Beat Cop — Jack Chase

Nick Demming has worn the badge for thirty-two years, but on his final day with the SFPD, he's forced to confront everything he's lost along the way—his family, his purpose, and maybe his soul. As he patrols the city's crumbling streets one last time, Nick faces down violent criminals, broken systems, and his own haunted past. But what he doesn't expect is the small moments—of connection, of kindness, of reckoning—that just might offer a sliver of redemption.Penned by a San Francisco native, Beat Cop is a gritty, deeply human vignette—a pure drama steeped in the real San Francisco: its contradictions, its pulse, and its people. Raw, poignant, and compelling, it's a story about what happens when a man reaches the end of his road—and what he finds when he looks back.