Abby Taylor: [to Jessie Stone] Larry, Curly, and Moe want to talk with you.
Comden: On behalf of the town council, Jim, and Carter, and I thought we ought to get brought up to speed on things.
Hansen: So, what's really going on?
Chief Jesse Stone: We have two killings. We're not sure whether it's the same weapon or weapons.
Hansen: That's all you know?
Chief Jesse Stone: Correct.
Hansen: You don't have any clues, nothing?
Chief Jesse Stone: Correct.
Jim Burns: Well, hell.
Comden: I told you he wasn't a talker.
Hansen: So what do we tell the press?
Chief Jesse Stone: I like "no comment."
Comden: Well, what is it you have your officers doing over at the high school?
Hansen: Maybe you could allocate your personnel a little better.
Jim Burns: Damn it, don't you talk?
Chief Jesse Stone: Only when I have something to say.
Hansen: Couldn't we get this thing resolved quicker with F.B.I. or state help?
Chief Jesse Stone: The F.B.I. and state police bring the national media. You won't like this town when they're through with it.
Hansen: Look, we think you should take all the resources you have and concentrate on the killings.
Chief Jesse Stone: I'm a cop. I've been a cop for a long time. I'm good at it. I know how to do this. You don't.
Jim Burns: Damn it, we can fire you.
Chief Jesse Stone: You can. But you can't tell me what to do.
