Due to man power shortages, the twelfth precinct is restructured and made a homicide squad. Some of the cases that they now have to deal with is a man who admits to killing his barber and a woman who tries to stop a hitman from taking her husband's life.

Wojo and Dietrich respond to a drunk and disorderly call that involves a man who served as a delegate to the 1976 Democratic National Convention. Harris tries to figure out the motive of a series of holdups in a nearby neighborhood. Barney has his hands full after discovering an older officer assigned to the twelfth precinct isn't who he claims to be.