Blue Flu — [s8e3]

attempt to keep crime down using data-driven policing without patrol officers.

This post highlights the third episode of the eighth and final season of the police sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine . Episode Overview: [S8E3] "Blue Flu"

: Holt uses the data from the week—which showed that fewer officers actually led to fewer bad arrests and a safe community—to force O'Sullivan to end the strike and as a case study for future NYPD reform . Fun Fact: The Tattoo Mystery [S8E3] Blue Flu

: Holt initiates a three-pronged investigation:

investigate the doctor providing the fake medical exemptions for "mono". attempt to keep crime down using data-driven policing

In this episode, the —led by the smarmy Frank O’Sullivan—stages a massive walkout of uniformed officers. The "strike" is sparked by an alleged anti-cop incident where an officer claims a restaurant put a dead mouse in his burrito , but the precinct's detectives quickly suspect the illness is a coordinated ruse. Key Storylines

is hired as a private investigator to look into the burrito incident. Fun Fact: The Tattoo Mystery : Holt initiates

: While gathering evidence, Boyle receives worrisome medical news regarding his biopsy results, though they are eventually revealed to be a treatable infection.