- Lt. Ryker goes out on patrol with Officer Danko and discovers that a protection racket is being run in his old neighborhood and that most people are too scared to come forward and talk about it.
- Lt. Ryker goes back to his old neighborhood and finds old friends and an old love being threatened by a vicious protection racket. Everyone is terrified to finger the guilty parties until a teenager, who could have been Ryker's son, takes action.
- A protection racket is going on in Let Ryker's old beat. He assigned Mike Danko to ride with him and he, together with Mike, walks the beat again. Mike suspects that a protection racket is going on, when Ryker says how much the neighborhood has improved over the years. Mike immediately knows that something is going on, and suspects that the merchants are paying protection money to a gang of punks.
During his questioning, he can't seem to get any of the merchants to talk, as they are scared to death of the punks who have taken over the neighborhood. He investigates further, and, during this time, he reunites with a former lady love, Molly Phillips, formerly Molly Clark, whose son, unbeknownst to him, is involved in the racket.
Molly is in an unhappy marriage, which she initially denies to Lt Ryker. She comes to the police Precinct one night and both he and she reminisce on the past they shared. As she's since been remarried, Lt Ryker doesn't want to intrude. He tells her that his past feelings for her were friendship, not love.
Lt Ryker is partnered with Mike Danko. At first, he doesn't believe that anything adverse is going on, then, seeing the reluctance of the merchants, he eventually believes it. After a lengthy investigation, eventually they get the punks thrown in jail. At the end, everyone is very grateful to Lt Ryker's efforts to successfully turn the in neighborhood back into what it once was. The merchants are very grateful for the help that Ryker gave them and they celebrate in the local bar. Ryker is very touched.
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