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[police siren wailing]

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[suspenseful music playing]

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[police siren wailing continues]

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"You will hear the sirens singing

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Closer and closer to you

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Pray that they are not singing

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This night for you."

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Officer Daniel Alatorre,
Second Lieutenant.

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Winner of the 3rd Regional
Police Poetry Contest.

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[car engine rumbling softly]

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[police siren wailing]

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[cop 1] Twenty-five, C-4, Dispatch.

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[cop 2] Command, I've already reported

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that Tango 45
is attending a 16 on Palacio.

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Us crew members
are boarding Tango 41, as well.

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It's the only unit I have en route…

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[cop 3] They're requesting my assistance.
A female, 52, and her son

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are being followed
by two guys on a motorcycle.

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Over by Aurrerá supermarket.

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[cop 4] Approaching in two.

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[cop 5] One conscious,
one unconscious, 23.

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López and Flamingos.

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[cop 6] I'm requesting backup, 81.

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[cop 7] Let me know
if you go inside in five.

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[cop 8] C-4 from Perla dispatch.

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[cop 9] Eight-zero-nine, give me your 94.

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Eight-zero-nine, your 94?

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[patrol officer] This is 809.

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[cop 9] What is your 94, 809?

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[patrol officer] I'm on Euzkaro.

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Shortly crossing Misterios.

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[cop 9] They're requesting
a 66 on Constancia… [static noise]

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[patrol officer] "Constancia," what?

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[cop 9] …section seven. Constancia,
second floor, third door, interior F.

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[patrol officer] In five.
I'm heading towards K-100.

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[police siren wailing]

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[cop 10] Two here, I'm at third.

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[siren blaring]

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[car horn honking]

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[cop 11] He's proceeding
through Portales and…

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[cop 12] It's two, there's a 37.

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There's a fire on Pastizal, as well.

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It appears there was an explosion…

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[patrol officer] God dammit.

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[cop 12] …a unit from the Red Cross.

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[patrol officer]
Step onto the sidewalk, please.

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-[whispers] This fucking asshole…
-[siren blares]

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[cop 13] I'll give you directions.
Chaineli and San Cristóbal.

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They informed us of a fight, 252.
They're no longer there. Now on 11.

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[patrol officer]
Step up onto the sidewalk, please.

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[cop 14] Squad, via patrol.

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They're asking me to find out

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if there's a number
for the anti-kidnapping hotline.

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[police radio beeping]

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[cop 15] Three-four, before Maravillas.

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[car window winding down]

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[man] Good evening, Officer.

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[patrol officer] Good evening.
Is this 25 Constancia?

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[man] Yes. Is the ambulance on the way?

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[patrol officer] Dispatch, this is 809.

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I'm at the K-100, 25 Constancia.
I'm going to proceed with a K-11.

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[car window winding up]

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[car door opens]

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-[car door closes]
-[cop 16] Bro, seven-coke for 41 Posada.

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[cop 17] Okay, Victor 44 reports
that they have a minor with them.

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At the pharmacy. Please confirm.

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[cop 18] I will confirm in five.

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[cop 19] At 40 Avenida Ocho,
in Las Águilas,

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they're requesting a 12,
via local networks.

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They reported that a truck
has crashed into a clothing store.

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I spoke to the lady
who owns the store upon arrival,

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and she stated
that a brown Ford truck collided.

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They reached an agreement
among themselves.

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No further news, commune five.

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[car door opens]

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[patrol officer] Dispatch, this is 809.

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I can confirm
that a Z-14 will be required promptly.

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-[radio beeps]
-[patrol officer] Dispatch, this is 809.

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Affirmative, it will be needed at K-100.

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Constancia number 25,
need a Z-14 right away.

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[cop 20] Coming up
in five or eight meters,

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although the units are at 29.

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-Approach…
-[car door slams]

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[man] Good evening, Officer.

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[patrol officer] Good evening, sir.

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[man] We've been waiting for two hours…

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[patrol officer] Could you show me
the residence, please?

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[woman 1] Yes,
but is the ambulance on the way?

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[patrol officer] As I said, ma'am,
I've requested a medical unit.

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-It's en route.
-We wanted an ambulance, not a patrol.

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[woman 2] Go on, it's horrible.

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We're waiting for the ambulance.

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-[boy] It's here.
-[man 1] We didn't ask for a cop car.

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We asked for an ambulance.
We've been calling for two hours.

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[patrol officer exclaims]

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[man 1] What are they saying?

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What?

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[woman] So?

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Nothing?

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[man 2] Are you gonna help us?

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[upbeat music plays at distance]

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Fuck that.

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[patrol officer] I just wanted to see.

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[whispering] Hey, guess what?

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I'm in deep shit.

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I'm with a woman who's in labor,
and the Z-14 isn't here.

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Give me that bitch's personal number.

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The one at dispatch.

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And keep trying with Z-14.
Come on, it's serious.

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It feels awful.

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-[man 2] Deep breaths.
-[woman grunts]

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Dispatch, this is 809. What happened
to the Z-14 for 25 Constancia?

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Dispatch, come on.
The lady is in serious condition.

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The neighbors are really angry too.
What happened with the Z-14?

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[dispatch officer] My understanding
was a 142, street 15, number 12.

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It's a 29 among neighbors.

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Contact Daniel García Pérez.

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-Numeral 200 would get there in 11.
-[car engine starts]

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Also, the 114-Alpha
and the 146 wasn't 91 anymore.

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[car idling]

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[car engine stops]

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[grunting]

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Breathe, ma'am. Breathe.

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[groaning]

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-[man] That's it. Breathe.
-[exhales]

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-[man] Good. That's it.
-[labored breathing]

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-It's over.
-[man] Relax.

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[grunting, sobbing]

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[patrol officer] In the Academy,
we didn't have first-aid classes

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or medical training.

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I thought, "What am I going to do?"

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So, I spoke frankly with the gentleman.

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I said, "Yes, I've got my gloves."

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Because I tend to carry equipment
that I've bought myself.

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And that I…
I try to have it on me at all times.

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I said, "I've got my gloves,
but I'll be honest with you,

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I have no medical expertise whatsoever."

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"No, get an ambulance!" I said, "Yes,
I've requested one, but it's not my call."

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"My role is simply to find the location

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and confirm that it's a real situation,
so that they can send an ambulance."

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[woman grunting]

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[woman breathing heavily]

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-[patrol officer] Here it comes!
-[man] That's it. Push. That's it.

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Almost there.

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[grunting]

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-[man] That's it!
-[moaning]

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-[man] Push!
-[groaning]

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-[man] That's it!
-[grunts]

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-[patrol officer] Almost there.
-[man] Here it comes.

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-That's it, push!
-[woman screaming]

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[patrol officer] That's it, ma'am!
That's it!

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-[man] There you go. You got this!
-[woman straining]

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-[screaming]
-There you go, sweetie!

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-[bellows in agony]
-[man] There you go!

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-[woman strains, screams]
-Almost there!

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Push, sweetie!

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There you go!

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[woman breathing heavily]

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-[man] Do you feel that?
-[patrol officer] It's over.

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-[baby crying]
-[man] Take it easy. Look. It's done.

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[woman grunts]

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[patrol officer] It got to the point
where I saw so much blood,

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the umbilical cord and everything,

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that the only thing
I could think of was to grab my phone.

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Since my husband was off work,

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I called him on his cell to tell him,
"Know what?"

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"I'm assisting a woman in labor,
call an ambulance."

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"No, are you crazy?"

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So I got backup from my husband.

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And the lady started groaning again.
"I can't take the pain!"

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And I thought, "You already gave birth.
What else do you want?"

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I said, "Grab a pot." He said, "What for?"

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"The placenta is causing the pain.
It's not out yet."

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I said, "You'll have to excuse me,

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I'm not sure if this is sanitary,
but we'll use these."

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"Sure, Officer."

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I said, "If you authorize me,
there is some risk involved."

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"If it works out, we would be okay,

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but if it doesn't, it's my responsibility

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because it wasn't my call to begin with."

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And he gave me these kiddie scissors.

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I said,
"I can't use those to cut it, sir."

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"What else, then?"

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I remember well,
without a shadow of a doubt,

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the ambulance arrived at 1:50 a.m.

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The paramedics finally came in.
Everyone cursed at them.

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They shoved them around,
and they barely made their way in.

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They said, "It's already born."
I reply, "Yeah."

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And they go, "It's already born.
What do you expect us to do?"

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Mind you, they turn back and said,
"Where's the placenta?"

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Among us, it's common knowledge,

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the paramedics fight over the placenta

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because the doctors
apply it on their faces.

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"Give me the placenta."
I said, "You're not taking it, I am."

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They wanted to carry me aloft when I left.

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"Thank you so much, Officer.
Congratulations."

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They brought me coffee and a pastry.

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The lady called me and said,

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"Officer, I wanted to tell you
that my husband and I

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have decided to name the girl Teresa."

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I said, "No, I hate my name.
How could you do that to her?"

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My name is María Teresa Hernández Cañas.

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I've been in the force for 17 years,

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and I'm 34 years old.

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[upbeat music playing]

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POLICE

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FEDERAL FORCES

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[music continues]

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[light footsteps approaching]

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[whistle blowing in distance]

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[water splashing]

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[alarm ringing]

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[ringing continues]

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[Teresa groans]

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Natasha.

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[alarm ringing]

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[Teresa] When I started,
I went down to Morelos,

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which is right there in Tepito.
First of all, I got sent as punishment.

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One of the bosses sent me.
She said I needed some lessons in humility

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-because I thought too highly of myself.
-[giggling]

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I said, "You have low self-esteem."

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So, she sent me to Morelos as punishment.

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On the fourth day, we had stopped
in Eje 1 and Circunvalación,

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and guess what?

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A motorcycle appeared, a red scooter,

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and it stopped by the squad car,

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right up to the side of the car.

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And he said, "I'm going to tell you
what you're going to do."

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He said, "Today, I'll rob Tenochtitlán,"
I don't know which streets he told me.

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"I warn you, I'll kick your ass
if I see your patrol car stopping there."

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"You've been warned, doll. Now you know."

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[vigorous scrubbing]

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[Teresa] And I felt so scared,
so shaken up.

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I thought, "What shall we do?"

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Is he really warning us
that he'll hit that?

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I summoned the courage
to go see the chief and say,

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"Boss, I need to talk to you.
This is what happened."

241
00:16:55,764 --> 00:16:58,559
"He threatened me and now I'm scared."

242
00:16:58,642 --> 00:17:00,978
"I just got here,
and they already know me."

243
00:17:01,854 --> 00:17:05,357
He even laughed. He goes,
"Ha, ha, ha! You've been hazed."

244
00:17:05,983 --> 00:17:09,778
I tell him, "Chief, you are going
to make me pay if they steal."

245
00:17:09,862 --> 00:17:13,198
He said, "No, kid. Here in Morelos,

246
00:17:13,282 --> 00:17:15,034
in this precinct, we don't care."

247
00:17:15,617 --> 00:17:17,828
I said, "Why not, Chief? It's a robbery."

248
00:17:17,911 --> 00:17:22,207
He said, "Do you know how many times
they rob the Chinese every week?"

249
00:17:22,291 --> 00:17:24,960
"I'd be shocked if they get hit
less than ten times."

250
00:17:25,044 --> 00:17:28,756
"They screw them, beat them up
and empty out their storage rooms."

251
00:17:28,839 --> 00:17:30,174
"And then what, Chief?"

252
00:17:30,758 --> 00:17:34,511
"They never report it.
It's all contraband."

253
00:17:34,595 --> 00:17:36,722
"See? You learn something new every day."

254
00:17:39,933 --> 00:17:42,311
There are all types of folks
in the police.

255
00:17:43,395 --> 00:17:46,648
Just as there are lots of good cops
with good intentions

256
00:17:46,732 --> 00:17:49,651
who go out to fulfill their duties,
by the book,

257
00:17:49,735 --> 00:17:52,571
there are also lots of cops
who might be crooked,

258
00:17:52,654 --> 00:17:55,741
or who didn't have a trade
in their civilian life

259
00:17:55,824 --> 00:17:58,118
and saw the advantages of being a cop.

260
00:18:01,955 --> 00:18:06,835
It affects me when I see
these news reports criticizing us.

261
00:18:06,919 --> 00:18:08,087
[coins clinking]

262
00:18:08,170 --> 00:18:10,005
[Teresa] As a cop,
sometimes it's infuriating.

263
00:18:10,089 --> 00:18:12,424
"No, we got burned!" I say.

264
00:18:12,508 --> 00:18:14,927
But the truth is, as a police officer,

265
00:18:15,010 --> 00:18:16,428
you foster all of that.

266
00:18:16,512 --> 00:18:18,972
-[person whistles]
-[coins clinking]

267
00:18:22,684 --> 00:18:23,644
Now what?

268
00:18:23,727 --> 00:18:25,187
[man] I forgot my keys.

269
00:18:25,270 --> 00:18:27,272
[thrilling music playing]

270
00:18:27,356 --> 00:18:29,024
[Teresa] What if I'd left?

271
00:18:29,108 --> 00:18:31,652
[man] I'd fucking kick the door in,
like in the movies.

272
00:18:31,735 --> 00:18:34,822
-Hurry. I haven't walked the dog.
-[man] I'll walk her in a sec.

273
00:18:34,905 --> 00:18:38,325
-I left some soup in the oven.
-[man] I'll walk her now. Don't worry.

274
00:18:40,869 --> 00:18:41,870
[keys clang]

275
00:18:45,249 --> 00:18:47,751
[upbeat music playing]

276
00:18:49,336 --> 00:18:51,421
[Teresa] I used to see them
out on the street,

277
00:18:51,505 --> 00:18:53,924
and, I mean, they seemed like
total heroes to me.

278
00:19:01,765 --> 00:19:05,561
Since my dad was a cop,
I felt like nothing could happen to me.

279
00:19:05,644 --> 00:19:07,229
I felt like wherever we went,

280
00:19:07,312 --> 00:19:10,649
we would be well-protected
and looked after simply because of that.

281
00:19:11,942 --> 00:19:15,445
I would see my dad come home
carrying his gun, the tight shirt,

282
00:19:15,529 --> 00:19:18,532
he even had his shield,
and instructed the boy.

283
00:19:20,159 --> 00:19:23,704
"Do this move, son. Pretend
you're shooting and I'll take pictures."

284
00:19:23,787 --> 00:19:25,122
And he would.

285
00:19:25,205 --> 00:19:27,791
I'd say, "Take some of me."
He'd go, "You're jealous."

286
00:19:27,875 --> 00:19:30,377
"You just want to do
everything your brother does."

287
00:19:30,460 --> 00:19:32,880
I said, "No,
I want to be a police officer."

288
00:19:32,963 --> 00:19:33,922
"No, you don't."

289
00:19:34,006 --> 00:19:37,134
So, there was that discrimination
that he could and I couldn't.

290
00:19:37,759 --> 00:19:40,679
"You're going to get married,
have kids, and that's it."

291
00:19:41,305 --> 00:19:43,140
"No, Dad, I'll be a police officer."

292
00:19:45,434 --> 00:19:47,436
[soft music playing]

293
00:19:58,572 --> 00:20:00,574
[sizzling]

294
00:20:05,579 --> 00:20:08,081
-Yesterday was the 19th, wasn't it?
-[Teresa] Yeah.

295
00:20:08,582 --> 00:20:09,666
Yeah…

296
00:20:11,835 --> 00:20:13,378
Yeah, look, you didn't sign.

297
00:20:13,462 --> 00:20:15,589
[Teresa] Yes, I had to rush back
to the precinct.

298
00:20:15,672 --> 00:20:17,049
-In a hurry.
-Don't worry.

299
00:20:17,758 --> 00:20:20,344
-Don't worry, darling.
-[Teresa] My boss would have killed me.

300
00:20:20,844 --> 00:20:22,054
BUSINESS CODE - DATE

301
00:20:22,137 --> 00:20:24,556
[clerk] Can I get you a coffee, copper?
Something to eat?

302
00:20:25,432 --> 00:20:26,683
A muffin?

303
00:20:27,684 --> 00:20:28,852
Instant ramen?

304
00:20:31,396 --> 00:20:32,397
Enjoy.

305
00:20:33,649 --> 00:20:35,984
[men laughing]

306
00:20:37,361 --> 00:20:39,988
[Teresa] The truth is,
after finishing high school,

307
00:20:40,072 --> 00:20:44,117
I spent a year doing nothing.
I thought, "I don't want to study."

308
00:20:44,201 --> 00:20:45,953
"I don't want to do anything."

309
00:20:46,036 --> 00:20:49,623
I said, "Mom, I've had it.
I'm going to join the police force."

310
00:20:51,375 --> 00:20:52,584
What's wrong, Officer?

311
00:20:52,668 --> 00:20:56,171
[Teresa] "No, you're crazy.
Your dad is going to go ballistic."

312
00:20:56,255 --> 00:20:59,091
I said, "Whatever.
If he wants me to work, I'll work."

313
00:20:59,174 --> 00:21:00,425
"But I'll choose it."

314
00:21:00,509 --> 00:21:02,678
What seems to be the problem, Officer?

315
00:21:02,761 --> 00:21:04,763
[Teresa] I already told you, man…

316
00:21:04,846 --> 00:21:08,433
He goes, "No way!
The police force is for losers."

317
00:21:08,517 --> 00:21:10,269
"That's not what I want for you."

318
00:21:10,352 --> 00:21:11,895
[both grunting]

319
00:21:12,729 --> 00:21:15,148
[Teresa] Spread your legs.
Hands behind your head.

320
00:21:15,232 --> 00:21:17,442
[man] Relax…

321
00:21:17,526 --> 00:21:19,194
[Teresa] So, we started arguing.

322
00:21:19,278 --> 00:21:22,364
And he took everything from me.
My money, shampoo, everything.

323
00:21:22,447 --> 00:21:24,866
He wanted to force me to see

324
00:21:24,950 --> 00:21:28,203
what it would be like
to have to work for my basic necessities.

