Item seven at todays Award Ceremony downtown, officer jack metcalf, who was killed in the line of duty, will receive this citys medal of valor posthumously. His widow will be accepting. Item eight the sutton street slasher struck again. Two more prostitutes last night one dead, one critical at mercy. The current thinking is that this is a new pimp who is trying to colonize the trade above 92nd street. So officer russo will be working undercover. Youll be doing backup. Item last were looking for the killer of carl mann, the late, unlamented leader of the blood, the gang that was responsible for the massacre of the innocent burnett family. He was shot last night in front of the gang headquarters. Wanted for questioning Alfred Williams. Was a gang member turned Police Informant whos known to some of you. Black, 18, average height on the way out. And, people, williams is probably armed, so, uh. Take care. Dismissed. I always liked parker. Hope they dont hang this on him. Whats new . They use you up, they throw you away. Whats bugging you . You think you could break down one time and buy your own breakfast . Tina . Russo . So we gonna catch a movie tonight . Patrick, im just not feeling very social right now. Let me figure this. Sleeping together is okay, heavy, like eating popcorn together in the balcony. Can we talk about this later . Hey, man, check this out size50 slacks. Thats hip. If youre a hippopotamus. You ripped off these pants. Aint my problem they dont fit. Aw, man, cut me some slack, jack. First name. Euripides. Last name. Pants. Euripides pants . [you ripa these pants . ] [ growls ] come with me okay, okay. I was this close, neal this close. If her brother hadnt shown up from minneapolis. [ yelling ] pinch me, neal. Pinch me hard. Uh, over here oh, detective help us one more lousy joke, im gonna ripa your head off. Tell j. D. What happened. [ squeals ] dispatch. We have a 911 Armed Robbery in progress, surplus store, corner of peebles drive and 124th street. Man so you and your partner answered the call. Dispatch says the suspects wearing a blue ski jacket, white hightops, armed with a revolver. About three blocks from the scene, his guy, gonzalez, walking fast, like hes in a hurry. Dark ski jacket, white shoes. Hightops . They were white. Thats all i saw. Go on. We pull over, we draw our guns. Stay behind the car doors you know, standard. I yell, police freeze. In english . The first time. The guy backs against the wall and starts rapping in spanish. So i yell, alto. Manos arriba. But now hes turning away, reaching inside his jacket. Be he was walking fast because it was two below . He fit the description. Speak spanish, officer parker . I completed the Academy Street spanish course. And i can use the commands on the departments translation card. You dont understand the language . Mi casa, su casa couple other things. Youve had no followup instruction . We havent had spanish classes since ray calletano left. Want to know what gonzalez said, officer . Got this from a witness across the street. I am legal. I will show you. I have a green card. Ill get his partner at his home. Then weve got some more potential witnesses. Not to push, but this ones rough on the community. Cant imagine why. Mi casa, su casa is real impressive. My impressions been that parkers a bplus cop. Call you when i have something, captain. This all happened so fast. There was this humongous explosion lucky for us it happened a couple blocks from the station, and that i happened to be here. My own private number. Okay. Um, debbie st. Pierre. Bienvenidas, debbie. Hows that cut . Woman detective . Detective . You said that patrolmen are searching the area. Cant we go . Weve got a regional tournament to get to. Maam, you caught a round of ammunition through the rear window of your van. An incident of this nature requires we ask a few questions. No one saw anything. The mind can play tricks in extreme situations. I need each individual account in detail. Washington yo, j. D. Go into interrogation, honey. Ill be right there. This is the driver. He didnt see anything, either. Im shot at. I park in front of your station. I get a ticket. Its what i deserve for taking a shortcut through the hill. Hey, looky here, babe. We cant keep these people here. Neal, theres a sniper out there, maybe with a dangerous thing for young girls. L get you 20, sport. A clown beneath your window. A mechanical clown. Its a burger stand clown burger. And hes singing this damn clown burger song all day. What would you have us do, sir . Arrest a mechanical clown . If the owner has a permit im a musician. I work at night. I need my sleep. Why dont you use cotton in your ears . Lieutenant buntz . Straight back, just keep walking. Kate, how you doing . Back in the