: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.
:19:01
Bright kid.
:19:03
You may reap the benefit...
:19:05
... but are you ready to be despised
in the Department ?
:19:08
Yes, sir, I am.
:19:11
So be it.
:19:18
Sergeant, we'll get right to it.
:19:21
Nine civilian witnesses have identified
you as hitting Ezekiel Garcia.
:19:25
But we have a witness who will name
names and testify that you hit back...
:19:30
... only after being hit.
:19:32
You will testify against 3 officers...
:19:34
... who have earned their pensions
and plead ignorance about the rest.
:19:39
No thanks.
I'm not a snitch.
:19:41
I'll guarantee you a slap on the wrist,
a brief suspension...
:19:45
... followed by a temporary transfer
from Narcotics to Vice.
:19:48
You transfer out of Vice,
you'll be back on the show.
:19:56
The show ?
:19:57
Badge of Honor, Vincennes.