Rookie A.J. Cafaro goes on his first search warrant assault then witnesses his first dead body, and soon begins to question if maybe throwing drunks out of a bar was not so bad. Former High school English teacher Hugh Herndon decided to trade his chalk and blackboard for a Tampa police badge and a 9mm handgun.
Rookie Mark Monson has trouble taking orders from his female FTO Denise Liccardi. He's over-eager and makes basic mistakes again and again. Each rookie is evaluated by their sergeant before riding solo and Mark needs to get it together fast, or risk saying goodbye to his childhood dream of being a police officer.
Petite rookie Amy Hess, after a week where she pushes a car, tests crack for the first time, and participates in her first SWAT hit, is out to prove "size doesn't matter.
During his first evaluation, rookie Mark Monson choked and had to go back and train longer. Mark's career rides on his performance tonight, so if he passes this time, Mark gets his own squad car and begins solo patrol. Before starting the evaluation, Sergeant Mike Corrone takes Mark on a side trip. Later, Mark tries to handle a simple traffic stop, and the results of his evaluation become uncertain.
Rookie Dennis Cooper's wife is about to give birth to a baby girl. Dennis is asked to control an angry juvenile arrested on gun charges, then restrain a grieving a husband after a tragic hit and run accident, causing this father-to-be to start questioning his decision to join the TPD family.
On his first day of field training, rookie Josh Norris gazes at the "Deputy of the Month" plaques on the wall and wonders what he has to do to get his name up there.
Rookie Elton Johnson is a country boy from Alabama who just wants to get into "the action". Elton is the arresting officer on a drug sting operation and arrests a violent racist drunk. Next, rookie April Levine investigates a knifing, then goes on her first drug sting operation, where her law enforcement pedigree won't help her one bit.
Rebecca Webster was the only female rookie in her Academy class. She knows that as a woman in a man's world, she's going to have to work twice as hard to prove herself.