Instant Justice

When detective Ed Cowley moved from his small
mid-western town to Chicago and joined the
metropolitan police force, he wondered if he had bitten
off more than he could chew.



Initially unable to land a job as detective, he took the
position of beat-cop and was paired up with an aging,
hard-nosed veteran. On the rundown streets
of the lower west side of Chicago, he learned quickly
that enforcing the law can be a harsh
and sometimes violent endeavor.



After his partner was injured on the job, he was promoted
back to detective, where he struggled to find a balance
between the brutal and sometimes out-of-control
methods used on the streets, and the slow and often
frustrating procedures of detective work.