bag, back on the beat. Frank, want to catch me up on the gonzalez shooting before the reporters arrive . Ill handle the press. Any particular reason . Ive been on the case for an hour. Its just simpler. And something else, frank. Alfred williams i want to be there when hes found. No objections. Yes, i understand, but you have got to swear out thats right. Have a nice day. You brighten up my day, you know . Got a lot of police work. Its good to see you. Buntz. No, hes not here. All right, ill tell him you called. And they got you back on patrol. Thats good. So, uh, what brings you back down here today . Oh, visiting. Uhhuh. I just wonder you got time to catch a burger . You got a half hour . No . Too bad. What i wanted to know was, if, uh. You had this afternoon, say, around 3 00 a professional problem . No, ii just have this thing that i have to do im all jammed up. This afternoon i got this thing i got to go to. All right. Its nothing serious, huh . No not at all. Youll catch me later, huh . Listen, i would, babe. Except [ sighs ]. You know what i got to do this afternoon . I have got to go downtown to the awards and promotion ceremonies to see you get your freakin medal hey, do you know what this broad did, huh . Ravery, first class . hey, whats the matter . Dont you people read the circulars, huh . Are you aware of the phrase in the highest tradition of the department . That is what i am gonna do. Im going to watch you get your medal this afternoon. And what are you gonna do, huh . Hey, my pal, ladies and gentlemen kate mcbride, a hell of a cop. Hey, learn something. [ laughs ] all right [ all cheering ] [ tires screech ] watch it creeps the worlds full of em. Doofuses and creeps take your pick. Okay, okay. If you dont want to talk daryl ann. Ever since she started selling cookies at mineldis market, shes been a changed woman. All she can think about is her business. Wait a minute. Arent you the guy who encouraged her to try to market her own cookies, and now shes out making money on her own. Wrong, wrong, wrong, dr. Freud shes not on her own. Theres a man involved. A guy named ellis big, slick financial type. He wants to help finance her cookie business. And we get to the bad parts. Only reason that i have been going to night school, taking courses in business, is so that i could be the Financial Advisor behind her rise to success. Then why dont you let this ellis guy, who wants to help you, make him a partner . Partners . Daryl ann and i are supposed to be partners. Dispatcher attention, all units. 131 and decker assault with club in progress. Oh, man, go on. . Ill make your day. . This one for hank. [ siren wails ] i told you id call the police hold it police dont you hit that clown again you hear me . I mean it. You try living with that noise underneath your window oh, ronnie, what that crazy man do to you . This will cost you money to fix you dont know what its like ave a permit to play this music . Yeah want to see it . You damaged this mans property. He could press charges. You go ahead, man. You throw me in the joint. At least i dont have to listen to no singing clown you want to press charges . Nah but i want the clown paid for. Hey, hey, hey you have no choice. Now get on. You turn down this sound. You understand . Have some consideration for your neighbors. S go move margaret, can we get a refill here . Were running a little late, all right . The girls dont start working that street before 10 00. Sarge, we of the Younger Generation are gonna teach you how to relax. Give me a break. You want to see my imitation of bacon frying in a pan . I have learned to ignore him. Ahah youngsters like you should save your pennies. Be right back. [ gasps ] ooh, look. About the movie tonight . I think youre right. You do . Mmhmm. I can understand how you wouldnt want to go public with our great romance. You just cant quit, can you . On the other hand, if i just happened to show up at the van buren theater, say, about 8 00, and you just happened to be there, too completely by coincidence whats wrong with a couple professionals seeing a movie together, huh . Tell me. Whats wrong . Change. Maam . Okay, cindy . [ sarcastically ] ill definitely do that. Youve been investigating for over an hour. Mrs. Hardtack, the laws got to take its course. Detective, maneuvers are over as of now. Im only halfway through my witness list. Mantoman, john. Say goodbye to vestal virgins. Regulations do not permit the exploiting of an investigation for personal gain. Captains orders. You believe this miscarriage of justice, neal . Can i speak to you a minute in private, detective . Excuse us, detective washington. Yeah, what is it . My friends told me about you, and, well, im a lot more mature than they are. And, well, i dont usually do