To Protect And To Serve

A young man,dressed in a Lakers jacket enter a convenience store.He went to the cashier and requested for two packs of cigarettes.The Indian American cashier put two packs of cigarettes on the counter.The cashier than took the money from the man and as he was about to open the register,the customer whipped out a gun and demanded the cashier to empty the register.The shocked cashier did as he was told and the youth grabbed the cigarettes and walked out of the store.The cashier then ran to the entrance of the store.He saw a policeman at the Dunkin Donuts outlet next door.He alerted the cop.The police officer than responded by running towards the thief who started to sprint when he saw the police officer.The cop ran after thief across busy roads,through narrow alleys and crowded sidewalks.As the thief was running,a strong push from the side caused him to lose balance and he fell down and landed hard on the pavement.The push was from another police officer.The two officers then came together.The officer who pursued the thief is Anton Webster and the another officer is Harish Nayar.Both of them are sergeants with the LAPD stationed at the Pacific Division.After producing the thief at the police station,the duo went over to a juice bar where two other officers were awaiting them.

Anton and Harish along with Hans Pietersen and Regis Fuller from the 77th St division and West LA division respectively,are close childhood friends.They studied together since elementary level and graduated from the Police Academy together too.After their graduation,the quartet were stationed at the Wilshere division,where they were successful in reducing the crime rate.The quarted’s presence injected fear into the thugs there and they managed to bring down the feared Korean gang,Incheon Warriors.

1998

Anton and Hans have just finished their duty.Both them then proceeded to a diner and took their dinner.After that as they were walking towards Anton’s car,they heard several gunshots.They turned around and saw a group of men running away from a fallen person.
Anton ran towards the aid of the fallen man while Hans chased after the group.Some of the men in the group opened fire when they realized Hans was pursuing them.The thugs then split up.Hans managed to shoot at a thug,injuring him.He then went over to handcuff the thug.The rest of the group managed to escape.

The injured thug was brought to a hospital for treatment along with the fallen man.The fallen man is actually a reporter for a local tabloid.The reporter died upon arrival at the hospital.Anton and Hans interrogated the injured thug,The thug remained silent but when the hot-tempered Anton put his gun onto his head,the thug revealed about his gang.The duo knew that the thug belong to a gang with the name of Incheon Warriors.The gang is led by a Korean-born man by the name of Hwang.The wounded thug identified himself as Alan Lee.Lee said that they set upon the reporter because the reporter has been exposing their activities for a long time,prompting Hwang to pay off the local cops who tracked them down.Lee also disclosed that the gang is involved in human trafficking.

Hwang’s contacts would trick poor village girls in Southeast Asia into offering them lucrative jobs of maids in LA but upon arrival in US,they will be sent to Hwang where in turn,they will be sold to pimps in LA and San Francisco.Hans took down Lee’s confession and sent a report to his superior.With information supplied by Lee,Anton along with Hans,Harish and Regis raided Hwang’s hideout.In the ensuing gun-fire, most of Hwang’s men were killed and Hwang was later arrested.The success of Anton and his friends in bringing down the gangsters were hailed in the local medias and at the same time,a few superior officers envied them.


A few weeks later,Hwang was released after he negotiated his way out by “paying” corrupt senior officers at the headquarters.When Anton got to know that,he confronted his senior officer,Lt.Matt Clarke.Lt.Clarke said he had to release Hwang as he had been instructed by his superiors,Capt. Rosario and Capt.Broadfoot.Incensed with the release of Hwang,Anton confronted the corrupt duo at the headquarters.The next morning,Anton found an envelope on his desk.He opened it.It was his transfer order.He was transferred to the headquarters and was given a desk job.

Anton was furious.He got to know from Lt.Clarke that the superiors transferred him from the Wilshere division as they wanted to keep an eye on him.Hans,Harish and Regis remained at the Wilshere division.One evening,Lt.Clarke received a phone call from an anonymous caller,telling him that Hwang will be unloading “merchandises”from a container at the port.Lt.Clarke did not assign other cops to the port neither he informed the port police.He knew Hwang will get away again if he is arrested.So,he sent Hans,Harish and Regis to gate-crash Hwang’s business.

It was 11.30pm.A container truck arrived at the port.Hans and Harish were observing the movements of Hwang’s henchmen.They were transferring semi-conscious girls from the container to the truck.Minutes later,Regis and Anton arrived.Hwang later arrived.He took two girls with him and drove off.Regis and Anton then tailed Hwang while Hans and Harish radioed for back-up.Minutes later,police sirens were heard prompting the thugs to panic.Hans and Harish then jumped out of the car and pounced on the panicked thugs.Other LAPD black-and-whites arrived.The thugs were arrested and the smuggled girls were rescued.

Meanwhile,Regis overtook Hwang’s car and intercepted him.Anton stormed out.As Hwang was about to open fire,Anton shot him multiple times.Hwang’s death brought relief and security to the neighbourhoods which he used to terrorise.For the quartet,Hwang’s death signalled a black dot in their enforcement career.Hans,Harish and Regis were transferred to different divisions while Anton was suspended for a month and he had his gun confiscated.After the suspension,Anton was transferred to the Pacific Division and given a desk job.Luckily for him,he had Harish for company.Hans and Regis were sent to the 77th Street division and West LA division respectively.The new chief of the Pacific Division took Anton off the desk job and placed him as Harish’s partner.