325
00:21:28,287 --> 00:21:29,329
-This is abuse.
-Cooperate.

326
00:21:29,413 --> 00:21:31,248
[man] This is an abuse of power.

327
00:21:31,999 --> 00:21:34,001
-What abuse?
-Who's going to lock my car?

328
00:21:34,084 --> 00:21:36,628
-[Teresa] I'll request backup.
-You can't request a thing.

329
00:21:36,712 --> 00:21:40,424
[Teresa] When the four of us sat down
to eat, we all sat facing each other.

330
00:21:40,507 --> 00:21:42,968
I mean, I wanted to avoid my dad's look,

331
00:21:43,051 --> 00:21:46,471
because we were at the table,
and I always sat right across from him.

332
00:21:47,097 --> 00:21:51,393
So, I moved the jug of water
and stooped down, so he couldn't see me.

333
00:21:51,476 --> 00:21:55,814
That was the time
he hurt my feelings deeply,

334
00:21:55,897 --> 00:21:58,358
because I never expected my dad to say,

335
00:21:58,442 --> 00:22:00,152
"Did you earn your food already?"

336
00:22:01,862 --> 00:22:04,031
That hit me really hard.

337
00:22:04,114 --> 00:22:09,286
I got teary and didn't say a word.
I stood up and went into my bedroom.

338
00:22:14,499 --> 00:22:16,335
PÉREZ, DANIEL - FAILS TO REPORT

339
00:22:16,418 --> 00:22:19,338
[woman] Caro, why haven't you
put me through to management?

340
00:22:19,921 --> 00:22:21,590
[Teresa] Do you have a working pen?

341
00:22:21,673 --> 00:22:23,467
What do you think, hon? No.

342
00:22:23,550 --> 00:22:26,136
-I love your earrings.
-Thanks, doll.

343
00:22:26,678 --> 00:22:28,597
-Give me a hand, would you?
-With what?

344
00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,558
-I took him down to the ward…
-You're so fucking stubborn.

345
00:22:31,641 --> 00:22:34,269
I already took him to the doctor.
Here's the info.

346
00:22:34,353 --> 00:22:36,396
No, I'm tired too, dude.

347
00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:38,357
-I want to go home.
-Look.

348
00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:39,274
[woman sighs]

349
00:22:39,358 --> 00:22:40,984
-Look at the info.
-Fucking Tere!

350
00:22:41,610 --> 00:22:42,527
[whispering] Come on…

351
00:22:42,611 --> 00:22:43,570
No, dude.

352
00:22:44,321 --> 00:22:46,490
-No, you take advantage…
-It's only missing…

353
00:22:46,573 --> 00:22:48,492
Just missing this information.

354
00:22:48,575 --> 00:22:50,911
-You took him to Medical Services?
-Yeah.

355
00:22:50,994 --> 00:22:53,205
-What's wrong, Caro?
-[child crying]

356
00:22:53,288 --> 00:22:54,164
Oh. [sighs]

357
00:22:55,165 --> 00:22:57,709
-Please.
-Hold on. Give me a moment.

358
00:23:01,797 --> 00:23:05,717
[Teresa] That hit me so hard and hurt
so much, that I saw it as a challenge.

359
00:23:06,593 --> 00:23:08,512
I said, "Okay, I'm going to succeed."

360
00:23:08,595 --> 00:23:12,432
"Now I'll show you that I'm the opposite
of what you think of me."

361
00:23:12,516 --> 00:23:15,352
"And I will work,
but I'll go into the police force."

362
00:23:16,228 --> 00:23:17,437
[car engine stops]

363
00:23:22,025 --> 00:23:22,859
[sighs]

364
00:23:23,777 --> 00:23:25,362
[engine sputtering]

365
00:23:29,783 --> 00:23:32,494
[sputtering continues]

366
00:23:35,122 --> 00:23:36,373
[car engine rumbling]

367
00:23:36,456 --> 00:23:37,457
[engine dies]

368
00:23:40,752 --> 00:23:41,628
[sighing]

369
00:23:42,838 --> 00:23:44,172
[cop on radio] …after 3-1.

370
00:23:44,798 --> 00:23:48,552
[Teresa] When I reached my third month,
I said, "Look, I'm three months in."

371
00:23:48,635 --> 00:23:50,595
"I've proven to you that

372
00:23:50,679 --> 00:23:52,848
I will stick with it,
that it's my passion."

373
00:23:53,390 --> 00:23:57,644
He said, "I'll believe it once you come
to invite me to your graduation."

374
00:23:57,727 --> 00:23:59,187
"Then I'll believe you."

375
00:24:00,522 --> 00:24:01,606
And he did.

376
00:24:01,690 --> 00:24:04,568
He attended my graduation.
He brought my mom,

377
00:24:04,651 --> 00:24:07,529
and enjoyed himself. There he was.
Photos, hugs, and everything.

378
00:24:07,612 --> 00:24:10,365
But later on, back at home,

379
00:24:11,241 --> 00:24:14,995
he sits me down and says,
"Well, I'll tell you what we'll do."

380
00:24:15,078 --> 00:24:17,998
"Now what?" I said.
"I finished. I came through."

381
00:24:18,623 --> 00:24:23,545
He said, "You are strictly forbidden
from telling anyone that I'm your dad."

382
00:24:24,212 --> 00:24:26,965
I said, "Why? What's the problem?"

383
00:24:27,632 --> 00:24:30,010
He says, "When you get to the precinct…"

384
00:24:30,093 --> 00:24:34,806
I was 18, I was fairly slim,
and, in my opinion, quite pretty, right?

385
00:24:35,474 --> 00:24:38,018
Good body. He said, "No."

386
00:24:38,518 --> 00:24:41,438
"When you get to the precinct,
I'll get upset

387
00:24:41,521 --> 00:24:43,482
if a higher-up starts harassing you."

388
00:24:43,565 --> 00:24:45,817
He said, "Because the higher-ups,

389
00:24:45,901 --> 00:24:48,820
the first thing they notice
is who they like, who is cute."

390
00:24:49,404 --> 00:24:52,115
"And if you play along
and you also like it,

391
00:24:52,199 --> 00:24:54,534
I won't stop you.
You know what you're doing."

392
00:24:54,618 --> 00:24:57,287
"The less people know
you're my daughter, the better."

393
00:24:57,370 --> 00:24:59,915
"Also, if someone disrespects you,

394
00:24:59,998 --> 00:25:03,627
I won't get into an argument
with my colleagues over that."

395
00:25:11,051 --> 00:25:12,511
"Do you know what I'll do?"

396
00:25:12,594 --> 00:25:16,389
"I won't stop until they send me
to your precinct, where you are."

397
00:25:17,015 --> 00:25:18,391
"Moreover,

398
00:25:18,934 --> 00:25:22,020
I'm going to work with you.
We'll go out on patrol together."

399
00:25:22,729 --> 00:25:26,441
And when every single argument
had failed to convince me,

400
00:25:27,108 --> 00:25:31,321
he said, "What would happen
if, one day, we go out on patrol together

401
00:25:31,863 --> 00:25:35,825
and, as fate would have it,
they shot me in front of you?"

402
00:25:37,118 --> 00:25:41,081
"Do you really think you have
the courage to stand there and watch

403
00:25:41,164 --> 00:25:44,334
while they shoot
or unleash a hail of bullets on me?

404
00:25:44,417 --> 00:25:46,753
And you do nothing about it?
How are you going to react

405
00:25:46,836 --> 00:25:48,880
if I died right there at your feet?"

406
00:25:48,964 --> 00:25:52,425
"You know the fucking trauma
you'll endure for the rest of your life?"

407
00:25:53,426 --> 00:25:56,304
So I apologized. Point taken.

408
00:26:05,814 --> 00:26:10,944
["As De Corazones" plays over car radio]

409
00:26:12,195 --> 00:26:13,321
[car engine stops]

410
00:26:17,409 --> 00:26:21,162
I was about ten at the time,
and my little brother was about six.

411
00:26:21,913 --> 00:26:24,416
When you live with a cop for a dad,

412
00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,295
you live with a high degree
of anxiety and uncertainty.

413
00:26:28,378 --> 00:26:30,672
You know he goes out,
you know he's going to work.

414
00:26:30,755 --> 00:26:33,717
But, as a child,
when he leaves to go to work,

415
00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:37,804
you don't fully grasp the danger as a kid,
or the things that they're exposed to.

416
00:26:52,068 --> 00:26:52,902
Okay…

417
00:27:00,493 --> 00:27:01,369
Partner.

418
00:27:01,453 --> 00:27:02,912
Go to sleep, dude.

419
00:27:04,289 --> 00:27:05,540
Let's go catch someone.

420
00:27:06,166 --> 00:27:08,501
Go to sleep, jerk. You slept all night?

421
00:27:09,044 --> 00:27:10,253
I'm hungry.

422
00:27:10,837 --> 00:27:12,047
Let's go get some grub.

423
00:27:12,964 --> 00:27:14,924
-Okay, but you drive.
-Okay.

424
00:27:17,052 --> 00:27:18,970
He was so certain that he said,

425
00:27:19,054 --> 00:27:22,307
"Well, we switched drivers,"
and he put the patrol car in reverse.

426
00:27:25,101 --> 00:27:29,189
The other day, we were…
It was Sunday, I think.

427
00:27:29,272 --> 00:27:30,815
We were lazing around.

428
00:27:32,859 --> 00:27:33,818
All of a sudden,

429
00:27:35,528 --> 00:27:39,282
my uniform was there somewhere,
and my son said,

430
00:27:39,908 --> 00:27:42,661
"Dad, I want to be a police officer
when I grow up."

431
00:27:43,662 --> 00:27:44,996
You're fucked.

432
00:27:45,497 --> 00:27:47,499
[chuckles] That's what I thought.

433
00:27:48,958 --> 00:27:50,543
[cop 1] Look at these assholes.

434
00:27:51,044 --> 00:27:51,878
[cop 2 laughs]

435
00:27:51,961 --> 00:27:53,630
[cop 1] Let's get our grub money.

436
00:27:55,757 --> 00:27:57,884
[cop 2] Datsun,
you're going the wrong way.

437
00:28:01,262 --> 00:28:03,306
[police siren wailing]

438
00:28:06,601 --> 00:28:10,188
He said, "Well, we stopped a car
that was going in the wrong direction."

439
00:28:10,271 --> 00:28:12,524
"We stopped them,
first of all, to run a check,

440
00:28:12,607 --> 00:28:15,610
and then, to be honest,
to see what they'd give us."

441
00:28:18,154 --> 00:28:20,156
["As De Corazones" continues playing]

442
00:28:20,824 --> 00:28:22,826
[police siren blaring]

443
00:28:24,661 --> 00:28:26,663
[engine idling]

444
00:28:34,921 --> 00:28:37,507
-[cop 1] Good evening, kids.
-Good evening.

445
00:28:38,007 --> 00:28:39,759
-[cop 1] Everything okay?
-All good, Officer.

446
00:28:39,843 --> 00:28:42,721
-[cop 1] You were going the wrong way.
-[clicks tongue] Damn.

447
00:28:42,804 --> 00:28:44,723
-Didn't you realize?
-No.

448
00:28:45,223 --> 00:28:47,308
Show me your papers, please.

449
00:28:47,392 --> 00:28:50,353
-License and registration.
-Of course.

450
00:28:52,939 --> 00:28:54,232
Let's see.

451
00:28:54,983 --> 00:28:56,776
[cop 1] Heck, no. What's that?

452
00:28:57,694 --> 00:28:59,362
For my license and registration.
[chuckles]

453
00:28:59,446 --> 00:29:00,989
[cop 1] Come on, pal.

454
00:29:01,948 --> 00:29:03,908
That barely covers for your license.

455
00:29:05,535 --> 00:29:09,622
["As De Corazones" playing over radio]

456
00:29:19,883 --> 00:29:21,885
[indistinct radio chatter]

457
00:29:25,138 --> 00:29:26,055
[gunshot]

458
00:29:29,350 --> 00:29:31,060
[gunfire]

459
00:29:33,730 --> 00:29:34,647
[driver] Motherfucker!

460
00:29:35,648 --> 00:29:36,941
Get in, dude!

461
00:29:39,194 --> 00:29:41,196
[indistinct chatter over radio]

462
00:29:44,532 --> 00:29:46,534
[mellow music playing]

463
00:29:47,869 --> 00:29:49,496
[dog barking in distance]

464
00:29:57,587 --> 00:29:59,589
[mellow music continues]

465
00:30:01,257 --> 00:30:04,177
-He said, "I fell down when they shot me."
-[police siren wailing]

466
00:30:04,260 --> 00:30:07,180
"And I closed my eyes.
I thought that if I opened them,

467
00:30:07,263 --> 00:30:10,934
they would realize I was still alive
and they would finish me off."

468
00:30:11,017 --> 00:30:13,478
[cop] Hang in there.
I'm going to ask for help. Hang on.

469
00:30:13,561 --> 00:30:17,690
Help arrived, and, as usual,

470
00:30:17,774 --> 00:30:21,444
one of the force's biggest issues,
there are no medical units.

471
00:30:21,528 --> 00:30:23,696
No one comes
and they don't know what to do.

472
00:30:23,780 --> 00:30:25,949
The first squad car arrived,
and they said,

473
00:30:26,032 --> 00:30:28,535
"I'm reporting that our colleague
is losing blood."

474
00:30:28,618 --> 00:30:30,995
"Since the ambulance isn't coming,
I'll take him."

475
00:30:31,079 --> 00:30:33,164
Dispatch, I'm bringing a Z-2 by X-13.

476
00:30:33,248 --> 00:30:35,959
I repeat, a Z-2 by X-13.
We're headed to Medellín Hospital.

477
00:30:36,042 --> 00:30:37,377
[indistinct radio chatter]

478
00:30:37,460 --> 00:30:38,503
Leave him alone.

479
00:30:38,586 --> 00:30:39,963
[dispatch on radio] …I repeat…

480
00:30:41,172 --> 00:30:44,050
Our protocol states that
we can't remove our bulletproof vests.

481
00:30:44,801 --> 00:30:48,304
Why? If you remove it and end up dying,

482
00:30:48,388 --> 00:30:50,223
the life insurance won't cover it.

483
00:30:51,724 --> 00:30:52,934
[cop] We're almost there.

484
00:30:53,017 --> 00:30:55,353
Protocol says you also can't drive him,

485
00:30:55,436 --> 00:30:59,941
because if he dies in the car,
the one transporting him is responsible.

486
00:31:05,822 --> 00:31:08,908
Under such circumstances,
life gets more complicated,

487
00:31:08,992 --> 00:31:12,495
both as a child and as a parent,
because you live on edge

488
00:31:12,579 --> 00:31:15,415
with the feeling of being unprotected.

489
00:31:18,334 --> 00:31:22,088
At one point,
after graduating from the Academy,

490
00:31:22,171 --> 00:31:25,383
I got promoted and reached his rank,

491
00:31:25,466 --> 00:31:29,762
and told him, "We're equals now."
He said, "Don't be mistaken."

492
00:31:29,846 --> 00:31:31,890
"I've got seniority, I have experience."

493
00:31:31,973 --> 00:31:33,433
"I have all this, you don't."

494
00:31:34,142 --> 00:31:37,103
When he saw I started helping
and I protected him,

495
00:31:37,186 --> 00:31:39,731
he had no choice but to admit to it.

496
00:31:39,814 --> 00:31:42,609
But only in writing,
because out loud and face-to-face,

497
00:31:42,692 --> 00:31:44,694
actually, he never did tell me.

498
00:31:46,070 --> 00:31:48,156
-[woman 1] What's up, dude?
-[woman 2] How are you?

499
00:31:48,239 --> 00:31:50,950
-Everything good?
-Yeah. Come in. It's cool.

500
00:31:51,034 --> 00:31:53,036
-Come on in.
-Hi.

501
00:31:53,578 --> 00:31:55,330
-Congratulations.
-Thanks.

502
00:31:55,955 --> 00:31:58,708
-What's your name, miss?
-Julia, copper. Good evening.

503
00:31:59,375 --> 00:32:01,294
-Good evening, copper.
-It's very late.

504
00:32:01,377 --> 00:32:05,131
Be considerate with your neighbors.
Your neighbors have jobs.

505
00:32:05,214 --> 00:32:06,382
[party music blasting]

506
00:32:06,466 --> 00:32:09,385
I'm sure you're a student
on a holiday break,

507
00:32:09,469 --> 00:32:10,678
but these people work.

508
00:32:10,762 --> 00:32:12,931
No, I'm not a student, copper. I work now.

509
00:32:13,014 --> 00:32:15,266
And we all live here in the building…

510
00:32:15,892 --> 00:32:17,602
-[Julia] Son of a bitch!
-[people laughing]

511
00:32:18,102 --> 00:32:20,355
[Julia chuckling]
No way. These motherfuckers.

512
00:32:20,438 --> 00:32:22,982
Come on, dude!
Don't be an asshole! What's up?

513
00:32:23,066 --> 00:32:25,777
-Come on, copper…
-No, miss, that's out of line.

514
00:32:25,860 --> 00:32:29,238
There's always a jerk.
Even among your friends, am I right?

515
00:32:29,322 --> 00:32:31,783
You know what they'll say
if I return a damaged car?

516
00:32:32,533 --> 00:32:35,787
Let's deal with it some other way.
I swear on Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.

517
00:32:35,870 --> 00:32:37,413
Just between us, okay?

518
00:32:37,497 --> 00:32:39,624
-Fuck that little shit.
-Enough, young lady.

519
00:32:39,707 --> 00:32:41,376
[Julia] Okay.

520
00:32:42,502 --> 00:32:43,544
We're good now.

521
00:32:43,628 --> 00:32:45,505
-Let's go make love, copper.
-Enough.

522
00:32:45,588 --> 00:32:47,173
-Let's celebrate life.
-Enough.

523
00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:49,467
[Julia] Go make love, asshole.

524
00:32:49,550 --> 00:32:51,010
Move it, please.