this. Youre interested . Its my private number. Promise me youll call . Yeah, i promise. I cant comment on that until our investigations completed. Fine. Hello, ray. The gonzalez incident . You heard. Thats why im here. Field representative . Latinamerican coalition . Going on two months now. Ive been meaning to call, catch up. How can i help . Id like to have my files regarding spanish education in the department. Whats this about . There have been too many incidents of the kind involving gonzalez. The coalition is filing a suit against the department. Our position is that this mornings shooting for a spanishspeaking police. Facts arent clear. Gonzalez parker spoke spanish the shooting would not have happened. You know its not possible for every officer to speak spanish. Not every officer just those covering hispanic areas. We used to talk about this, frank. You helped me write those letters to chief daniels. You know whats in the files funding situation hasnt changed. I get money for one optional program, and we use it for neighborhood outreach. I no longer wear a badge. I cant give you those files without permission. Then well get them by subpoena. And well show all the letters from daniels, making promises that were never kept. Is that what this is about getting back at the chief . Is that what you think . I dont know. Maybe it is. But the law is behind me this time. I dont have to be afraid of him. For years i tried to change things and got nowhere. Now something will finally be done. [ door slams ] hey, ray, que pasa, amigo . Uh, lieutenant, you have a notify officer on Alfred Williams . Yes. I just heard hes at his sisters. Heres the address. Ill need backup two men. [ siren wails in distance ] nothing happening. Catch a movie and taking a nice, hot bath. Sounds nice. Yeah, except shes undercover not public speaking. Aah, slow. You pulling any dates . Nah, its chill. Where you from, honey . Detroit. Long bus ride. We be wifeinlaws, you know . Same stable, i mean. Ponchartrain. I dont know ponchartrain. I work for myself. I like to keep what i earn. Ponchartrain owns the franchise here, honey. She say she wants to work for herself. No such thing on this street. You choose. Or you lose. Im getting the picture. Ponchartrain buy you a rabbit coat, honey. You pretty. And white. But you fling him attitude, just a little friendly advice, mamasita. Hey i can make you happy so last night around 9 30 im trying get some sleep. Phone rings. Its him ellis. He wants to talk to daryl ann right then and there. What did he want . She said he wanted to talk about some investors, but i hear the two of them talking hushhush. Probably because she knew you were sitting there ready to blow your stack. Just the idea of the two of them together drives me nuts. Renko, listen to me. Youre making too much out of this. Daryl ann loves you. You go to her this afternoon, and you talk it out. And then you go to your nightschool class and start getting your mind on a positive track before you jump it altogether. Hey, mick. Lee . Can i talk to you . [ sighs ] all right, just for a second, cause i got to be somewhere. You look terrible. Ive been off the program. Oh, lee but i just got back on. I got something for you. I cant. Im due in court. Stolen credit cards its righteous information, mick. I helped you out before. This chicks dealing them. Try me in a couple of days. Mick, i need a break. Okay. When i get the chance, and if it checks out, ill get you some money. You know where i hang, right . There . Its good, mick. [ door closes ] [ baby cries ] police open up miss williams, police. Were coming in. What you want with us . were looking for your brother alfred. Hell with alfred. He aint here. Ling ] alfred waaaahhh ill do him, goldblume we have a man out there. Theres no chance. You. Damn you did this to me, goldblume carl mann knew i wore a wire for you. I had to waste him he put the word out on me. I was dead it was selfdefense. We can make something out of that, alfred. Alfred, listen to me. Listen to you . Again . [ scoffs ] ill testify. I promise. But if you hurt the boy. Woman alfred, dont hurt my baby its your own nephew. Youre not gonna hurt your own nephew. Shut up [ laughs ] you trying to play me again, goldblume. Were going out front woman [ crying ] no no you all . Back away alfred. Now you stop there, goldblume. Ill do what i got to do. It isnt over, alfred. I can help. Let me help man, all you do is help. Youre gonna help me get out of the blood. Help me do my art. Now alfreds gonna help himself. You hear . you hear . man whats going on here . Chief. Time to circle the wagons, frank. Our old friend raymondos getting up a war party to attack the department. Thats a little extreme. His case against us is pretty strong. Press