North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 20 The First Exclusive Police Car

Jimmy picked up his paycheck and went to the equipment room to pick up his one-man patrol gear, a large bag, and a shotgun.Went to the parking lot with the car keys.

I looked around for the license plate and found my own police car, which is 8% new Victorian Crown. The front bumper is half-wrapped. The microphone can shout to the car in front.

The roof is an old-fashioned tubular police light. This kind of police light will basically be invisible in 2022. You can only watch some American dramas or movies before 2010, which is more intuitive.

The A-pillar of the driving position of the police car has an adjustable spotlight, and the handle is inside the A-pillar, which can be easily controlled from the driving position in the car, turning the light on and off, and illuminating the range of more than 180 degrees in front by turning the angle.

With the Pulaski County Sheriff's logo on the door, Jimmy checked the car front and rear, gear in the trunk, shotgun loaded, and ready to go.

After driving away from the police station, I first familiarized myself with the handling of the car on a country road with few cars and few people in the western suburbs, and then started my first solo patrol.

County police patrols are limited. Due to historical reasons, in some areas near the western suburbs of Little Rock, the county police and the Little Rock City Police Department partially overlap, basically depending on the arrangement of the dispatch center.

In principle, the scope of police duties in the United States does not overlap. For example, the rural police are only responsible for public security affairs within the rural area, the city police are only responsible for the affairs within the city, and the county police are responsible for public security in other areas except the city police and rural police. For cases, the state police are responsible for public security cases and cross-county cases other than the scope of the county police, as well as highway patrols, etc. The federal police is only responsible for federal affairs and interstate affairs.

In addition to these police, there are some police that only involve specific areas, such as campus police, park police, congressional police and so on.

The area that Jimmy is in charge of patrolling now belongs to the patrol area of ​​the Municipal Police Department, which is the suburb of Little Rock. Due to the manpower problem of the police station, some areas have been negotiated with the county police and are within the scope of joint patrols. For these overlapping local cases, if If you don't want to pick it up, you can directly ask the dispatch center to throw it to the city police station.

Another thing is the number of police officers in the United States. The largest number of police officers in the United States is the city police, which accounts for more than 2/3 of the national police force, and some other data show that it has reached 3/4. The county police department, which is responsible for a wider range, usually faces the problem of manpower. Insufficient predicament.

Still take the Little Rock City Police Department and Pulaski County Police Department as examples. The Little Rock City Police Department has more than 700 employees and more than 500 police officers, while the County Police Department is relatively poor, with only a few dozen people. Except for a few larger cities, all public security in the county also includes some security tasks within the county government, such as the bailiff of the county court.

Of course, the county police are not in charge of all places. For the towns and villages under the county, there are rural police stations elected by the local people. There are not many police officers. A rural police station may have more than a dozen police officers, and as few as two or three police officers. .

The police officers of the county police station and the rural police station are usually recruited locally, and they are usually retired soldiers from the army or the National Guard. Not all recruited policemen need to participate in the training and assessment of the police academy. Recruit directly from the chief, and the police station arranges the training program by itself.

Jimmy is unlucky or lucky. The unlucky thing is that the sheriff is elected by the local area. An unreliable sheriff promised to improve the quality of the police during the election. The recruitment requirements for the county police are based on the POST committee standards, recruiting the police academy The graduated police officer directly led to the first year of the sheriff's term, and did not join any new police officers. When Jimmy entered the job, it was the second year of the sheriff's term.And if there is no requirement of the police academy, as long as the sheriff agrees, Jimmy can enter the job directly.

Fortunately, due to unknown reasons, Jimmy has obtained a new identity. This identity has completed all the prerequisites for joining the county police, and only needs a little bit of manipulation to complete the entry.For some purpose, the sheriff asked Jimmy to complete the identity change and entry. At least from the current point of view, Jimmy is making money, especially considering that Jimmy's own soul comes from another place, and he has no idea about the original identity of this body. What a special feeling, then it can be said to be a big profit.

During this period of time, Jimmy has learned about some things in the county police department. The sheriff still has two years to serve. During his tenure, nothing will happen to him. What he has to do is to firmly grasp his new identity. In his hand, because this identity information is complete, in principle, he can change jobs at any time and find a police station in a big city that is willing to accept him. If you go to a big city, nothing will happen. It's better to be a county police officer for a period of time.

"Adam28, took hostages with a knife, at the Little Rock campus of the University of Arkansas. The caller said that a black man had a dispute with a girl at the school gate and held her hostage with a knife. The campus police have surrounded him now."

"Adam28 received."

Although far away, Jimmy accepted the mission and drove to the University of Arkansas.

When Jimmy arrived at the school gate, he found that there was already an LRPD (Little Rock City Police) police car on the scene. He got out of the car and said hello, "Pulaski County Police, bro, do you need help?"

"My colleague has already gone in, so it should be settled." The policeman next to the police car turned his head and shook hands with Jimmy, "Sorry, I let you go for nothing."

"As soon as the matter is settled, I'll go back first."

Jimmy turned back to the police car, reported the situation, and drove away from the school.

Before going far, the dispatch center notified "Adam28, Adam36, the State Police Highway Patrol reported that a suspect is suspected of speeding and is currently driving from east to west on Highway 630. Please meet at the entrance of College Road on Highway 630 and wait."

"Adam28 received." "Adam36 received."

Jimmy drove to the entrance of the highway, and Mason arrived after a while.The two waited for the notification at the intersection. After receiving the notification, the two got on the expressway in a normal manner and waited for the suspect's vehicle to pass by.

Mason is also an old policeman. After locating the suspect's vehicle and the state police vehicle, he turned on the police lights and drove past. Jimmy slowed down a little. When he speeded up and approached, he had already become the last police car.

The suspect was switching lanes on the highway. At this time, the speed of the vehicle exceeded 120mph, which is equivalent to 192 kilometers per hour. This speed was a bit beyond his imagination for Jimmy. He could only follow at the end and use the police car in front to open the way. Others The vehicle made way to speed up and follow, and let him drive at a speed of 190 km/h to change lanes. It is estimated that the most direct consequence would be a rollover and a crash.

(End of this chapter)