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

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Hi, Sanchez. Hi.

Hey, Malloy, what happened to the hand?

I fell down.

Where? In a bowling alley?

It was an alley, all right, but nobody was bowling.

He stumbled over a garbage can.

What some guys won't do for a little light duty.

You working the desk? Yeah, for a while, I guess.

You, too? Yeah. Franklin called in sick.

I guess they don't trust me in the street alone.

Too bad. I've got a hunch we'll need all the manpower

we can scrape together tonight. What for?

A bunch of university students

are holding a rally in Grant Park.

The last one turned into a donnybrook. If this one does,

guess who's going to be in the front row... me.

We'll be rooting for you.

Oh, thanks a lot.

My first night on the desk.

Who knows? Maybe it'll be a nice, slow night.

That'd just be my luck, wouldn't it?

Okay, Nelson, home to Mother.

You guys look like you could use a little help.

Meet Policewoman Mills. Pete Malloy, Jim Reed.

Hi. My first name's Doris. How do you do?

Hi. Say, weren't you at roll call tonight?

I was hoping nobody would notice.

Welcome to the front office. Thank you.

Doris just graduated from the academy.

The department's assigned her here

for the next three months,

so put her to work.

This ought to be a good night to break in...

Nice and quiet.

If that student meeting down in Grant Park doesn't get out of hand.

Have you heard from Sanchez yet? He just called in.

Crowd's starting to gather, but no problem yet.

Desk, Officer Reed.

Yes, sir. He's right here. It's intelligence about Grant Park.

I'll take it in my office.

Hold the line.

Why don't you sit down, and we'll clue you in as we go along.

Good. I feel lucky breaking in

with a couple of veterans. Thanks.

How long have you been with the department? Couple of years.

How about you, Jim?

Uh, eight months.

Oh, well, then you're still on probation, too.

Yeah.

One-Adam-9, One-Adam-9, see the woman.

Family dispute.

4526 Ledge.

Mm. Some guy beating up his wife.

Or vice-versa.

Do you hear all the calls?

This speaker monitors communications,

and these lines are for the call boxes.

If an officer wants information, he can call us directly.

On ALAN, we can listen to the black-and-whites if they talk

car-to-car on our tach frequencies.

Lets the watch commander know what's going on in the whole division.

Mostly, our job

is to try to help citizens when they walk through the front door

and answering the phones.

Why don't you get this one. Oh.

Desk. Officer Mills.

No, ma'am, this isn't Sam's.

Of course. It's quite all right.

What did she want?

A sausage pizza to go.

How did you hurt your wrist?

Oh, it was a really pitch-black night,

and we were chasing this 211 suspect...

I fell over a garbage can. Oh, there's a little more to it than that.

Yeah, actually there were two garbage cans.

Can I help you, sir?

Please, it's about my car... a theft. Are you the legal owner?

Right. I walked out of the house, and I saw it was gone immediately.

We'll get right on it.

Let's see. That'd be, uh, a vehicle.

Could I have your name, please?

I'm so mad, I frankly don't think I could remember my name.

Here's my license.

Thank you. Mr. Edwards, right? I think so.

Hi, Malloy, Reed.

Hi, Grant. What's the problem? Meet Mrs. Higgins.

All I can get out of her is her name.

People down at the bus station think she's a missing person.

Nonsense. I'm no more missing than you are.

She was there about ten hours. No I.D., no money.

Talk to her, will you? I'm gonna make a couple of calls,

see if I can find out where she belongs. Good luck.

See what I mean?

I don't know what everybody's so shook up about. I know who I am.

Well, it's not so much who you are, Mrs. Higgins, but where you live.

I live in Detroit.

This is Los Angeles. Don't I know it.

How did you get here, ma'am?

How did you get here?

Why, I was born here.

I didn't know anybody was born in Los Angeles.

Look, I was just about to have a cup of coffee. Would you like to join me?

Coffee makes me nervous.

Do you have any warm milk?

I'll see what I can do. I'll be right with you.

Do you want to come with me? I think maybe I could use some help.

Right this way, ma'am.

3679 Denker.

Have a seat, ma'am.

Thank you.

Hey, do you mind?

You're going to an awful lot of trouble.

No trouble at all, ma'am.

I like him. He's considerate.

Not many of 'em left. Oh, you'd be surprised.

At my age? I doubt it.

Your milk'll be ready in a minute. Thank you.

