Both as a cop and a person, Lieutenant Mel Cruz is consistently dealt a crap hand. She's a jaded officer coming to terms with the wreckage of her romantic life, a near fatal injury, and an acerbic new captain. Following her transfer to a new unit, she desperately tries to hold her life together while rebuilding her career. Oh, and she's a 34-year-old Scouting Officer for the Code Enforcement branch of the Exonet Maintenance Bureau. To put it in Luddite, she's a cyborg law enforcement officer, and digital systems are her beat.