Rookies

Rookie Mark Monson has trouble taking orders from his female FTO Denise Liccardi. He's over-eager and makes basic mistakes again and again. Each rookie is evaluated by their sergeant before riding solo and Mark needs to get it together fast, or risk saying goodbye to his childhood dream of being a police officer. Henry Conravey is a Louisiana native who served his country as a Marine in Iraq. Having seen combat, Conravey has an edge over the other rookies. But when Henry and his FTO Todd Rivere respond to a "shots fired" call in a quiet neighborhood, Henry's overconfidence could actually hurt him.

Mark Monson completed 12 weeks of field training and is about to be assessed by his sergeant...for the second time. During his first evaluation Mark choked and had to go back and train longer with his FTO. His law enforcement career rides on his performance tonight. If he passes this time, Mark gets his own squad car and begins solo patrol as a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Deputy. If he fails again his life-long dream of becoming a cop could come to an end. Before starting the evaluation Sergeant Mike Corrone takes Mark on a sobering and emotional side trip. Later the pressure is on when Mark tries to handle a simple traffic stop, and the results of his evaluation become uncertain.

Rookie Dennis Cooper's wife is about to give birth to a baby girl. Dennis is asked to control an angry juvenile arrested on gun charges, then restrain a grieving a husband after a tragic hit and run accident, causing this father-to-be to start questioning his decision to join the TPD family. Rookie Hugh Herndon passed the first week of Tampa's rigorous Rookie training program, but this former schoolteacher's new classroom are the streets of Tampa. A world that includes drug dealers, prostitutes, and auto thieves who are going to teach Hugh more than he bargained for.

Rookie Elton Johnson is a self-proclaimed country boy from Alabama who just wants to get into "the action". And action is exactly what Elton gets when he is the arresting officer on a drug sting operation and arrests a violent racist drunk. Rookie April Levine's father may be the chief of police of a nearby city, but cops are made not bred. So when April investigates a knifing then goes on her first drug sting operation her law enforcement pedigree won't help her one bit.

For Rookies like Amy Hess even previously simple tasks like driving a car become very complicated. So when Amy is asked to put on the lights and sirens of her patrol car and race 'code' to calls, the question isn't: "Will she get there in time?" but rather, "Will she get there at all?" When in the same shift Rookie Dennis Cooper loses not only the evidence from a drug arrest, but also his patrol car, even this former Naval Petty Officer begins to wonder if maybe his chance of becoming a TPD officer has set sail.

Charles Lee has several years as a ranking officer in the military under his belt. Now as a rookie cop in Jefferson Parish he's starting at the bottom again. Charles' experience gives him a leg up, but his know-it-all attitude isn't making him popular with his FTO Greg, or his fellow officers. When Charles disobeys protocol and takes off in a foot chase on his own, Greg is furious, and fears for Charles' safety. As a kid, Nick Buttone dreamed of becoming a cop, and as the top-ranked marksman in his academy class he's eager for action. Nick gets paired with an older, by-the-book FTO named Mike Tisdale, and his enthusiasm for the job fades with each traffic ticket and report he's forced to write. When Nick switches FTOs, life improves and he sees more action. Unfortunately though, an exciting shift for Nick means tragedy for others.