Bruce Henderson

Patrolmen check out a car that was cruising away from a burglary alarm.

Patrolman Quintana's bulletproof vest. No way. If I was chicken, I wouldn't be a cop."

An arrest following a street knifing.

An arrest is made for a nighttime liquor story robbery

Police Chief Tom Cochée, California first African-American chief of police, stands amidst Compton's ever-present graffiti.

A most common sight in the city of Compton. Patrolmen frisking juveniles.

"It's a false alarm," officers tell another patrolman as he approaches a liquor store with a shotgun in hand.

The call is armed robbery at a liquor store. The first cops on the scene, not taking any chances, order everyone outside the store down on the pavement.