Continuity mistake: During the stakeout of the apartment building, in the exterior shots of the Clyde Motorcycles shop, Danny is peeking out through a ripped paper opening within the letter "D" in Clyde. However, in the interior shots the black tape letters of the word Clyde differs. The paper is ripped between the two letters "D" and "E" and that space within the "D" is blocked with molding, making what is in the exterior shots quite impossible. (00:15:40)
Visible crew/equipment: When Danny gets off the phone he tells Baez that a Port Authority cop has detained their guy, and at the start of the next shot facing Baez, the reflections of the moving boom pole/mic and the boom operator are visible on the glass, at the right side of the screen. (00:02:20)
Fresh Start - S6-E15
Factual error: The NYPD Sergeant in uniform speaking to Danny only has Sergeant stripes on the left sleeve of his uniform. An NYPD Sergeant has stripes on both sleeves. (00:03:14)
Fresh Start - S6-E15
Continuity mistake: When Erin is in the ladies' room walking toward the door, she finds Anthony "lurking" in the hall, and Erin's eyeglasses which are hanging from her crew-neck top go from facing her right side, to her left side, then back to her right side, between shots. (00:31:55)
Visible crew/equipment: After Frank tells Garrett to set up the meeting with Thomas and agrees to play nice, when it cuts to Erin as she walks toward Zach and the AG, the T-mark and white tape mark are visible on the floor in front of the two men. (00:01:50)
Visible crew/equipment: When Eddie comments that the Rough Tough Cream Puff made a collar, she and Jamie walk up the hallway, and before Eddie reaches the doorway we can see the red tape mark on the floor as we hear Marcus brag, "mad fast." (00:15:55)
Continuity mistake: Danny and Jamie are at the pistol range shooting targets. The vantage point from down range shows them both shooting tight shot groups. However, when they are finished shooting, they hold up their targets; their shot groups are not as tight as the down range perspective. (00:34:01)
Continuity mistake: As Danny and Jaime are at the range shooting near the middle of the episode, their targets from behind and the grouping of shots they take are really tight together. When they retrieve their targets a minute later, the grouping from the front is completely different and further apart than what was seen from behind the target.
Continuity mistake: At The End of the episode, a screen shot of Nicki occurs. A day or so earlier, she had been kidnapped and pistol whipped across the face. But this screen shot shows no bruises or swelling or anything, despite being hit so hard she fell over in a chair just a day or so before. (00:40:00)
Visible crew/equipment: After Danny and Baez get the hospital physician's rundown on Joe's condition, when the partners reintroduce themselves to Joe the reflection of the boom pole/mic is visible on the glass behind Danny.
Factual error: At The End of the episode, Mayor Poole is on TV discussing the recent police shooting. He refers to officer Meeks as a shooting death. Officer Meeks was wounded in the neck with spine injuries and retired medically.
Answer: It's a common cop show plot device. If the police on the show always acted in the most logical way (i.e. not alerting a suspect to their presence) the show wouldn't have the opportunity for an exciting foot chase.