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My old jobs?

I did landscaping

for a couple months.

Like, mow, blow, and go.

Uh...

I learned that I had

hay fever, so I quit.

Other jobs?

I don't know.

Like, a week here,

a week there.

Why hire you?

Sell yourself.

Okay.

Go.

OK3'! -

I'm Rick. Of course.

Uh...

I took three

buses to get here.

I finished high school.

I need a job.

I'll do pretty much

anything.

That's me. Hire Rick.

So...

Hmm.

What's your address,

Richard?

I don't have one.

Not a permanent one

right now.

You're homeless.

I was for a while.

You trick.

Work the street? No.

Wasn't a question.

I'm straight.

Plenty of straight guys

trick.

Do you have

a driver's license?

Yeah.

Do you know Los Angeles?

Yeah. I grew up

all around here.

Can you start tonight?

Doing what?

I run a successful

TV news business.

We film breaking stories.

Maybe you saw my

item this morning

of a fatal carjacking.

No. I don't have a TV,

but that sounds cool.

Do you have a cellphone?

Yeah.

Does it have GPS?

Yes, it does.

Congratulations.

You're hired.

OK3'! -

Your job will be to listen

to the emergency radio,

learn police codes, help

navigate, and watch the car.

OK3'! -

And what does it pay?

It's an internship.

Man, I, uh...

I can't do that

I need money.

I'm giving you a chance

to explore career options

and get insight

into my organization.

It's not at all

unusual for me

to make full-time job

offers to my interns.

No, I know.

I got to get paid,

like, something at least,

you know.

I'll give you

$30 cash per night.

Okay. Okay-

Thank you. Thanks.

4-A-27 at Main and Washington,

requesting Code Ten for one.

Calling back stand-by.

4-A-27, go ahead.

4-A-27 is

requesting a Code Ten

to clear the frequency

for warrant information.

4-A-1, prowler

complaint, Sixth and Rampart.

Female Hispanic

wearing a blue shirt.

Code 2,

incident 2156, RD 235.

Code Two is "Respond immediately,

no lights and sirens. "

And Code Three is?

With the lights

and sirens on.

Very good.

2-A-1 responding.

Sixth and Rampart, Code Two.

So, should we go?

No. We want victims

and not the kind that live

on Sixth and Rampart.

Any Van Nuys unit, 415 man.

7227 Van Nuys Boulevard

at the Big King Market.

Inside the location, the

suspect is a male Hispanic

wearing an orange construction

vest and blue jeans.

In custody with

security guards.

I'm going to get some water.

You want anything?

No, thank you.

Rampart units,

domestic violence,

restraining order violation.

Suspect last seen on foot on

Fifth Street towards Virgil.

Structure

fire- Station 58. Engine 58.

Task force 58,

task force 43.

Engine 43.

Battalion 10.

1642 Rincon Avenue...

Structure fire!

Engine 58 on scene.

1642 Rincon Avenue.

Seat belt. Seat belt.

Seat belt.

Where are we going?

We're taking

the next right coming up.

Slow down, man.

That's too fast!

Talk to me, Richard.

Talk to me, Richard.

What next?

Next left, coming up.

F***!

I need more warning

next time.

Where are we going?

Talk to me!

What's next?

Okay.

Keeping on this five...

No, six blocks.

Then a right.

On what?

I made a mistake!

It's a right

five blocks back.

It's just five blocks.

Did they bring him out?

Ambulance left

two minutes ago.

You're a lifetime

too late.

Nice camera!

On to the next.

I bet I wasted five dollars

of gas just getting here

or don't you think

that's a lot of money?

I'm sorry.

I couldn't see the screen,

you were driving so fast.

Okay, first of all,

Richard,

don't answer me by

telling me a problem.

I have enough

of those already.

Bring me a solution, and then we

can make a decision together.

Okay. Maybe if

you didn't rush me.

Don't rush you. Okay.

I can use that

See, Rick,

they've done studies

and they found that in any system

that relies on cooperation

from a school of fish,

say, or even a professional

hockey team, for example,

these experts have

identified communication

as the number one

single key to success.

You know what

"fear" stands for?

What?

"False Evidence

Appearing Real. "

You're going really

f***ing fast' dude.

Get out of your head,

Rick.

It's a bad neighborhood.

Now, when you get a chance,

I'd like to know

where we're going.

Uh, left on Third.

Six blocks.

Find a more appropriate

place to park the car,

and don't get blocked in.

Are you the one

that made the call?

No, no.

I think...

I was trying to go to

sleep, and I heard a sound.

It scared me.

That's why I called.

Sir, what's going on?

Who the f*** are you?

TV news.

What happened?

It was a shooting.

Hold the cops that he was

waving a gun last week,

but they

didn't f***ing care.

Can you try one more

time without swearing?

I'm not doing it again.

But this is for TV.

Yeah?

I don't have a TV.

It's over.

Shot the place to sh*t.

All right, guys, pack ii up.

Let's move it out.

...running out of there as fast as

we could. Through that window there.

Great shot.

Oh, that's fantastic.

Oh, that's a great

piece of tape.

You didn't get an interview

with the couple?

I have footage of them.

I have an interview

with a neighbor.

She curses, but

you can cut that out.

How did you get

inside the house?

The door was open.

They allowed you?

I heard somebody

yell to come in,

and when nobody

was inside, I left.

And the only shot of the

couple is through a window?

The police were

shutting it down.

I don't like it.

Like what?

The footage looks

like he broke in.

There's no close-up

of the homeowners

and he's giving us

their name

off a piece of

private correspondence.

Excuse me,

that's junk mail.

Well,

I have a problem with that.

We'll knock out

a killer package.

This is my job.

No!

Your job is writing

the tweet of the day.

And getting Deb

to turn sideways

during the weather forecast.

We're running it.

I like how

you handled Frank.

You didn't soften

the truth or dilute it.

I think being clear with your

objectives is more important

than trying to

present your ideas

in a non-confrontational

manner.

Do you have

experience in an office?

Myself?

Not presently, no.

Where did you

get all that?

I study a lot online.

Yeah? Like what?

All sorts of things,

actually.

I'm on my computer

all day.

I haven't had what you'd call

much of a formal education,

but you can find most anything

if you look hard enough.

Last year, I took an online

business course, for example.

And I learned that you have

to have a business plan

before starting a business.

And that why you

pursue something

is equally as important

as what you pursue.

The site advised you

to answer

the following question

before you decide where

to focus your abilities.

The question was

"What do I love to do?"

The site suggested

making a list

of your strengths

and weaknesses.

What am I good at?

What am I not good at?

Maybe I want to strengthen

and develop knowledge

about the things

I'm already good at.

Maybe I want to

strengthen my weaknesses.

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