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1 " Chief McNeil: "as a cop, you will meet a great many people. You will help a lot of them and you will hurt a few of them, too. The ones you meet, you’ll treat with respect. The ones you help, you’ll hope will be deserving of it. And the ones you hurt will surely have it coming. Just don’t give them any extra lumps and you’ll do just fine. "
― , Lost In Paradise: The Rick Edwards File
2 " ...The plan is perfect, baby. No one will ever know it was us. We’ll be outta here like that,” he said while snapping his grubby fingers. “Now, here, hold this,” Ronnie said, as he passed his revolver to Susie. Susan held the small gun and began to slide her thumb back and forth over the smooth chrome finish. “I wish we didn’t have to do this, Ronnie.”“If you ain’t noticed, baby, we are broke and down to our last two smokes. It’s either this or you’re gonna hafta sell your ass again. Now, do ya want us to go back to the truck stop?”“No, Ronnie. I wanna go to the beach.”“The beach it is,” he said as he leaned over and gave her a peck on her cheek. "
3 " The Police Dispatch radio crackled to life breaking the silence of an otherwise dead night. Tammy listened to a dialogue of unfamiliar ten codes between the beach zone car and the nightshift Watch Commander. Tammy was alone as her supervisor Patty had gone outside for a cigarette break. She heard an officer say, “…possible signal-five at MacWilliams Park.” She checked the police radio code list posted on her console. It read: murder. She frantically ran to the window and banged on the glass to get Patty’s attention. "