Kes you wonder. Im talking to connie five more minutes, that could have been me. Connie . You talking about the owner of the diner . Constantine markos. All right, this Constantine Markos its not the guy thats lying dead on the floor in there . I know that now, but i thought connie was the only one in there. You didnt see anyone else in the diner . Well, the guy who got shot he must have come in the front right when i was walking out the back. The only person i saw going in there was that cop. All right, what happened next . Well, he goes in, im checking inventory in the back of my truck, then the shooting starts, and i dive for cover, and the next thing i see is the cop hightailing it up the block. Well, not likelike sprinting, butbut walking fast. Well, was he walking fast, or was he hightailing it . You sound a little confused. Maybe he wasnt even a cop. Maybe it was some other uniform, and you just didnt quite get it straight. I know what a cop looks like, okay . Jackie all right, all right. Its just, a cop fleeing the scene of the crime . It doesnt make any sense. Yeah, unless he did the crime. Hey, i read the paper. Not every cops a saint, you know. Right. Okay, you get a good look at him . Well, enough to know that he was a cop. Hes a white guy, pretty tall, dark hair. Okay, what happened to Constantine Markos . Whered he go . Well, i guess he went out the back, but i dont know. phone ringing oh. You mind if i get this . My wife shes going nuts. Go ahead. Go. All right. Dont go too far. Listen to this. Local precincts report no foot patrols assigned in the area. Nobodys missing anybody. Who is this cop . entrance bell tinkles Man Detective curatola, i was hoping our next meeting would be over dinner. Yeah, only if theres a dead body under the table. Well, cant blame me for trying. What do we got . No id on this guy. Caught a slug in the neck and one in the arm. Looks like he bled out. Its a messy shooting. Yup, this guys packing some serious heat. Which he used to put two rounds in the wall behind you, about a foot apart. Huh. Okay, so, this guy is shooting here. Cop comes in, shooting there, but they came in separately. Maybe our cop happened upon a hit. Well, the registers empty, so maybe its a stickup gone bad. Well, doesnt explain why the cop would run. I mean, we are allowed to shoot bad guys. Especially if they shoot at us. Maybe our cop was the stickup guy. Possible. So, lets see. A guy gets dressed up as a cop, comes in to rob a diner, and then there just happens to be a guy sitting here with a nickelplated. 45 . I dont know. I said maybe. It didnt have to be a customer, though. Maybe the two of them showed up to rob the place. Bam, ran into each other. Trouble here is, none of this explains why the owner of the diner is in the wind. Can we get an address on this connie character . What the hell is this . Hey, hey, whoa, whoa, whoa. What are you guys doing . Who are you . Detectives reagan and curatola. Were investigating a homicide. Not in there. We got the job as a burglary in progress. Alarm went off 20 minutes ago, and the company notified communications. All right. Looks like your case might be mixed up in our case. Uh. You two knock on some doors for us . See if weve got any witnesses . Sure. Well start down there. Great. door opening wow. So much for a diner stickup gone bad, huh . Yeah. Looks like somebody wanted a lot more than the cash in connies register. Yeah, and if our dead guy is dead, and this just happened, is it our cop . Yeah. Or maybe there was a third guy. I mean, somebody tossed this place pretty good. But what the heck would connie, the diner guy, have that somebody would want so bad . Uh, im saying a secret moussaka recipe. Whoa, whoa, whoa. What . Connie, thanks for being there for me. Sevenpointed shield thats auxiliary police. So our cop isnt even a cop . Apparently not. Isnt auxiliary supposed to observe and report . Right. Where did he get a gun . I have no idea, but we usually give courtesy shields out to friends and family, right . Mmhmm. So maybe connie and this guy were related somehow. Maybe connie and this guy are in business together, and it went south. Yeah, south, and then straight to hell. Man. Oh, damn it. Thought you said you knew what you were doing. sighs hey. You should get some real painting clothes. Yeah, ill run by my dads place. Theres got to be something in the garage i can grab. Take a meal anytime soon, sarge . Yeah, soon as we finish this section. Can i ask you something . Shoot. Smart kid like you, no family to support, no car payments. So . So, how come you cant make ends meet on your salary . Law degree loan. Big nut . Big nut. Go ahead, say it. Do i really have to . If im so smart, how come im painting fences to help pay off a harvard law degree . All assbackwards, right . Thats not what i was gonna say. No . What i was gonna say is, youre still getting too much paint on your brush. Thats why you got all the drips and the glops. Point taken, frank, but id say thats just the view from the top of the wave. Tops of the wave . A summary of the metrics. And . Well, put it this way. Yes, you have a big number of applicants taking the exam. But this sea bass here, if he could use a pen, could take the exam, too. Youre selling a government job with benefits and a pension. So is your competition the armed forces, the other Uniformed Services in this and every other