Tony Harvey, young, ambitious and single-minded is determined to follow his lifelong dream of becoming a detective despite his father's derision about his choice of career. Chicago is a tough place to be a cop, his training didn't prepare him for the reality of life on the streets. That reality comes crashing down when a fellow officer is threatened by a drug-fuelled madman. Tony becomes embroiled in a case that will have echo years later. Can he save his colleague before the Chicago Police Department has to place another flag on another coffin?