THE ENPHOOEYCER

THE ENFORCER (1976)
dir: James Fargo

THE ENPHOOEYCER
Sick #116, August 1977
w & a: Dave Manak

Third in the Dirty Harry series. Here is the Wikipedia summary of the plot:

In Marin County, two gas company men are lured by a scantily clad woman to a remote spot in Mill Valley and killed. Maxwell's gang, the People's Revolutionary Strike Force plans to use the gas men's uniforms and van as part of an ambitious series of crimes that will make them rich. Inspector Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) and his partner Frank DiGiorgio (John Mitchum) arrive at a liquor store where robbers have taken hostages. The robbers demand a car with a police radio; Callahan provides one by driving his squad car into the store and then shooting the robbers. Callahan's superior, Captain McKay (Bradford Dillman), angrily reprimands him for "excessive use of force", injuring the hostages, and causing $14,379 in damages, and temporarily transfers him out of the SFPD's Homicide unit.

While assigned to Personnel, Callahan participates in the interview process for promotions, and learns that under affirmative action rules three of the new inspectors will be female, including Kate Moore (Tyne Daly) despite her very limited field experience. The PRSF uses the van to steal weapons from a warehouse. In the course of the robbery, the terrorists kill DiGiorgio when he stumbles upon the scene. Callahan is brought back to Homicide, but is distressed to find out that Moore is his new partner; she claims to understand the risk, noting that, besides DiGiorgio, two other partners of Callahan's have died. After watching an army demonstration of the LAW rocket on a firing range, Callahan and Moore visit the Hall of Justice to sit in on an autopsy on a security guard killed in the robbery. Shortly afterwards, a bomb explodes in the bathroom.

The inspectors chase down and capture the bomber, Henry Lee Caldwell, and meet "Big" Ed Mustapha (Albert Popwell), leader of a black militant group to which the bomber formerly belonged. Although Callahan makes a deal with Mustapha for information, McKay arrests the militants for the PRSF's crimes. Callahan angrily refuses to participate in a televised press conference in which the publicity-seeking mayor (John Crawford) would commend Moore and him for solving the case, and McKay suspends him from duty. However, Moore supports Callahan, finally gaining his respect. Meanwhile, the PRSF boldly kidnaps the mayor after a Giants game in an orchestrated ambush. With Mustapha's help, Callahan and Moore locate the gang at Alcatraz Island, where they battle the kidnappers. Moore frees the mayor, but Maxwell kills her as she saves Callahan's life. Callahan avenges Moore by killing Maxwell with a LAW rocket. He is uninterested in the mayor's gratitude, returning to his partner's corpse as McKay and others arrive to agree to Maxwell's demands.