Hey! Watch it.
Be careful.
Hey, will you turn
that thing off?
Bad day, huh, Rod?
The worst,
four guys out sick.
I don't want
to add to it.
I need to get checked out
on this thing.
Alright.
Let's see what you got.
Hey!
Hey, the truck!
Hey! Come back here!
Hey!
'Units in the vicinity'
'LAPD reports a 10..
10-8-51 in the harbor van'
'or, correction, harbor
area van.. A loaded or..'
'The stolen is a loaded van.
three ago, were believed dow..'
'or.. Standby one.'
We've got to listen
to her all day?
Rookie dispatcher. That's a
real communication problem.
'Th-the harbor area..'
'The harbor area stolen is
a crafter transit company van.'
'P-possible second
vehicle involved'
'a dark blue
19-1970 Mustang.'
Hey.
LA, 15 Mary 3 and 4.
Northbound Alonzo from Pulmont.
Possible on your last
broadcast. Stand by.
'10-4, Mary 3.'
You sure you're
alright
Yeah, yeah.
I'm alright.
But my mattresses..
Hey, you know what? We're gonna
miss that communications class.
One of us has got to call
Getraer and say why.
I'll call it in, and you
take care of the mattresses.
'LA, 15 Mary 3 and 4.
10-22s in pursuit.'
'Be advised we were
involved in an 11-82'
'at intersection of
Grand and Harrison.'
'The suspect vehicles
are 20,002.'
We have a spilled load
of mattresses.
Request 11-85 for a passenger
vehicle and a three-ton truck.
10-4, Mary 3.
I c-c-copy hit and run.
Would you report..
Would you repeat your 10..
Your location for the 11
Pam, would you give
the new girl a hand, please?
Come on. Go ahead.
Take a break.
'LA, Mary 3.'
'We're at Grand and Harrison
at the intersection.'
- Yeah.
Mary 3, you were 10-1,
but we copy Grand and Harrison.
'11'
That's Pam England. Maybe
they fired Gravel Gertie.
10-4. Mary 3, uh, we'll
follow up the stolen vehicle
if you'll give us
a 10-20 on the RP.
Yeah. Mary-3, your reporting
party is Rod Sullivan
shipping manager,
Tower Warehouse, LA Harbor.
10-4, Mary 3. Would you 10-5
our situation to the S
He's right outside
your building.
'Using the extender unit
in the field'
you transmit
through your vehicle radio
even though you're
well away from it.
What you now hear
on the PA
is heard
inside the building there
by the dispatchers with whom
you're normally in contact.
Now...the rescue unit.
A belt-carried,
remote component
'with a depressed'
'thumb-operated
actuator button in the back .'
A recorder playback unit.
'One on the motorcycle, also one
in the trunk of the cruiser.'
And the interface box,
which is affixed to your dash.
When the green button is on,
the system is disconnected
'and you transmit
just like always.'
'Now Officer Clark
makes a routine stop.'
'Now the system
will not transmit'
but it does record
in this box.
She uses her regular microphone.
15-7 Charles
in the communication
center parking lot.
She moves
to the suspect vehicle.
'The subject produces a w*apon
and threatens her.'
'She thumbs her rescue button
so comm-center hears.'
'15-7 Charles in the
communication center'
'parking lot.'
Sergeant, Officers Poncherello
and Baker just called in. They--
Yeah, I know, and they just
happened onto a multiple DC
a grand theft auto
a kidnapping caper,
and a hijacking.
Oh, they didn't mention
the kidnap.
Ah, well, I'm sorry.
How'd you know
about the rest?
They have such
corny excuses.
This time,
Officer Clark does not have
her thumb on
that actuator button, but..
'...when the belt unit
goes horizontal'
there's a brief delay
to avoid mistakes
then it automatically activates.
'15-7 Charles in the
communications center'
'parking lot.'
Thank you, Officer Clark.
Any questions?
Ah, yes, sir.
As a motor officer I'm concerned
about the distribution
of additional weights
as a factor affecting
the centrifugal forces
which bear on
the inherent instability
of the single-track
vehicle.
See me after class.
Whoa-a!
- Wow!
- Beautiful.
- Look at it!
- Hey.
What's this?
That is 10 grand
of stereo, man.
No, this stuff.
Open it up.
Oh! It stinks!
Well, it's no use to us.
I can use your phone
a second, buddy.
Be back in a minute.
Sir. Wait a minute.
Sir, I'm doing three jobs here.
I.. I didn't let it be stolen.
My dispatcher's sick!
All of them..
Hello!
- Dad. Dad, I won a tryout.
- 'Hello! Hello!'
Tower Warehouse.
Rod Sullivan.
Rod, it's Sandy.
I'm at my first stop here.
My manifest says
I should have
four of those
cases of chemicals.