city. And this isnt every other city. Its more expensive to live in, taxes are high, winters are harsh. But there are ways to counter that, which is the challenge here. You and i can say, hey, its the big apple, but our target demo is shopping it against albuquerque and in that comparison, the nypd is coming up short. I would disagree. Let me walk you through. The call to duty. Its the same call our Armed Forces Recruiters have been implementing with so much success these past ten years to fight the war on terrorism. Kevin, could we pause for a moment . Whats the first image that pops into peoples heads when we talk about the modern call to duty . Stop right there. What . If im about to see images of the twin towers coming down, turn that thing off. Listen, i can appreciate your concern, frank, but. Its more than concern. The event itself and the continuing threat theyre your biggest asset. Are you finished . I will not use 9 11 to sell my department. Of these auxiliary cops i can talk to. Danny ten more precincts to go, partner. Almost done. Officers we were wondering if you could help us out, if you had a second to spare. You guys couldnt find a rookie to do your coffee runs . Excuse me . Maybe they want some muffins, too. Hey, forthwith. Actually, were investigating a murder, not playing keystone kops. sighs there was a shooting at the airline diner. You know about this . Yeah, we jus act like a schmuck in front of a couple detectives. Is that it . What can we do for you . Uh, were looking for the guy who owns the diner, a Constantine Markos. We think he has a friend or Family Member with auxiliary. Thats a greek name, right . Oh, you thinking jimmy the greek or greek mike . Greek mike. Jimmys been in pittsburgh for two weeks. Did you say the shooter was an auxiliary . No, actually we didnt say that. Well, but thats what youre thinking, right . cause, uh, greek mikes kind of a squared away guy. This greek mike hes taller, dark hair, younger. Damn. That is greek mike. Do you guys all have goofy nicknames . I clotheslined a purse snatcher once. He made the papers. Oh. Oh, thats good. Mikes last name is galatis. You really think hes your shooter . Wellfind out when we speak to him. Thank you. Thanks for your time, officers. Down the hall. All right. You guys know hes a cop, right . Yeah. A rentacop. See, thats the very problem with these guys. People think eyre dealing with the real cops, when a cantalalpe could pass the auxiliary test. And you get guys like clothesline larry. But he did get a bad guy though. Yeah, well, you know, even a Blind Squirrel finds an acorn once in a while. knocking mike galatis pounding police open up mike iis open mike . All right. Everything okay in there . Mike im unarmed. The guns on the desk. Let me see your hands. You find connie . I said, put your hands where i can see them, right now. On your feet and turn around. You really like the nypd, huh . Yeah. handcuffs clicking got a funny way of showing it, kid. I know that i shouldve come i i right away. You can lament about that in the car. You have one of these pictures on your wall . [music] no, no, no, no, people are both soft and strong. Yey which is why our products are too. Angel soft. I take prilosec otc each morning for my frequent heartburn because you cant beat zero heartburn ahhh the sweet taste of victory prilosec otc. One pill each morning. Want me to turn the heat up . You still got your coat on. Well. Whats got you, francis . Mayors ordered a new marketing campaign. Hes convinced that the departments losing the best and brightest to other cities. What do they got that we dont . To hear them tell it, better weather, better quality of life, more money, you name it. So, whats his fix . They want to use 9 11 as a sales pitch. Oh, for. Thats what i said. The departments roots go back to 1625, not 2001. Come on, please. E. Your grandfather still had donegal potatoes in his pockets when he joined up. chuckles whyd you join up . Mick cops make cops. both laugh who actually made a choice was jamie. And i think hes a little cranky about it these days. Why is that . He came by today to borrow some overalls. Hes painting houses with renzulli on his days off to make his nut. sighs people chattering, phone ringing nearby okay, so prints came back on our dead guy, Billy Jackson. Uh, smalltime hood, nothing too crazy. So, what about this guy . Michael galatis. You know, this kid applied for the cops as soon as he was of age . What happened . Was rejected. He failed the character investigation. Why . What did he do . Two juvie arrests. He was acquitted of assault. He was convicted of petty larceny. He stole a sixpack of beer from a bodega. This kid was unlucky. If he had a different investigator, he would have been a cop. Oh. I figure that to be a catch. Look at his emergency contact. Constantine markos. His uncle. Thanks. Oh. And then theres this. What the hell is going on with this case . I dont know. Mike did you u ys find connie . Your mean your uncle connie . Well get to him in a minute. Look, im gonna cooperate, but connies the only family i got. You have to tell me if hes okay. Well, hes definitely well enough to run. He was scared. Those guys were gonna kill him. Danny hold on. What do you mean, those guys . We only know about one guy. This guy. Thats billy. The other guys name was joey. I dont know their last names, but in charge of what, mike . mutters, sighs you could just tell, you know . Come on. You shoot billy. With this gun . Yeah, but it was in selfdefense. Whered you get the gun . Connie kept it behind the counter. I didnt bring it with me. The second i walked in, billy pulled his piece, he told me to sit down and shut up. But joey was smacking connie around, and he shoved the gun in his face. I mean, when i went for that gun, billy was already shooting. Thats selfdefense, isnt it . knocking detective reagan . Yeah. Your familys here. All right. Ill be back. Jackie okaka hey oh, hey, dad. Hi, dad. Hey. laughing what are you doing here . Yeah, well, were on our way to cousin anthonys Birthday Party at the hard rock, so we thought wed stop by. Good. We just got these in. You guys are the first to have em. Whoa. Whoa laughing what do you say . Thank you thank you youre very welcome. Thanks. Come here, you. Lets put that on. Ooh dad . Im about to make you an official police officer. Yes . Is he a dirty cop . Is who a dirty cop . The one youre sweating in the box. Sweating in the box . He did not learn that language from me. Sean, have you been playing those video games again . No. What . I saw him. He did. Uhuhuh, dont you snitch, and you dont fib to your mom. Get over there. Where, at tommys . Yeah. Let me see that. I swear, theres no supervision over there. Yeah. Linda come here. Come here, right here. Dad . Yeah . Is he a dirty cop . No, hes an auxiliary cop, son. Hes involved in a shooting im investigating. But hes a bad guy, right . No, hes not a bad guy. Hes. Hes lost, and, um, hes in a bit of a jam, and im trying to help him find his way out. Mm. Which i have to get back to. Okay, detective . You tell your cousin anthony, happy birthday. Bye, dad. Ill see you later. All right, i will. See you, dad. You know how to read a ballistics report, right . Explain that. door opens this doesnt make any sense. No, but there it is. The gun you used on billy and the gun he used on you came in the same batch of stolen weapons. Is that a coincidence . You bring that gun with you, mike . No. I told you. Come on, you know how this looks to us, mike, dont you . I dont care. Ive known connie my whole life. He got that gun for protection. Thats it. All right, did you know that connies house was tossed . No . What are they looking for, mike . I mean, your uncle still has a vcr, so its not valuables, right . Where else would your uncle hide something . He wouldnt. Come on give us a forinstance. You want us to believe you, then prove us wrong, all right . Tell us where your uncle connie would hide something. Tell us hes got a storage locker. Its just a bunch of stuff for the diner. I could take you there, you wouldnt even need a warrant; connie gave me a key. Good. Take us there. Danny which way . Mike right. Jackie you believe this guys story . Danny well, he only knows what his uncle connie told him, right . Mike did you at least put out a finest message on joey . Whats supposed to say, wanted for questioning, some white guy that mike galatis didnt shoot in his uncles restaurant . This one. This one . Yeah. Mike see . I told you. I dont see anything yet. But lets take a look. pans clattering lets see. Well. What do we have here . You say your uncle got that gun for protection, huh . Im billy, and i quit smoking with chantix. I decided to take chantix to shut everybody else up about me quitting smoking. I was going to give it a try, but i didnt think it was going to really happen. After one week of chantix, i knew i could quit. Along with support, Chantix Varenicline is proven to help people quit smoking. Chantix definitely helped reduce my urge to smoke. 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Youre on a fast track and it aint cause of your old man. If anything, its in spite of me. Only way id have it. sighs you know, i painted a few houses when i walked a beat. Window trim was my specialty. Freehand, no tape. If you had it to do over. Aw, thats not a real place; im not going there. Humor me. Okay, if i had it to do all over again, id still take the test, but id rob a bank on my way to get there. Hows that . As a way of helping us all heal especially me if that resonates, you should know that job is done. Ive made my peace with it as much as i can. Dad, i like the life. And if joes death brought me to it, then so be it. I never thought i was gonna get rich being a cop. Even a harvard graduate could figure that out. Any more chips . Theres another bag in the cupboard. Connie is not a gun runner. Come on, mike. What does that look like to you over there . It doesnt make any sense. Maybe somebodys setting him up. Setting him up . You know, all my years on the job, thats the first time i ever heard a line so stupid coming from behind a badge. Doesnt mean its not true. All right, well, either way, connie has a lot of explaining to do. Whats with the cuffs . Detective montero, firearms investigation, meet auxiliary officer, mike galatis. He killed some creep named Billy Jackson in his uncles diner. Oh, yeah . Well, you did the world a favor. You ever meet his buddy, joey sava . Yeah, thats him thats the other guy. All right, settle down. What do you got on this guy, sava . I have truck hijacking in virginia. He killed the driver and made off with more than just these weapons. Therere 211 still out there. So, uh, your uncle was in business with these guys . No. No, mike seems