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A 211 in progress.

One-Adam-12, handle code 3.

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Hey, Albert.

Hey, uh, you still on that weight-lifting program thing?

- Yeah. - I mean, Al,

you're getting to look a little like King Kong, though.

I don't know, but if I was you,

I'd think about getting a new uniform cut.

I mean, you're starting to bulge the seams out in the one you got now, right?

- Look, Charlie, I... - No, Al, I'm serious.

You are really turning into a menacing item here.

I mean, that's frightening, Albert.

I can't even talk about it.

I think your buddy Porter is the target for today.

Hey, what's going on?

This isn't my shirt.

Somebody's cut the threads.

Oh, Albert, Albert.

Here.

- Funny. - Oh, come on, Al.

Ain't it always?

- I'll see you in roll call. - Okay.

Charlie Burnside is really a character.

Yeah, I guess so.

Hey, well, don't get sore, Al.

I mean, you have to admit it was pretty funny.

Yeah. Pretty funny.

Hey, Al, is there something wrong?

Well, look, I know everybody around here thinks he's a riot.

It's just that I don't think he's all that funny.

Call it a personal reaction.

Yeah, well, look, don't let it get you.

Charlie's had a piece of every guy on this watch.

He doesn't mean anything personal by it.

It's not the way he is around the station I'm talking about.

What do you mean?

It's that I think he's kind of badge heavy.

I was his partner last week.

He had a guy in custody, and for no good reason,

he put a choke hold on him and put him out.

He thought I was back by the car. He doesn't know I saw him.

- Oh, come on, Al. Are you sure? - Mm-hmm.

Then you should report him.

Jim, I'm just a reserve officer.

I come out here three, four times a month.

Besides, I've been sort of checking with some of his other partners.

They all think he's great.

So he must be pretty careful about picking his moments

to come on heavy.

At any rate, if I beef him, he'll just grin his stupid head off

and patronize me, and all the rest of the guys around here

will think I'm a sorehead.

Most of them think he's so funny

they can't see past the grin and the practical jokes.

I figure if you look a little closer,

you might not like what you see.

We see Charlie mostly around the station.

Before coming to the division, he was in Communications,

so he hasn't really been on the street that long.

Okay, I'll buy that. But let's look at the other side.

Porter says he questions his own judgment.

We both know when you got a hot felon

and he moves funny, you gotta trust your instincts.

- Maybe he didn't see the whole thing. - Yeah, that's a possibility.

But you know the kind of guy Al is.

He wouldn't even mention it unless he was sure.

But not sure enough to take it to the brass.

All right. Let's keep an eye out. We'll make Charlie our project.

But until we see something for ourselves, let's keep it to ourselves.

Hello, I'm George Nash, the store owner.

I've just been robbed. He's just left. You must've seen him.

- Which way did he go? - I don't know.

He ripped out the phone and told me to stay put.

I was in the store working alone.

He just popped in and held me up.

- Did you get a description? - Yeah.

He was a white guy, and he was wearing a raincoat

and one of those stocking masks over his head.

- Did he have a gun? - Yeah, he had a revolver.

- I'll take a look. - One-Adam-12, a 211 just occurred

at 2450 Beverly Blvd.

Something wrong?

I must've flooded it or something.

You happen to see a man run by here?

Oh, you mean... You mean a robber?

What robber?

Oh, you know, the guy that robbed the gift shop up the street.

No kidding. When was that?

- Just now. - And you were sitting right here?

Yeah. He run past, down the street.

Get out of the car.

What's wrong?

Out.

Down on the ground, flat on your face.

Put your arms straight out.

How did you know?

You were here the whole time. How did you know?

I must have a pretty big mouth.

I guess I must be stupid.

You said it.

On your feet.

Let's go.

One-Adam-12 clear.

Oh, go on. How did you make him?

That's it. He just looked a little hinky.

Pete, he was sitting across the street in a parked car.

Yeah, well, it was a tan coupe.

Oh.

Well, I had a tan coupe once.

It was a real lemon.

The guy that sold it to me filled the crank case

with 40-weight oil mixed with flour.

I got it home, it fell apart in my driveway.

I was 17 years old.

Ever since then, I wanted to bust a guy in a tan coupe.

You know something, Pete?

You're really getting squirrelly.

All units on all frequencies, stand by.

