S03E05 · SCENE 8/42 · 12:43
Straight and True · ComStat meeting room
Comstat targets Auto Theft

Rawls and Burrell chastise the Auto Theft Unit for working day shifts.

12:43→14:11
in the episode · 1m 28s · S03E05

What happens

12:43–14:11

At the weekly ComStat meeting, Rawls and Burrell target the Auto Theft Unit for working day shifts when most cars are stolen at night. Rawls also asks Colonel Foerster about Officer Dozerman's missing service weapon.

WhereComStat meeting room
DriverDeputy Commissioner Rawls
Positionact1 · escalation
ThreadStringer and Avon

Key lines

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13:02

That means preventing crime by relying on computer-generated data not on your fly-by-your-fucked-up-ass instinct.

13:17

Sir, l have to check that.

13:51

You beat on the right people and the shit rolls down the hill.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
angry0.8
humiliation0.7
tense0.6
investigation0.5
argument

Beats

12:22Rawls chastises Auto Theft for day shifts
13:23Rawls asks about Dozerman's missing gun

Scene in the episode

12:43–14:11
A · Bubbles and Johnny
B · Carcetti's political gambit
C · Colvin's tolerant zone

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