Chronicle: Law and Disorder

DateFebruary 13 1990

Can DescriptionsAircheck

AbstractCops; Law and Disorder; commercials included; viewer warning: vivid details about cases and children endangerment; Rapid Response Units are shadowed by Mike Barnicle who rides along as these Boston police work night shifts on all kinds of calls; the worst calls are domestic calls, some of the police say; violence and death are ever-present on the job, but drugs now add elements that heighten the tension; the stop and search policy of the department is under scrutiny; Area B station is the worst for murders in the state, and it takes a certain kind of a policeman to work there; partners talk about what it means to be partners and some of the horrors of their jobs;

OtherAdvertisements include Budget gourmet; Camry dealers; Skippy-dipping; Niessen bread; Australia Qantas; Mercury dealers; Chichi's salsa; Tropicana; Shaw's; U.S. Savings Bonds; Mazda dealers; Aunt Millies; CitiBank Visa; GMC; Thomas English Muffins; In the studio Mike Barnicle; Kathy Bickimer, Bob Comiskey, Art Donahue, John Rosenfeld, Ken Sullivan, Jim Fripp, Bob Hakkila, Leroy McLaurin, Craig Pizzo, Mozdiez, Ray Gilmartin, Susan Sloane, Chris Stirling, Mark Mills;