Jack Bowman is an unorthodox cop from New Orleans who gets caught in trouble when sent to California for a short assignment. He recruits Bullet Tingreedes, a female cop addicted to danger; Stanley Jones, a tall but quick-tempered cop with ventriloquist skills; and Toby Baker, a kleptomaniac, to help him clear his name. After resolving the situation, Bowman forms a new unit with these individuals and a psychiatrist named Priscilla Mather for supervision.
Bowman, arriving to deliver a murder suspect he believes to be innocent, enco...