Detective Russ Agnew's job at the underfunded police station in Battle Creek, Michigan, is turned on its head when handsome, charismatic Special Agent Milton Chamberlain arrives to open an FBI field office in the building and he chooses Russ to be his partner. Milt's sophistication and access to state-of-the-art equipment is impressive, but it clashes with Russ' old-style cynicism and deception. As the two work together to clean up the streets, they begin to wonder whether either method has an advantage in the economically depressed town.