Covello would rather be working his beat on the beach and pitching broads in bikinis. When Kostovic goes to the projects to pick up Ditty and Shoelace, they escape. The cop's bad luck continues when he accidentally whacks a pretty legal aid volunteer in the head. She has been working with the gangbangers. Giving Katie Bartovich a black eye is not a good way to start a romance.
Love has a few obstacles to overcome before the two can build a mutual admiration society.
Pauly's shy around pretty women. When Kostovic rounds a corner, he runs over the body before he can swerve around it. The body gets a second smooshing by the paddy wagon. Cop gallows humor stretches like a wide smile throughout the story. Kostovic, a former Marine, figures someone has been using the gangbangers, and the signs point to someone ex-military.