07x21 - Gus Corbin

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FEMALE DISPATCHER ON RADIO: One-Adam-. One-Adam-, a in progress.

One-Adam-, handle code .

[SIREN WAILING]

Where's Mac?

He's on a special assignment downtown.

The Lieutenant asked me to fill in for him.

-Who'll be riding with me? -New guy, name's Gus Corbin.

How new?

He's got nine months of his probation time in.

He's transferring over from West Valley.

Fine.

-I need a cup of coffee. -Roll call's in five minutes.

Jerry, pass this out, will you?

We've got a pretty good make on the guys

who have been holding up those Photo Quick stores.

Suspect one is a male n*gro, to , black and brown.

'", .

The PR didn't get a good look at the driver.

Vehicle is described as a ' red Chevy two-door,

primer spots on the left rear fender.

California, partial, Ida, Zebra, Ocean.

w*apon used was a . caliber a*t*matic.

Any stakeouts working, Pete?

There are eight Photo Quick stores in the team area.

We haven't got enough guys to stake them all out.

Excuse me.

I was told to report to Sergeant MacDonald.

I'm Gus Corbin.

I'm subbing for MacDonald, Corbin.

Roll call started minutes ago. Where were you?

I was on my way on the freeway, sir,

and a truck jack-knifed in front of me.

I stopped to help out the CHP officers set out some flares.

Okay. Your partner will fill you in.

All right, that's it. Hit the streets.

Just a second.

This is Jim Reed. Corbin, you'll be riding with him today.

-Hi, how are you? -Nice to meet you.

Listen, why don't you check a shotgun out of the kit room

and I'll catch up with you in a few minutes.

Yes, sir.

-He looks young. -Mmm.

Look, just don't get hung up playing desk jockey.

Why? You going to miss me?

You wanna clear us?

Yes, sir.

And forget the "sirs," okay?

The name's Jim.

Okay. I'm Gus.

-X-ray...

[SIGHS] Sorry. Habit. My old unit number.

-One-Adam-. -Thanks.

Correction. One-Adam-. Day watch, clear.

FEMALE DISPATCHER: One-Adam-, clear.

Do you think Malloy bought my excuse?

Why wouldn't he?

He didn't look convinced.

Don't worry about it.

I guess I shouldn't have stopped to help.

It kind of gets me off on the wrong foot, being late and all.

Malloy looks like he could be some kind of hard nose.

Don't sweat it.

Might as well give you the grand tour now.

There might not be time for it later.

I'm pretty familiar with the area.

When I knew my transfer was coming through, I got hold of a divisional map

and drove around on my time off.

That helps.

Sundays were usually pretty quiet in West Valley.

It's a different ball game here.

I guess you've seen it all.

[LAUGHS] For the first couple of years, I thought I had,

but something new is always coming up.

After a while you get used to the idea of never taking anything for granted.

Yeah.

They pounded that into us pretty good in the Corps.

Huh?

Yeah, I was a Marine.

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[HORN HONKING]

You trying to get yourself k*lled, lady?

Well, the man stole my mom's purse and we're trying to catch him.

When did it happen?

About minutes ago.

Can we have your name, please?

I'm Jan Cartwright.

This is my daughter, Dora.

REED: Can you tell us exactly what happened?

We were shopping on Fenwick Drive

when this young man grabbed my purse and ran away with it.

Can you describe the person and the contents?

Of course, a beige shoulder strap bag.

It had my driver's license, credit cards and some money in the wallet.

How much?

I'm not sure.

$, maybe a little more.

I know there were four s.

What did the man look like? What was he wearing?

Hmm.

I was so upset, I don't remember.

A suede leather jacket and blue jeans.

There was fringe on the jacket sleeves.

Physical description?

He was real young. About your age.

, maybe .

He has real long hair.

[SCOFFS] Get it on the air, Gus.

Listen, if we find him,

investigators will want you to come down and make an identification.

I'd like to be there when you catch him.

If there was any justice, he'd have his hands cut off.

Mom, this isn't the Middle Ages.

You just get back in the car, young lady!

I can take care of this without your interruptions.

Okay, I'm going.

I'll fill out a report.

We'll do the best we can.

That one was a real tiger.

She wants to go back to an eye-for-an-eye.

-Maybe she's got a point. -What's bugging you?

[MIMICKING DORA] "About your age, or ."

What's wrong with being young?

Most people don't look past the uniform and the badge.

Maybe I ought to grow a mustache.

When I was , I didn't look a day over either.

But I'm !

Check out the trash barrel, Gus.

No money, just some cosmetics.

It's worth a try.

What?

Where's one of the last places you'd expect to find a thief?

One-Adam-, Code , at , Pico.

FEMALE DISPATCHER: One-Adam-, roger.

Looks like we struck out.

I don't know.

Let's take a look.

Could you give me a minute, fellows?

I'm waiting for the priest.

Come on out of there, right now.

Put your hands on top of your head.