One-Adam-23 is in pursuit,

southbound on Dover from Western,

of a 1972 light-blue Mercury,

license 476-Ocean-King-Zebra.

The vehicle contains two male Caucasians

approximately 20 years of age.

Suspect vehicle wanted for speed only at this time.

One-Adam-23, 476-Ocean-King-Zebra

is a Wilshire stolen only.

One-Adam-23 now westbound on Morrison from Dover.

He's heading right at us.

One-Adam-23 now northbound on Freemont from Morrison.

He's doubling back. We can cut over on Tyler.

All units, suspect vehicle now stopped on Freemont,

south of 5th.

One-Adam-23 is now on foot pursuit.

One-Adam-12, code 6 on Freemont, just south of 5th.

One-Adam-12, roger.

Just so you remember,

next time I tell you to hug, you do what you're told.

Hey!

He tried to get tough, you know,

so I had to come on a little bit with him.

How long you been standing there?

- Long enough. - Hey, Reed,

I would never hurt anybody that wasn't trying to hurt me.

- Now, you know that. - Do I?

Reed, it's me. It's Charlie.

Save it, Charlie! I gotta get this man an ambulance.

I'm assuming since he's out cold, you won't have to put him out again.

Better get some gas, Vincent.

Hey, Reed, tell Porter to stop working out.

- He's getting muscle-bound. - You already played that one.

Let's, uh, drop it, huh?

Okay, Jim. Sorry.

If you're gonna talk to Mac, you better settle down, huh?

Yeah.

That's a pretty serious charge.

I realize that, Mac. I've been around here

long enough to know what I'm doing.

That guy's in the hospital with a concussion.

Okay. I'll fill out the 181.

All right. I'll let you know what happens.

Make it quick.

Uh, well, I just had a little talk with Mac.

I thought you might like to know how it went.

I figure you did a little shuffling and scratching.

That's your act, isn't it?

Well, no. I told Mac,

"Reed is really burned about that joke I pulled on Porter."

You know, you really ought to stop trying to protect that guy, don't you think?

You really think you're gonna sell that?

No, not all at once,

but, uh, I'll get the point across.

Why don't you take off?

Oh, Reed.

Reed, you're gonna push this thing,

and you're gonna wind up with your teeth on the pavement.

Well, take your best shot.

No. Now, that's just kind of a friendly warning.

You know? But I can tell you this much,

you're not looking at the full picture.

I've got a little action work,

and if you don't drop it, Reed... Just drop it...

You'll end up looking...

very bad.

If you're gonna cop out to the brass, Charlie, do it.

Otherwise, this could end up in a trial board.

Oh, now, when you hear what I got,

it's gonna be too late.

I'm warning you, Reed.

And in the meantime, I'll see what I can do about getting you busted.

Working midnight watch and then going to court's really unfair.

Going without sleep shouldn't bother a kid like you.

Aw, don't leave, Pete.

Look, you don't think I'm taking all this stuff personally, do you?

I don't know.

Well, I'm not.

That goes for Reed, too.

Uh, a little disappointed in his sense of humor.

I mean, after all, it was just a practical joke, right?

I've heard that rumor. It's garbage. So why spread it around?

Yeah, Charlie. I don't know what Reed saw,

but he wouldn't beef you unless he thought he was right.

Sure. He thinks he saw it.

But unfortunately, it still amounts to the same thing...

I'm getting bad-wrapped here, you guys.

- Are you, Charlie? - Oh, Malloy, Malloy, Malloy.

Now, look, I can really appreciate your loyalty to Reed.

Really, Pete, I can.

But I'm just sorry that it's misplaced.

Well, we'll have to wait and see about that.

I asked you to come in because the captain decided

not to sustain your complaint against Burnside.

Aw, you're kidding, Mac. Not sus... I saw him.

The captain feels there's not enough supportive evidence.

Look, the polygraph test on Charlie was inconclusive,

and the suspect signed a statement saying

he was struggling with Charlie when he was choked out.

Mac, listen, right now, he's choking people out for no reason at all.

Tomorrow he could kill somebody.

Nobody doubts you think Charlie was wrong.

The question is, whether you saw enough to make a judgment.

Look, Jim, we'll keep an eye on him.

But for now, that's it.

Let's play it back from the top and see what jumps out.

I'll tell you what jumps out.

We got a guy on the force who gets his jollies

out of hassling people, and there's nothing we can do about it.

