It's real easy to be a good cop when you feel like you don't have sh*t to go home to.

Ruben

Cops are suppose to hold the line between chaos and civilized society. Every now and then chaos gets the upper hand.

Narrator

You've got a problem with gay people, that's your right, OK but I don't want to hear about it every day.

Cooper

Lucero: I didn't know.
Cooper: You won't be mistaken for Sherlock Holmes.

Lucero: They were checking me out like crazy in there. Now I know what it's like to be a chick.
Cooper: If you want to be a chick that's a different bar.

You better watch it buddy. Your mom's a tough lady.

Russell

Cooper: You want to go ruin his day?
Lucero: Absolutely.

Most cops manage to stay sane despite the chaos all around them, but in their hearts they know, everyone has their breaking point.

Narrator

I'm Brooke by the way, The girl he stopped seeing so he could just f*ck you.

Brooke

Maybe for his birthday you could take him to the Dahmer house.

Russell

For the last 2 & 1/2 weeks I've had these book smart, street stupid, bs experts telling me how I'm suppose to feel before I go back on the streets.

Cooper

What do you think I am, the King of LA. I just can't make things disappear.

Ben

Southland Quotes

It seems like it changes nothing... but every once and awhile, you get to take a bad guy off the streets for good. And that, my friend, is God's work.

John Cooper

Taking a life is a big deal to me.

Ben Sherman