Do you two have any children?

No, ma'am.

I'm still trying to get him to propose.

There ought to be a way to raise them better. There has to be.

Do you have children?

Unfortunately, yes.

Here in Los Angeles?

I'm from Detroit.

I don't know anybody in Los Angeles.

How long has it been since you were in Detroit?

It was a long time ago.

You've been living here, then? Mm-hmm.

Where, ma'am? None of your business. I'm going back to Detroit.

Why? Don't you like it here? I used to like it.

Now I... I want to go home.

Hey, give me a hand, will you?

Excuse me.

Why don't you stay here and talk to her.

Maybe she'll open up to another woman.

She's got people here, all right.

No doubt, but she's mad at 'em for some reason.

What do you think? Neglect, maybe?

Maybe. It happens all the time.

Well, I'll see what I can do.

One cup of hot milk.

Skol. Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Hey, Williams.

Put him in the tank and I'll be with you in a minute.

What do you got? Ah, his name's Bradley, John Bradley.

We found him in a liquor store a while ago with a gun in his pocket.

Where was the owner? He was behind the counter.

He thought Bradley was acting suspicious, so he tripped the silent alarm.

My partner and I were a block away, and we got the call.

Good work. Not really.

According to the owner, there were three of them.

The other two must've seen us coming and split.

On foot? No, by car.

An old-model black sedan.

The owner noticed it parked out front.

Did your suspect admit anything?

He says he went in to buy some cigarettes.

What about the gun? Oh, he's trying to explain that.

What was that about?

A man with a gun in a liquor store.

Oh, the silent alarm. I heard the call a few minutes ago.

How are things shaping up at the park?

Sanchez just called. He said there's over

a hundred people there now, and they're still coming in. All students so far?

Yeah. I guess you could call it a campus political rally.

Kids versus the administration. That's about all I know.

Some of those kids make a lot of sense.

Those aren't the ones we're worried about.

It's the agitators in the bunch.

Tonight especially. Intelligence has a group under surveillance right now.

Who are they? Well, they call themselves the sympathizers.

Last month, they broke up a rally for the political left.

Then later on, they raised Cain at a convention for the political right.

They're sympathizers, I guess, but for what?

Are they at the park now? Just arrived.

Looks like our quiet night is liable to get noisy.

Yeah, it could. Lt. Moore just left.

He's gonna set up a command post down there just in case.

If we have to strip the station, I'll take Reed with me.

I'm the only supervisor left,

so you'll be acting watch commander.

Mm, yeah. Okay.

What's the matter? You worried about your partner?

No, I just work with him, Mac. Well, Reed'll handle it.

Yeah.

One-Adam-38, One Adam-38, see the man.

An ADW report... Manning and 8th,

southeast corridor.

Mrs. Higgins, have a seat over here.

It's not very comfortable, but it's the best we have.

Thank you. Let me know if you want something.

Miss, is your mother here?

In Los Angeles? Yes. Mm-hmm.

Does she live with you?

No.

Oh. It's the other way around.

She lets me live with her.

I guess that's it. You might want to look it over.

Any problems? I filled out the wrong form.

They didn't steal his car, just the door.

That makes it theft, not vehicle.

Everything seems to be in order. May I?

Was your car in a carport, Mr. Edwards?

Yes, sir. Was it locked?

Definitely. I always lock it.

Sorry, partner. What do you mean?

That makes it burglary, not theft. The car was locked.

Desk. Officer Malloy.

Yes, ma'am, right away. What's the address?

Do you know where the husband is?

Okay, now, don't hang up.

This is Malloy on the desk. I've got an attempted suicide

at 1516 Renthro, third floor, apartment 32.

The victim's still alive. They need an ambulance and a black-and-white.

Good.

Okay, there's an ambulance on the way. How do you spell that last name?

One-Adam-7, ambulance. Attempt suicide.

1516 Renthro.

What's your last name again, ma'am?

How'd you happen to find her?

There should be an officer there in a minute.

Thank you very much for your assistance. What happened?

A neighbor walked in and found a woman on the floor.

The victim had slashed both her wrists.

There are a lot of unhappy people in the world, aren't there?

Yeah.

What about Mrs. Higgins? Did she tell you anything?

Nothing. I turned it over to Missing Persons.

They'll be in touch. Meanwhile I'm heading for Grant Park.

Good luck.

