The Rookie (TV Series)

Crossfire (2022)

Cherinda Kincherlow: Althea Cordon

Quotes 

• Tim Bradford : Hello, ma'am. We had a noise complaint. Yelling. Everything okay?

  Althea Cordon : I was just arguing with my son. Ain't no need for the police.

  Aaron Thorsen : Okay, so what's the problem, ma'am?

  Althea Cordon : My son, Tabin.

  Aaron Thorsen : Mm-hmm.

  Althea Cordon : He won't listen. He cuts school. He won't pick up after himself. And the mouth on that boy.

  Aaron Thorsen : And how old's your son?

  Althea Cordon : 15.

  Tim Bradford : He threaten you?

  Althea Cordon : He knows he better not!

  Tim Bradford : Okay. Any drugs, weapons, other criminal behavior?

  Althea Cordon : Tabin? Absolutely not. I see him drifting. He's running the streets instead of doing schoolwork. Told him he's gonna end up like his sister. I already lost one child. I'm not gonna lose another.

  Aaron Thorsen : And let me guess... He didn't want to hear that, huh?

  Althea Cordon : He says I don't know what I'm talking about. Starts yelling and... and slamming doors. I told him, "You break my house, I'mma break your head."

  Tim Bradford : Okay. Well, we can't arrest him if he hasn't committed a crime.

  Althea Cordon : Ain't nobody asking you to do all that. You can't talk to him, put the fear of Jesus in him, help keep him out of trouble? I pay your salaries. You know what? We should defund y'all ass.

  Aaron Thorsen : Look, um, I-I'll talk to him, okay? Is he inside?

  Althea Cordon : Mm-hmm.