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Forrester is a veteran cop in Los
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who convinces his superiors to put him back in uniform, and back on a foot beat, in a neighborhood beset by a series of armed robberies which are invariably followed by a vicious rape. When the case is solved, Forrester elects to stay in uniform, and on his foot beat, leading to the subsequent
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busts thieves, drug dealers, murderers, and other criminals who threaten the residents of his beat.
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