do you ask?

Well, that's why he couldn't open the safe from the inside.

If he'd had a match, he would have been able to see to dial the combination.

What's Mr. Laird worth?

Oh, a million or two.

For my money, 40 cents would have been well spent.

I wonder what it looks like from up there.

Who knows? In five or six years, you might find out.

Thanks.

All units in the vicinity and One-Adam-12.

One-Adam-12,

a 211 in progress 1423 Oxnard.

Suspect is armed. Handle code 3.

Use caution. No other units available.

One-Adam-12, Roger.

They're in the alley out back.

How many are there? Two. One's got a gun.

Can you get through here to the alley? Yeah.

Put out a broadcast. Right.

Joe next door saw one of them with a gun.

Called you right away.

They're two young guys, maybe 25.

Blue jeans. One's got a red shirt, the other's got a white shirt.

One-Adam-12, One-Adam-12, switch to TAC 2.

One-Adam-12, Roger.

One-Adam-12, this is Air One.

We are at 1,000 feet and have two suspects on a motorcycle

headed west on Oxnard.

They just left the rear exit of your 211.

How do you read me, One-Adam-12?

We read you loud and clear, Air One.

We gotta get a move on. We gotta do this alone.

No other units available.

Put out a supplemental with a description.

This is One-Adam-12 with a supplemental on the 211 that just occurred.

One-Adam-12. Suspects have now turned south on Vineland.

Suggest you turn south on Lankershim to intercept.

One-Adam-12, Roger.

Ask him for a description.

Air One, do you have a description of the suspects?

Roger. Two young male Caucasians wearing blue jeans.

One with a white shirt, one with a red shirt.

Those are our boys.

Air One, we have the same description. Over.

Yeah, I know.

Suspects now moving east on Ventura.

Suggest you turn east on Moorpark, One-Adam-12.

One-Adam-12, Roger.

They'll be turning left ahead of you, One-Adam-12.

You're right on top of them.

There we go.

It's blocked. Take the car around.

Hold it!

Stop or I'll shoot!

You've had it, mister! Give it up!

Stop right where you are.

Put up your hands.

Drop your gun. You can't get away.

Drop the gun, I said.

You can't get away.

Hold it, mister! Don't move!

Face down on the ground and spread eagle.

Hands behind your back.

Your partner has the other suspect in custody.

If you have no further need of us, wave your hand.

Roger.

Helicopters. That's dirty pool, man.

Is that so?

Guy hasn't got a chance with one of those up there.

Let's go.

Ah! Twin moles who walk like a man.

You guys still at it, huh? Hiya, Wells.

Did you book those two bandits?

Yeah. Did you make any other calls?

Yeah. Yeah, we orbited around for a while after we left you.

We came upon these two guys in a vacant lot digging a hole.

They had a pickup truck with 'em,

and they reached down in the hole,

they pulled the engine out, and they threw it in the truck.

Looked a little suspicious, so we called a black-and-white.

What happened? Beats me.

We got called to the other end of the division, so we split.

You mean that's the end of the story?

Yeah, as far as I know.

Well, back to the wild blue yonder.

What do you think of a guy like that?

He sure tells a mean story.

Helicopters. I thought you dug 'em, partner.

I can live without 'em. Well, don't be too sure.

It wasn't so long ago we thought we could live without something else:

the two-way radio, remember?

That was before my time.

So we go out there,

and here are these two guys with a pickup truck

with the dirtiest automobile engine in back that you've ever seen.

So I asked them what they're doing.

"Digging out my engine," says one guy. "What's it to you?"

Well, I said, "Can you prove it's your engine?"

And sure enough, he brought out the papers.

The serial number matched.

About two months ago, he'd taken it out of the back of this truck

and tried to get rid of it.

Put it out for the garbage man,

but they didn't pick it up.

His wife said, "Get it off the street."

So he took it out and buried it.

Why didn't he just leave it there?

Well, he found out he could make something on it

as an exchange for a new engine.

So he went out and dug it up again.

Can you believe that?

Wells and that helicopter.

Wait until I see him.

I ruined a brand-new pair of shoes out in that vacant lot.

You wanna flip?

I'll match you.

Cream and sugar.

It took my coin.

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