Desk. Officer Malloy.

Yes. How many were there?

Okay, give me their descriptions.

Uh-huh. Yeah.

Okay, where are you?

Stay put. A car will be right there.

This is Malloy at the desk. I got a 211

just occurred at the corner of Moorpark and Colfax.

Three armed suspects,

male, Caucasian, all medium height,

all early 20s,

all wearing blue jeans and windbreakers.

Right.

What went down? A drug store delivery.

They held up the driver as soon as he got out of the car.

This is One-Adam-6.

Request assistance.

Major 415 at Grant Park.

All units, One-Adam-6 requests assistance, Grant Park.

One-Adam-14, One-Adam-14,

assist 1 Adam-6, Grant Park, a major 415.

Handle code 2.

Are you sure you've got it right this time? Positive.

If you'll just sign here.

I'm sorry about the mix-up. Don't mention it.

I'm a paper shuffler myself.

That's it. We'll let you know if anything turns up.

Tell me, what are my chances of getting that door back?

Not very good.

That's what I thought.

Are you still driving the car, Mr. Edwards?

Yeah, they told me it'd be another three weeks before they got a door.

For your own protection, if might be a good idea

if you stretched a rope or something across the opening.

Thanks. What burns me up is,

in Detroit, I could get a door in one day.

Are you from Detroit? I grew up there.

You don't happen to know a family named Higgins, do you?

Not that I recall. Why? Oh, nothing.

Just thought I'd ask. Thanks.

Pardon me, sir. I couldn't help hearing.

Did you say you were from Detroit? Yes, ma'am.

Oh, so am I. It's nice to see someone from home.

Well, actually, I left there almost 20 years ago.

Oh. And you've never been back?

Once, last year, for a vacation. It was a mistake, believe me.

A mistake? Everything's so changed.

The street I grew up on doesn't even exist anymore.

Which street was that? Sycamore, on the west side.

I know it well. All those big trees.

Those trees are gone, too. Oh, no.

Well, good night.

Makes me look kind of silly, doesn't it? No, ma'am.

Would you call someone for me?

We'd be happy to.

My daughter, Mrs. Frank Walters.

In Bel Air, yet.

She'll be out, of course, but

the answering service will take a message.

Do you want me to take care of it? Oh, thanks.

And when you get a chance, call Missing Persons.

It'll save them a lot of paperwork.

Lt. Moore just called. That meeting in Grant Park went wild.

We're going in with every available man

before it becomes a riot.

Reed, get your gear and meet me in the station wagon. Yes, sir.

You're acting watch commander.

Anything you can't handle, get in touch.

Okay. See you later.

Well, have her call the station, please. Thank you.

You're worried about Reed, aren't you?

Should I be?

Why don't you take another crack at it?

Desk. Officer Mills.

Yes, your mother is here.

I'll tell her you'll be right down.

Finally got her, hmm?

Your daughter's coming down to pick you up.

She sounded very worried.

My daughter went to a benefit tonight.

She's raising money. Guess what for.

I give up.

An old folks' home.

Desk. Officer Mills.

No, he isn't.

I'm sure he isn't. He's out on patrol.

May I take a message?

Of course. I'll tell him you called.

Good night.

That was Reed's wife.

She heard about the trouble in Grant Park on a news broadcast and got worried.

That's funny. Jean's usually pretty cool.

I'm surprised she called the station.

I'm sorry. I just didn't know how to handle that.

What should I have done?

You did it. Just right.

One-L-10 has established a command post

at the west end of Grant Park.

Dare-2, this is C.P.

I've lost contact with Queen-20.

Give me a report on the activity at the south end of the park.

Sign here.

Okay, we have your phone number.

As soon as we know something, we'll call you.

May I help you, sir? I hope you can.

My son's here in jail. I'd like to get him out.

What's your son's name, sir?

Lee. Edward John Lee Jr.

Same name as mine.

Why was your son arrested, Mr. Lee?

He was arrested for shoplifting.

I called earlier. They explained about the bail.

I managed to raise it.

If you'd like to sit down, Mr. Lee, I'll check with the jailer.

Thank you.

C.P., this is Queen-20. Come in, please.

Go ahead, Queen-20. This is C.P.

Queen-20... Isn't that Sgt. MacDonald?

Yeah. ...approximately 20 agitators.

They figured the crowd was with them,

but they guessed wrong.

