Black Men Can Jump

Black Men Can Jump is the seventeenth episode of the first season of NYPD Blue.

Summary
Sipowicz suspects a private investigator of bilking a father for the past six moths in a scheme to find the man's runaway daughter. Meanwhile, Kelly and Sharon LaSalle investigate the shooting death of a 13-year-old boy and try to apprehend the gang member responsible. But when the killer escapes from the precinct, and injures LaSalle in doing so, Kelly and the other detectives must try to stop the murdered boy's father who plans to go after apprehends the killer himself. Also, LaSalle has a chance to move out of the precinct and into a more regular routine of detective work in which she takes the offer and leaves the 15th Precinct for good.

Main

 * David Caruso as Detective John Kelly
 * Dennis Franz as Detective Andy Sipowicz
 * James McDaniel as Lieutenant Arthur Fancy
 * Sherry Stringfield as Laura Michaels Kelly (credit only)
 * Amy Brenneman as Officer Janice Licalsi
 * Nicholas Turturro as Detective James Martinez

Recurring

 * Gail O'Grady as Donna Abandando
 * Gordon Clapp as Detective Greg Medavoy

Other

 * Wendy Makkena as Detective Sharon LaSalle
 * Felton Perry as Calvin Butler
 * Louis Giambalvo as Dominic Bucci
 * Judith-Marie Bergan as Carolyn Case
 * Don Stark as Richard Corday
 * Vincent Guastaferro as Sergeant Vincent Agostini
 * Michael Goldfinger as Collins (Black Men Can Jump)

Important Events

 * LaSalle is injured when the suspect goes on the run.
 * LaSalle requests a transfer out the precinct.

Quotes
"Det. Sipowicz: So let's no snag out pants on your sharp ethics, here, all right?""Det. Kelly: You are just changing tax brackets and not changing friends. "