

I had gone into this story suspecting that Fiona would be Nolan's next romantic partner, and I'm relieved it didn't go that way. Where Tim had to teach Lucy to keep her head on a swivel and constantly assess possible threats, he needed Barnes to realize that not everything or everyone was a threat. : One, cops are expected to be proactive.And three, the people we come up against on the street aren’t enemy combatants. The actions you take are at your discretion. Two, you are no longer bound by military objectives. If you want to be a cop instead of a soldier, you’ll have to conquer all of them.īradford: One, cops are expected to be proactive. There are three major differences between police and military. I’ve been on combat patrol doing exactly this.īradford: Wrong. Lucy needed discipline and toughening up, but Officer Barnes had served in the military where toughness and discipline were already well-honed traits.īradford: People with strong military backgrounds can struggle with the transition to being a cop.īarnes: That won’t be me.

To do that, he understands that each new rookie is a different person with different needs. Why was Bradford so hard on her and yet appeared to be so lenient on the new recruit?īecause Tim Bradford knows his job, and that is to mold each individual into a good cop.
