North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 15 Fatal Mistakes
"Jimmy, I know you don't have police training, but you're very smart and you've got to look professional ASAP. Watch out, how different is your gear from mine?"

Jimmy scratched his head a bit. The police wearable equipment was uniformly trained during the police academy training. He still has a lot of shortcomings relying on his own previous observations.

There is a pen in the left breast pocket, a handcuff key, a small notepad, an intercom microphone on the chest, and an intercom earphone hanging on the collar, which has not yet been connected to the intercom.There is an extra pepper spray on the duty belt, a flashlight, and only a pair of handcuffs.There is a leg hanger on the right leg, which also holds a gun.

Jimmy talked about these gaps, and Noah nodded first, then shook his head, "You missed one, the body armor." Noah unbuttoned his jacket, revealing a soft body armor, "Your biggest problem is that you don't wear body armor , this is the United States, we have to encounter various situations every day, and body armor is our most important protective equipment. You can get one when you go back."

"You've been doing AP for a few months. I won't talk about law and first aid. You should know all about it. What you need most now is to improve your gun use and driving skills. James has already told me, and you will follow me later. Patrol together, but it takes 2 hours a day to go to the shooting range to practice guns, and then add an extra hour a day to drive a week later, you need to buy a car."

Noah opened the trunk of the police car and opened the two bags, which contained lists and equipment of various standards. "Here are the fines we need every day. As for the content, you can learn about it separately later. Take a look here first, a shotgun or an M16 carbine, choose one of the two, next time you remember to get it, I brought it for you in advance today, I suggest you use a shotgun."

Noah introduced various equipment including the tire breaker, closed the trunk, and walked back to the driver's seat of the police car. "I'll take you on patrol first, and then we'll go to the bear hunter shooting range in the afternoon."

"Okay. Thanks, Noah."

Noah started the police car, turned on the car radio, connected to the police network, and started patrolling.

"Jimmy, do you think these things are unnecessary? You may not know that three years ago, there was a bank robbery in Los Angeles. Two robbers fought against more than 3 policemen. They fought for more than 2 minutes before being shot dead. There were 300 policemen. Injured, police car damaged beyond count, those two robbers were armed with automatic rifles and wore heavy body armor. Since then, we have started to fully upgrade the firepower and body armor. For those robbers wearing body armor, we Pistols are of no advantage at all, carbines and shotguns are the way to go, and body armor minimizes casualties. Remember what I say, it might save your life."

"The police is a dangerous job. Dozens of police officers die in gun battles across the United States every year. No one can guarantee that he is not one of these unlucky people. So you must make sure you have a bulletproof vest before you go to the police. It is winter now. It can be worn inside, but in summer, the body armor must be worn outside. As long as you are on duty, you can’t take it off, no matter how hot it is. These are not rules, but they can save your life.”

While explaining to Jimmy, Noah drove on patrol while waiting for the radio to contact him.

"Adam47, Robbery Convenience Store, 1106 Fairpark Blvd. Reported robbers fled."

"Adam47 received."

Noah turned on the police lights and siren, and rushed to the convenience store. Jimmy felt a little familiar when he heard the address. He didn't realize it until the police car arrived. Isn't this the convenience store he came to on the first day?The boss is so unlucky?

The two got out of the car and walked into the convenience store. Noah was asking about the robbery and the loss, while Jimmy listened carefully and learned how to ask about the case.

At the end, Jimmy asked casually, "Is there any store near here that has installed a surveillance system?"

"NO, no one wants to spend this money." The convenience store owner said.

Walking out of the convenience store and returning to the police car, Jimmy is still thinking about this problem. The biggest difference from 20 years later is actually the civilian technology in daily activities. For 2022, which store does not have a surveillance system? It uses cloud monitoring, and saves money on configuring servers by yourself.

In 2000, surveillance was mainly used by large businesses and the police, such as large hotels, banks, government buildings, traffic cameras, etc. For small private shopkeepers, one thing more is worse than one thing less.

For a whole morning, they patrolled and dealt with some simple things, without chasing, arresting, or even fighting. Noah felt a little weird, as if it was a case study opportunity specially provided for Jimmy.

A little knowledge, the crime rate in American cities began to rise in the 60s, reached its peak in the 80s, and began to decline in the 90s. The lowest point was 2019. It has risen again during the COVID-[-] period and has not yet declined.

In the afternoon, Noah took Jimmy to the bear hunter shooting range. This is a cooperative shooting range of the county police. The police need to come here often to practice the use of firearms. Killing a criminal seems like poor marksmanship, but in fact, the police are very concerned about the use of firearms. Everyone knows their own marksmanship and will try to spare time to practice.Another point is that the shooting range cooperated with the police will give each policeman a certain amount of free bullets, which will be reimbursed by the police station. There is also a discount for extra bullets, which is much cheaper than buying bullets by yourself.Of course, this is not the practice in all places. Some police stations cooperate with shooting ranges, and at most they give some discounts.

Noah asked Jimmy to get a few training guns to try out. The first is the Beretta 92F, which is also the same model currently issued by the police station. Noah didn’t let Jimmy use his own guns, but the ones provided by the shooting range. It is a training gun with double rows of 15 rounds. It is a very useful pistol for the police and has sufficient continuous firepower.

Noah taught Jimmy how to quickly take the gun from the holster, hold the gun with one hand, hold the gun with both hands, the safety position, reload, etc., and most importantly, avoid cheating.Novices are most likely to make two mistakes that endanger others when playing guns. One is the golden finger, that is, in the non-shooting state, the finger is placed on the trigger. The correct one should be placed on the body of the gun outside the trigger to prevent misfires caused by accidentally touching the trigger; The second is to clean unfired bullets from the barrel.In the non-shooting state, do not point the muzzle at people, observe the surrounding environment at any time, and point the gun in your hand at a position where there is no one.

Jimmy shot two magazines and replaced the next one, M1911, from Springfield Factory, with 7 rounds of magazines, and also knocked out 2 magazines. Jimmy is already a little sore. For those who shoot for the first time , this shooting volume is actually a bit large.

(End of this chapter)