 Chuck O Flair (Ralph Meeker) and two buddies, Russ Hartley (Robert Horton) and Harry Whenlon (Jeff Richards), enter the Los Angeles Police Academy as cadets. Cocky and sure of himself, O Flair almost gets washed out as unfit material. After they graduate, one of them accidently stumbles on a gang of black marketeers and is murdered. O Flair requests the assignment to track down the killer.