I only got two.
- 'Yup.'
Okay. Call at your next stop.
I'll check.
Dad!
What are you
doing here, son?
I won a try-out with The Aztecs.
I need some soccer shoes.
Jerry! Frank!
Dad.
Watch those
intersections!
I don't know what kind
of a chemical it is.
That's what I'm trying
to find out.
Well, they're, uh..
...th-they're gonna call back
about the chemicals, okay?
Look, that's the last mistake
you'll ever make around here.
You're fired.
Are you crazy?
It wasn't my fault.
You put the boxes
in the wrong van, my friend.
Go pick up your time.
Wait till the union
hears about this.
They're gonna
fry you.
All units stand by
for an update on
that APB crafter van
believed to be carrying
a chemical
's-substance
of unknown kind.'
'Advise extreme caution.'
'Uh, the van is also
carrying-carry..'
'carrying
stereo components.'
LA, 15 Mary 3. Code 33.
Stand by all units
on a code 33.
Go ahead, Mary 3.
'Uh, LA, this is 15 Mary 3.'
We have a chemical expl*si*n
in a crafter van on Colgate
between Waterman and Bishop.
Initiate a code 20
and air-traffic control.
Code 33 advisory
northbound on Colgate
between Bishop
and waterman.
Officer in the field requests
alternate traffic routes.
H-5 is en route for
air-traffic control. ETA 5.
You okay?
Yeah.
Got a blast of fumes.
Never pull a guy
out of a chemical fire
without a gas mask.
'15-3 uh, Mary 3 and 4..'
Hey, sarge, where'd
you find ratchet voice?
I wish I knew.
All I can tell you is her name.
Would you believe
Kathie Lark?
No. Wrong bird.
Crow I'd believe, but not Lark.
'Mary 3, LA
Go ahead.'
'Mary 3 and 4'
your RP on the grafter..
Crafter van GTA has some
additional information
If, uh, if you could 10-20..
10-21 him at his home.
Rod Sullivan.
Call him at home?
Okay, but, uh, look,
I want your reports
on this to be super accurate,
super careful, huh?
It's gonna be
a legal circus.
Hey, Turner.
- Okay.
And release these other
units as soon as possible.
Right, sarge.
Well, thank you
very much, Mr. Tate.
Thank you very much.
The job's taken,
thank you very much.
Honey, don't give up.
The right one will come along.
I got it.
Hi, Chad.
Your father called me?
'Who is it?'
It's a cop, mom.
I can handle it.
Oh, I'm sorry. I tried to call,
but the line was busy.
I was only
five minutes away.
I'm Mrs. Sullivan,
officer.
Hi. Officer Baker.
Ah, just a minute.
Well, I got the information
you want
about the chemicals.
The, uh, man identified
it for you.
Yeah.
'Thank you very much.'
May I use
your phone, please?
My phone?
You got me fired.
And now you
wanna use my phone.
Chad, show him
the phone.
Excuse me.
'This is Officer
Jon Baker, 15 Mary 3.'
'I have follow-up
information'
'on the crafter van APB .'
The chemicals, uh, they're
safe in the containers.
There's a possible
incendiary
if concentration
contacts aluminum.
And the cargo floors
in the crafter vans
are made out
of aluminum, alright?
Yeah, that's it.
Okay?
Chad, uh, what'd your father
mean, I got him fired?
They think he helped
those guys steal the van.
- Ah..
- Phew!
All we have to do is pass
the word to our buyers.
The merchandise is here,
folks, at bargain prices.
Okay, alright.
It's okay.
What are you
doing here, Jerry?
I told you never
to come here.
Hey, I just want to tell
you guys I lost my job.
I loaded some chemicals
in the wrong van, this van.
What'd you say
to them, Jerry?
Are you sure
they don't know?
Hey, easy now.
I got fired
because of the chemicals.
Well, they don't know I
was in on stealing the van.
I'm innocent.
So I go out and get another job,
set up another hit, and so on.
Now, you're sure
the cops ain't wise?
Well...there is
some bad news.
Oh!
Well, they think
the chemicals are dangerous.
They put out an APB.
They're gonna stop
every crafter van
'every walk-in that
looks like a crafter'
and every blue
1970 Mustang, too.
And you can laugh?
Sure.
We leave these crates
locked up in here.
And we use my car.
My car is innocent,
too, like me.
Well, that's
the good news.
Alright.
Alright.
Okay.
Uh...get these
things in the van.
They stink.
Bye-bye.
- Hi, Pam.
Janet's going to
send somebody down
to help me dig out
some voice tapes.
Ooh. Jon said that stolen van
is a rolling time b*mb.
You get the message he's gonna
meet you here?
Well, something
came over the air
but with that new girl at
the mike, it's hard to tell.