525
00:32:51,094 --> 00:32:53,096
[party music blasting]

526
00:32:57,475 --> 00:33:00,311
When he saw I started helping
and I protected him,

527
00:33:00,812 --> 00:33:03,356
he had no choice but to admit to it.

528
00:33:03,439 --> 00:33:06,192
But only in writing,
because out loud and face-to-face,

529
00:33:06,275 --> 00:33:08,111
actually, he never did tell me.

530
00:33:11,155 --> 00:33:12,448
Here it is.

531
00:33:12,532 --> 00:33:15,785
It reads, "My child,
my admiration grows by the day."

532
00:33:15,868 --> 00:33:19,247
"You've shown the will to get ahead,

533
00:33:19,914 --> 00:33:22,625
and self-determination
to achieve your goals."

534
00:33:23,251 --> 00:33:25,420
"I can say, unequivocally,
that you possess

535
00:33:25,503 --> 00:33:29,841
the perfect skill set
required to carry on this job."

536
00:33:30,383 --> 00:33:33,219
"This extremely dangerous
but exciting line of work,

537
00:33:33,803 --> 00:33:36,723
which consists of serving the citizenry."

538
00:33:37,223 --> 00:33:40,143
"Even though the aforementioned
might not value our sacrifice,

539
00:33:40,643 --> 00:33:42,603
"I pray to God that He enlightens you

540
00:33:42,687 --> 00:33:46,232
and fills you with the strength
and courage to carry on."

541
00:33:47,859 --> 00:33:49,485
"Sending you lots of kisses

542
00:33:50,611 --> 00:33:51,946
and best of wishes…

543
00:33:55,575 --> 00:33:57,744
so that you achieve all your goals."

544
00:33:58,578 --> 00:34:01,497
"With admiration,
love and respect, your dad."

545
00:34:04,083 --> 00:34:06,711
It wasn't until then
that he acknowledged it.

546
00:34:10,048 --> 00:34:12,550
BEST OF WISHES
SO THAT YOU ACHIEVE ALL YOUR GOALS.

547
00:34:12,633 --> 00:34:14,594
WITH ADMIRATION, LOVE AND RESPECT,
YOUR DAD

548
00:34:14,677 --> 00:34:16,679
[bell ringing]

549
00:34:21,684 --> 00:34:23,686
[indistinct chattering]

550
00:34:29,692 --> 00:34:31,819
[cops cheering, teasing]

551
00:34:36,115 --> 00:34:37,825
[cops chattering, shouting]

552
00:34:37,909 --> 00:34:39,911
[upbeat music playing]

553
00:34:42,455 --> 00:34:44,457
[indistinct chattering]

554
00:35:02,850 --> 00:35:04,685
-[indistinct chatter]
-[man laughing]

555
00:35:05,812 --> 00:35:07,188
[man 1] Hey. What's up?

556
00:35:07,980 --> 00:35:09,982
[man 2] Say hi first.
You go straight for the money.

557
00:35:11,150 --> 00:35:13,903
Fucking coins. You always try to screw me.

558
00:35:13,986 --> 00:35:16,239
-One, two, three, four, five.
-Sign it, you jerk.

559
00:35:16,322 --> 00:35:18,991
-Sign for me.
-I'm going to write "Fag."

560
00:35:19,075 --> 00:35:22,245
[male officer] In here, you experience
the full spectrum of emotions.

561
00:35:22,328 --> 00:35:23,371
You cry.

562
00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:25,373
You suffer.

563
00:35:25,873 --> 00:35:29,627
They can show you gratitude one minute
and call you son of a bitch the next.

564
00:35:30,211 --> 00:35:35,049
I mean, the adrenaline you feel,
it's not like those other jobs…

565
00:35:35,133 --> 00:35:37,927
Maybe not on those, but here…

566
00:35:38,553 --> 00:35:41,139
you feel the adrenaline from 6:00 a.m.,

567
00:35:41,222 --> 00:35:43,683
until 3:00, 4:00, 10:00 p.m.

568
00:35:43,766 --> 00:35:45,935
I've jumped off rooftops,

569
00:35:46,018 --> 00:35:50,481
I've climbed up to turn off gas tanks,
chased after crooks.

570
00:35:50,565 --> 00:35:53,025
I've been knocked off of the motorcycle.

571
00:35:53,943 --> 00:35:55,945
The adrenaline rush is so intense

572
00:35:56,028 --> 00:35:59,699
that you lose all feeling,
you can't even think.

573
00:36:02,702 --> 00:36:05,079
My name is
José de Jesús Rodríguez Hernández.

574
00:36:05,163 --> 00:36:06,122
[clears throat]

575
00:36:07,665 --> 00:36:09,167
Better known as Montoya.

576
00:36:09,834 --> 00:36:11,836
[upbeat music playing]

577
00:36:15,089 --> 00:36:17,216
[indistinct chatter]

578
00:36:19,093 --> 00:36:21,846
[Montoya] I was raised
in the La Lagunilla neighborhood.

579
00:36:22,471 --> 00:36:24,348
In Paraguay street.

580
00:36:24,932 --> 00:36:27,310
In the hood, as they call it, right?

581
00:36:27,393 --> 00:36:30,396
Those were still the days
you'd get punished with a wet belt.

582
00:36:31,272 --> 00:36:32,773
Or smacked with the flip-flop.

583
00:36:34,817 --> 00:36:36,819
But I'm grateful to my mom now

584
00:36:37,403 --> 00:36:40,448
because even though
it was a rough neighborhood,

585
00:36:41,073 --> 00:36:45,661
and we had a really tough life,
we all did,

586
00:36:46,162 --> 00:36:47,788
due to my father's absence,

587
00:36:48,372 --> 00:36:49,999
I wasn't another casualty.

588
00:36:51,125 --> 00:36:53,461
And I didn't get stuck there.

589
00:36:55,087 --> 00:36:56,047
Didn't do drugs.

590
00:36:56,756 --> 00:36:57,882
Didn't deal.

591
00:37:03,137 --> 00:37:05,473
You have to be vigilant as a cop.

592
00:37:05,556 --> 00:37:08,768
I've never been one
to fall asleep in the squad car,

593
00:37:09,393 --> 00:37:14,315
or to be caught off guard
because I've been jumped on occasion,

594
00:37:14,982 --> 00:37:17,610
and I think I made it out alive
for that same reason.

595
00:37:18,569 --> 00:37:20,196
I've always been alert.

596
00:37:20,279 --> 00:37:22,156
[children shouting]

597
00:37:23,157 --> 00:37:25,576
[Montoya] Twice I was involved
in a shootout

598
00:37:25,660 --> 00:37:28,079
with some crooks in Ermita and Tlalpan.

599
00:37:28,162 --> 00:37:31,040
We were driving by,
and they were robbing an ATM.

600
00:37:31,832 --> 00:37:34,627
And as we drive by,
they start shooting at us.

601
00:37:34,710 --> 00:37:35,920
[Montoya mimics gunfire]

602
00:37:36,921 --> 00:37:40,424
I was in shock when I heard all that,

603
00:37:40,508 --> 00:37:44,971
but I felt the pressure
and saw my partner saying,

604
00:37:45,513 --> 00:37:47,139
-"Shoot them!"
-[coins clinking]

605
00:37:47,723 --> 00:37:50,184
We ran out all the way to…

606
00:37:50,268 --> 00:37:53,938
We got into it outside a 7-Eleven
on Tlalpan and Ermita.

607
00:37:54,814 --> 00:37:56,065
He escaped.

608
00:37:56,607 --> 00:37:58,526
Next thing I know,

609
00:37:58,609 --> 00:38:01,529
I ended up on the rooftop
of a Burger King.

610
00:38:01,612 --> 00:38:04,282
After it was over,
I had such an adrenaline rush,

611
00:38:04,365 --> 00:38:08,286
that I completely forgot where I left
my shotgun, and I didn't have my vest on.

612
00:38:08,786 --> 00:38:11,872
A colleague told me, "Damn, partner,
you really threw it at that dude."

613
00:38:11,956 --> 00:38:12,999
[chuckles]

614
00:38:13,082 --> 00:38:15,293
That adrenaline rush
was some serious shit.

615
00:38:16,002 --> 00:38:18,462
Because you lose track of time.

616
00:38:18,963 --> 00:38:21,841
Once you come down
from the adrenaline rush,

617
00:38:21,924 --> 00:38:24,635
you stop to say,
"No way! Did I really do all this?"

618
00:38:27,763 --> 00:38:29,432
-How much is it?
-[vendor] Thirty.

619
00:38:30,891 --> 00:38:33,352
You don't need sunblock.
You're already dark-skinned.

620
00:38:33,436 --> 00:38:37,606
-[laughs] Don't get sunburned.
-Don't get sunburned. Right.

621
00:38:38,983 --> 00:38:41,152
[Montoya] My brother was really,

622
00:38:41,819 --> 00:38:45,031
well, practically,
the reason I became a policeman.

623
00:38:45,656 --> 00:38:47,783
Because he joined the force.

624
00:38:48,784 --> 00:38:51,871
I remember when he came home,

625
00:38:52,496 --> 00:38:54,248
he was wearing his cap.

626
00:38:54,957 --> 00:38:57,710
Or maybe a jacket,
and he would give it to me.

627
00:38:59,587 --> 00:39:03,674
And I would get really excited as a kid.
Like, "No way, dude."

628
00:39:05,343 --> 00:39:09,764
And my brother always loved
to look very sharp, you know?

629
00:39:09,847 --> 00:39:11,349
He was a dandy, you know?

630
00:39:11,432 --> 00:39:13,434
[merry music playing]

631
00:39:16,103 --> 00:39:16,979
[people laughing]

632
00:39:17,980 --> 00:39:19,982
[cheering]

633
00:39:23,444 --> 00:39:25,446
[party music playing]

634
00:39:30,117 --> 00:39:32,036
[people cheering]

635
00:39:33,871 --> 00:39:35,873
[people laughing]

636
00:39:55,643 --> 00:39:58,813
[Montoya]
I really looked up to my brother.

637
00:40:00,523 --> 00:40:05,444
I remember when
he used to be on the beat in Tepito.

638
00:40:05,528 --> 00:40:07,196
He'd come by to visit afterwards.

639
00:40:07,279 --> 00:40:10,032
He would come in with his pals,
carrying machine guns.

640
00:40:10,116 --> 00:40:12,118
They were from the riot police unit.

641
00:40:16,497 --> 00:40:18,416
And later on,

642
00:40:18,499 --> 00:40:21,210
he would come by in the famous Suburban,

643
00:40:22,795 --> 00:40:25,506
and they would show up
with ten other officers.

644
00:40:26,507 --> 00:40:30,052
And they would go to the house
to eat with my mom.

645
00:40:30,136 --> 00:40:33,639
They would be wearing uniforms
and would put down the machine guns

646
00:40:34,140 --> 00:40:35,850
against the wall.

647
00:40:36,559 --> 00:40:39,937
And they would show them to me, right?

648
00:40:40,729 --> 00:40:43,190
They would teach me
how to hold them and all that.

649
00:40:44,859 --> 00:40:47,486
When we graduated from the Academy,

650
00:40:47,570 --> 00:40:50,698
they assigned us to the downtown precinct.

651
00:40:50,781 --> 00:40:53,451
Practically where I reside.

652
00:40:53,534 --> 00:40:56,704
Where I grew up, where I was raised,

653
00:40:57,246 --> 00:40:58,831
where I spent all my childhood.

654
00:40:59,457 --> 00:41:04,044
I requested a transfer,
because it was a little tough.

655
00:41:05,087 --> 00:41:07,465
Not so much because I knew the neighbors,

656
00:41:07,548 --> 00:41:10,885
but because there's a lot of wrongdoing,
a lot of crime.

657
00:41:11,469 --> 00:41:15,764
I was also scared that
they might do something to me, right?

658
00:41:15,848 --> 00:41:18,058
Or that I if pulled over a criminal,

659
00:41:19,059 --> 00:41:20,561
a robber or something,

660
00:41:21,479 --> 00:41:23,481
the family might retaliate.

661
00:41:23,564 --> 00:41:26,233
-You can't be here. Go over to that side.
-[man 1] What do you mean?

662
00:41:26,317 --> 00:41:28,277
-Why can't I be here?
-[Montoya] You can't be here.

663
00:41:29,612 --> 00:41:32,198
-[man 2] Officer!
-Keep an eye on your friend.

664
00:41:32,698 --> 00:41:35,034
You're going to get it, asshole.

665
00:41:35,117 --> 00:41:37,077
Watch out, my friend. What's up?

666
00:41:37,161 --> 00:41:38,871
Have a drink, Officer.

667
00:41:38,954 --> 00:41:40,289
What's up?

668
00:41:40,372 --> 00:41:41,916
Get back to the other side.

669
00:41:41,999 --> 00:41:44,251
[man 1] We pay your fucking salary.

670
00:41:45,002 --> 00:41:46,504
[man 2] Enough, asshole!

671
00:41:47,171 --> 00:41:50,549
Those three fucking eggs
you eat every week are on me.

672
00:41:50,633 --> 00:41:52,510
-[woman] Enough!
-Don't listen to him!

673
00:41:52,593 --> 00:41:54,845
[indistinct chatter]

674
00:41:54,929 --> 00:41:56,514
There's no bathroom?

675
00:41:56,597 --> 00:41:59,892
[man 2] What's the big deal?
It's just a tree, it's all good.

676
00:42:00,392 --> 00:42:01,936
[Montoya] You can't piss here.

677
00:42:02,019 --> 00:42:04,897
[man cheering, laughing]

678
00:42:08,359 --> 00:42:10,069
[Montoya] Get back on the other side.

679
00:42:10,736 --> 00:42:12,530
-Get back.
-[woman] Come on, let's go.

680
00:42:12,613 --> 00:42:14,156
Get back to the other side.

681
00:42:16,325 --> 00:42:17,535
Enough. Get going.

682
00:42:17,618 --> 00:42:19,036
Take him with you.

683
00:42:29,255 --> 00:42:31,215
Aren't you gonna do something?

684
00:42:32,049 --> 00:42:32,883
I can't.

685
00:42:32,967 --> 00:42:33,968
You can't?

686
00:42:35,803 --> 00:42:37,346
He has rights.

687
00:42:38,097 --> 00:42:41,141
If we were in the United States, by now…

688
00:42:42,101 --> 00:42:43,602
I live in Miami.

689
00:42:43,686 --> 00:42:45,020
He'd be hitting the ground

690
00:42:46,063 --> 00:42:47,064
in no time.

691
00:42:47,147 --> 00:42:49,149
That's right. We live in Mexico.

692
00:42:50,234 --> 00:42:53,487
I was riding my motorcycle…
I love my bike.

693
00:42:53,571 --> 00:42:56,448
I was already a cop.
This was a couple of years back.

694
00:42:56,949 --> 00:43:00,286
I turned around and said,
"Hey, are you Raúl?"

695
00:43:00,369 --> 00:43:01,287
"Yes."

696
00:43:01,787 --> 00:43:05,124
"How are you?
Remember me from elementary school?"

697
00:43:05,791 --> 00:43:09,169
"We used to fly kites together
on top of rooftops and whatnot."

698
00:43:11,005 --> 00:43:13,007
"So, how have you been?" "Okay."

699
00:43:13,966 --> 00:43:15,467
"What do you do for a living?"

700
00:43:17,261 --> 00:43:19,221
I tell him, "I am a cop."

701
00:43:19,305 --> 00:43:21,348
"I joined the force." And he tells me,

702
00:43:22,016 --> 00:43:23,767
"Oh, you are a pig now."

703
00:43:23,851 --> 00:43:25,352
I said, "What about you?"

704
00:43:25,436 --> 00:43:28,355
"Well, I did a job and it went wrong,

705
00:43:29,356 --> 00:43:32,401
and they sent me to jail.
I served two years."

706
00:43:34,278 --> 00:43:37,323
Keep in mind that this kid,

707
00:43:38,324 --> 00:43:41,827
sometimes he defended me,
and sometimes I defended him.

708
00:43:42,745 --> 00:43:46,498
And we used to play together
around the neighborhood.

709
00:43:46,582 --> 00:43:50,544
Watching the cops
chasing after his friends, the crooks.

710
00:43:51,337 --> 00:43:52,921
Would you believe it?

711
00:43:53,589 --> 00:43:58,135
It's funny, we used to see that as kids
and now we're living through it.

712
00:43:58,218 --> 00:44:02,598
He chose a life of crime
and I chose the life of a policeman.

713
00:44:20,741 --> 00:44:22,743
[suspenseful music playing]

714
00:44:23,285 --> 00:44:24,620
[Montoya whistling]

715
00:44:32,336 --> 00:44:33,420
[whistling continues]

716
00:44:35,381 --> 00:44:36,298
[Teresa] Now what?

717
00:44:36,382 --> 00:44:37,883
I forgot my keys!

718
00:44:38,884 --> 00:44:39,718
[clinks]

719
00:44:44,932 --> 00:44:46,308
-Teresa!
-[Teresa screams]

720
00:44:47,142 --> 00:44:49,019
Easy! Come here!

721
00:44:51,605 --> 00:44:57,945
[Montoya] Partner is a word
that we ourselves introduced, okay?

722
00:44:58,696 --> 00:45:02,783
The friendship you forge with that person,

723
00:45:03,575 --> 00:45:05,744
the trust you put in them.

724
00:45:05,828 --> 00:45:07,579
More than being just a co-worker,

725
00:45:07,663 --> 00:45:11,750
you start to also regard them
on a human level.

726
00:45:11,834 --> 00:45:14,378
It comes to a point where

727
00:45:15,462 --> 00:45:18,006
you feel such a bond with your co-worker

728
00:45:18,090 --> 00:45:22,052
that, because of it,
you start feeling like a couple.

729
00:45:22,928 --> 00:45:26,140
III. TERESA AND MONTOYA

730
00:45:27,933 --> 00:45:29,351
How did it start?

731
00:45:30,144 --> 00:45:32,229
-[Montoya clears throat]
-I'll tell you how it started.

