Season 4 premiered March 15, 2005, with the addition of Glenn Close
taking over the role as Farmington's new captain, Monica Rawling.
The season dealt with the fallout from the Strike Team disbandment.
Shane Vendrell, with new partner Armando "Army" Renta, enters into
a dangerous situation with major drug lord Antwon Mitchell (Anthony
Anderson), and seemingly accepts an order to kill Vic Mackey.
The police were outraged after two officers were kidnapped and
subsequently found murdered. In the end, the Strike Team is re-
formed and manages to successfully put Antwon in prison. The season
also deals with the controversial asset-forfeiture policies of the
new captain; Julien's opposition to these policies; and David Aceveda
(now a City Councilman) dealing with the psychological aftermath of
his sexual assault incident from the previous season. The season
concludes with Capt. Rawling losing her job over a dispute with
the DEA. This plot twist reflected a real-life need for Close to
return to New York.

One of the season's secondary plots involves Claudette's and Dutch's
marginalization as detectives because of Claudette's refusal to
apologize to the DA for reopening the cases of a public defender who
was discovered to be a functioning drug addict. Claudette's moral
stand resulted in many of the prosecutor's cases being overturned.
This cost Claudette her shot at becoming Farmington Captain. Dutch
eventually resolved the situation by making a back-room deal with
the DA to "keep Claudette in line" and do favors for the office in
return for breaking back into action.

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