- I'm not so sure. - Oh, you got something?

Well, I don't know exactly.

There's just some things about it that are out of focus for me.

- Like what? - Well, like your little encounter

with Charlie in the parking lot last night.

- You said he threatened you? - No. It really wasn't a threat.

- It was more like a warning. - But he seemed pretty sure of himself?

Yeah. He acted like a guy who had an ace in the hole.

I wonder why.

The investigation hadn't even been conducted yet.

Hey, wait a minute. What if he got to the guy in the hospital?

- You're reading my mind. - I mean, it doesn't make sense

that a guy get choked out and then protect the cop who did it.

Unless Charlie made a deal to boot the guy's case in court

in return for his statement clearing him of the brutality charge.

What did Mac say?

He said he can get over to the prison ward

and find out if Burnside paid the guy a visit.

All units in the vicinity in One-Adam-12,

a 211 in progress at the liquor store,

Allenhurst and Main.

One-Adam-12, handle code 3.

One-Adam-12, roger.

Turn right.

Okay. Go.

One-Adam-12, additional only. 211 suspects...

Two male Caucasians, armed...

Last seen heading westbound on Allenhurst.

One-Adam-12, roger.

Freeze, mister!

Hands on top of your head.

Hey, Roy, give me a boost. They're right behind us.

They're closer than you think, buddy.

Turn around and put your hands on top of your head.

Don't hurt him, Malloy.

What happened when you talked to the guy at the hospital?

Looks like your hunch paid off.

I located the deputy sheriff who checked Burnside in

the prison ward yesterday afternoon.

He had some kind of story about wanting to see

an unconscious John Doe... Something about making an ID.

The sheriff checked him in and noticed he talked to our suspect.

- Did you talk to the suspect? - Yeah.

He started out by claiming that he was

fighting with Burnside when he got choked off.

So I told him we already had an idea that he might've made a deal with Burnside.

We were gonna be watching that trial real close.

Burnside might have to double-cross him or it'd look like a setup.

- What'd he say? - He copped out.

He gave us a statement. Even went on the poly. We got a good reading.

- What now? - We go talk to the captain.

Until Sergeant MacDonald showed me the new statement

and polygraph on the victim,

I was sure we didn't have a case on Officer Burnside.

But this seems to alter it.

I've ordered a trial board for Burnside.

The board will hear the case in Room 3 at 10:30 in I.A.D.

- I'll be there, Captain. - See you tomorrow.

Meet me in the watch commander's office

and we'll go over from there.

And he buried his fingers, right? Okay?

So the guy's telling the story later, all right?

He says, "I didn't mind getting banged in the finger,

but I was only that far off the ground."

Oh, come on.

Can you imagine that? Hello. No...

Hey, Reed...

Reed, I'm talking to you.

Reed, will you have a heart?

Look, all I did was pull a little joke.

You're out to ruin my career here.

Reed, I'm talking to you.

You got something to say?

Well, it's a little hard to put into words.

What do you want from me?

Nothing.

Cool it, Charlie.

It's cool.

Just having a little discussion here with Officer Reed.

Yeah. Well, why don't you just drop it?

You guys, you know I'm right.

You gotta show these street characters that you mean business.

You gotta wise them up. That's what it's all about.

Now, look, these guys think they got it made

with their new court decisions and their plea bargaining.

We gotta show them, right?

We gotta show them if they're gonna break the law, they're gonna lose a few teeth.

But there's always a few Girl Scouts, isn't there?

That's enough, Charlie. Now back off.

That's okay, Pete. If he's got something to say, let him get it said.

What I really don't like

is some hippie-loving cream puff

shiving me in the back with the brass.

I really don't like that, Reed!

Knock it off!

Get out of my sight, Charlie! I'll break you in two.

Come on.

It's Charlie, eh?

It's me. It's Charlie, okay?

Hey, come on.

Oh, you guys, what are you looking at?

It's a joke. It's a practical joke.

Come on.

You lost them, Charlie.

You played the last joke on yourself.

What are you doing here? I thought it started at 10:30.

There's been some kind of delay.

Well, Jim, you can get to work.

What are you talking about?

We got a phone call. The board's been continued

pending criminal prosecution.

Charlie Burnside resigned from the force about an hour ago.

Hey. Whoa. Take it easy on that.

It's still a little bit sore from where I hit that locker.

I'll tell you what, I'll do the driving.

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