You know, she sounds like
a crow in agony.
Oh, Ponch, Kathie's my friend.
She'll be okay.
She's learning.
It's her first week.
Be a little tolerant.
Give her a break, huh?
Officer Poncherello?
You're the one
who's interested
in checking
some voice tapes?
Yeah, right. Uh..
...the freeway expl*si*n?
It'll involve the state in, you
know, claims, counter-claims.
I wanna know
what I said and did
so my report can be
super-accurate.
Oh, we recorded every word.
I can take you to the file room.
I'm new here, but I'm sure
I can find your tapes.
You're new here?
I'm Kathie Lark.
I guess you've heard me
on the air.
Oh, yeah,
we were just--
Yeah, Ponch thinks
you sound like--
Different.
I mean, in person.
Listen, if Jon comes
before I see him
tell him I'll see him
tonight, huh?
Alright.
Well, I guess we all sound
different on the air.
I don't recognize
your voice at all.
Oh, I'm 15 Mary 4.
Mary 4...of course.
You know, sometimes
when you call in on the air
you're really hard
to understand.
15 Mary 5.
I'm stopping a crafter van
about one mile west on
Sepulveda, the Arlington on.
Hi, sir.
What are you carrying?
Uh, that's about it.
I'm empty.
Thank you very much
for your cooperation.
I'm sorry
for the inconvenience.
Here, dog!
Hey, boy.
Here, boy.
Hi.
I'm Marty Grossman.
I love dogs.
'15 Mary 5.
I'm stopping a crafter van'
'about one mile west
on Sepulveda, the Arlington on.'
'15 Mary 5.'
'I'm stopping a crafter van
about one mile west on--'
Attention all units,
11-99. Officer needs help.
'Westbound Sepulveda.
One mile west..'
One m-mile west of..
...o-one mile west
of, um, uh..
...on r-r-ramp.
Bye, boy!
All units, S-4,
I see his motor.
Well, if you ever fall down
with that rescue unit
remember there's a
delay built in
to give you time to get out.
I can't get over the
expression on Getraer's face
when he realized that
Grossie's emergency was a dog.
I can't get over
how awful Kathie sounded
when she put out
that call.
I wonder if
anything's wrong.
Hey, wait a minute.
It's Kathie now?
You've met her?
Yeah, when she got out
those voice tapes for us.
She always sounded awful.
Hey, she's learning, man.
Be a little tolerant.
Give her a break.
Hmm.
That foxy, huh?
I'm sorry, Pam.
It's just..
Well, an officer
down like that..
I flashed back on Ted.
I just couldn't
help remembering.
Look, the shift's
almost over.
I'll square it here
so you can go home
and get some rest, huh?
Wanna be fresh
for tonight.
I can't go out
tonight.
Yes, you can.
I don't want to.
I'll call Ponch
and tell him.
I just can't.
From here it looks like
your therapy worked.
Yeah, she's really
enjoying Ponch.
Kathie, you okay?
I think I better
go home.
Thank you.
Why'd you want to be
a dispatcher?
Kathie, you got yourself
in a pressure cooker.
You're that close
to blowing apart.
What do you mean,
"Be a dispatcher"?
I am a dispatcher!
You think it's
complicated here?
Well, you should see
what it's like back home!
I handled the taxi company,
the tow company
the fire department,
and the police.
And I was good!
Well, people make allowances
back home, but not here.
You talk to me
like violin music
but on the air
you squawk
like a ruptured parrot.
You're awful.
Well..
...I guess,
I already knew that.
Okay, if you can face that,
then face something else.
Whatever it is
that's hurting you
it's gonna hurt just as long
as you want it to.
Two or three times
you've called me Ted.
Now, if you don't want to
unload it to me, okay, but--
His name was Teddy Parker.
He was a police officer..
...and we were high school
sweethearts.
I dispatched him on the call
that got him k*lled.
The last thing he said..
...was, "Officer needs help."
Hey, maybe
I do need someone.
Not you.
Not another cop.
Ponch!
You know, it's weird
that Kathie sounds
so musical in person
and so terrible on the air.
Trick voice,
I guess, huh?
Hey, Chad!
How you doing?
Okay.
What's he doing out
here this time of night?
Collecting
aluminum cans and junk.
For what, his health?
To supplement
his family's income.
Hasn't found
a job yet.
Check every
crafter van you see
even if you think
you've stopped it before.
And remember, the stolen
may be a chemical b*mb.
Poncherello, Baker,
you finish up on the stolen
and, Baker, you carry the
motorcycle rescue unit today.
That's it.
- Jon.
- Yeah.
I attached you--
You attached the rescue unit
to my motorcycle.
Right, and this--
That's a belt-unit actuator.
Right. On the back--
Recessed thumb button.
Thumb button, right. Um..