Take it easy, will you?

Hey, man! What are you trying to prove?

These cuffs are too tight.

You should have thought of that before you stole the lady's purse, ace.

[HANDCUFFS CLICKING]

What are you doing?

I'll talk to you about it later.

The cuffs were on too tight!

He had it coming.

What are you trying to prove?

What have I got to prove?

It'd be easier if you grew a mustache.

Let's check the service alley,

that pharmacy has been hit twice in the past two months.

Always on a Sunday.

The crawl hole has been broken open.

Call for back-up and supervisor.

Supervisor's rolling. I ran the plate.

It's a Hollenbeck stolen.

They may still be inside.

Check the front, wait for the backup.

There's a hole in the roof and in the ceiling.

Reed thinks the suspects are probably inside.

-Reed covering the roof? -Yeah.

Have your partner go around and secure the other end of the building.

Suspects could be inside.

Call in and get the owner down here to open up.

-This is getting to be a habit, Malloy. -Mr. Bryden.

I put a deadbolt lock on the back door, just like you said.

They came in through the roof.

Look, catch him in a hurry, will you?

There's a good ball game on the tube, I'd like to get back to it.

Phillips, tell them around back we're going inside.

MALLOY: This is the police.

The building is surrounded. Come on out of there.

There's no way to escape, climb out of there.

I'm gonna check the rest of the roof. Keep me covered.

There's no place for them to go. They got to be up there.

Look, why don't we launch some tear-gas up there?

That will get them out.

Not now, Corbin. Get the owner of the pawn shop down here.

Maybe it's not dr*gs they're after.

[g*nf*re]

Phillips, cover the hole!

All right, come out with your hands on the top of your head.

At least one wasn't in the hole.

Back him up.

Throw your g*n down and come out with your hands on your head.

On your stomach.

Hands out to your sides.

What's going on?

If the silent alarm goes off,

the security company is supposed to call me.

Is the wall between here and the pharmacy wired?

No.

Score one for Malloy.

What do you think is happening?

I wish I knew.

The roof's clear.

Did you check the pawn shop?

The owner's on the way.

Stay on the hole.

-What's happened up there? -Somebody took a sh*t at Reed.

We got him.

You were right.

Maybe there was only one.

You could get k*lled making assumptions like that.

Stay right here until I get some backup.

One-L- requesting SWAT team

for a possible barricaded suspect at , Brevit, the pawn shop.

FEMALE DISPATCHER: One-L-, roger.

MALLOY: Get down from there.

-Freeze! -Freeze!

All right, up on your feet.

Turn around.

Turn around, turn around.

One-L-, cancel SWAT. Suspects in custody.

This location Code .

FEMALE DISPATCHER: One-L-, roger.

How much do you figure it takes to put a man through the Police Academy, Jim?

Twelve to fifteen thousand dollars.

Did you know that, Corbin?

No, sir.

You get yourself k*lled and the Department's out a few bucks.

That'd be quite a waste, wouldn't it?

Yes, sir.

It's just that I thought it wouldn't do any harm to look around.

I didn't tell you to go exploring.

If I hadn't climbed the ladder, we wouldn't have found him.

Yes, we would when SWAT got here.

I'm sorry, sir.

[SIGHS]

Look, Pete,

I know what his problem is, he's just a little eager.

There's a difference between being eager and being stupid.

-I'll point that out to him. -So will I.

Give me about five minutes.

Malloy's pretty hard-nosed, isn't he?

Sometimes.

The heck of it is, he's right.

Maybe I will grow a mustache.

Red ' Chevy with primer spots.

[SIREN WAILING]

One-Adam- is in pursuit.

FEMALE DISPATCHER: All units on all frequencies, stand by.

One-Adam- is in pursuit.

Possible suspects in a red ' Chevy.

California license plates, , Ida, Zebra, Ocean.

Suspects are traveling south-bound on Riverside front of Victory.

Suspect now westbound on Vineland. Approaching Figueroa.

Suspect vehicle TA'd on the block of Argyll Avenue.

We are in foot pursuit.

Gus! Wait!

Watch your head.

Move out and cover the other side of the yard.

-Why didn't you stop him? -I guess he didn't hear me.

Wonder where his head is.

Let's go.

Freeze!

Drop the g*n, ace.

Now!

Up, easy.

Hands on your head.

Okay, slowly, slowly.

You'll really die out here. Let's go, let's go.

Let's go. On your face, on your face.

Hands and legs spread, now!

Left arm.

This time, you talk to him and then bring him back to the station.

Lose that again and you could have some real trouble.

Yeah.

Listen, Jim. Hold him for a second while I go get his g*n.

I guess I should have been more careful.

All the time.

It's just not one of my better days.

-That's putting it mildly. -I know, I know.

I was gambling with the Academy's money again.

But I figured he wouldn't know I'd dropped my g*n.

Gus, you got a lot of confidence.

But you've got a lot to learn.

Yeah.

But I got a great teacher.