Ben Sherman is about to complete the second phase of his rookie season. In the third stage, he will be allowed to patrol alone. Detective Adams and Officer Brown have been assigned new partners. Adams' new partner Rene Cordro is obsessed with receiving honors and media coverage. Their first case involved finding an elderly person who left home accompanied by an unknown black person; Ferguson quickly proved how he earned this nickname during a traffic interception that sparked a riot. At the same time, detectives Moreta and Bryant investigated a "murder case"; The Sonora Gunfight "involves a young Mexican man being shot while driving an unregistered Bentley.