S03E07 · SCENE 32/39 · 36:09
Back Burners · District office
Colvin Discusses Crime Stats
Major Colvin admits to Mello that the drug zones are working and plans a staged crackdown to hide the experiment.
36:09→39:24
in the episode · 3m 15s · S03E07
What happens
36:09–39:24Colvin receives a call about activating phones and explains that his district's drug corners are empty and crime is down. Mello worries about the bosses finding out, and Colvin plans a tactical deployment to shut the zones down later.
Key lines
from this scene36:27-Detective Moreland. -Heard you looking for something.
37:52Look, we make a big show of locking everybody up and then we shut it down.
38:39Besides, you were never much on making a big show.
39:02Bosses don't know, huh?
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Beats
37:04how can you look away
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