Southland: Season One

Only 9,800 police officers patrol the city of Los Angeles, an area of 500 square miles and 4 million people...

Cooper: You are too stupid to live.

Cooper: Asshole Rodeo.

Dudek: What do you call two female officers in a squad car? A tuna boat!

Cooper: Yeah, Tori Spelling threw up all over his brand new patent Mary Jane's.

Cooper: At 0'dark:30 the next time you're up, you will drag your weary ass out of bed, you will put on your gun and your vest and you will do it all over again. You know why? Because this is a front row seat to the greatest show on earth. You wanna abuse it? Yes sir. You can, and you will. I guarantee it, because it is relentless, and it gets to you, and it seems like it changes nothing. But a day like today, with some interesting papers and a few good arrests, that's good. But if once in a while, you get to take a bad guy off the streets for good, then that my friend is God's work. So now you wanna be a pussy and quit? You quit. You're a cop because you don't know how not to be one. If you feel that way, you're a cop. If you don't, you're not. You decide.

Cooper: It is my opinion that despite the circle jerk of tonight, that Officer Ben Sherman performed his duties to the highest standard. He is and will continue to be a superior police officer. We will be very lucky if he serves this sworn career with the Los Angeles police.

Cooper: You may be a great shot, but you don't know shit about being a cop.

Cooper: Number one: Things aren't always what they seem. The victim may be the suspect. The suspect may be the victim. Number two: Wait for us. You do not take action by yourself. We work as partners.

Adams: Right, you get an award for saving lives, not taking them.

Dead unidentified female victims in Los Angeles are often called Sally in the Alley. Our detectives wanted to give this one a name.