Ambitious young reporter Pollack suspects insidious corruption in his town's elite police unit, known as F.R.A.T., and finds a friendly source in Deed, a dissatisfied member of the squad. With Deed's information and the backing of his publisher, Ashford, and a crusading lawyer, Wallace, Pollack infiltrates the secretive police cabal. He finds himself in over his head, however, when he discovers the true extent of the criminality.