Police Woman (1974–1978): Season 4, Episode 9 - Ambition - full transcript
An icy lawyer and his lackey, a music producer, both of whom are shaking down criminal suspects for money to buy off the charges against them, see the chance to pin their crimes on a young cop who's too eager to bust suspects and rise in the ranks. Features two good gunfights.
- 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!
- 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.
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!
- 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.