High Incident

Tony Van Camp joins his daughter Gayle (Catherine Kellner) and her partner Richie Fernandez (Julio Oscar Mechoso) for a ride along. Throughout the day Tony says racist comments that shed light on Gayle's background. Jim Marsh (David Keith) spends the day with his three daughters, each from a separate marriage. Lenny (Matt Craven) is introduced to his new partner Leslie (Aunjanue Ellis). They report to an abandoned pool, where they find an abandoned baby drowning. The baby dies and the mother is arrested. Russell (Louis Mustillo) and Terry (Matthew Beck) respond to an assault call where a man has accidently run over a dog only to have the dog's owner follow him and punch him in the face.

Jim Marsh (David Keith) and Randy Wilitz (Cole Hauser) pursue a red corvette through the streets until the driver crashes into a garage, and lands in a swimming pool. Before they can free the driver he shoots himself, leaving Willitz badly shaken. Terry (Matthew Beck) and Russell (Louis Mustillo) run into Dominic, a disabled Vietnam vet living on the streets. Later that evening, Russell returns with some blankets and money for Dominic and we discover that Dominic is Russell's brother. Marsh assigns Anne Bonner (Lucinda Jenney) to duty as an undercover prostitute, but when she gets picked up by a couple of ""johns"" who start to rough her up, her wire is found, revealing her identity. Anne is rescued by the ECPD, in the nick of time.

Lenny (Matt Craven) and Leslie (Aunjanue Ellis) are flagged down by a deaf woman who tells them her brother is being held at gunpoint. They follow the woman to her home where they find a hostage situation. Leslie comes close to shooting the woman's brother who has managed to get hold of the gun. Richie (Julio Oscar Mechoso) and Gayle (Catherine Kellner) are at the scene of a major auto accident where a small boy and his father are trapped in their van and a utility pole has been knocked down. Gas is everywhere and the power line is sparking. Finally power to the area is turned off and Richie is able to free the boy and his father. Marsh (David Keith) and Willitz (Cole Hauser) stumble upon an armed robbery and chase the robber through a church parking lot and into a public library where Russell (Louis Mustillo) and Terry (Matthew Beck) are in the vicinity. Lenny, who is covering the back exit, comes face to face with the robber and is overcome with memories of his partner's death, letti

Jim Marsh (David Keith) and Randy Willitz (Cole Hauser) pull over a man who has just rear-ended another car. After the man collapses, Anne Bonner (Lucinda Jenney), also responding to the call realizes that the man is diabetic and tries to feed him some sugar until the paramedics arrive. Terry (Matthew Beck) and Russell (Louis Mustillo) respond to a missing child report. The mother believes that the father took him, but Terry has a nagging feeling the little boy has crawled into a buried pipe at a construction site. After several minutes of digging up the pipe, they discover the little boy in the crowd that's building at the site. Marsh and Willitz try to persuade a battered woman to press charges against her husband. Marsh can't get the woman out of his mind and later keeps watch of her at her home. Richie (Julio Oscar Mechoso) is brought up on trumped up search and seizure charges. Leslie (Aunjanue Ellis) and Lenny (Matt Craven) witness a mother slapping her four-year-old daughter acr

Jim Marsh (David Keith) and Randy Willitz (Cole Hauser) finally convince Julia, the victim of domestic violence, to press charges against her husband. Len (Matt Craven) faces the Review Board about his improper firearm discharge and is suspended from street duty for five days without pay. Richie (Julio Oscar Mechoso) and Gayle (Catherine Kellner) arrive at a house whose inhabitants are high on PCP. When Andy attempts to use a stun gun on one of the criminals, he misses and shocks Gayle, leaving her temporarily paralyzed.

Marsh (David Keith) and Willitz (Cole Hauser) respond to a 911 call where they find a man who has murdered his wife and looks as though he might turn the gun on himself or his daughter. Willitz negotiates with the man and after several hours resolves the situation by winning his trust. Leslie (Aunjanue Ellis) and Lenny (Matt Craven) discover a dealer using a small child to sell cocaine. The child reminds Leslie of her daughter, who she gave up for adoption ten years before, and she worries that she might be in a bad home. Russell's (Louis Mustillo) brother Dominic shows up looking to start his life over with Russell's support. Gayle (Catherine Kellner) and Amy arrest a psychotic man who is tormenting people at a laundromat.

Russell (Louis Mustillo) and Terry (Matthew Beck) are involved in an accident on the freeway due to the thick blanket of fog that has descended on the city. The scene gets worse when more cars crash into the others. Jim Marsh (David Keith) and Randy Willitz (Cole Hauser) arrive at a crime scene where a young girl has been murdered and must notify her mother of her death. Gayle (Catherine Kellner) and Richie (Julio Oscar Mechoso) arrest a man after they catch him picking up prostitutes on two separate occasions.

Gayle (Catherine Kellner) and Richie (Julio Oscar Mechoso) answer a 911 call where they find an emotionally distraught father who claims to have mistaken his son for a burglar and shot and killed him. Later it's discovered that it wasn't an accident. Jim Marsh (David Keith) and Randy Willitz (Cole Hauser) investigate a suspicious man and discover he's keeping illegal immigrants as slaves. Leslie (Aunjanue Ellis) and Len (Matt Craven) are on a stakeout, looking for a young man who robs women at an ATM at knife point. Terry (Matthew Beck) discovers that he used stolen materials to build a nursery for his soon to be born baby. Leslie continues to search for her daughter.

Andy (Dylan Bruno) and Russell (Louis Mustillo) are called to the West Valley Zoo where several animals have somehow escaped. The most troubling escapee is a 600 pound bengal tiger. Gayle (Catherine Kellner) and Richie (Julio Oscar Mechoso) respond to a burglar alarm at a home, and find a suspicous man who claims he's taking care of the plants and looking after the house for his friends who are on vacation. The officer's catch the man swallowing something and arrest him. Later they recover two diamond rings which have worked their way through his system. Lenny (Matt Craven) and Leslie (Aunjanue Ellis) investigate a disturbing the peace complaint and find a seven-year-old boy bound and gagged in the attic and covered with burns. Julia, who is separated from her abusive husband, invites officer Marsh (David Keith) over for dinner. Julia's husband is leaving the apartment as Marsh arrives. Minutes later, Marsh finds Julia dead on her bed. Leslie finds out where the daughter she gave up fo