Just coming off his shift, rookie officer Jim Reed (Kent McCord) shoots and kills a teenage sniper. Even though he regards the incident as a clear-cut case of self-defense, Reed must follow procedure and undergo an intense investigation.from a police panel consisting of his superior officers. The more the panel scrutinizes every detail of the killing and relentlessly drills him for additional information, the more Jim begins to question his judgment--and the more he is convinced that his career is over. (Incidentally, Kent McCord landed his Adam-12 role largely on the strength of a guest appearance in Dragnet, playing a young cop who was subjected to a similarly grueling interrogation by officers Friday (Jack Webb and Gannon (Harry Morgan).
by Hal Erickson
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