Mannion angers veteran officers when he shifts their day shifts to evening in order to reduce crime. In the meantime, McGregor thinks the chief is investigating him and Ella is challenged for custody of Ricky.

Mannion disciplines several officers caught stealing on the job who are needed for riot control when Fidel Castro visits D.C. along with a Cuban general who killed exiles in a bombing. Meanwhile, Ella's custody case comes to an end.