Deadline reports that Ernie Hudson has been added to the roster for Fox’s APB, its upcoming drama about the hijinks and/or lawsuits that will undoubtedly follow a billionaire’s purchase of a police force. Hudson will play to type as Sergeant Ed Conrad, “a gruff, grumpy teddy bear veteran cop” at the underfunded or otherwise mismanaged 13th Precinct that comes up for sale. Weeds’ Justin Kirk will lead the series as Gideon Reed, the “enigmatic tech billionaire” who buys the “troubled” precinct after a loved one is murdered, presumably to ensure it doesn’t happen to anyone else ever again, which is probably what Bruce Wayne would have actually done in real life. Conrad and Reed will undoubtedly have trouble seeing eye to eye, but that’s nothing a little Kevlar won’t fix.