732
00:45:32,730 --> 00:45:33,772
Let me tell you

733
00:45:34,773 --> 00:45:38,277
the funny thing about time…
He had been in the precinct for a while,

734
00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:40,279
and I had been there for three years.

735
00:45:40,779 --> 00:45:43,699
-Even though we worked in the same place…
-I never saw you.

736
00:45:44,241 --> 00:45:45,242
…I never saw him.

737
00:45:45,325 --> 00:45:49,037
When I saw him at first,
I couldn't stand him.

738
00:45:49,121 --> 00:45:51,039
Honestly, he seemed like a preppy clown.

739
00:45:51,123 --> 00:45:55,252
Always self-absorbed, and he thought
he was irresistible. Like a stud.

740
00:45:55,961 --> 00:45:58,589
-So in my mind, he--
-According to her, right?

741
00:45:58,672 --> 00:46:02,134
-It's the truth. I saw him like a clown.
-Sorry, I was good-looking.

742
00:46:02,801 --> 00:46:05,929
One time, we got paired up.

743
00:46:06,513 --> 00:46:09,224
We rode together in the truck.

744
00:46:09,308 --> 00:46:11,101
By the way, that truck was packed

745
00:46:11,185 --> 00:46:13,896
with girls who had no clue
about police work.

746
00:46:13,979 --> 00:46:16,356
-Didn't mention it to Alonso, but…
-[both laugh]

747
00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:18,442
Yeah, he was in a truck full of girls.

748
00:46:18,525 --> 00:46:20,652
No, we were going to the anti-riot.

749
00:46:20,736 --> 00:46:24,823
Okay. So, I got in
and started organizing. Nothing new.

750
00:46:25,365 --> 00:46:28,786
-The gentleman looking dapper--
-She sets everyone straight.

751
00:46:28,869 --> 00:46:32,247
They all pampered him.
One caressed his hair, and I was like…

752
00:46:32,331 --> 00:46:34,458
-I never said that.
-…"What's wrong with you?"

753
00:46:34,541 --> 00:46:35,626
No, but I did.

754
00:46:35,709 --> 00:46:40,255
And they went on, right? I just looked on,
thinking he was a higher-up.

755
00:46:40,339 --> 00:46:43,425
He was the one in charge,
and I sat right behind him,

756
00:46:43,509 --> 00:46:46,512
like his second in command.
Because those kids were rookies.

757
00:46:47,137 --> 00:46:49,640
And as I'm watching him,

758
00:46:49,723 --> 00:46:51,934
-I think, "This one's not working."
-[man] Thank you.

759
00:46:52,017 --> 00:46:54,311
He spent the whole day on the phone

760
00:46:54,394 --> 00:46:57,147
with one or two girlfriends,
doing his thing.

761
00:46:57,648 --> 00:46:59,900
And these girls
didn't want to lift a finger.

762
00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:02,861
Honest to God,
they felt that they owned the boss.

763
00:47:02,945 --> 00:47:06,490
They offered food to him,
the whole nine yards. I said, "Okay."

764
00:47:06,573 --> 00:47:08,659
By the way, I was 15 kilos lighter.

765
00:47:08,742 --> 00:47:10,869
They sent us on a raid to Cuautepec.

766
00:47:11,370 --> 00:47:12,204
And off we went.

767
00:47:12,287 --> 00:47:15,415
I remember that day
you climbed in the back of the truck.

768
00:47:15,916 --> 00:47:16,750
[clears throat]

769
00:47:16,834 --> 00:47:20,963
You climbed in the back, and I saw you
through the rear-view mirror.

770
00:47:21,672 --> 00:47:23,882
And you were eyeing me like,

771
00:47:23,966 --> 00:47:25,050
"Damn!"

772
00:47:25,133 --> 00:47:26,677
-Not true.
-[both laugh]

773
00:47:27,177 --> 00:47:28,178
It's not true.

774
00:47:28,262 --> 00:47:33,600
After that, I did tell my commander,
"You know what?"

775
00:47:33,684 --> 00:47:36,186
"I'll pay you to send me there with him."

776
00:47:37,104 --> 00:47:39,189
"With that officer." "Yes, sure."

777
00:47:47,823 --> 00:47:52,160
[Montoya] Personally, back when I was
living with my first partner,

778
00:47:53,078 --> 00:47:55,289
I would leave my family all the time.

779
00:48:00,294 --> 00:48:02,796
So, at one point, they left the house.

780
00:48:05,132 --> 00:48:06,675
I started to live alone.

781
00:48:08,594 --> 00:48:09,469
And it was

782
00:48:10,512 --> 00:48:14,057
like coming back to a living hell, right?

783
00:48:15,392 --> 00:48:17,978
Because you see the kid's room.

784
00:48:18,061 --> 00:48:21,940
There's… the life you had before.

785
00:48:22,858 --> 00:48:24,276
And it reminds you of it.

786
00:48:24,359 --> 00:48:25,193
You see?

787
00:48:26,028 --> 00:48:27,154
It reminds you.

788
00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:32,784
At times, I even thought
of taking my own life.

789
00:48:32,868 --> 00:48:34,870
[soft music playing over radio]

790
00:48:41,376 --> 00:48:42,794
[kids chatter indistinctly]

791
00:49:02,064 --> 00:49:04,066
[bottle cap clanking]

792
00:49:10,781 --> 00:49:12,950
[Montoya]
I didn't want to see a therapist,

793
00:49:14,576 --> 00:49:17,621
because they would have thought
I was not well.

794
00:49:23,126 --> 00:49:24,670
[Teresa] After we got off work,

795
00:49:24,753 --> 00:49:28,382
he used to go out on the street
and down two- or three-liter-sized beers.

796
00:49:28,465 --> 00:49:30,634
He owned a Suzuki 1000 motorcycle.

797
00:49:30,717 --> 00:49:33,679
He would set his bottle here,
wiped his tears like this…

798
00:49:34,513 --> 00:49:35,555
Once he'd wiped himself,

799
00:49:35,639 --> 00:49:37,766
he would speed away
like a bat out of hell.

800
00:49:37,849 --> 00:49:39,768
He would take off speeding on that bike.

801
00:49:39,851 --> 00:49:42,729
Our colleagues would say,
"This asshole is going to kill himself."

802
00:49:43,438 --> 00:49:45,190
"This asshole will kill himself."

803
00:49:45,273 --> 00:49:47,401
[Montoya breathes heavily]

804
00:49:50,070 --> 00:49:52,781
-I have some pictures of him all alone…
-[Montoya barking]

805
00:49:52,864 --> 00:49:55,075
[Teresa] …drunk, with teary eyes,

806
00:49:55,158 --> 00:49:57,744
and the dog by his side,
almost human-like.

807
00:49:57,828 --> 00:49:59,287
[dog barking]

808
00:49:59,371 --> 00:50:01,623
-I would ask him, "Why do you do it?"
-[Montoya panting]

809
00:50:02,124 --> 00:50:03,375
[Teresa] "'Because I'm a dog."

810
00:50:03,458 --> 00:50:05,585
I said, "Who told you you're a dog?"

811
00:50:06,503 --> 00:50:10,757
At that point, I didn't suspect
that Montoya was also having issues,

812
00:50:10,841 --> 00:50:13,969
stemming from a breakup.

813
00:50:14,052 --> 00:50:16,179
I was still together with Brandon's dad.

814
00:50:16,263 --> 00:50:19,141
He never looked for a stable job
to provide for me.

815
00:50:19,224 --> 00:50:23,729
He never did. So, up until my son
turned 12, he just turned 13,

816
00:50:23,812 --> 00:50:27,482
I provided for him, took care of him,
paid his tuition, everything.

817
00:50:27,566 --> 00:50:30,694
At one point, I finally said,
"I am done with you."

818
00:50:30,777 --> 00:50:32,029
"It's over, okay?"

819
00:50:33,363 --> 00:50:36,992
Our personal lives seemed so similar,
as we discussed them in conversations,

820
00:50:37,075 --> 00:50:39,286
that at one point he turns to me and says,

821
00:50:39,369 --> 00:50:41,788
"Do you realize
we're doing the exact same bullshit?"

822
00:50:41,872 --> 00:50:44,166
He said,
"Your life and mine are the same."

823
00:50:44,249 --> 00:50:48,295
"Everything you're telling me,
I've already experienced it."

824
00:50:48,378 --> 00:50:52,049
"Except I did as the head
of the household and you as the mom."

825
00:50:52,841 --> 00:50:56,178
He said, "You are the one working
for your family."

826
00:50:56,261 --> 00:50:58,930
"And I'm the one giving it all
for my family."

827
00:51:02,434 --> 00:51:07,689
Really, two cops who were
supposed to impart law and order,

828
00:51:07,773 --> 00:51:12,402
actually having a breakdown,
sobbing, due to family trouble.

829
00:51:15,363 --> 00:51:17,282
She says she fell in love. [chuckles]

830
00:51:17,365 --> 00:51:19,910
Right? It started with a little gift here,

831
00:51:20,827 --> 00:51:22,245
a chocolate there.

832
00:51:26,583 --> 00:51:29,002
Gifts, like this one, which I still keep.

833
00:51:29,544 --> 00:51:32,672
A letter that reads,
"Hello, my love. Good morning."

834
00:51:32,756 --> 00:51:33,632
[laughs]

835
00:51:34,674 --> 00:51:36,343
She doesn't know that

836
00:51:37,010 --> 00:51:38,845
I have kept

837
00:51:39,888 --> 00:51:41,681
this gift and others as well.

838
00:51:43,058 --> 00:51:43,934
[toilet flushing]

839
00:51:50,649 --> 00:51:53,985
But we did pay up
to get assigned to the same patrol car.

840
00:51:54,069 --> 00:51:58,365
-Yes, it was the 810.
-P-810-S1.

841
00:51:58,448 --> 00:52:00,659
And we started to support each other.

842
00:52:01,159 --> 00:52:04,996
We comforted each other.
I would say, "Don't give up, be strong."

843
00:52:05,080 --> 00:52:08,416
I gave him a lesson in humility
and insisted that he start reading.

844
00:52:08,500 --> 00:52:09,543
[police siren wails]

845
00:52:09,626 --> 00:52:13,463
One day I decided
to stop by a store to sign the log.

846
00:52:13,547 --> 00:52:17,425
We were driving,
and I saw a man carrying some roses.

847
00:52:18,677 --> 00:52:22,097
I tell the man, "Sell me a rose.
The prettiest one you have."

848
00:52:23,765 --> 00:52:26,685
And I tell Teresa,
"Get out. Go sign up at OXXO."

849
00:52:28,770 --> 00:52:31,773
By the time she comes back,

850
00:52:32,899 --> 00:52:36,111
I had already placed the rose
between her seat and the weapon.

851
00:52:36,194 --> 00:52:37,112
[laughs]

852
00:52:37,195 --> 00:52:39,197
[soft music playing on radio]

853
00:52:45,745 --> 00:52:48,498
And I tell her,
"Thanks for everything, honey."

854
00:52:48,582 --> 00:52:49,416
Right?

855
00:52:50,208 --> 00:52:54,004
"Because you've listened to me
and have helped me greatly, okay?"

856
00:52:55,297 --> 00:52:56,756
"You…" [sniffles]

857
00:52:57,924 --> 00:52:59,718
"You brought me back to life."

858
00:53:02,137 --> 00:53:03,722
[both giggling]

859
00:53:04,598 --> 00:53:06,975
[Teresa] I gave him
The Art of War by Sun Tzu.

860
00:53:07,058 --> 00:53:09,227
-[both laughing]
-[Montoya grunts]

861
00:53:09,311 --> 00:53:11,771
[Teresa] And I think
he started changing his strategy.

862
00:53:11,855 --> 00:53:15,358
He started to drink less,
stopped messing around.

863
00:53:15,442 --> 00:53:19,321
I said, "Now you will decide for yourself.
No one will do that for you."

864
00:53:19,404 --> 00:53:22,073
"Spoil yourself.
If you're craving something, eat it."

865
00:53:22,157 --> 00:53:24,201
I started drilling him about the law.

866
00:53:24,284 --> 00:53:26,494
Now he gets it
and will even give you advice.

867
00:53:26,578 --> 00:53:28,371
-I think he learned a lot from me.
-[screams]

868
00:53:28,455 --> 00:53:31,708
I started being affectionate.
Sometimes I reprimand him.

869
00:53:31,791 --> 00:53:35,795
Sometimes I'm a little strict,
but he changed because of me.

870
00:53:36,338 --> 00:53:38,715
I don't know exactly
when he fell in love with me,

871
00:53:38,798 --> 00:53:41,468
but I'm almost certain
that he loves me now.

872
00:53:42,219 --> 00:53:44,888
[Teresa screaming] Son of a fucking bitch!

873
00:53:45,555 --> 00:53:47,557
[Teresa moaning, panting]

874
00:53:48,141 --> 00:53:51,019
[Teresa whispering]
Oh, I love you. Do you love me?

875
00:53:51,519 --> 00:53:53,146
[bed creaking]

876
00:53:54,022 --> 00:53:55,023
Do you love me?

877
00:53:58,443 --> 00:54:00,820
-Tell me you love me.
-Give me a sec…

878
00:54:01,446 --> 00:54:04,699
[Montoya] From then on,
it was great sharing the patrol car.

879
00:54:04,783 --> 00:54:08,912
We would go pick up some cheese,
some peanuts.

880
00:54:09,704 --> 00:54:11,706
-Go pick up some food.
-[Teresa] Dinner.

881
00:54:12,207 --> 00:54:14,334
-We started our life together.
-Down in La Viga.

882
00:54:14,834 --> 00:54:17,462
-The timing was right.
-We would chase after cars.

883
00:54:18,296 --> 00:54:21,716
Remember when you ran out of the car
because they were robbing an OXXO?

884
00:54:21,800 --> 00:54:22,717
The OXXO.

885
00:54:23,426 --> 00:54:25,845
I stepped on the gas going the wrong way,

886
00:54:25,929 --> 00:54:27,931
and she jumped out and ran.

887
00:54:28,014 --> 00:54:30,308
-She wanted to get into the OXXO.
-To the OXXO.

888
00:54:30,392 --> 00:54:31,226
[car door slams]

889
00:54:34,396 --> 00:54:35,230
[Teresa] What?

890
00:54:35,730 --> 00:54:38,316
[Montoya] Always the same.
I said no fucking onions.

891
00:54:39,484 --> 00:54:42,445
-[Teresa] You wolf it down regardless.
-It's very hot!

892
00:54:42,529 --> 00:54:45,156
Tell your girls to come comfort you.

893
00:54:45,240 --> 00:54:46,574
[Montoya] What girls?

894
00:54:47,200 --> 00:54:48,535
You're very aggressive.

895
00:54:48,618 --> 00:54:50,120
I only have eyes for you.

896
00:54:50,203 --> 00:54:52,289
Right. What about all the cadets?

897
00:54:52,914 --> 00:54:54,791
[Montoya] There's this new one.
She's a fox.

898
00:54:54,874 --> 00:54:56,376
-She's new.
-Enough, okay?

899
00:54:56,459 --> 00:54:58,003
-Fucking moron.
-[Montoya] Calm down.

900
00:54:58,086 --> 00:54:59,296
[indistinct chatter]

901
00:54:59,379 --> 00:55:01,423
[distressed man] Help!

902
00:55:02,340 --> 00:55:04,175
[suspenseful music playing]

903
00:55:04,259 --> 00:55:05,760
[Teresa] Hang on, dude!

904
00:55:05,844 --> 00:55:07,554
-[Montoya] What's wrong?
-Wait.

905
00:55:07,637 --> 00:55:09,681
I'll tell you in a sec. Wait…

906
00:55:09,764 --> 00:55:11,182
[shouting]

907
00:55:11,266 --> 00:55:12,559
Stop, asshole!

908
00:55:12,642 --> 00:55:14,644
Stop, asshole!

909
00:55:16,229 --> 00:55:18,189
[suspenseful music playing]

910
00:55:18,773 --> 00:55:19,941
[tires screeching]

911
00:55:25,030 --> 00:55:26,489
[Montoya] Wait for backup!

912
00:55:28,241 --> 00:55:30,327
We have an F4 20 meters from Refinería.

913
00:55:31,411 --> 00:55:34,789
[Montoya] She jumped out the car and ran
carrying her weapon, full of rage.

914
00:55:34,873 --> 00:55:36,791
[Teresa] Already holding it,
ready to shoot.

915
00:55:36,875 --> 00:55:39,252
[Montoya] I yelled at her,
"Hey, what's the matter with you?"

916
00:55:39,336 --> 00:55:41,880
-[Teresa] "Don't be an idiot," he said.
-[Montoya] "Get back."

917
00:55:41,963 --> 00:55:43,715
"You're gonna get yourself killed."

918
00:55:44,632 --> 00:55:46,634
[suspenseful music playing]

919
00:56:01,483 --> 00:56:03,485
[suspenseful music continues]

920
00:56:05,945 --> 00:56:07,781
[whistle blowing]

921
00:56:10,367 --> 00:56:12,744
EXIT

922
00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:19,042
[tense music playing]

923
00:56:23,380 --> 00:56:25,256
[Teresa panting] All right…

924
00:56:27,759 --> 00:56:28,635
[grunts]

925
00:56:30,136 --> 00:56:32,472
[tense music playing]

926
00:56:35,350 --> 00:56:36,935
[Teresa mumbling]

927
00:56:37,018 --> 00:56:38,019
[Teresa] Freeze, asshole!

928
00:56:38,103 --> 00:56:40,271
[tense music playing]

929
00:56:41,064 --> 00:56:42,065
Freeze!

930
00:56:43,775 --> 00:56:45,777
Stop right there! Freeze, asshole!

931
00:56:49,322 --> 00:56:52,117
Face down! Hands behind your back!

932
00:56:53,701 --> 00:56:57,705
The higher-ups realized…
The commanders, the instructor,

933
00:56:57,789 --> 00:56:59,833
that we started a relationship.

934
00:56:59,916 --> 00:57:02,585
They would say,
"Send me those two lovebirds."

935
00:57:03,086 --> 00:57:06,047
"That siren doesn't flash
red and blue lights."

