The cops and partiers verbally joust and Brian sizes up the gang leader, Big Evil (Maurice Compte). The cops arrive as a group at a loud outdoor party, the Hispanics from the drive by shooting are celebrating. Responding to a missing persons report, the officers discover two children bound and locked away in a closet and arrest the distressed mother and her drug-addict husband. The officers find the now-burnt vehicle used in the drive-by the next day, but are shooed off the scene by homicide detectives as well as Van Hauser, who warns them they will get screwed over by the LAPD someday.

Later that night, Tre and his friends are shot at by a group of Latino gang members and one of his friends is killed. Zavala beats him soundly and arrests him, but wins the man's respect for both fighting fair and not mentioning the fight in the report (which may have sent Tre to prison for life due to Three Strikes). Upon arrival, Tre hurls racist insults at the Hispanic Zavala, who responds by accepting a fight, to Taylor's approval. Tre (Cle Shaheed Sloan) scaring off a mailman while intoxicated.

The officers respond to a call regarding a man, Mr. Taylor and Zavala's antics are met with scorn by fellow officer Van Hauser (David Harbour). and the officers are commended for their actions. After shooting two suspects following a high speed chase, the shooting is declared justified by the D.A. Taylor is filming their police activities for a film project, attaching small cameras to his and Zavala's uniforms and carrying around a camcorder, much to the dismay of their peers and superiors.

Police officers Brian Taylor (Jake Gyllenhall) and Mike Zavala (Michael Peña) are close friends and partners in the Los Angeles Police Department.

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