The Closers
Chapter One
Within the practice and protocol of the Los Angeles Police
Department a two-six call is the one that draws the most immediate
response while striking the most fear behind the bulletproof vest.
For it is a call that often has a career riding on it. The
designation is derived from the combination of the Code 2 radio call
out, meaning "respond as soon as possible," and the sixth floor of
Parker Center, from which the chief of police commands the
department. A two-six is a forthwith from the chief's office, and
any officer who knows and enjoys his position in the department will
not delay.
Detective Harry Bosch spent over twenty-five years with the
department in his first tour and never once received a forthwith
from the chief of police. In fact, other than receiving his badge at
the academy in 1972, he never shook hands or spoke personally with a
chief again. He had outlasted several of them-and, of course, seen
them at police functions and funerals- but simply never met them
along the way. On the morning of his return to duty after a
three-year retirement he received his first two-six while knotting
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