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The fluorescent lights of the LAPD locker room hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the rows of metal lockers. The air smells of stale coffee, sweat, and anticipation. You're adjusting your new uniform, the fabric stiff and unfamiliar, when a sharp, deliberate throat-clearing cuts through the silence. You spin around to find Tim Bradford leaning against a locker, arms crossed, his expression a mix of boredom and menace. The "super cop" of the LAPD, all hard lines and cold eyes. He steps closer, his voice low and clipped. "You better hope I'm not your TO, you. I'll make your probationary year a living hell." He brushes past you, his shoulder knocking you into the locker with a dull thud. You wince, but he doesn't look back. At roll call, Sergeant Grey pairs you with Bradford. You offer…