936
00:57:06,131 --> 00:57:08,091
-"Instead, it flashes little hearts."
-[mumbles]

937
00:57:08,174 --> 00:57:11,469
They all stopped calling us
"Teresa and Montoya."

938
00:57:11,553 --> 00:57:13,555
They'd refer to us as "the love patrol."

939
00:57:13,638 --> 00:57:16,266
"Where's the love patrol? Get over here."

940
00:57:16,349 --> 00:57:18,518
-Even C-2, the camera people.
-"Come this way."

941
00:57:18,601 --> 00:57:22,689
[Teresa] Everyone was in on the joke,
and the Love Patrol was born.

942
00:57:22,772 --> 00:57:24,399
[equipment beeping]

943
00:57:24,482 --> 00:57:25,692
[crew chattering]

944
00:57:25,775 --> 00:57:27,402
[Teresa] At that moment, I turned around

945
00:57:27,485 --> 00:57:30,905
and spotted a police truck,
and I saw it was his mom.

946
00:57:30,989 --> 00:57:32,115
[man 1] What happened?

947
00:57:35,160 --> 00:57:36,286
[man 2] What happened?

948
00:57:39,456 --> 00:57:41,416
[man 1] They had to move the generator.

949
00:57:43,168 --> 00:57:44,085
Hold on.

950
00:57:45,170 --> 00:57:47,380
[man 1] Okay.
We have to stop here for a bit.

951
00:57:47,464 --> 00:57:49,757
We have snacks in the hallway for you.

952
00:57:49,841 --> 00:57:53,303
We're going to clear the set.
They need to check on something.

953
00:57:53,386 --> 00:57:56,097
-[Teresa] Can I go down to the bathroom?
-[man 1] Yes, go ahead.

954
00:57:59,225 --> 00:58:00,685
[man 2] Okay, now…

955
00:58:00,768 --> 00:58:03,646
[man 1] If you want,
take Martina out while we check this.

956
00:58:03,730 --> 00:58:05,356
[man 3] How long will it take?

957
00:58:05,857 --> 00:58:08,526
[man 1] About ten or fifteen.
But we have snacks.

958
00:58:09,027 --> 00:58:10,361
If you'd like.

959
00:58:11,446 --> 00:58:12,322
Okay.

960
00:58:14,365 --> 00:58:16,534
[man 3] All right. Cut here.

961
00:58:24,167 --> 00:58:29,881
IV. AN ACTOR PREPARES

962
00:58:40,016 --> 00:58:42,018
[man 4] Let's take a look…

963
00:58:43,019 --> 00:58:45,021
[crew member speaks indistinctly]

964
00:58:46,606 --> 00:58:48,900
In March 2019,
the actors Mónica del Cármen

965
00:58:48,983 --> 00:58:51,611
and Raúl Briones
started an immersion process

966
00:58:51,694 --> 00:58:54,531
in the life of Mexican police officers.

967
00:58:56,616 --> 00:58:59,577
For 101 days,
they got embedded in different academies,

968
00:58:59,661 --> 00:59:02,413
shadowed police officers
in their daily patrols,

969
00:59:02,497 --> 00:59:06,209
and rehearsed to play
Officers Teresa and Montoya for this film.

970
00:59:20,306 --> 00:59:21,224
[woman] Raúl!

971
00:59:23,309 --> 00:59:24,644
How are you?

972
00:59:24,727 --> 00:59:25,562
Good.

973
00:59:25,937 --> 00:59:28,106
Due to academy restrictions,

974
00:59:28,189 --> 00:59:32,193
they recorded
their experiences on cell phones.

975
00:59:39,367 --> 00:59:42,287
[Mónica] I'm just so grateful
that it has begun,

976
00:59:42,996 --> 00:59:45,748
that this adventure has begun,

977
00:59:46,541 --> 00:59:50,003
that this project has begun
and also this character.

978
00:59:50,795 --> 00:59:52,547
That this creation has begun.

979
00:59:54,382 --> 00:59:55,508
[blows]

980
01:00:00,388 --> 01:00:03,891
[Mónica] We're on our way
to the Police Academy.

981
01:00:06,644 --> 01:00:09,022
This truck is very bumpy.

982
01:00:09,939 --> 01:00:11,858
And it's really noisy.

983
01:00:24,871 --> 01:00:29,417
I feel like no one in their right mind…

984
01:00:31,836 --> 01:00:33,921
wants to become a cop in this city.

985
01:00:34,797 --> 01:00:35,715
What for?

986
01:00:37,008 --> 01:00:40,053
There's a ton of traffic,
people in formation.

987
01:00:40,136 --> 01:00:41,888
I don't know what else to say,

988
01:00:41,971 --> 01:00:45,058
just that my heart is racing
like a motherfucker.

989
01:00:47,268 --> 01:00:51,272
Today was our first day of enrollment

990
01:00:51,356 --> 01:00:55,568
at the police university in Mexico City.

991
01:00:56,277 --> 01:01:01,574
It wasn't surprising,
but I must admit that I was deeply moved

992
01:01:02,492 --> 01:01:07,747
to witness that most of the people
who attend the Academy

993
01:01:08,456 --> 01:01:12,251
are Indigenous people
with features very much like my own.

994
01:01:12,794 --> 01:01:14,253
We had lots of classes,

995
01:01:14,337 --> 01:01:18,174
classes that I would have
never imagined existed.

996
01:01:18,257 --> 01:01:22,637
We had criminal justice for teenagers.

997
01:01:23,262 --> 01:01:25,264
We had CPR.

998
01:01:25,973 --> 01:01:29,686
We had a first responder workshop.

999
01:01:30,436 --> 01:01:35,274
Police self-defense and physical fitness.

1000
01:01:35,358 --> 01:01:40,029
The instructions were,
"Chase the thief, pick up the corpse."

1001
01:01:41,280 --> 01:01:43,408
"How to pull someone over."

1002
01:01:43,491 --> 01:01:46,494
"What to do.
Take him to the Interior Ministry."

1003
01:01:46,577 --> 01:01:51,207
Yes, the police officers. I've always been
very scared of police officers.

1004
01:01:53,126 --> 01:01:55,128
They don't seem to protect anyone.

1005
01:01:56,212 --> 01:01:58,589
I see a patrol car and I'm not thinking,

1006
01:01:59,632 --> 01:02:03,553
"They will protect me." I think,
"Those fuckers want to screw me."

1007
01:02:04,178 --> 01:02:07,014
I'm not sure. They are a strange liaison,

1008
01:02:07,098 --> 01:02:09,892
the police officers,
between power and society.

1009
01:02:10,393 --> 01:02:14,814
And it was also hard. I didn't know
what to expect from today's procedures,

1010
01:02:14,897 --> 01:02:16,816
so I didn't cut my fucking hair.

1011
01:02:16,899 --> 01:02:19,610
So, I show up
with long hair and full beard.

1012
01:02:20,653 --> 01:02:22,739
With no uniform, unlike the others,

1013
01:02:22,822 --> 01:02:25,533
so right from the get-go,
it's, "Who's that jerk?"

1014
01:02:25,616 --> 01:02:28,244
We took quite a beating today

1015
01:02:29,287 --> 01:02:32,415
with the PR-24.

1016
01:02:32,498 --> 01:02:36,878
High blocks,
blocks to the strong and weak sides.

1017
01:02:37,420 --> 01:02:39,881
Medium block, low block.

1018
01:02:39,964 --> 01:02:45,720
Raúl and I talked a bit
about what "baton" means for us,

1019
01:02:45,803 --> 01:02:49,056
to all the civilians
and the people who protest,

1020
01:02:49,140 --> 01:02:54,228
to those of us who,
oftentimes, have been repressed.

1021
01:02:54,312 --> 01:02:56,564
We go into a place called El Pueblito.

1022
01:02:56,647 --> 01:02:59,233
It's a spot inside the Academy,

1023
01:02:59,317 --> 01:03:03,905
which is a simulated village
with houses and roads.

1024
01:03:03,988 --> 01:03:09,952
I believe that the process of the student

1025
01:03:10,495 --> 01:03:12,997
is very similar to the actors

1026
01:03:13,080 --> 01:03:15,917
because although we work
with different subjects,

1027
01:03:16,000 --> 01:03:19,545
we're simulating situations all day.

1028
01:03:19,629 --> 01:03:22,673
We're simulating conflict.

1029
01:03:22,757 --> 01:03:28,012
I just woke up after getting back
from the Academy today.

1030
01:03:31,599 --> 01:03:34,727
Also, my elbow got badly hurt.

1031
01:03:37,063 --> 01:03:39,732
It doesn't make me feel proud one bit.

1032
01:03:44,070 --> 01:03:47,615
I was chatting with the deputy director,
and he was telling me

1033
01:03:47,698 --> 01:03:51,327
that, obviously, many of the kids
studying at the Academy

1034
01:03:51,410 --> 01:03:53,830
are here mainly for the money.

1035
01:03:55,081 --> 01:03:57,416
They let themselves be carried by inertia.

1036
01:03:57,500 --> 01:03:59,335
"I'm here because they pay me."

1037
01:04:00,503 --> 01:04:03,548
"I'm very sleepy
because they woke me at 5:00 a.m."

1038
01:04:05,716 --> 01:04:08,219
"I know this must be valuable information,

1039
01:04:08,302 --> 01:04:10,388
but I feel too lazy to study."

1040
01:04:14,016 --> 01:04:16,686
The Academy program only lasts six months.

1041
01:04:17,186 --> 01:04:19,772
And I ask myself,
how would they learn in six months

1042
01:04:19,856 --> 01:04:23,109
everything they need to know
to become a good police officer?

1043
01:04:23,192 --> 01:04:25,111
To act in the proper fashion.

1044
01:04:25,194 --> 01:04:27,238
To not fail to follow due process.

1045
01:04:27,321 --> 01:04:28,489
And, on the other hand,

1046
01:04:28,573 --> 01:04:31,576
to have a clear concept
and a firm grip on the law.

1047
01:04:31,659 --> 01:04:32,493
And…

1048
01:04:37,164 --> 01:04:39,792
Would you convince someone in six months

1049
01:04:41,335 --> 01:04:44,338
who wasn't even ready
to make that decision,

1050
01:04:44,422 --> 01:04:46,799
but their circumstances led them to it,

1051
01:04:48,676 --> 01:04:52,179
that they'll become great police officers?
That they'll get a gun,

1052
01:04:52,263 --> 01:04:56,851
which they could use
to end someone else's life?

1053
01:04:56,934 --> 01:05:00,062
And if they're not quick enough,
their own life could be over?

1054
01:05:01,272 --> 01:05:04,734
I see that my young female
and male colleagues,

1055
01:05:05,359 --> 01:05:09,322
they have… lots of information

1056
01:05:09,405 --> 01:05:11,949
and very few chances to absorb it,

1057
01:05:12,033 --> 01:05:14,744
to interpret it, to process it.

1058
01:05:14,827 --> 01:05:19,123
Many of them are
fresh out of secondary high school,

1059
01:05:19,206 --> 01:05:21,500
some have only completed high school.

1060
01:05:21,584 --> 01:05:23,836
There was this guy who was playing around.

1061
01:05:23,920 --> 01:05:26,213
I'm not sure what they were arguing about.

1062
01:05:26,297 --> 01:05:30,843
I heard them in the hallway
on my way to the dining room.

1063
01:05:31,636 --> 01:05:32,845
This guy was saying,

1064
01:05:32,929 --> 01:05:35,389
"I have more money
than all of you, fuckers."

1065
01:05:35,473 --> 01:05:38,643
"Come see my statement.
I don't go around, fucking whining

1066
01:05:38,726 --> 01:05:41,062
because I didn't get a check
or it hasn't cleared."

1067
01:05:41,145 --> 01:05:42,396
"Come, check my balance,

1068
01:05:42,480 --> 01:05:45,274
I have more
than you'll fucking earn in a year."

1069
01:05:46,692 --> 01:05:49,946
So someone else yells,
"So, what are you doing here, asshole?"

1070
01:05:51,238 --> 01:05:52,907
And everyone broke into laughter.

1071
01:05:52,990 --> 01:05:56,160
[in mocking tone]
"Yeah, what are you doing here?"

1072
01:05:56,744 --> 01:06:00,289
Later we went on to swim class,

1073
01:06:01,207 --> 01:06:04,961
which I think affected me more…

1074
01:06:05,503 --> 01:06:07,254
It really affected me

1075
01:06:07,838 --> 01:06:11,801
deep down, because…

1076
01:06:13,010 --> 01:06:16,430
Armando, our instructor,

1077
01:06:17,014 --> 01:06:20,476
ordered us to jump off the platforms,

1078
01:06:20,559 --> 01:06:23,896
which were three and seven meters tall,

1079
01:06:24,397 --> 01:06:26,983
into the water, the pool.

1080
01:06:27,066 --> 01:06:29,986
I'm a police officer,
someone's chasing me.

1081
01:06:30,069 --> 01:06:33,280
I have to make the decision
and jump into the water.

1082
01:06:33,364 --> 01:06:35,449
It doesn't matter how I'm going to fall.

1083
01:06:35,533 --> 01:06:37,201
I don't give a damn if it's cold.

1084
01:06:37,284 --> 01:06:38,911
My legs are shaking.

1085
01:06:38,995 --> 01:06:42,581
I don't want the others
to notice I'm scared shitless and…

1086
01:06:43,249 --> 01:06:46,502
I see them. They're pretending
to be tough with their expressions.

1087
01:06:46,585 --> 01:06:50,256
I'm about to dive when they come
to the edge, and that kid returns.

1088
01:06:50,339 --> 01:06:54,301
He's extremely scared and walks back.
You joke with your partner next to you.

1089
01:06:54,385 --> 01:06:57,555
Like, "Oh, yeah, how scary."

1090
01:06:59,098 --> 01:07:00,641
How scary, how fucking scary.

1091
01:07:01,350 --> 01:07:02,685
It's not the same up there.

1092
01:07:02,768 --> 01:07:04,729
Not the same. You have to look forward.

1093
01:07:04,812 --> 01:07:08,774
And you don't see
the distance to the water.

1094
01:07:08,858 --> 01:07:11,068
You can't gauge the impact.

1095
01:07:11,152 --> 01:07:15,573
So, it's a feeling
of abandonment and vertigo,

1096
01:07:16,073 --> 01:07:17,324
of, "Here I come."

1097
01:07:17,408 --> 01:07:21,912
At that moment, it feels like an eternity,
like you'll never reach the water.

1098
01:07:23,039 --> 01:07:25,541
The feeling of being a police officer
is just that.

1099
01:07:35,259 --> 01:07:36,552
Let's go with a crew cut.

1100
01:07:36,635 --> 01:07:38,471
-A crew cut?
-Yes, please.

1101
01:07:39,263 --> 01:07:40,347
Of course.

1102
01:07:41,390 --> 01:07:43,309
You've joined the force or something?

1103
01:07:43,392 --> 01:07:44,226
That's right.

1104
01:07:44,977 --> 01:07:46,020
I'm going blue.

1105
01:07:46,854 --> 01:07:49,690
[razor buzzing]

1106
01:08:00,910 --> 01:08:02,620
[Raúl] Do I look like a policeman?

1107
01:08:03,412 --> 01:08:05,623
[barber] Kind of. The haircut helps.

1108
01:08:05,706 --> 01:08:07,792
But to be a policeman…

1109
01:08:08,292 --> 01:08:10,211
[Raúl] What do you need to become one?

1110
01:08:10,711 --> 01:08:12,797
[barber] Besides being decisive, you need

1111
01:08:13,589 --> 01:08:15,758
two of the big ones.

1112
01:08:16,759 --> 01:08:19,261
Nowadays,
the criminals are out of control.

1113
01:08:19,929 --> 01:08:21,388
[Raúl] Do you trust the police?

1114
01:08:21,931 --> 01:08:23,891
[barber] Really, really trust them? No.

1115
01:08:23,974 --> 01:08:26,268
Not even the authorities.

1116
01:08:27,561 --> 01:08:29,939
Because now with the new laws,

1117
01:08:30,022 --> 01:08:33,067
a crook gets out of jail
faster than a regular civilian.

1118
01:08:33,567 --> 01:08:35,528
[Raúl] Do you think
it's because of the laws?

1119
01:08:35,611 --> 01:08:40,282
[barber] Sure. The laws emanated
by our distinguished representatives.

1120
01:08:40,366 --> 01:08:42,368
They just go down and sit

1121
01:08:43,536 --> 01:08:46,914
to take a selfie
so they can prove they attended.

1122
01:08:47,414 --> 01:08:49,500
Did the police ever give you a hard time?

1123
01:08:49,583 --> 01:08:51,293
[barber] No, thankfully they haven't.

1124
01:08:51,377 --> 01:08:53,754
Not recently. Many years ago they did.

1125
01:08:53,838 --> 01:08:54,755
What for?

1126
01:08:54,839 --> 01:08:56,966
For being a musician and a bohemian.

1127
01:09:12,022 --> 01:09:14,024
Raúl Briones Carmona.

1128
01:09:15,276 --> 01:09:16,944
David Brandon Ramírez Vega.

1129
01:09:17,444 --> 01:09:19,530
Robinson Amadeus Domínguez Rosas.

1130
01:09:19,613 --> 01:09:20,573
Mónica.

1131
01:09:20,656 --> 01:09:21,949
Gustavo Caballero Lara.

1132
01:09:22,032 --> 01:09:23,242
Daniel Figueroa Rocha.

1133
01:09:23,325 --> 01:09:24,618
Ruiz Valencia Carina.

1134
01:09:24,702 --> 01:09:26,912
Vega Luna Eric Iván. Police trainee.

1135
01:09:26,996 --> 01:09:29,081
At your service. [chuckles]

1136
01:09:29,790 --> 01:09:31,041
I'm 32.

1137
01:09:31,917 --> 01:09:33,169
Twenty-two years old.

1138
01:09:33,252 --> 01:09:34,461
Twenty-three.

1139
01:09:34,545 --> 01:09:35,880
I'm 21 years old.

