:17:01
... new LAPD we're trying to create.
:17:03
welcome to Los Angeles,
the city of the future.
:17:06
- May I make a suggestion, sir ?
- By all means.
:17:09
The public will expect the Department
to sweep this under the carpet.
:17:14
Don't.
:17:16
Shift the guilt to men
whose pensions are secured.
:17:19
Force them to retire.
:17:22
But somebody has to swing.
:17:24
So indict, try and convict...
:17:27
... Richard Stensland and Bud white.
:17:29
Secure them jail time.
:17:31
The message will be clear.
:17:33
This Department...
:17:34
... will not tolerate officers
who think they're above the law.
:17:39
Dick Stensland is an embarrassment
as a policeman.
:17:42
He's had rotten fitness reports
from every C.O. he's served under.
:17:46
But Bud white is a valuable officer.
:17:48
white's a mindless thug.
:17:50
No, Edmund...
:17:52
... but he can answer ""yes"" to those
questions I've asked you before.
:17:56
The Department and the public
need role models.
:17:59
Clean-cut, forthright men
the public can admire.
:18:04
Sergeant...
:18:05
... I'll promote you...
:18:07
... to lieutenant...
:18:08
... effective immediately.
:18:10
Detective Lieutenant.
:18:13
Ed, you're 30.
:18:15
Your father didn't make lieutenant
till he was 33.
:18:19
I know that, sir. when he made
lieutenant, it was as a detective.
:18:23
Before we start polishing our laurels...
:18:25
... it'd look better if we had
a corroborative witness.
:18:28
That won't be easy to come by.
The men hate a stool pigeon.
:18:32
Jack Vincennes.
:18:34
He hit one of the Mexicans.
:18:37
A veteran like Vincennes might be
willing to admit his own culpability...
:18:41
... but he'd never rat out
a fellow officer.
:18:43
Jack's the technical advisor
on Badge of Honor.
:18:47
He lives for it.
:18:48
That's how to get to him.
:18:53
I'd like you to observe, Ed.
:18:59
Call Sergeant Vincennes.