Washington, D.C., Police Chief Jack Mannion, runs a modern-day "Untouchables" team to patrol the most crime-ridden, drug-infested streets in his city.
Mannion calls in a former hostage-crisis negotiator to get through to an autistic girl who witnessed the murder of her parents.
Mannion suspects a policeman did not attempt mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to save a gay officer who was hit by a car during a traffic stop.
Mannion probes the apparent suicide of a congressional lobbyist who was about to break open a scandal involving the exchange of sexual favors for votes.
When a crime lord's henchman targets a former stripper (Markie Post), Mannion must protect her from the same fate as a murdered trial witness.