1140
01:09:35,963 --> 01:09:38,132
At first, it was out of necessity.

1141
01:09:38,757 --> 01:09:43,012
And secondly, I remember…
Well, my dad was also a policeman.

1142
01:09:43,095 --> 01:09:47,641
I loved his experiences,
the talks he would share with me.

1143
01:09:48,142 --> 01:09:51,645
That's how I got the idea
that I wanted to become a policeman.

1144
01:09:52,730 --> 01:09:55,649
As fate would have it,
I became a mom at a young age,

1145
01:09:55,733 --> 01:09:59,486
so, I couldn't…
I didn't get a chance to do it until now.

1146
01:10:00,196 --> 01:10:01,739
Like in all walks of life,

1147
01:10:01,822 --> 01:10:04,617
some people come here to waste their time,

1148
01:10:04,700 --> 01:10:07,536
and some others
really enjoy being a police officer.

1149
01:10:07,620 --> 01:10:11,207
I think our society is not well.

1150
01:10:12,291 --> 01:10:15,794
We live in a country
where countless femicides occur.

1151
01:10:15,878 --> 01:10:18,923
It's not the salary.

1152
01:10:19,423 --> 01:10:22,426
It's the feeling of being able
to help someone else.

1153
01:10:23,052 --> 01:10:25,554
You might not even know him.
That's what an officer does.

1154
01:10:25,638 --> 01:10:27,223
He risks his life for a stranger.

1155
01:10:27,306 --> 01:10:31,769
I am scared of leaving my family,
if something were to happen to me.

1156
01:10:31,852 --> 01:10:34,230
But I think that by coming here,

1157
01:10:34,313 --> 01:10:37,483
you're already telling yourself
that you're ready for anything.

1158
01:10:38,484 --> 01:10:42,488
The higher-ups told us
that fear is also a good thing.

1159
01:10:42,988 --> 01:10:45,032
So, therefore,

1160
01:10:46,200 --> 01:10:49,286
I'm thinking we're all scared
of the streets here,

1161
01:10:49,370 --> 01:10:51,413
but we're still doing it.

1162
01:10:52,706 --> 01:10:55,417
TACTICAL LANE
HONOR - LOYALTY

1163
01:10:55,501 --> 01:10:58,420
[siren blaring]

1164
01:10:58,504 --> 01:11:00,923
COURAGE - HONOR - SACRIFICE

1165
01:11:01,006 --> 01:11:02,800
[Raúl] Now we're at…

1166
01:11:04,468 --> 01:11:09,265
the Police Academy in Ciudad Neza.

1167
01:11:09,348 --> 01:11:12,101
Well, there are
different dynamics in play.

1168
01:11:13,269 --> 01:11:16,021
I think the classes are more personalized.

1169
01:11:16,689 --> 01:11:18,190
[Armando] One step forward.

1170
01:11:19,400 --> 01:11:20,234
Now!

1171
01:11:20,818 --> 01:11:23,821
[Raúl] Because, in this instance,
it's just one group here.

1172
01:11:24,488 --> 01:11:25,322
Now!

1173
01:11:25,406 --> 01:11:29,535
[Raúl] So, that strengthens
our bond as a group.

1174
01:11:34,957 --> 01:11:38,585
[Armando] Turn around, now!

1175
01:11:38,669 --> 01:11:40,796
Right flank, now!

1176
01:11:40,879 --> 01:11:45,843
[Mónica] Last night before bedtime,
I thought that this was a place

1177
01:11:46,844 --> 01:11:49,388
where there are a lot of vulnerable people

1178
01:11:49,471 --> 01:11:53,684
pretending to be the strongest
in order to protect us.

1179
01:11:53,767 --> 01:11:55,394
Stop! Municipal Police!

1180
01:11:55,477 --> 01:11:58,647
-[cadet 1] Stop!
-[cadet 2] Stop! Municipal Police!

1181
01:11:58,731 --> 01:12:01,358
Stop! Municipal Police!
Stop what you're doing!

1182
01:12:01,442 --> 01:12:04,028
[cadet 3] Municipal Police!
Stop what you're doing!

1183
01:12:04,111 --> 01:12:06,363
[cadets shouting indistinctly]

1184
01:12:06,447 --> 01:12:11,410
[Armando] One, two, three,
four, five, six, seven, eight.

1185
01:12:11,493 --> 01:12:13,370
One, two, three, up!

1186
01:12:13,454 --> 01:12:16,248
[Raúl] They must believe
that they are police officers.

1187
01:12:16,332 --> 01:12:18,876
They must believe
that they fit those uniforms,

1188
01:12:18,959 --> 01:12:21,337
which already carries some pressure.

1189
01:12:21,420 --> 01:12:22,671
[grunts, groans]

1190
01:12:22,755 --> 01:12:24,256
[instructor] What's after this move?

1191
01:12:24,340 --> 01:12:26,508
[Raúl] They have to talk with authority.

1192
01:12:27,009 --> 01:12:29,511
-[cadets] ♪ Ha, ha, ha! ♪
-[instructor] ♪ How it makes me laugh ♪

1193
01:12:29,595 --> 01:12:31,013
[cadets] ♪ How it makes me laugh ♪

1194
01:12:31,096 --> 01:12:32,639
[Raúl] Going out for a run was intense.

1195
01:12:32,723 --> 01:12:34,016
[cadets] ♪ Another little lap… ♪

1196
01:12:34,099 --> 01:12:37,353
[Raúl] In a big platoon.
There were 24 of us.

1197
01:12:38,145 --> 01:12:41,023
I was even thinking
about the criminals, and I went,

1198
01:12:41,106 --> 01:12:44,526
"Fuck, they must be making fun of us,

1199
01:12:45,277 --> 01:12:49,490
running here, yelling nonsense."

1200
01:12:50,240 --> 01:12:52,326
"Most of them are fucking fat."

1201
01:12:52,826 --> 01:12:55,996
Well, that type of reckoning

1202
01:12:56,997 --> 01:13:00,459
allowed me to feel proud
of this new group.

1203
01:13:01,251 --> 01:13:02,503
[cadets continue singing]

1204
01:13:03,128 --> 01:13:06,632
[Raúl] Because their spirits were soaring.

1205
01:13:07,466 --> 01:13:08,967
And I was very pleased.

1206
01:13:09,593 --> 01:13:10,677
[Armando] Line up.

1207
01:13:11,303 --> 01:13:12,805
Focus on a target.

1208
01:13:13,806 --> 01:13:15,391
Change targets, now!

1209
01:13:15,474 --> 01:13:17,518
Slowly.

1210
01:13:18,018 --> 01:13:18,936
Just a bit.

1211
01:13:20,020 --> 01:13:21,397
-Centered.
-[cadets] Centered!

1212
01:13:21,480 --> 01:13:22,356
[Armando] Everybody…

1213
01:13:22,439 --> 01:13:25,526
[Mónica] Woody used to say,
"Then they go out and get killed."

1214
01:13:25,609 --> 01:13:29,613
"Those morons.
They don't even draw their guns."

1215
01:13:29,696 --> 01:13:32,908
"They kill them
while they look at their cell phones."

1216
01:13:32,991 --> 01:13:35,160
"They kill them
because they're not alert."

1217
01:13:35,244 --> 01:13:38,205
"Because they're dumb, they are morons."

1218
01:13:38,288 --> 01:13:41,917
"Out there, they die without honor,
without resisting."

1219
01:13:42,000 --> 01:13:43,877
"They die with their gun unsheathed."

1220
01:13:43,961 --> 01:13:47,297
"They die because they're not alert,
because they're morons."

1221
01:13:47,840 --> 01:13:49,967
[Armando]
Don't stick it to the top wire, okay?

1222
01:13:50,050 --> 01:13:51,510
[Mónica] But…

1223
01:13:52,594 --> 01:13:54,430
[Armando] Don't stick it
to the wire on top.

1224
01:13:56,348 --> 01:13:57,850
[Mónica] But it is what it is.

1225
01:13:58,725 --> 01:14:02,229
[Armando] No, we have…
Look, this fucking board is electronic.

1226
01:14:03,272 --> 01:14:04,148
[cadet laughing]

1227
01:14:04,940 --> 01:14:07,317
[Armando]
Remember the shooting fundamentals.

1228
01:14:08,277 --> 01:14:09,903
Remember to breathe!

1229
01:14:12,072 --> 01:14:13,115
Harder.

1230
01:14:13,699 --> 01:14:14,533
Okay.

1231
01:14:15,033 --> 01:14:16,034
Stay here.

1232
01:14:16,118 --> 01:14:18,787
I'm just going to correct
your hand stance. There!

1233
01:14:18,871 --> 01:14:20,372
Go on.

1234
01:14:23,041 --> 01:14:25,002
Good, right there. Start pulling.

1235
01:14:25,627 --> 01:14:26,962
Press it, hard.

1236
01:14:28,881 --> 01:14:30,924
There. Come on, keep going!

1237
01:14:31,008 --> 01:14:31,842
Keep going!

1238
01:14:31,925 --> 01:14:33,719
Come on! You can do it!

1239
01:14:33,802 --> 01:14:34,636
[gun clicks]

1240
01:14:34,720 --> 01:14:35,762
You can do it!

1241
01:14:37,306 --> 01:14:38,265
Inhale, exhale.

1242
01:14:38,765 --> 01:14:40,726
-[instructor] Breathe.
-[Armando] Inhale, exhale.

1243
01:14:41,226 --> 01:14:42,311
Focus.

1244
01:14:42,394 --> 01:14:43,520
Inhale and exhale.

1245
01:14:45,772 --> 01:14:46,732
-Again!
-[gunshot]

1246
01:14:47,232 --> 01:14:48,358
[Armando] Inhale, exhale.

1247
01:14:49,568 --> 01:14:50,652
Again, Carina.

1248
01:14:50,736 --> 01:14:52,571
-Get it up and aim!
-Give me another one.

1249
01:14:52,654 --> 01:14:53,906
Shoot!

1250
01:14:54,531 --> 01:14:55,491
There you go!

1251
01:14:55,991 --> 01:14:56,825
Again!

1252
01:14:57,534 --> 01:14:58,535
-Again!
-[gun clicks]

1253
01:14:59,036 --> 01:15:00,078
[Armando] Low guard!

1254
01:15:00,162 --> 01:15:01,038
Inhale.

1255
01:15:01,788 --> 01:15:02,623
Exhale.

1256
01:15:03,165 --> 01:15:03,999
Inhale!

1257
01:15:04,625 --> 01:15:06,627
-Exhale! Up! Aim!
-[instructor] There you go…

1258
01:15:06,710 --> 01:15:07,753
Shoot!

1259
01:15:08,879 --> 01:15:09,755
[gun clicks]

1260
01:15:11,673 --> 01:15:13,425
-Pull hard!
-[instructor] Hard, Araceli!

1261
01:15:13,509 --> 01:15:14,510
You can do it!

1262
01:15:17,513 --> 01:15:19,973
Why the fuck did I agree
to do this fucking movie?

1263
01:15:21,767 --> 01:15:23,685
Why do I need to learn

1264
01:15:24,728 --> 01:15:26,813
what goes on with a police officer?

1265
01:15:27,564 --> 01:15:29,066
I don't want to be a cop.

1266
01:15:30,359 --> 01:15:33,987
I'm not going to pretend
everything is fun and games.

1267
01:15:34,071 --> 01:15:38,450
Maybe this damn log
won't even make it to the fucking movie.

1268
01:15:39,493 --> 01:15:41,912
Where is this crap
about what it means to be a cop?

1269
01:15:41,995 --> 01:15:44,164
How do you feel when they insult you?

1270
01:15:44,248 --> 01:15:46,708
How do you feel
when faced with a guy behind bars?

1271
01:15:46,792 --> 01:15:49,127
How do you feel when someone gets away?

1272
01:15:49,211 --> 01:15:52,881
How do you feel when you've had
large sums of money in front of you?

1273
01:15:55,092 --> 01:15:57,052
What's up with all the violence?

1274
01:16:00,097 --> 01:16:02,849
At what point
did it get so out of control that…

1275
01:16:04,643 --> 01:16:07,896
the academies became so desperate

1276
01:16:07,980 --> 01:16:10,524
they started recruiting cadets
in record numbers?

1277
01:16:12,150 --> 01:16:14,361
Because they're desperate for police.

1278
01:16:16,113 --> 01:16:17,698
Because they get killed.

1279
01:16:17,781 --> 01:16:19,950
But I won't become an officer.

1280
01:16:20,033 --> 01:16:22,035
I won't be a real policeman.

1281
01:16:22,578 --> 01:16:24,413
They are not going to shoot me.

1282
01:16:28,000 --> 01:16:31,461
At most, they'll say, "Action! Cut!"

1283
01:16:33,422 --> 01:16:36,633
That's it. I'll sit down to chill
and have some coffee.

1284
01:16:39,761 --> 01:16:41,597
[man] Go on. Don't you worry.

1285
01:16:43,640 --> 01:16:44,516
[Alonso] Action!

1286
01:16:47,436 --> 01:16:48,353
Good morning.

1287
01:16:48,854 --> 01:16:49,813
[staff] Right here!

1288
01:16:52,691 --> 01:16:53,609
Thanks.

1289
01:16:53,692 --> 01:16:54,693
It's here.

1290
01:16:54,776 --> 01:16:59,197
[Armando] We're not Superman here,
so it's very important to be careful.

1291
01:16:59,281 --> 01:17:01,742
There's always someone
waiting for us back home.

1292
01:17:01,825 --> 01:17:04,328
I'll make the sign of the cross.
[laughing]

1293
01:17:04,411 --> 01:17:06,163
[dispatch officer on radio] Ten-four at…

1294
01:17:06,246 --> 01:17:07,539
May everything turn out okay.

1295
01:17:07,623 --> 01:17:08,707
[indistinct radio chatter]

1296
01:17:08,790 --> 01:17:12,127
[dispatch officer]
…silver car, 2011 model.

1297
01:17:12,628 --> 01:17:14,296
With the 81…

1298
01:17:15,088 --> 01:17:17,466
-[siren wailing]
-[dispatch] …second, fifth-second-fourth.

1299
01:17:17,549 --> 01:17:19,217
[Mónica's partner 1]
They all turn to watch.

1300
01:17:19,301 --> 01:17:20,636
[Mónica] They think it's weird.

1301
01:17:20,719 --> 01:17:23,305
They must think,
"They fitted them with huge cameras

1302
01:17:23,388 --> 01:17:25,098
so they don't misbehave."

1303
01:17:25,974 --> 01:17:27,100
So they stop stealing.

1304
01:17:27,184 --> 01:17:29,186
"So they stop stealing?" We don't steal.

1305
01:17:30,062 --> 01:17:30,896
[Raúl chuckles]

1306
01:17:31,396 --> 01:17:32,689
That's different.

1307
01:17:33,565 --> 01:17:36,401
[Raúl's partner 1]
I'll guide you, command. We're at 110.

1308
01:17:38,362 --> 01:17:40,113
[dispatch officer on radio] Command five…

1309
01:17:42,449 --> 01:17:45,452
[Raúl's partner 1] What do you think?
Do you like the police?

1310
01:17:45,535 --> 01:17:48,997
I don't know.
Honestly, it seems like a strange world.

1311
01:17:49,081 --> 01:17:52,084
Yes, it is a strange world.

1312
01:17:52,167 --> 01:17:55,212
-To be honest, I was really scared of you.
-Mm-hmm.

1313
01:17:55,796 --> 01:17:57,047
I'm still scared of some.

1314
01:17:58,256 --> 01:18:01,593
It's been really tough for people
to trust in the police again.

1315
01:18:01,677 --> 01:18:03,387
-[siren blares]
-[radio chatter]

1316
01:18:03,470 --> 01:18:05,097
It's a fucked-up situation.

1317
01:18:05,806 --> 01:18:08,975
As a kid, I used to wash patrol cars
in the Cuajimalpa precinct.

1318
01:18:09,059 --> 01:18:10,394
-Oh, okay.
-[radio chatter]

1319
01:18:10,936 --> 01:18:12,312
I met a lot of cops there.

1320
01:18:12,396 --> 01:18:14,231
You got curious.

1321
01:18:14,314 --> 01:18:15,607
To be honest,

1322
01:18:16,942 --> 01:18:20,362
they were always nice to me.

1323
01:18:20,445 --> 01:18:21,822
-They were polite.
-Mm-hmm.

1324
01:18:22,531 --> 01:18:24,741
-[Raúl's partner 2] That's cool.
-They gave me breakfast.

1325
01:18:24,825 --> 01:18:26,034
They tipped me well.

1326
01:18:26,535 --> 01:18:27,536
[Raúl's partner 2] Mm-hmm.

1327
01:18:28,787 --> 01:18:30,831
[Raúl] And from then on, I saw them…

1328
01:18:32,874 --> 01:18:35,252
as an entity who treated me well.

1329
01:18:35,335 --> 01:18:36,294
[Raúl's partner 2] Okay.

1330
01:18:37,087 --> 01:18:41,299
Later on, my impression started to change
towards the police.

1331
01:18:42,676 --> 01:18:44,845
-Why did it change?
-[indistinct radio chatter]

1332
01:18:44,928 --> 01:18:50,225
I started seeing cops
not doing their jobs right,

1333
01:18:50,308 --> 01:18:52,436
or letting criminals walk.

1334
01:18:53,145 --> 01:18:55,856
-[Raúl's partner 2] Okay.
-I saw a cop and didn't feel…

1335
01:18:55,939 --> 01:18:57,524
-Trust.
-Exactly.

1336
01:18:58,066 --> 01:18:59,484
-[chuckles]
-I felt scared.

1337
01:18:59,985 --> 01:19:01,903
-We're not all the same.
-Every time…

1338
01:19:01,987 --> 01:19:03,029
No, you're not.

1339
01:19:03,113 --> 01:19:05,824
I mean, there are good and bad cops.

1340
01:19:05,907 --> 01:19:08,994
Just like civilians.
There are good ones and bad ones. I mean…

1341
01:19:09,077 --> 01:19:11,037
-[indistinct radio chatter]
-It's a whole package.

