The detectives at the twelfth precinct are less than thrilled when a shipment of bulletproof vests are distributed amongst the department and are told in no uncertain terms that they have to be worm while on duty. Inspector Luger arrives in the squad room, looking to interview everyone in case there's need for their obituaries. An eccentric inventor is arrested after he was caught brandishing a gun at a nearby corporation's headquarters.

Harris is less than thrilled at discovering his libel appeal didn't go in his favor and has to liquidate his assets to pay Arnold Ripner. Wojo and Levitt arrest a man at a department store for creating a disturbance. Dietrich brings in a newsstand owner for trespass after an altercation with a construction crew and tries to find a way to help him out instead of trying to book him.