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Arrest Orders and Tensions Rise
Bennie
I've got arrest warrants for Gavilan and Calden right here. Hey, separate them! I don't want them talking to anybody! Nobody talks to them until they get downtown! Christ! Shit!
Leon
Shut up and turn around, Bennie!
Bennie
What?
[turns around]
Leon
Cuff his ass and take him downtown.
Bennie
What are you talking about?
Bennie
Get your hands off me, you son of a bitch! You're making a big mistake, pal. You can kiss your career goodbye!
[argrly]
Leon
Good.
Bennie
Call my lawyer!
[to Detective Zino]
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Internal Affairs Discusses Gavilan's Actions
I.A. Detective Zino
Here's what we got on Gavilan so far: First of all, he's still seeing Cleo Ricard. In fact, he saw her earlier today.
Bennie
God, he does this right in my face. He's just completely defiant.
I.A. Detective Jackson
Yeah, well he's clearly continuing to work her as an informant.
Bennie
Yeah, I know. That's enough to relieve him of duty right there, but, you know, I don't want him relieved of duty. I want him to hang.
I.A. Detective Zino
Well his financials don't add up. He's paying off three ex-wives. He's got two kids.
Bennie
He's got two kids in a fancy college. He's got a great, big house. He's got that big stupid car, you know? What about his Real-Estate thing?
I.A. Detective Zino
Well, he hasn't made a sale in ages.
Bennie
Well, my source tells me he's getting money from somewhere to keep it afloat, so get me more surveillance.
I.A. Detective Zino
Okay.
I.A. Detective Jackson
All righty.
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Order Preferences in a Casual Conversation
K.C.
Well, what do you think?
Joe
Write this down.
Joe
Cheeseburger, well done. Raw onion, pickle, ketchup. Nothing else.
K.C.
Got it. Officer, it's time to get rolling on some chow. This is what the big dog wants, and I want tomato and cucumber on whole wheat with only mustard and bean sprouts.
[comes to a police officer]
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Personal Questions in Uncomfortable Conversations
K.C.
I know you're gonna say it's none of my business, but when's the last time you got laid?
Joe
None of your business.
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Shooting Practice Announcement at 20 Yards
Shooting Practice Announcer
Shooters step up to the 20 yard line.
K.C. Calden
Thanks, Joe.
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Investigating Actions and Accountability in Law Enforcement
I.A. Detective Zino
That's Gavilan with Marty Wheeler, attorney for the music business, gambling industry. Sleazeball. You know him.
I.A. Detective Jackson
Here's Gavilan drinking on duty. We got photos, date, time stamped.
[hands another picture to Bennie]
Bennie
Yeah, okay, this is not criminal. I need criminal shit.
[turning bored]
I.A. Detective Zino
Well, boss, this may not be criminal shit, but, um...
Bennie
What is this?
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Complexities of Commingled Finances and Investigations
Joe
Commingling funds, huh? That's my crime? Commingling? Guilty. My alimony number one comes from money commingled with my beer money. My refinanced car commingled with the short-term loan to keep the second mortgage paid off, commingled with my alimony number three, commingled with every Goddamn dime I've got tied up in my Mt. Olympus property. My whole life's commingled.
Bennie
Well, I glad you brought up the property on Mt. Olympus. You're attempting to sell it without disclosing you also own it.
Joe
This isn't about real estate, is it, Bennie?
Leon
Bennie, what the hell's going on here? Look, as immediate supervisor of these men, you are bound to inform me of any investigation involving my section.
Bennie
You're so informed.
Leon
You couldn't have told me first?
Joe
Welcome to the party, Leon. I'm trying to find out what I'm guilty of, besides going to one too many airport real estate seminars.
[to Leon]
Bennie
Well, for starters, Sergeant, you know a woman named Cleo Ricard?
Joe
I talk to her. Talks cheap.
Bennie
Because Administrative Vice, which has been watching her for two years, is on the verge of making a major prostitution bust, and you're in there making promises to her to intervene. In addition to that, you haven't registered her as an informant.
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Concerns Among Friends at the Bar
Hank the Bartender
The doctor's in. Help is on its way.
[hands them their drinks]
K.C.
Thanks, Hank. Something wrong, Joe?
[sighs]
Joe
What do ya mean, "Something wrong?
K.C.
You seem down.
Joe
Down? Me?
K.C.
Lately. Yeah.
Joe
We've been partners for what, four months, and now you wanna be my shrink?
K.C.
Sometimes it helps to talk. That's all I'm saying.
[drinks his beer]
Joe
All right. Let me paint you a picture. Portrait of Joe Gavilan. Seven, eight years ago, I sold off the results of my entrepreneurial efforts up to that point: Three tanning salons and two original silk-tip nail parlors in the Antelope Valley, and I started attending weekend Real Estate seminars at the Airport Hyatt. You know, "How to Make $1 Million in Real Estate with Very Little Money Down.
K.C.
Sounds good.
Joe
Started out with a condo in Sherman Oaks. Slapped some paint on the walls. Refaced the kitchen cabinets. Traded up to a smoke-damaged ranch in Tarzana, then a Spanish on Outpost, and a fake Mediterranean in Los Feliz. Pretty soon, I had everything I've got tied up in this... this monstrosity... on Mt. Olympus, at the corner of Hercules and, I shit you not, Achilles.
K.C.
So what's the problem?
Joe
The problem is if I don't score a big commission or get rid of this... piece of shit on Mt. Olympus... well, the word *Titanic* comes to mind.
K.C.
Joe, I know a girl who works for some rich producer. Says he might sell his place. Maybe you can get the listing.
Joe
Got a name?
K.C.
Well, her name's like Minnie or Moma. Or something like that, I don't remember.
Joe
Not the girl, hot rocks, the producer.
K.C.
Oh, I don't know the producer. Way before my time, I...
K.C.
Hey, Joe, you ready for something?
Joe
Shoot.
K.C.
I don't think I want to be a cop anymore.
Joe
Come on, you need some fresh air. Put this on my tab, Hank.
[to Hank]
Hank
What tab?
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Recognition of Individual Rights in the Workplace
Joe
I got more time in the third-floor crapper than you do on the job, pal. You can't open my locker without a search warrant. I know my rights.
Lt. Bennie Macko
Well, I appreciate a man who knows his rights. There you go.
[hands Joe the search warrant]
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Assigning Responsibilities in a Homicide Investigation
Leon
Joe. K.C.
Joe and K.C.
Hey, Leon.
Leon
Hey. I'm making you two primaries on this disaster. Since you made no progress in the Klepto murder, I figure you're due.
K.C.
Thanks for the confidence.
Leon
Yeah, no problem.
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