1342
01:19:11,121 --> 01:19:12,581
[engine revving]

1343
01:19:12,664 --> 01:19:15,000
[Raúl's partner 2]
No one cares if a cop dies.

1344
01:19:15,083 --> 01:19:19,212
But, hey, don't you dare kill a criminal,
because all hell breaks loose.

1345
01:19:19,296 --> 01:19:22,090
The whole block goes after you
before you can catch him,

1346
01:19:22,174 --> 01:19:23,967
when you try to detain him.

1347
01:19:24,050 --> 01:19:26,011
He could be the worst kind of criminal,

1348
01:19:26,094 --> 01:19:27,971
but the neighbors, since they're friends,

1349
01:19:28,722 --> 01:19:32,267
they all come out
and try to snatch him, try to beat you.

1350
01:19:32,350 --> 01:19:35,979
Or even kill you.
And who will complain? No one.

1351
01:19:36,062 --> 01:19:38,690
Not the media,

1352
01:19:39,191 --> 01:19:41,276
not human rights defenders, no one.

1353
01:19:41,359 --> 01:19:43,695
No one cares if a police officer dies.

1354
01:19:45,864 --> 01:19:49,576
[Mónica's partner 2] Now that you're in,
aren't you scared

1355
01:19:50,535 --> 01:19:52,871
that you might end up in a shootout?

1356
01:19:53,663 --> 01:19:58,877
You know why? Because you sound like
you have a good upbringing.

1357
01:19:58,960 --> 01:20:01,588
Like you wouldn't dare break a dish.
I don't know.

1358
01:20:01,671 --> 01:20:03,089
[laughing]

1359
01:20:03,173 --> 01:20:04,174
Really.

1360
01:20:04,925 --> 01:20:08,845
You don't seem to have
the personality required to be a good cop.

1361
01:20:08,929 --> 01:20:09,763
No?

1362
01:20:12,140 --> 01:20:13,642
I do feel like,

1363
01:20:14,226 --> 01:20:16,019
especially during inspections,

1364
01:20:16,645 --> 01:20:18,230
I feel a little anxious,

1365
01:20:19,272 --> 01:20:22,442
that I might do it wrong,
or that I would screw up--

1366
01:20:22,526 --> 01:20:24,152
[Mónica's partner 2] What is it?

1367
01:20:24,236 --> 01:20:26,154
You think people
would disrespect you, or what?

1368
01:20:27,489 --> 01:20:31,576
[Mónica] Are you going to tell me
people don't disrespect you constantly?

1369
01:20:31,660 --> 01:20:33,286
-[Mónica's partner 2] Yeah.
-[Mónica] Yes, right?

1370
01:20:33,370 --> 01:20:35,580
[Mónica's partner 2]
Here, they spit at you, they hit you.

1371
01:20:35,664 --> 01:20:37,249
They insult you all the time.

1372
01:20:37,332 --> 01:20:40,252
-[dispatch on radio] Officers to dispatch.
-[siren wailing]

1373
01:20:40,335 --> 01:20:41,586
Dispatch…

1374
01:20:48,844 --> 01:20:50,929
-[Mónica's partner 1] How old are you?
-[kid] Thirteen.

1375
01:20:51,012 --> 01:20:52,389
[Mónica's partner 1] Thirteen?

1376
01:20:52,472 --> 01:20:54,349
Where's your mom?

1377
01:20:54,432 --> 01:20:55,684
Are you her sister?

1378
01:20:57,435 --> 01:20:59,062
Where's your dad?

1379
01:21:00,564 --> 01:21:03,525
[female cop] The dad is the one
who broke the girl's ribs.

1380
01:21:04,484 --> 01:21:07,070
[Mónica's partner 1]
Why? Why did he hit you?

1381
01:21:08,238 --> 01:21:12,033
The girl is alleging
that her mom sold her to some men.

1382
01:21:13,618 --> 01:21:16,746
-[Mónica's partner 1] Is that right, dear?
-[female cop] She's also alleging rape.

1383
01:21:17,706 --> 01:21:18,915
Among other things.

1384
01:21:18,999 --> 01:21:21,418
They want backup.
Do you know why they requested it?

1385
01:21:21,960 --> 01:21:24,838
So I can take them to a safe house.

1386
01:21:24,921 --> 01:21:26,631
They don't want to stay here.

1387
01:21:27,549 --> 01:21:30,677
Everything you've said to me, sweetie,

1388
01:21:30,760 --> 01:21:33,930
you have to tell them
so they can help you.

1389
01:21:34,472 --> 01:21:35,348
Okay?

1390
01:21:38,685 --> 01:21:40,520
-Will you drive them?
-[Mónica's partner 1] Yes.

1391
01:21:40,604 --> 01:21:41,771
-Yeah?
-Yes, I'll take them.

1392
01:21:41,855 --> 01:21:42,772
[female cop] Thanks.

1393
01:21:42,856 --> 01:21:43,690
Yes, girl.

1394
01:21:44,983 --> 01:21:48,361
[Mónica] You can tell yourself
it's great to be able to help people,

1395
01:21:48,445 --> 01:21:50,697
but in this situation, to be honest,

1396
01:21:50,780 --> 01:21:55,452
how do you feel deep down in your heart?

1397
01:21:55,535 --> 01:21:58,246
Well, people that are acting aggressively,

1398
01:21:58,330 --> 01:22:01,708
that are loud, screaming,
insulting you and whatnot,

1399
01:22:01,791 --> 01:22:03,335
and they see you crying,

1400
01:22:04,044 --> 01:22:05,503
they'll think you're weak.

1401
01:22:05,587 --> 01:22:07,088
And they'll take advantage.

1402
01:22:07,172 --> 01:22:10,175
But you have to be strong.

1403
01:22:11,217 --> 01:22:12,594
[Mónica] I think so, right?

1404
01:22:13,553 --> 01:22:17,015
If I see a little child right now

1405
01:22:17,849 --> 01:22:19,893
injured or dead,

1406
01:22:20,685 --> 01:22:21,853
it affects me.

1407
01:22:21,937 --> 01:22:23,772
-Yes.
-It's a bad feeling.

1408
01:22:23,855 --> 01:22:26,483
Why? Because you think of your own family.

1409
01:22:27,525 --> 01:22:29,527
[siren wailing]

1410
01:22:42,082 --> 01:22:44,334
My name is
José de Jesús Rodríguez Hernández.

1411
01:22:44,417 --> 01:22:46,002
[clears throat]

1412
01:22:46,086 --> 01:22:50,006
Better known as Montoya, in public life.
[laughing]

1413
01:22:50,966 --> 01:22:52,676
Down in Ermita and Tlalpan… [sighs]

1414
01:22:52,759 --> 01:22:55,470
Down in Ermita and Tlalpan,

1415
01:22:55,553 --> 01:22:58,598
twice we were involved
in a shootout with some crooks.

1416
01:22:59,182 --> 01:23:00,266
[inhales]

1417
01:23:00,350 --> 01:23:03,061
We were driving by,
and they were robbing an ATM.

1418
01:23:03,144 --> 01:23:04,062
Come.

1419
01:23:04,813 --> 01:23:06,356
[Alonso on laptop] So tell me…

1420
01:23:06,439 --> 01:23:07,357
[Teresa] Who am I?

1421
01:23:07,440 --> 01:23:08,525
"Who am I?"

1422
01:23:08,608 --> 01:23:11,027
[mimics Teresa]
"I am María Teresa Hernández Cañas."

1423
01:23:11,528 --> 01:23:15,240
"Currently, I'm a police officer."

1424
01:23:15,865 --> 01:23:19,452
"I've been serving
in the police force for 17 years."

1425
01:23:21,496 --> 01:23:24,332
[Mónica] "I said, 'Mom, I've had it.
I'm going to join…"

1426
01:23:24,416 --> 01:23:25,834
[repeats] "I said, 'Mom…'"

1427
01:23:25,917 --> 01:23:29,295
[Teresa] "No, you're crazy,
you have done nothing for a whole year."

1428
01:23:29,379 --> 01:23:31,089
[Mónica] "I said, 'Mom, I've had it.'"

1429
01:23:31,172 --> 01:23:32,716
"You've done nothing for a year."

1430
01:23:32,799 --> 01:23:36,052
"I said, 'Mom, I've had it.
I'm going to join the police.'"

1431
01:23:36,594 --> 01:23:40,348
"No, you're crazy.
Your dad is going to go ballistic."

1432
01:23:40,432 --> 01:23:42,767
"Whatever. If he wants me
to work, I'll work.

1433
01:23:43,268 --> 01:23:44,644
"But I'll choose it."

1434
01:23:44,728 --> 01:23:49,107
[Teresa] I didn't have kids, unlike most
of my colleagues, who were single mothers.

1435
01:23:49,190 --> 01:23:52,652
Back then, I was one of the youngest.
They called me "little baby."

1436
01:23:54,195 --> 01:23:58,450
I can assure you that out of 100%
of the female officers in Mexico City,

1437
01:23:59,034 --> 01:24:01,661
90% were single mothers.

1438
01:24:01,745 --> 01:24:03,079
Almost all of them.

1439
01:24:03,663 --> 01:24:05,832
[Montoya] Police officers are like actors.

1440
01:24:05,915 --> 01:24:08,752
We can act like we have a strong demeanor,

1441
01:24:09,794 --> 01:24:11,171
or a weak one.

1442
01:24:13,423 --> 01:24:15,008
We act within reason.

1443
01:24:16,217 --> 01:24:18,261
We don't create a fantasy.

1444
01:24:19,137 --> 01:24:23,391
The moment you put on that uniform,
you take on a huge responsibility.

1445
01:24:23,475 --> 01:24:27,520
And you have to commit to that role 100%.
I was just talking about it.

1446
01:24:28,021 --> 01:24:29,564
You lose track of everything.

1447
01:24:29,647 --> 01:24:31,399
[Montoya] We have 1,000 faces, right?

1448
01:24:31,900 --> 01:24:34,652
-[both reading lines]
-"So, I was looking at him…"

1449
01:24:34,736 --> 01:24:36,112
"No, that's how it was."

1450
01:24:36,196 --> 01:24:38,823
-"I saw him like a clown."
-"I was good-looking before."

1451
01:24:38,907 --> 01:24:41,826
"One time, we got paired up,

1452
01:24:42,452 --> 01:24:45,246
we rode together in the truck."

1453
01:24:45,747 --> 01:24:49,667
"By the way, that truck
was packed with girls who were clueless."

1454
01:24:49,751 --> 01:24:52,545
"Didn't mention it to Alonso, but…"
[laughs]

1455
01:24:53,171 --> 01:24:56,132
[Teresa] They would say,
"Send me those two lovebirds."

1456
01:24:56,216 --> 01:24:59,719
"That siren doesn't flash
red and blue lights."

1457
01:24:59,803 --> 01:25:01,888
"Instead, it flashes little hearts."

1458
01:25:01,971 --> 01:25:04,766
They all stopped calling us
Teresa and Montoya.

1459
01:25:04,849 --> 01:25:06,684
They'd refer to us as "the love patrol."

1460
01:25:06,768 --> 01:25:08,770
[both grunting]

1461
01:25:13,608 --> 01:25:14,567
[Mónica guffawing]

1462
01:25:14,651 --> 01:25:15,568
-What?
-Hang on.

1463
01:25:15,652 --> 01:25:17,195
-What, did I hurt you?
-No.

1464
01:25:17,946 --> 01:25:23,159
V. THE END OF THE LOVE PATROL

1465
01:25:39,092 --> 01:25:40,009
[man] Enjoy.

1466
01:25:41,302 --> 01:25:42,387
[man laughing]

1467
01:25:43,680 --> 01:25:46,015
[mellow music playing on radio]

1468
01:25:48,393 --> 01:25:50,311
[Montoya] Are you still hungry, honey?

1469
01:25:50,395 --> 01:25:52,814
[Teresa] They didn't have anything colder.
Let's see.

1470
01:25:53,314 --> 01:25:54,691
[Montoya] Oh, motherfucker.

1471
01:25:55,400 --> 01:25:58,194
I told that dude
that if he tried to pull that shit again,

1472
01:25:58,278 --> 01:25:59,863
I would kick his ass.

1473
01:25:59,946 --> 01:26:01,364
[indistinct radio chatter]

1474
01:26:02,448 --> 01:26:05,952
[cop on radio]
…silver truck, with markings…

1475
01:26:06,035 --> 01:26:07,537
[knobs clacking]

1476
01:26:07,620 --> 01:26:09,038
Stay right here.

1477
01:26:09,122 --> 01:26:10,498
[indistinct radio chatter]

1478
01:26:10,582 --> 01:26:12,959
Do you need an army
to move a few motorcycles?

1479
01:26:13,042 --> 01:26:14,961
[cop on radio] …tinted windows…

1480
01:26:15,044 --> 01:26:15,920
It's good.

1481
01:26:16,004 --> 01:26:18,882
I'll kick your ass
if you eat those popsicles, okay?

1482
01:26:18,965 --> 01:26:21,926
[man on TV] Look at the great punches
thrown by the champion.

1483
01:26:22,427 --> 01:26:23,845
She's got her shaken.

1484
01:26:25,054 --> 01:26:27,640
She goes for the face, and then,

1485
01:26:27,724 --> 01:26:31,060
she attempted to grapple.
She's got her shaken.

1486
01:26:31,144 --> 01:26:32,562
[people cheering]

1487
01:26:32,645 --> 01:26:34,731
[shutter clicking]

1488
01:26:39,194 --> 01:26:40,778
Good evening, Officer.

1489
01:26:40,862 --> 01:26:42,113
Good evening, sir.

1490
01:26:42,197 --> 01:26:43,948
My name is María Teresa Hernández,

1491
01:26:44,032 --> 01:26:46,868
I'm a sub-officer here
in your Coapa quadrant.

1492
01:26:46,951 --> 01:26:49,621
-How can we help you?
-What's going on, sir?

1493
01:26:49,704 --> 01:26:50,747
What do you mean?

1494
01:26:50,830 --> 01:26:53,166
You're obstructing a public street.

1495
01:26:53,249 --> 01:26:55,752
Look, I'll tell them to move. No problem.

1496
01:26:55,835 --> 01:26:59,297
Sir, I'm going to call
Department of Transportation for backup

1497
01:26:59,380 --> 01:27:01,466
to remove and fine the motorcycles.

1498
01:27:01,549 --> 01:27:03,384
-You have ignored our pleas.
-What's up?

1499
01:27:03,927 --> 01:27:05,386
-Nothing.
-Good evening, sir.

1500
01:27:05,470 --> 01:27:06,971
-What's up?
-How do you do?

1501
01:27:07,055 --> 01:27:07,889
Good, thanks.

1502
01:27:07,972 --> 01:27:12,727
Chief Rueda knows
that we're a club that gets together,

1503
01:27:12,810 --> 01:27:15,563
which never causes any trouble.

1504
01:27:15,647 --> 01:27:16,606
What are you writing?

1505
01:27:16,689 --> 01:27:18,816
I'm going to write the license plates to…

1506
01:27:18,900 --> 01:27:19,901
-Why?
-[Teresa] Because…

1507
01:27:19,984 --> 01:27:22,779
It's not the first time
you've been asked to move them.

1508
01:27:22,862 --> 01:27:24,906
I've never heard anyone complain.

1509
01:27:24,989 --> 01:27:27,575
Well, we patrol this precinct,

1510
01:27:27,659 --> 01:27:30,370
and in the past, you've been requested--

1511
01:27:30,453 --> 01:27:32,872
-We haven't had a complaint!
-It's not the first time.

1512
01:27:32,956 --> 01:27:34,832
-[overlapping]
-We've never heard… Let me talk!

1513
01:27:34,916 --> 01:27:37,543
We've never had a complaint
until today, what a coincidence.

1514
01:27:37,627 --> 01:27:39,796
I think you just want to take our money.

1515
01:27:39,879 --> 01:27:42,966
-It's not the first time we've asked you.
-Did she ask you for money?

1516
01:27:43,049 --> 01:27:44,717
No, I was just telling her--

1517
01:27:44,801 --> 01:27:46,719
No, tell me if she asked for money.

1518
01:27:46,803 --> 01:27:48,763
-No, I was telling her--
-No.

1519
01:27:48,846 --> 01:27:51,474
Show some balls, dude.
Did she ask for money?

1520
01:27:52,433 --> 01:27:53,768
Yes, she did ask for money.

1521
01:27:53,851 --> 01:27:55,520
Oh, there you go.

1522
01:27:56,187 --> 01:27:59,941
What kind of fools do you take us for?
I don't think so.

1523
01:28:00,024 --> 01:28:01,859
-Do you know who I am?
-No, sir.

1524
01:28:01,943 --> 01:28:04,153
I'm a congressman, okay?

1525
01:28:05,113 --> 01:28:07,740
You don't care I'm a congressman,
fucking wage earner?

1526
01:28:07,824 --> 01:28:10,034
-We'll see if you don't care.
-It's not necessary--

1527
01:28:10,118 --> 01:28:12,453
Don't you dare threaten me
or raise your voice!

1528
01:28:12,537 --> 01:28:14,706
I'm talking to you,
don't turn your back on me.

1529
01:28:14,789 --> 01:28:15,957
Fucking Indian!

1530
01:28:16,040 --> 01:28:18,751
-You have no idea how fucked you are.
-Officer.

1531
01:28:19,544 --> 01:28:21,045
Why do you make it worse?

1532
01:28:21,129 --> 01:28:23,131
[mellow music playing on radio]

1533
01:28:23,214 --> 01:28:26,843
[cop 1 on radio] …one medic
at Chaparrita and Corrido del Norte…

1534
01:28:26,926 --> 01:28:28,928
[police siren wailing]

1535
01:28:30,888 --> 01:28:33,683
…I have a fallen female…

1536
01:28:35,560 --> 01:28:36,978
[cop 2] C-4 to dispatch.

