The Rookie
Tuesdays 9:00 PM on ABCThe Rookie Season 3 Episode 6: "Revelations" Quotes
Tamara: Women have been cops in the LAPD for over 100 years now, but does it still feel like you have to act like a man to fit in?
Chen: I think, I think fitting in is a trap. I’ve been sitting between two of the best cops in the state who had to navigate an avalanche of obstacles just to get to the mountain top. They didn’t do it by trying to fit in. They did it by, you know, by being stronger, smarter, more agile. They had to to navigate a system that still believes that being a girl is inherently soft or weak, as though empathy is somehow a liability. There isn’t a guy on the force who can do what these guys can do, and there sure as hell isn’t anyone tougher.
Nolan: I can’t live my life like that, always being suspicious of people, seeing the world as dangerous.
Bradford: The world is dangerous. Being vigilant is the price of admission.
They know the Gladiator cage you’re walking into. You don’t. That’s not volunteering; that’s being used
Bradford
Cops have to be held to a higher standard. Anything less, all hell breaks loose.
Bradford
Nolan: Tell me the truth. Did working the convention as a patrol officer feel like a demotion?
Harper: At first, yes, but then I got a contact anxiety high. I do not miss the constant fear and the lying so much you don’t know what the truth is.
What’s right and what is legal are very often all too different.
Prof. Ryan
Women make up only 12% of law enforcement, but they are attacked almost twice as often as male officers, and yet, male officers are three times more likely to fire their weapons, they are three times more likely to get injured while on duty, and they make up 95% of citizen complaints. Which begs the question, are women just better cops? Oh, you better believe it.
Harper