Uh, remember
the safety features.
It has a--
Yeah, there's
a built-in delay
in case you become,
you know..
...unexpectedly prone.
How did you know
about that?
Excuse me.
We ran a little
experiment. Ha ha!
Oh, I see.
Got any other questions
you want to ask me?
Uh, well, I'll give that
some thought, alright?
Right.
Well, who's your best bet
for the inside man?
On the warehouse job,
I'd say
Jerry what's his name,
the guy Sullivan fired.
Oh, yeah.
We got his address.
Maybe we can shake him loose
and he'll lead us somewhere.
Hmm, let's do it.
Hey, Ponch, we're still
on Mason approaching 23rd.
10-4, Jon. Let me
pick him up at 26th.
Ponch, he's taking
a right on 23rd.
He's coming toward you.
Ponch, you see him?
No, negative.
Okay, he made a quick turn.
I lost him.
Search toward me, alright?
'10-4, Jon.'
I think I wanna
take this, too.
Cops. Cops.
Look, you take the van.
We'll decoy with the Mustang.
Come on!
LA 15 Mary 3
I'm checking out the garage
at 10-41 Pattison place.
'LA 15 Mary 3'
'I'm checking out the garage'
'at 10-41 Pattison place.'
'LA 15 Mary 3'
'I'm checking out the garage'
'at 10-41 Pattison place.'
'LA 15 Mary 3
I'm checking out the garage..'
All units, Mary 99
11-99 is at Pattison..
...stand by, one.
LA 15 Mary 4,
Kathie, it's Ponch!
Me, Kathie!
Talk to me!
A garage at 10-41
Pattison place.
Ponch, Jon is down.
LA 15 Mary 3,
I'm okay.
10-8 10-41
Pattison Avenue.
APB Mustang, uh,
left eastbound
crafter van westbound
about two ago.
'Units in position.
We have a citizen report.'
A crafter van is
speeding south
on Ingram
toward the harbor two ago.
LA 15 S-4,
requesting roadblocks
at every harbor
area exit.
If that southbound
van is the stolen one
we'll trap it
at the peninsula.
Hey, Jerry!
Hey, looks like
there's a bicycle down.
7 Adam Mary 4,
come back
to the
salvage yard..
The gate's been
smashed open.
Hey, Jerry!
It's okay. Jerry..
He went aboard the ship.
I think the van's here
someplace.
Alright, you stay here.
I'll call it in.
Okay, bring a flashlight.
The van's in there somewhere.
Suspect's aboard the ship.
Let me have
your flashlight.
I want you
to call it in, okay?
You got it.
All units, 7 Adam
the van's 11-24
at the California Shipyard.
Suspect's aboard
an old freighter here.
I'm going aboard
with Mary 3 and 4.
Police! Jerry, give it up!
You alright?
Police!
Jon?
Police!
There he is!
He's coming out!
You okay?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Remind me never to rescue
a guy in a chemical fire.
Without a gas mask,
I told you that.
Yeah, I knew I'd heard
it someplace.
Hey, you guys okay?
Anything I can do?
You can tell your parents
you're a hero now.
We got a lot
to thank you for.
Frank, take this guy
and put him in Baricza's car.
'I'll go call
the fire department.'
Hey, where is Baricza?
The other cop?
He didn't come out of the ship.
Hold this.
LA Baricza again.
I still can't find a way
to open this door
so I'm going to describe you
my location as best I can.
I'm in the after part
of the ship
in the engine room.
'Hey, Baricza!'
It's okay,
LA, they found me. Thanks.
Hey! I'm in here!
Ponch, here!
Thanks for coming.
There's no telling how long
I might have been trapped
if I hadn't had
this extender.
Bari, you're
in a steel box.
The extender wasn't
getting out.
No
Like I always say
in the end
it comes down to us
you, me, the man.
- Come on.
- Come on.
'That's affirmed, Mary 9.'
'7-Adam will 10-98
in approximately 10.'
Hey, now there's a girl
that really sounds great.
She is.
You've already met her?
LA 15 Mary 4 and 3
can you 11-98 us
in the parking lot?
Be there in less than one.
'10-4, Mary 4.'
Hey! Now, don't tell me
that was Kathie we heard.
10-4, Mary 3, with a
little advice from Ponch.
Hey, you sounded great,
really great.
Uh, what advice?
Advice?
Well, Ponch said to pretend
I was having a
very private conversation
with some dashingly
handsome guy.
Oh, I see. Well,
who would that be?
I mean, we don't have anyone
who would qualify.
Hey, partner, she has
a very vivid imagination.
04x11 - 11-99: Officer Needs Help
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Series follows the lives of two motorcycle officers of the California Highway Patrol.
Series follows the lives of two motorcycle officers of the California Highway Patrol.