:06:02
There's no telling where this will go.
Radio, television.
:06:05
Once you whet the public's appetite
for the truth, the sky's the limit.
:06:13
Sergeant Ed Exley,
son of the legendary Preston Exley.
:06:16
Must be a hard act to follow.
:06:19
why not make a mark somewhere else ?
why become a cop, Ed ?
:06:23
I like to help people.
:06:25
we heard 2 officers
were assaulted this evening.
:06:28
- what do you think about that ?
- Goes with the job.
:06:30
I took the report.
Luckily, they're okay.
:06:32
Aren't you young
to be watch commander ?
:06:34
It's only tonight.
:06:36
The married men have Christmas Eve off.
:06:38
That's a good lead for the story.
:06:40
Merry Christmas, Captain.
:06:42
- Captain Smith.
- Drop the formalities, Bobby.
:06:45
- It's Christmas Eve, call me Dudley.
- I came up with a title for the story.
:06:49
I'm calling it
""Silent Night with the LAPD.""
:06:52
That's grand.
:06:54
Now remember, Bobby, that's ""Smith.""
:06:56
with an ""S.""
:07:00
Thank you, gentlemen.
Merry Christmas.
:07:02
Hold on there, lads.
:07:06
Merry Christmas.
:07:10
I saw the test results
on the lieutenant's exam.
:07:13
First out of 23.
:07:15
what'll it be, then ?
:07:16
Patrol Division ?
Internal Affairs ? what ?
:07:19
I was thinking
Detective Bureau.
:07:25
Edmund...
:07:26
... you're a political animal.
:07:28
You have the eye for human weakness,
but not the stomach.
:07:33
You're wrong, sir.
:07:34
would you be willing to plant evidence
on a suspect you knew to be guilty...
:07:38
... in order to insure an indictment ?
:07:40
- we've been over this.
- Yes or no ?
:07:42
No.
:07:43
would you beat a confession
out of a suspect you knew to be guilty ?
:07:48
would you shoot
a hardened criminal in the back...
:07:50
... in order to offset the chance
that some lawyer...
:07:54
Then for the love of God...
:07:56
... don't be a detective.
:07:58
work where you don't have
to make those kind of choices.