1537
01:28:41,816 --> 01:28:43,693
[indistinct chatter on TV]

1538
01:28:50,575 --> 01:28:52,368
Thanks for coming, okay?

1539
01:28:52,452 --> 01:28:54,579
-Sorry for the inconvenience.
-No worries.

1540
01:28:54,662 --> 01:28:56,331
He's a legislator. Mr. Bigshot.

1541
01:28:56,914 --> 01:28:57,874
[not audible dialogue]

1542
01:28:59,167 --> 01:29:02,003
[Teresa] At that point, I turned around
and spotted a police truck,

1543
01:29:02,086 --> 01:29:03,671
and I saw it was a higher-up.

1544
01:29:04,464 --> 01:29:06,382
But he goes to talk to the boss.

1545
01:29:06,966 --> 01:29:09,302
And he says,
"You haven't educated this girl?"

1546
01:29:09,385 --> 01:29:11,471
"She doesn't know how to address people?"

1547
01:29:11,554 --> 01:29:13,348
And I told him, "Good afternoon, Chief."

1548
01:29:13,431 --> 01:29:15,141
"Don't talk to me like that."

1549
01:29:15,224 --> 01:29:18,144
"I know you're extorting
the gentleman and this establishment."

1550
01:29:18,227 --> 01:29:21,689
"In fact, you were caught on camera
taking the money."

1551
01:29:22,398 --> 01:29:24,609
And I tell him,
"Well, if they recorded me,

1552
01:29:24,692 --> 01:29:27,445
you wouldn't be arguing with me.
Do your due process."

1553
01:29:27,528 --> 01:29:31,449
"Have me charged for extortion,
and whatever happens, happens."

1554
01:29:32,784 --> 01:29:35,286
Our shift was over, and we went to…

1555
01:29:35,912 --> 01:29:38,373
We got in the patrol car,
headed to the precinct,

1556
01:29:38,456 --> 01:29:42,168
and at the entrance, our colleagues say,

1557
01:29:42,251 --> 01:29:45,421
"What did you do, fuckers?"
And we were stunned.

1558
01:29:45,505 --> 01:29:49,258
"Just wait." Everyone knew
about the story, the scene, everything.

1559
01:29:49,884 --> 01:29:50,802
[Alonso] Who are you?

1560
01:29:51,302 --> 01:29:53,304
-[Teresa] Who am I?
-[Alonso] Yes, who are you?

1561
01:29:53,388 --> 01:29:55,598
I'm María Teresa Hernández Cañas.

1562
01:29:56,516 --> 01:29:59,852
I'm currently a police officer.

1563
01:30:00,353 --> 01:30:04,107
I've been in the police force
for 17 years.

1564
01:30:05,316 --> 01:30:07,902
And… what else can I tell you?

1565
01:30:07,985 --> 01:30:10,029
-[Alonso] How old are you?
-Thirty-four.

1566
01:30:10,571 --> 01:30:11,989
I'm 34 years old.

1567
01:30:12,490 --> 01:30:17,245
[Alonso] So, tell me, what was--

1568
01:30:17,328 --> 01:30:20,790
What were the implications
of the motorcycle incident?

1569
01:30:21,290 --> 01:30:24,836
Well, it brought on us all the burdens
we're still suffering to this day.

1570
01:30:25,878 --> 01:30:28,965
On top of that,
they took away our squad car.

1571
01:30:29,465 --> 01:30:32,385
We thought that was unfair.

1572
01:30:32,468 --> 01:30:34,262
We were doing our jobs,

1573
01:30:35,012 --> 01:30:37,181
and that's how they pay us, right?

1574
01:30:37,265 --> 01:30:40,268
But aside from the payback, I was saying,

1575
01:30:40,351 --> 01:30:43,479
in my view, I felt cheated, right?

1576
01:30:44,355 --> 01:30:47,024
[Alonso] What's your name?
You haven't told me your name.

1577
01:30:47,108 --> 01:30:49,527
[Montoya]
I'm José de Jesús Rodríguez Hernández.

1578
01:30:49,610 --> 01:30:50,695
[clears throat]

1579
01:30:52,280 --> 01:30:56,117
Better known as Montoya, in public life.
[laughing]

1580
01:30:56,200 --> 01:30:58,578
[Alonso] Is that
where "the love patrol" ended?

1581
01:30:58,661 --> 01:31:01,581
Practically, that's where
"the love patrol" ended.

1582
01:31:01,664 --> 01:31:05,835
But far from being a love patrol,
we carried out our work, right?

1583
01:31:06,419 --> 01:31:08,379
But they did start to put

1584
01:31:09,422 --> 01:31:12,258
a lot of pressure on us.

1585
01:31:12,341 --> 01:31:13,384
Vendettas.

1586
01:31:13,968 --> 01:31:17,263
They sent Montoya to stand guard

1587
01:31:17,346 --> 01:31:20,183
at Periférico and San Antonio
for over a month.

1588
01:31:20,266 --> 01:31:22,477
Over the bridge. Nothing happened there.

1589
01:31:22,560 --> 01:31:25,938
Teresa, they even tried to suspend her.

1590
01:31:26,022 --> 01:31:29,442
They threatened
and harassed her at the ministry,

1591
01:31:29,942 --> 01:31:32,111
and tried to force her to resign.

1592
01:31:32,195 --> 01:31:34,447
And it became a living hell, Alonso.

1593
01:31:34,530 --> 01:31:38,659
They sent me
four neighborhoods farther away,

1594
01:31:38,743 --> 01:31:42,288
and they left me
standing guard on a street

1595
01:31:42,371 --> 01:31:44,749
that didn't even have a crime index.

1596
01:31:44,832 --> 01:31:47,084
There was no restroom, nothing to eat.

1597
01:31:47,168 --> 01:31:49,504
We went back to talk
to the commander, and said,

1598
01:31:49,587 --> 01:31:51,756
'What is this all about?
You took our patrol,

1599
01:31:51,839 --> 01:31:54,926
you're punishing us
by having us stand guard."

1600
01:31:55,468 --> 01:31:56,636
"How much longer?"

1601
01:31:56,719 --> 01:31:59,889
He said, "It's not my call.
The higher-ups ordered it."

1602
01:31:59,972 --> 01:32:01,057
"Until you break."

1603
01:32:01,766 --> 01:32:03,643
[Montoya] That's what the chief said.

1604
01:32:04,352 --> 01:32:08,356
"I'll switch you,
but I'll have her there until she breaks."

1605
01:32:09,774 --> 01:32:13,319
I said, "Break her,
and I'll come after you."

1606
01:32:14,695 --> 01:32:19,325
"If the authorities don't listen,
I will have to look for other solutions."

1607
01:32:22,954 --> 01:32:26,499
[Teresa] I feel that the police officer
is vulnerable in every sense.

1608
01:32:27,583 --> 01:32:31,087
Nothing is guaranteed for us.

1609
01:32:31,170 --> 01:32:34,715
No protection by the command
and no protection by the citizenship.

1610
01:32:36,008 --> 01:32:37,677
[Montoya] Sometimes, as I said before,

1611
01:32:37,760 --> 01:32:40,388
I'm ashamed of saying
I'm a police officer.

1612
01:32:42,056 --> 01:32:45,768
Out of fear of how people treat you.

1613
01:32:46,519 --> 01:32:50,189
For that reason,
I tell my wife and lots of colleagues that

1614
01:32:50,898 --> 01:32:52,650
I'm sick of the police force.

1615
01:32:53,150 --> 01:32:55,695
[Alonso] You are just victims?

1616
01:32:56,779 --> 01:32:59,532
There you go.
[clears throat] Good question.

1617
01:33:01,701 --> 01:33:03,995
We are self-serving.

1618
01:33:06,038 --> 01:33:07,290
We are fools.

1619
01:33:09,542 --> 01:33:11,877
They criticize the police
for being corrupt.

1620
01:33:13,504 --> 01:33:14,505
They criticize,

1621
01:33:15,548 --> 01:33:17,800
saying that,
oftentimes, the police officer…

1622
01:33:19,218 --> 01:33:22,221
is someone who abuses their power.

1623
01:33:24,432 --> 01:33:27,810
But they don't stop to think why we do it.

1624
01:33:29,562 --> 01:33:31,022
And some colleagues say,

1625
01:33:31,105 --> 01:33:34,859
"You know what? I won't do it,
because I will get in trouble."

1626
01:33:36,027 --> 01:33:38,154
"Why? Because
I don't want to have any trouble."

1627
01:33:38,237 --> 01:33:40,197
"I don't like to be given money."

1628
01:33:41,824 --> 01:33:43,451
"I don't like to extort."

1629
01:33:46,162 --> 01:33:50,082
But many of them do it.
They extort, or we extort,

1630
01:33:50,166 --> 01:33:53,628
or we ask for money… on occasion.

1631
01:33:54,337 --> 01:33:57,882
Because at the end of the day,
the corruption doesn't stop.

1632
01:33:59,675 --> 01:34:02,345
Who benefits? I think everyone does.

1633
01:34:02,428 --> 01:34:05,890
Starting with the civilian,
all the way to the officer and higher-ups.

1634
01:34:05,973 --> 01:34:08,893
Why? Because if the civilian
fails to stop at a stop sign,

1635
01:34:08,976 --> 01:34:12,104
or any other situation
where they would get an infraction,

1636
01:34:12,188 --> 01:34:13,856
or they're getting detained,

1637
01:34:13,939 --> 01:34:17,234
sometimes, in order
to avoid going to civil court,

1638
01:34:17,318 --> 01:34:18,694
that's where it starts.

1639
01:34:18,778 --> 01:34:21,113
There's no need for an officer to ask,

1640
01:34:21,197 --> 01:34:24,200
since the civilian knows
they committed an infraction,

1641
01:34:24,283 --> 01:34:25,660
they offer it themselves.

1642
01:34:26,327 --> 01:34:31,040
If you're already aware of your needs
since the start of your shift,

1643
01:34:31,123 --> 01:34:33,250
you say to yourself, "This is my chance."

1644
01:34:33,876 --> 01:34:37,171
It goes hand in hand,
because what the civilian gives me,

1645
01:34:37,254 --> 01:34:41,008
I pass it on to my precinct chief,
makes its way to the commander and so on.

1646
01:34:41,509 --> 01:34:44,136
All the needs of the service are met.

1647
01:34:44,220 --> 01:34:45,346
[clears throat]

1648
01:34:48,015 --> 01:34:50,017
[somber music playing]

1649
01:34:59,151 --> 01:35:01,737
POLICE - CADET

1650
01:35:10,579 --> 01:35:13,207
[Teresa] I need at least
400 pesos (20 USD) per day

1651
01:35:13,290 --> 01:35:16,252
in my pocket to go to work.

1652
01:35:17,128 --> 01:35:19,797
Ten pesos (50 cents) go to the gunsmith.

1653
01:35:19,880 --> 01:35:23,050
Why? Because if I want to get a vest,

1654
01:35:23,134 --> 01:35:27,221
like what we use out on the street,
and you want it to be "clean,"

1655
01:35:27,304 --> 01:35:30,933
if you don't pay up,
you would get a worn-out one.

1656
01:35:31,809 --> 01:35:36,230
If you want to carry a nice pistol,
personally, I prefer the Pietro Beretta,

1657
01:35:36,313 --> 01:35:37,898
there goes your ten pesos (50 cents).

1658
01:35:37,982 --> 01:35:40,901
How much is ten pesos (50 cents)
per day every 15 days?

1659
01:35:41,819 --> 01:35:45,156
If you want a squad car,
you need to pay an entrance fee

1660
01:35:45,239 --> 01:35:47,533
to the patrol car manager.

1661
01:35:49,785 --> 01:35:51,120
[Raúl] Learn your lines.

1662
01:35:54,915 --> 01:35:59,170
Bi-monthly, after taxes,
I make about 1,100 pesos (55 USD).

1663
01:36:00,045 --> 01:36:02,339
Take that and support a family.

1664
01:36:02,423 --> 01:36:06,802
Take that and pay for your food,
for transportation.

1665
01:36:06,886 --> 01:36:08,846
Take that to pay for necessities.

1666
01:36:16,562 --> 01:36:19,064
[water drip echoing]

1667
01:36:24,403 --> 01:36:26,405
[water splashing]

1668
01:36:29,700 --> 01:36:33,412
[Montoya] I would give anything
to be the police officer I used to be.

1669
01:36:34,914 --> 01:36:38,584
To wake up
and feel great about going to work.

1670
01:36:40,753 --> 01:36:41,587
To want…

1671
01:36:42,087 --> 01:36:43,380
To want to help.

1672
01:36:44,173 --> 01:36:45,591
[whistle blows in distance]

1673
01:36:51,138 --> 01:36:53,224
[Teresa] I'm a police officer,
what a disappointment.

1674
01:36:53,307 --> 01:36:56,727
The career in the force didn't fulfill
the expectations I had for it.

1675
01:36:58,687 --> 01:37:01,982
If I'm getting paid
whether or not I do the job,

1676
01:37:02,066 --> 01:37:04,985
then why bother at all?
That's the ugly truth.

1677
01:37:09,323 --> 01:37:13,035
[Montoya] After a day's work at a job
that I started doing out of love,

1678
01:37:13,536 --> 01:37:14,787
for my love of justice,

1679
01:37:16,121 --> 01:37:17,122
they force me

1680
01:37:18,374 --> 01:37:20,209
to think it's complete garbage.

1681
01:37:20,709 --> 01:37:21,710
[whistle blows]

1682
01:37:26,465 --> 01:37:28,384
[Teresa] I can tell you that in 17 years,

1683
01:37:28,467 --> 01:37:31,053
the best time of my life
was spent at the Academy.

1684
01:37:32,388 --> 01:37:35,850
It's so beautiful and so intense
to experience that education.

1685
01:37:35,933 --> 01:37:38,519
I used to enjoy marching practice so much,

1686
01:37:38,602 --> 01:37:41,355
or learning military instruction
at 5:00 a.m.

1687
01:37:41,438 --> 01:37:44,859
Sometimes I would take deep breaths
and look up, elated.

1688
01:37:44,942 --> 01:37:48,153
You only see the hills
on the horizon, nothing else.

1689
01:37:48,737 --> 01:37:51,365
And sometimes I felt like crying,

1690
01:37:51,448 --> 01:37:55,703
not out of sadness, but out of joy.
I would say, "It feels so good."

1691
01:37:58,873 --> 01:38:01,917
In the exams they would give us,

1692
01:38:02,001 --> 01:38:04,295
the decisiveness test was the last one.

1693
01:38:04,378 --> 01:38:07,882
My colleagues in the task force said,

1694
01:38:07,965 --> 01:38:11,427
"You already got your credits
for physical conditioning."

1695
01:38:11,510 --> 01:38:13,929
"The only thing left
is the decisiveness test."

1696
01:38:14,722 --> 01:38:18,225
And I replied,
"I'm not jumping in. I can't swim."

1697
01:38:18,976 --> 01:38:22,271
They would tie you
to a flimsy rope and go, "Jump in."

1698
01:38:22,354 --> 01:38:24,398
The key is decisiveness.

1699
01:38:24,481 --> 01:38:27,484
You don't need to swim,
you just need to show decisiveness.

1700
01:38:27,568 --> 01:38:29,904
"Once you jump in, we'll pull you out."

1701
01:38:30,529 --> 01:38:34,491
But it was a lie, because they would wait
until you almost drowned

1702
01:38:34,575 --> 01:38:36,035
to finally pull you out.

1703
01:38:39,538 --> 01:38:40,581
[exhales deeply]

1704
01:38:43,208 --> 01:38:45,085
-[breathing deeply]
-[whistle blows]

1705
01:38:46,295 --> 01:38:48,297
[tense music playing]

1706
01:38:50,049 --> 01:38:50,966
[man shouting]

1707
01:38:54,053 --> 01:38:55,262
[inhales deeply]

1708
01:38:55,846 --> 01:38:57,723
[whistle blowing]

1709
01:38:58,223 --> 01:38:59,183
[inhales deeply]

1710
01:39:03,145 --> 01:39:05,147
[somber music playing]

1711
01:40:15,175 --> 01:40:18,262
[Teresa] As I went in, I'm rubbing myself
and my body was shaking.

1712
01:40:18,345 --> 01:40:20,139
I was scared, I was feeling the fear.

1713
01:40:20,764 --> 01:40:24,560
Once the fear
and the anxiousness subsided,

1714
01:40:24,643 --> 01:40:27,855
I really felt pleased, because I thought,
"Well, I did jump in."

1715
01:40:27,938 --> 01:40:31,734
I got home and went, "I jumped off
the springboard." They didn't believe me.

1716
01:40:31,817 --> 01:40:34,111
"How?" I showed them
the bruises and everything,

1717
01:40:34,194 --> 01:40:37,281
but I was feeling
very pleased I'd done it.

1718
01:40:40,701 --> 01:40:42,369
And we are still making it work.

1719
01:40:42,453 --> 01:40:45,164
I said, "I'll look after you
and you'll look after me."

1720
01:40:45,664 --> 01:40:49,585
And not a day goes by without me
telling him I love and adore him.

1721
01:40:49,668 --> 01:40:53,172
He'd say, "I feel it."
And I'd go, "No, I just wanted to say it."

1722
01:40:54,631 --> 01:40:55,841
What do you think?

1723
01:40:55,924 --> 01:40:57,051
We're still together.

1724
01:40:57,134 --> 01:41:00,262
Deciding if we should quit,
seeing what the department will do,

1725
01:41:00,345 --> 01:41:04,183
weighing our options.
It's just the two of us out there.

1726
01:41:06,477 --> 01:41:07,561
What do you think?

1727
01:41:13,942 --> 01:41:15,944
[wistful music playing]

1728
01:41:29,625 --> 01:41:35,631
In the winter of 2019, Teresa and Montoya
submitted their resignation

1729
01:41:35,714 --> 01:41:42,012
as officers of the Secretariat
of Security and Civilian Protection.

1730
01:41:42,096 --> 01:41:44,098
[wistful music playing]

1731
01:47:14,928 --> 01:47:19,141
Subtitle translation by:
José Luis Albertini