I've got two policemen injured

and on their way to Central Receiving.

At the moment, everything's under control,

and the meeting is breaking up.

Do you read me?

Roger, Queen-20. Understand.

No problems here. The crowd is dispersing.

I wonder who got hurt. Why didn't he say?

Not on the radio. Too many people listening.

Oh, including a few wives. Is that what you mean?

Partly.

Look, do you want to call the jailer and start bail proceedings

on Edward John Lee Jr.?

I've got another call to make.

Where to? Central receiving?

Here's a receipt for your $625, Mr. Lee.

Your son should be right out.

I was afraid I was gonna have to go to court to bail him out.

Not for misdemeanor shoplifting. There's a fixed bail.

It saves you and the courts a lot of time.

This is all new to me.

This your son's first offense? Yes, sir.

My wife and I, we just can't understand it.

Eddie and I have never even had a cross word.

He's an honors student, goes to church,

doesn't drink or smoke, and... and now this.

Thanks. Hello, Eddie.

Hi, Dad.

Will you verify your personal effects for me, please?

Well, it's all there. Who cares?

I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to verify.

No, it's okay.

Let's see.

$23. Is that what you had?

Something like that.

Pick it up, son. Let's go home.

Don't be nice to me, Dad. Hit me, yell at me,

but just don't be nice.

I wouldn't know how to yell at you, Eddie.

I've never struck you in my life.

Yeah, I know.

Please sign here, son.

Okay, Mr. Lee, he's all yours.

Thank you very much.

You got a waste can back there?

Yeah.

I wonder what the story is there.

I wouldn't know.

Desk. Officer Malloy.

Oh, Jean, I'm glad you called. I just talked to the hospital.

G.M.A. 367, 0200 hours.

May I help you, sir?

I hope so. I seem to have misplaced a brother.

I thought maybe you might've seen him. What's your brother's name?

His middle name ought to be Stupid.

The rest of it's John Bradley.

I'm Bill Bradley.

Well, what makes you think your brother's here, Mr. Bradley?

I don't know. Just a hunch, I guess.

Have you seen him tonight?

Yeah, my buddy and I let him out of the car to get cigarettes.

Haven't seen hide nor hair of him since.

I tell you what, Mr. Bradley, why don't you take a seat?

And I'll check out back and see if he's around.

If he'd been arrested, wouldn't it be there on your blotter or something?

No, not necessarily. How long will it take to find out?

Just a couple of minutes.

Okay, I'll wait.

I'll be right back. You keep an eye on him, huh?

How's the weather out there tonight?

What? Oh, it's fine.

Just great.

Good evening.

Freeze, mister! Don't move a muscle!

What's taking him so long?

What's the big hurry?

Forget it. I changed my mind.

Hold it, Bradley! Don't move!

There's a set of cuffs behind the counter. Bring them out here.

Well, I see the station's still in one piece.

And why shouldn't it be?

Actually, we were having a very hard time staying awake.

I wish I could say the same.

Yeah, I heard you had some fireworks out there. What happened?

Same old story... a bunch of agitators looking for a confrontation.

Ugh. Confrontation. I hate that word. You'd better get used to it.

Anyhow, they let us have it with a broadside of rocks and bottles.

Your partner and Sanchez caught most of it. Yeah, I know.

Reed claims he was lucky they hit him in the head.

They'll never hurt him that way.

Oh, you men are awful.

You know, Malloy, Reed played it pretty cool. Good.

When he got knocked down, I expected him to come up swinging.

But he kept his baton where it belonged... in the ring.

I think that hesitation gave the crowd just time enough to think.

Anyway, a student ran out and yelled to the others that they weren't there

to commit murder... even pointed out the ones who'd thrown the bottles.

You make any arrests? Four agitators. The rest of them took off.

Hi. How's business? Slow. Where you been?

Oh, it was such a nice night, I thought I'd take a little stroll in the park.

Yeah, I heard you even took a short nap.

A very short one.

Why don't you go change your clothes?

Disgrace to the police department.

Does that look any better? Oh, you look great.

Eh, better, anyway.

For a while out there, I thought things were gonna get sticky.

Yeah, MacDonald said you kept your head.

Just barely, wouldn't you say?

Your wife called. Why don't you give her a buzz?

What does she want? What do you think?

Beats me.

She heard a news broadcast, and she was worried about you.

Women.

What about women?

Always worrying.

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