Blue Bloods

Wait, wait, wait, hold on. Check it out, check it out.

You really gonna do it?

No way.

All right, come on, come on.

All right, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go!

What's the worst part of your job?

Worst part of my job is when someone gets away with breaking a law.

Why? Does it make you feel guilty?

Yes.

Does it make you wish you weren't a lawyer?

It makes me want to be a better lawyer.

Now let's go before we're late.

- Hey. - Reagan.

I have a surprise for you.

Robbery or homicide?

It's worse than that.

You ever hear of the NYPD's Rescue Ride program?

It pairs young criminal offenders with positive role models.

Yeah. So?

I think you're a perfect candidate.

To be the offender or the role model?

Charelle Tyler was arrested for...

drug possession and harassment.

She just turned 16, so technically an adult.

The judge agreed to let her do Rescue Ride instead of jail time.

I think she'd be better off riding with Fernandez.

Yeah, she-she... He's great with kids.

He loves kids.

She's gonna ride with the both of you.

And you're going to show her that cops are not--

this is a direct quote--

"a bunch of lowlife pigs."

I'm not the right person for this.

Possibly not...

Definitely not.

...but you're gonna.

Good luck.

Where are we with the victim?

Identified as Benjamin Wilson.

He's been homeless for four years, has a history of mental problems.

Sister in Ozone Park.

We got detectives canvassing, nothing substantial to report yet.

Who called it in?

No one. Patrolman found the man after the fact.

- What about the crime scene? - They got a sneaker print

near where the victim was torched,

so if we get any suspects, we'll look for a match.

Not if. When.

Baker, I'll be eating in.

- I'll cancel your lunch. - Thank you.

Anne Farrell on Channel 2 has a mouthful to say about it and you.

Tell me something new.

A homeless man was executed last night

in front of 15 stories of apartment buildings

that overlook this area of the Brownsville section of Brooklyn.

And not one call was made to 911,...

because, as one neighbor put it...

Around here, we're more scared of the cops

than we are of the criminals.

And that's not right.

And what would you like to say to NYPD commissioner Frank Reagan?

Where's the cameras in this neighborhood, huh?

Where's the police in this neighborhood when we need them?

20 bucks says she coaches them.

Her harangues on this department are getting more frequent.

And she's trending on Twitter, like, all the time.

My wife tracks these things.

I want vertical patrols in all buildings overlooking the park.

Knock on doors, talk to shopkeepers and parents and kids.

I want this case closed.

And I want to meet with this reporter.

I don't think that's a good idea.

Neither do I. Set it up.

Sit up straight.

Stop playing with that necklace.

This is Detective Reagan and Detective Baez.

You don't cooperate with them, I'm personally calling the judge

and getting you sent to Rikers. Got it?

Got it.

Just so you know, we have no interest

- in being your babysitters. - Yeah?

Just so you know, I got no interest in you. Or you.

Or what y'all do or why.

I'm here 'cause they're making me.

So don't expect me to pretend I'm interested in

your low-paying, civil servant, bullcrap job, a'ight?

A'ight.

Nice meeting you, too.

You sit tight for a while.

Heard you were looking for me.

Yeah. This morning,...

as part of a school project, my daughter asked me

what the worst part of my job was.

And I told her not finding justice for a victim.

As far as I can see, you got a pretty good track record on that.

I've got a 20-year-old homicide I want off the books.

Okay.

41-year-old woman, single, living in East New York,

found on the corner of Nostrand and Avenue O.

Stabbed twice with a knife.

- Single mother of a six... - 16-year-old son.

Who grew up to become a cop.

Why do you want to look into my mother's murder?

You told me you became a cop to solve your mother's murder.

I also told you I tried and failed.

I took a look at the detective's case file.

Your mother was working at the 24th Street Diner that night?

Yeah.

Were there any suspects?

It looked like a robbery gone bad.

Her jewelry was taken, a ring she wore every day--

a gold band with angel wings...

engraved in it that her mother gave to her.

- And there were never any leads? - No leads.

No suspects. No arrests. No evidence of any value.

Erin, why are you doing this?

What's that supposed to mean?

I mean, don't you think I've tried?

I'm not suggesting you can't solve this on your own.

That's exactly what this is suggesting.

I've been over this case... a million times.

Exactly my point.

I thought maybe I could bring some fresh eyes to it.

Or maybe it'll just open up old wounds.

So the commissioner has seen my reports?

Oh, yeah, we've seen all your segments over the last few weeks.

Especially the ones related to this department.

Hope I didn't keep you waiting.

Anne Farrell, Commissioner Reagan.

Pleasure, Commissioner.

Is it?

Why don't we have a seat.

Please.

I appreciate you inviting me up.

And I appreciate you showing up.

Coffee?

I'm good, thanks.

- We have tea. - No, thank you.

Humble pie?

We got plenty of that around here.

35,000 cops trying to police around ten million people--

you're guaranteed a fair amount of failures.

What the commissioner means...

What the commissioner means is we are terminally shorthanded.

It does not mean that we are short on ambition or achievements.

Quite the opposite.

Nobody is saying the NYPD isn't doing a good job, in some respects.

Yes. In respect to Park Avenue.

In respect to our Park Slope.

But not in respect to Brownsville.

I didn't say that.

It's between the lines in every line you broadcast.

Are you seriously gonna deny that police relations

with the Brownsville community can't use improvement?

Of course they can.

But that is not what you reported.

You called the NYPD apathetic and racist.

I didn't use that terminology.

Let's not split hairs.

A man was murdered in open view, and no one called 911,...

and there was not one measure in place to prevent it.

We have more patrol units there and the same amount

of surveillance equipment as we do on Sutton Place.

The difference is the citizens in Brownsville

choose to disable that equipment with spray paint and potshots.

- And is it replaced? - Right away.

Only to be disabled again.

I can show you the logs.

The reason the person who committed this crime has gotten away with

it is because the community doesn't trust you,... and your department.

Well, maybe you could help.

Why don't you take a vertical patrol of this building.

Talk to the men and women here the way you do

the men and women you interview on the street.

Another time, perhaps.

You sure? Garrett could show you around.

I'd be glad to.

My issue is with the leadership.

So you isolate me from the herd-- easier to take me down.

That's a hell of a way of putting it.

Well, I'm not the wordsmith.

I'm gonna do you a favor.

I'm gonna make this conversation off the record.

I'll show myself out.

You take a right at the burning cross and a left at the Confederate flag.

Have a good day.

That went well.

You went to PS 98? I grew up right around there.

Uh-huh.

Have you decided what you want to do after high school?

Well, I was hoping to get pregnant and get on welfare.

That doesn't work out, I might look into writing.

You keep getting arrested, you'll have all the time you want to

do all the writing you want while you're locked up in prison.

Reagan.

You know, this'll go a lot easier if you stop acting like we're the enemy here.

On our way.

Homicide at 450 East 101.

Finally, I get to do something more exciting than listen to you two.

Just sit there and shut your mouth, young lady.