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Rookie A.J. Cafaro's only previous law enforcement experience was throwing people out of the bar he used to manage. A.J. goes on his first search warrant assault then witnesses his first dead body, and soon begins to question if maybe throwing drunks out of a bar was not so bad. Former High school English teacher Hugh Herndon decided to trade his chalk and blackboard for a Tampa police badge and a 9mm handgun. But when the Rookie hits the gritty streets of Tampa where he has to break up a violent melee and sees crack for the first time, the only question is will Hugh be up to the test.

In this new series, we follow rookie police cadets from the moment they graduate the police academy to their introduction to life on the city's streets. It's tough being a cop anywhere, but being a rookie cop in Tampa, Fla., where the crime rate is sky-high, is one of the toughest police jobs in the country. Petite rookie Amy Hess may look like the girl next door, but after a week where she pushes a car, tests crack for the first time, and participates in her first SWAT hit, will she be able to prove "size doesn't matter"? And, on paper, hefty rookie Tommie Tolbert should have the physical size to handle almost any situation. Tommie tries to keep an irate arson victim from attacking her assailant's mother then tries to catch a fleeing criminal only to learn that maybe he has bitten off more than he can chew.

Rookie Dennis Cooper's wife is about to give birth to a baby girl. Dennis is asked to control an angry juvenile arrested on gun charges, then restrain a grieving a husband after a tragic hit and run accident, causing this father-to-be to start questioning his decision to join the TPD family. Rookie Hugh Herndon passed the first week of Tampa's rigorous Rookie training program, but this former schoolteacher's new classroom are the streets of Tampa; a world that includes drug dealers, prostitutes, and auto thieves who are going to teach Hugh more than he bargained for.

In Jefferson Parish, rookie Mark Monson has trouble taking orders from his female FTO Denise Liccardi. He's over-eager and makes basic mistakes again and again. Each rookie is evaluated by their sergeant before riding solo and Mark needs to get it together fast, or risk saying goodbye to his childhood dream of being a police officer. Henry Conravey is a Louisiana native who served his country as a Marine in Iraq. Having seen combat, Conravey has an edge over the other rookies. But when Henry and his FTO Todd Rivere respond to a "shots fired" call in a quiet neighborhood, Henry's overconfidence could actually hurt him.

Rebecca Webster was the only female rookie in her Academy class. She knows that as a woman in a man's world, she's going to have to work twice as hard to prove herself. However, Rebecca's rush to do everything on her own just might backfire on her. As rookie John Wiebelt and his FTO patrol in a bad area, John notices a group of men on the corner - one brandishing an assault rifle. Wiebelt takes the lead and the situation is quickly under control. Weeks later, during his evaluation with his sergeant, John again encounters a suspect with an automatic weapon. This time though, there are shots fired and this suspect has his sights set on the cops.

Rookie Elton Johnson is a self-proclaimed country boy from Alabama who just wants to get into "the action". Action is exactly what Elton gets when he is the arresting officer on a drug sting operation and arrests a violent racist drunk. Rookie April Levine's father may be the chief of police of a nearby city, but cops are made not bred. So when April investigates a knifing then goes on her first drug sting operation her law enforcement pedigree won't help her one bit.

For Tampa Police Rookie's like Amy Hess even previously simple tasks like driving a car become very complicated. So when Amy is asked to put on the lights and sirens of her patrol car and race "code" to calls, the question isn't: "Will she get there in time?" but rather, "Will she get there at all?" When in the same shift Rookie Dennis Cooper loses not only the evidence from a drug arrest, but also his patrol car, even this former Naval Petty Officer begins to wonder if maybe his chance of becoming a TPD officer has set sail.

Most Rookies dread going on the "Signal 7" or Dead Body call. Rookie April Levine gets not one, but two of these calls. First she must put human bones in a plastic bag, then lift a five day old corpse: complete with flies, maggots, and that unmistakable smell. When his Field Training Officer confronts Rookie Tommie Tolbert about his poor driving, Tommie confesses it's because his feet are pigeon-toed. So when Tommie goes the wrong way down a one-way street then races code to a drive-by-shooting his FTO becomes less concerned about training Tommie... and more concerned about just surviving him.

A rookie, who was a ranking officer in the military for several years, has a know-it-all attitude that infuriates his FTO and fellow officers.

Rookie Amy Hess seems to have little fear when it comes to arresting people or confronting the mentally ill, but dealing with German Shepherds is a whole other story. Unfortunately for Amy, being attacked by the K-9 unit's German Shepherd is part of her training. Rookie Tommie Tolbert puts on his detective hat to discover the aggressor in a domestic dispute. He then faces the dangerous task of serving on the entry team of a search warrant bust, but it's when he reaches for his gun on what seems like a routine traffic stop, where this Rookie could face his ultimate test.

Rookie Dennis Cooper has been searching for his police voice since he started the training program. So when he is asked to participate in a narcotics hit, solve a robbery, and disperse some rowdy kids, he will have every opportunity to use it. But will he? Rookie Elton Johnson has a thick Alabama accent, but yearns to find the voice of a Tampa Police officer. When he stumbles at seemingly simple tasks like filling out paperwork and how he holds his gun, finding his police voice becomes the least of his problems.