PRESENT DAY


The quartet then left for home after having some drinks.Anton is married to a schoolteacher,Madeline and has a five-year old son.The jovial Hans is dating a model,
Tania Thornton.Regis and Harish are single and they are kings in flirting.One day,
Anton and Harish were on routine patrolling duty near Venice Beach when they spotted a group of men gathering outside a house.Harish told Anton that he recognized one of the guys in the group as Flix.It seems that Harish has arrested Flix before for stabbing a highschooler.

Both of them stopped their car at a hidden spot and watched the antics of the group.Two men emerged from the house and handed over a bag to Flix.The group then left the house on motorbikes while the two men entered the house back.Harish and Anton then left the place,cracking their head about the group and the two men.A couple of days later,cops were called to a shop house in Venice.Harish and Anton were dispatched there.Upon arrival,they saw a large crowd has gathered at the alley next to the shop house.When they entered the alley,they were shocked to see Flix’s dead body.Flix’s dead body had gunshot wounds.

Anton then filed a report and sent it to his chief,Lt.Ray Lozano.Lt.Lozano handed over the investigation duties to Anton and Harish and he demanded them to track down the culprit because it might trigger a massive gang war in LA,as Flix is a member of the Roadster Boys,a street gang based in Venice.Anton and Harrish set out to uncover the motive behind Flix’s murder.The duo then set out to Flix’s house in Venice.At Flix’s house,they were greeted by Flix’s mother and also his close buddy,Toby.Flix’s mother refused to talk to Anton and Harish.Toby then brought the cops outside and spoke to them.

According to Toby,Flix is well-known and well-liked by the majority of the residents in the neighbourhood as he was always helpful.Flix worked for Radamel Tuta,a scrap metal vendor who is also a drug smuggler as a transporter.Flix used to transport drugs and also firearms to various street gangs in LA.The duo thanked Toby and left soon after.The next day,Anton requested the help of Regis to compile a list of suspected drug dealers operating in LA.That afternoon,Harish and Anton went over to Tuta”s scrapyard.His henchmen refused the cops entry but when Tuta saw them,he called them in.

The cops entered Tuta’s office and questioned him.According to Tuta,Flix met him the night before he was killed.He complained that member of the Street Cross gang,led by Rico Tyler were stalking him.That night,the duo met with Lt Lozano and told him about their meetings with Toby and Tuta.Anton requested for permission to raid Tyler’s house-cum-disco in West LA.The next day,Anton and Harish along with Regis and a few personnel from the West LA division raided the disco.

A shoot-out ensued but the cops managed to overpower the thugs and Tyler was arrested along with his henchmen.Tyler was brought to the West LA station.He was bashed up before the enquiry session got underway.During the enquiry session,the weakened Tyler confessed that he was the one who ordered his men to kill Flix.He also said that he was instructed to do so by a senior police officer,whom he refused to name but he revealed that the corrupt cop will be meeting Salvadorean drug dealers on that night at an open air-party near Pacific Palisades.


After that,Lt.Lozano assembled his best team for the operation.The team consist of Anton,Harish,Regis and Hans along with four snipers from SWAT.The operation is only known to the team members.The party is held at a strategic location,at the poolside of the Palisades Resort and Spa.The police team checked into the hotel as party guests.The used their room,which is facing the poolside and used it as their operations base.Around 8 pm,
guests arrived at the party venue.Lt.Lozano and his men kept watch from their room.20 minutes later,a familiar face arrived and took a seat at the poolside bar.Music from the loudspeaker blared from the speakers and the guests went into a frenzy rage.

The familiar face is Capt.Rosario from the headquarter.The Capt.Rosario who demoted Anton to desk job because of his success in bringing down the feared Korean gang 10 years ago.Capt.Rosario was then approached by a Salvadorean gang member.Rosario handed over a file to the Salvadorean while requesting “fees” for the favour.Rosario knew something was amiss when the Salvadorean looked pale and he remained silent.
Rosario asked the gangster for his boss,Leonel but he did not speak.Rosario felt a hand on his shoulder.It was Lt.Lozano.Rosario was shocked.

The Salvadorean gang arrived at the resort after the cops checked in.The police team then raided their suite and arrested them just after they arrived.The cops used one of the gangsters as a mule to trap and arrest Rosario without any need for gunfights.Rosario was later hauled into the police truck along with the gangster and transported to the headquarters for questioning.

The police force were shell-shocked with the arrest of a senior cop in connection with the murder of a black youth.During questioning,the disillusioned Rosario spilled the beans on his activities.The investigating officers from the Internal Affairs were stunned.Rosario and his close friend,Randy Broadfoot were involved in various murders of known deliquents,for a huge sum of money.They were paid by top gangsters whose men were arrested by the LAPD to kill their men to prevent their activities from being exposed.

Now,the cops have to arrest the remaining traitor,Broadfoot.Broadfoot is reported heading towards an airstrip in Santa Clara.He is flying to Veracruz to evade arrest by LAPD.Anton,Hans,Harish and Regis headed to the airstrip in LAPD black-and-whites.Broadfoot was walking towards the aircraft when two LAPD patrol cars tore through the fence.Broadfoot sprinted towards the plane when the saw the cars.The quartet came out of the car and shouted to Broadfoot Anton ordered him to kneel down and put his hands behind his head.As he was kneeling down,Broadfoot whipped out his gun.The quartet then opened fire simultenously.Broadfoot fell down flat on the runway.His body were badly ridden with bullets

The cops have finally brought down the black sheeps who misused their positions as enforcers to liaise with lawbreakers and ruin the dignity of the navy blue uniform.