While on patrol, Officer Burnside pulls over a suspicious vehicle and finds the driver shaky and shady; asking a couple of questions it is instantly clear what they were there for.
Officer Burnside responds to a call where the suspect is awfully concerned about his vehicle. Suspicious, she searches the vehicle and sure enough, there are a few things in there he doesn't want the cops to find.
Officer Person meets a suspected drug dealer who insists he was just "visiting a friend in the area." However, the dozens of used dope bags, say otherwise.
In order to locate their lead suspect, Angel Resendez-Ramirez, investigators begin to enlist the help of the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (VICAP).
Feeling as if their investigation is going nowhere investigators begin to look to both the media and family of their suspect in order to put the heat on Resendez.