Jerry joins Special Operations Section and details how the unit would remove drugs and illegal guns off the streets of Chicago. This roving pack of cops was a freight train already coming off the rails when Jerry joins, with a history of members being indicted for a litany of crimes. The unit was highly effective but also troubled.

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Music: "Refraction 3" from the album "Lux: Refractions” by loscil, courtesy of Scott Morgan.

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