Carroll O'Connor is kidnapped within hours of returning to Sparta from a police convention. So it looks like Joe Don Baker will be acting chief for a bit longer.
Baker has his own problems. He's now guardian of his nephew and has enrolled
him at Sparta High where Trent Bross hopes to star in football. But he's causing trouble, racial trouble which they don't need.
Joan McMurtrey appears on the scene investigating O'Connor's disappearance. She's and FBI
agent investigating a White Supremacist gang in connection with Chief
Gillespie's disappearance and she doesn't like to share.
All of thee elements come together in part 2 of this story.