A police sergeant launches a recruitment program with an emphasis on on-the-street training; the first recruits face cold-blooded killers in the midst of a crime spree.

An aggressive reporter dogs Hooker's steps as he pursues a serial mugger (Gary Frank) who leaves Bibles behind.

A girl's death brings Hooker to his daughter's (Susan McClung) high school, where pushers hawk drugs.

The crash of a van loaded with guns leads Hooker to a former motorcycle gang dealing in illegal weapons.

The department's unable to protect a murder witness when she becomes the killer's next target.

Hooker links a recent homicide and an unsolved case he investigated eight years earlier.