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Cops - Season 3 Episode 11
A cop in a helicopter says people look at Las Vegas as a place you can get rich quick whether through gambling or the rapid growth in the valley and when they get here and don’t realize that dream that’s where I encounter these people. (Theme song) North East Area Command – Officer Larry Burns says he moved there in 1980 to work construction, but he was also interested in police work since they didn’t make a lot of money he didn’t take it serious. After he spent his first night in a patrol car he knew that was the job for him, that he loves police work. (7:42 PM 911 Call Fight in Progress)/Drunk And Disorderly Call with Officer Dennis Magill/Strong Arm Robbery and Domestic Violence with Officers Thomas Fletcher and Joe Lombardo/Prostitution Sting with Lieutenant Bill Young and Officer Thomas Monihan (911 Call - Rape) Southeast Area Command – Tom calls in that a woman was raped and the operator asks when it happened. A few minutes ago, the girl is at his apartment, does she need an ambulance? No, he’s putting ice packs on her head, she’s hysterical. Keep her there. Officer Jack Clark goes to the house and Tom answers. He talks to Kelly, she has her head in lap crying and mumbling. Where did it happen, here? No. She knows the guy, he’s in his 40s, 50s. She was trying to sleep and this guy came over and tried to stick his fingers in her. Tom’s seen him by the Jacuzzi, talked to him, doesn’t really know him. They go around the corner, upstairs to the apartment where the guy lives. There are two guys sitting at the kitchen table under a huge American flag. There’s a shirtless bearded man climbing out the window and Jack pulls his gun and says give me a reason. He comes back in and Jack asks him if he’s Phil. He says no, he’s sleeping. They pull back the covers and Phil is in bed in his underwear. He doesn’t want to get up, wants to know what’s wrong so Jack jumps him and puts his knee on his back and cuffs him. He pulls him up and the man says easy. Officer Peter Rubini talks to John Christian. They don’t know what’s going on. He says Kelly was raped. She’s been there for two days and was passed out in the bed stark naked. The old guy went in there and laid down, they had a party, but he didn’t rape her. He didn’t do anything wrong, then she got up screaming. They take him out and say the problem is when they go to the jury it becomes a moral question instead of a legal question. Did he force himself on her? The evidence shows him that he did. Laughlin, NV (5:4 PM Child Neglect Complaint) Substation – Officer John Sias goes out to his truck and says it is a boomtown. When he arrived 6 years ago there were only 92 people living there, now there are 4500. On New Year’s Eve they had 70,000 people there. Their problem is having a lot of transients. It’s known as a boomtown so it draws a lot of people. He’s going to check on kids living in a trailer in unsanitary conditions. He goes into a casino and asks for Jimbo or Jenny. They aren’t sure if they are working. The kids are living in a trailer in the parking lot. The manager tried to look inside, but there’s a big dog tied to it. He drives them to the lot and there’s tons of trailers. He talks to the guy inside about the complaint and asks if there’s anyone else there, he’s not the father. John looks around, says it’s not safe and is unsanitary. He has to take them to Child Haven. He tells the girl he’s taking her there, it’s a nice place with toys, she’ll have to stay two days and be out Monday. Do you have a special toy you want to bring? Yes, what about your brother Cordell? Can you explain it to him? You are being a big girl, I need your help. He thanks the guy and he says to go before he’s not so cooperative. John says he better remain that way. The manager says he wants them out of there by tomorrow. They find out Bobbie, the mother, works in the casino as a dealer and they go to talk to her. She says she’s fine. John explains what happened and all she says is really, someone...
