New York City Police Academy

And one of the instructors on day one had shot himself.

i was like and so they sent us all home intentionally yeah get the fuck out of here so this is on day one day one yeah so he you know obviously was was working with the the other class like they were doing like final scenarios and things like that um for the day tour guys we were just coming in and it had happened probably 40 minutes 30 minutes before we were entering the building damn and uh what was crazy is like, I look at it now, like with this mental health journey that I'm on and like trying to help people and think I'm like day one of the police Academy.

Like, this is what we were faced with this reality of like, you know, this is, this is what this is, you know, this is real shit, you know? So they ended up sending us all home and, I get back to the path.

I call my grandfather.

This is Episode 1, The Thin Blue Line.

It's the summer of 1969 at the New York Police Academy in Manhattan.

Arthur Hearns opens the door to a small, windowless interview room.

He puts his papers down on the metal desk and sits on one of the hard wooden chairs on either side and waits.