conferences . Exclusive interviews . Certainly didnt show that much initiative when he was in uniform. Strictly siesta time then. But get a touch of the limelight. Some days, frank, i am appalled at the moral sinkhole we all work in. What can i do . I want this suit stopped. Its an embarrassment. If youre asking me to use my friendship with ray spare the sermon, will you, frank . Just set up a meeting. Why do you need me . Okay. Oh i brought a copy of all the files that hes after. Interesting reading. I guarantee you, frank, if this suit proceeds, it wont be my posterior alone thats flapping in the breeze. Oh, hello, joyce. Chief. I hate it when that man smiles. Good instincts. Problem . Daniels covered himself down to the precinct captains. Meaning you. Know any good lawyers . Frank, does ray realize how this can hurt you . He couldnt have known about the memo. Then tell him. If ray thinks its his duty to file suit, im not gonna stop him. Youre feeling guilty that you didnt save his precinct for him. So now youre letting him do this to you. At least let him know. If hes Strong Enough to decide on his own, hes Strong Enough to face all the consequences. Counselor, enough. You wanted a lawyers advice. You got a wifes. Daryl, i am sorry to have you come all the way down here, but i had something to talk to you about, and it just cannot wait. Thats okay. I have something to tell you. And the last thing i want to do is keep you away from your work. I can hardly believe that, the way youve been carrying on. Daryl, ive been terrible, and i know it. I mean, here you are, trying to make a place in this world for yourself. And for us. And all i can do is rant and rave about this guy ellis, and you should find somebody with the experience to help you. And i know that now. Oh, you pretty thing. How could i distrust you . Oh. [ laughs ] okay, thats all i want to say. [ laughing ] oh im so glad im so happy you understand. Oh, i do. cause it makes it easier for me to tell you. Tell me what . Mr. Ellis wants me to go on a business trip with him. [ laughs ] what did you say . Yeah overnight. Hes got these friends with department stores, and he thinks we can persuade them to sell our cookies. Where you gonna stay some motel . Some motel with a vibrating bed or Something Like that . You know youre my one and only. I know i was. Now its ellis and overnight business trips. And to hell with me. Andy, no, ill tell him i wont go. No, you tell him anything you want. Hear me . Im tired of this. You do whatever you want to do. [ sighs ] youre pathetic. Oh, yeah . You know what you are. All one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Man chief daniels offers his apologies. He had to be called away on Urgent Police business. And i received a telephone call this morning if i would stand in for him and present these awards. And naturally i said yes, it would be a great honor. So the world came around. Theyre giving you the medal, huh . I dont want to say the system works, cause it dont work, im real proud of you. Thanks, norm. Your dad would have been real proud. What did you do, adopt me . Yeah. Aint you been paying attention . [ chuckles ] Jack Metcalfs widow two kids to raise. What a life. Isnt it . [ sighs ] whatever the thing is, kid. On the second of last month, responding to a call, officer needs assistance. Officer jack metcalf, of the Jefferson Heights precinct, a veteran of 15 years with that precinct, came upon his fellow officer shot, unarmed and in mortal peril. Officer metcalf came to his aid, stepped in and drew the fire of three armed assailants, and he himself. Perished in that fight. He leaves behind him a loving wife, claire, what can begin to compensate them for their loss . Where can relief for their sorrow come from . Nowhere in the world. And we mourn with them. In the highest tradition of the department, officer jack metcalf is awarded the. Medal of valor. This is for you, mrs. Metcalf. We all take courage from your husbands example. You all right . That daryl ann is heading for the bright lights with ellis. Renko, you sure . She is flying upstate overnight to a motel with this rich jerk. Do i have to take pictures . Not daryl ann dispatcher noise complaint at 322 decker. Identify and respond. 2202 in response. This clown killer strikes again, right . [ playing upbeat jazz ] they ruining my business nobodys listening to the clown theres no accounting for public tastes. Stop it whats the matter, johnson . Mr. Crumley, you cant play music on the street without a city permit. I got a right to practice. Not if it messes up my business. Calm down and talk about it, all right . Soon as you guys left, he turned that clown up to max. These are ears very sensitive audio equipment. I listen to train, bird, lest