Ben Sherman is about to complete Phase 2 of his rookie year. During Phase 3, he will be allowed to patrol solo. Detective Adams and Officer Brown are assigned new partners. Rene Cordero, Adams__APOS__s new partner, is obsessed with receiving glory and press coverage. Their first case involves the search for an elderly man who left his home accompanied by an unknown black man. Brown__APOS__s new partner, __QUOTE__Slug__QUOTE__ Ferguson, quickly demonstrates how he earned that nickname when he starts a riot during a traffic stop. Meanwhile, Detectives Moretta and Bryant investigate a __QUOTE__Sonora shootout__QUOTE__ involving a young Mexican man shot dead while driving an unregistered Bentley.
