North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 9 Who Hasn't Had a First Time

On the way back, Jimmy and Jacob learned about AP training. It sounds like 16 weeks is a lot, but it is actually very simple, because APs are volunteers, and most people have work to do. They just take a break to participate in the training. Very flexible and not too difficult.

"Jimmy, I never asked you, why do you want to be an AP? I heard from Jon that you are just a short-time job, and you don't even have a permanent residence."

"Before yesterday, I had never thought about the definition of safety. Before yesterday, I hadn't been pointed at a gun, handcuffed and sent to the police station. I didn't even think that I would die in a crossfire. Even if I I was wandering before, and I never encountered so many bad things."

Jimmy raised his hands, trembling slightly as he spoke.

"I need some sense of security. When you said AP yesterday, I thought about it. Maybe I need to have some relationship with the police station, and learn some self-defense knowledge by the way. In a sense, AP is also a kind of policeman, right? .”

"Ha ha ha, Jimmy, don't be so nervous, this is Arkansas, not California, there is not so much crime, of course you may need a gun."

"Maybe, but I can't get a gun license right now."

"Well, good luck."

Again, the daily life of the restaurant is boring and busy. Jimmy moved the tent to a green park near the restaurant and settled in a remote corner, at least not needing to spend 2 hours running back and forth every day.

On the second day after signing up, I received a notice from the police station to start my 16-week training. It sounds very long, but in fact, I just need to accumulate enough training hours. Jimmy is very attentive, mainly focusing on legal training and police training. For him For me, I have learned first aid before, and my physical fitness is not a big problem for a 19-year-old. I have been working in a restaurant recently, and as long as there is no shortage of food, my body has almost recovered when I was wandering. With his daily exercise, it can be said that he is already a strong young man.

The original plan to work part-time has now become a regular employee of the restaurant, and of course the salary has also increased. After more than 2 months of work, no matter Jon or others, he is very satisfied with him. Jon is even willing to guarantee for him to rent an apartment, which is about two blocks away from the restaurant, but it is a bit expensive. For a native like Jimmy For a Chinese, having no money is terrible. He lives in a tent, and the restaurant provides two meals. He only spends on basic clothes and a thick sleeping bag.

Most of Jon's salary has been deposited in the bank. For an insecure person like him, being poor is even more terrifying, or much more terrifying. At the same time, he also got his first credit card.

……

It was close to December, and at Thanksgiving, Jon gave everyone a holiday, but left the restaurant to Jimmy, who could cook in the restaurant by himself.

Thanksgiving has nothing to do with Jimmy. He was alone in the kitchen, looking through the ingredients in the refrigerator, and he could barely make up a portion of braised pork and a portion of tomato beef. It was very good. Jimmy turned on the music in the restaurant while humming a song he had learned recently. While making myself dinner.

The restaurant phone rang, and Jimmy ran to the cashier to answer it.

"Hi, Jimmy, I'm Amy."

"Hi Amy, happy thanksgiving."

"Happy Thanksgiving. Do you have time tonight, Jimmy? We need backup."

"Today? Now? My God, is my first support mission going to be during the holidays?"

"I'm sorry, yes, today. You are the only one who is single in the registered AP. There is no way for others to come here on a day like today."

"Okay, wait for me for an hour, I'm yours tonight."

Jimmy turned on the second pressure cooker, threw all the ingredients into it, set a timer for 40 minutes, and then used another pot to cook rice for himself, and while waiting, he made a large vegetable salad.When the time is up, the tomato beef is okay, but the braised pork is basically boiled meat with added ingredients, so there is no big problem.Using the food box in the store to pack rice and vegetables for himself, Jimmy waited at the entrance of the restaurant for a while, then took the reserved taxi to the police station.

"Hi, Noah." "Hi, Jimmy."

Jimmy walked into the police station. Today is Thanksgiving, and there are very few people in the police station. It is not the time for shifts. Basically, more than half of the people are patrolling everywhere.

"Hi, Amy, would you like to try my cooking skills, I was cooking when you called."

"Oh sweetheart, you are so kind." Amy accepted the invitation with a smile.

Amy is an assistant to the sheriff, mainly in charge of various documents and personnel management. In order to avoid misunderstanding, I still have to say that Amy is over 50 years old and has been in the police station for more than 20 years.

Jimmy opened the food box on the empty table next to him, took out the prepared paper lunch box, and prepared one for Amy and himself. Looking at the amount of food, it is estimated that there are still three servings.

"Amy, there are more, about 3 copies. Who else is on duty today? Will you share?"

"no problem".Amy walked out of her office with 3 meals and came back in a short time.

"It tastes good, I like this beef."

"Thank you for the compliment. What is the arrangement for me tonight?"

"Follow Noah to patrol, about 3-4 hours."

"OK."

……

It was the first time for Jimmy to wear a full set of equipment. The police uniform was that of the county police, wearing an AP badge, a pair of handcuffs, a swing stick, a flashlight, a pen, and a notepad. It was very simple.

Because AP has no law enforcement power, it can only provide assistance, including cooperating with street patrols, large-scale event security, assisting in investigations, etc., so there is no gun and no deadly force. Even if an individual has a gun license, he cannot use his own during AP service. Gun, all force is only a stick.

At 8:[-] p.m., Jimmy gets into Noah's car for his first AP patrol.

Noah looked at Jimmy in the co-pilot seat still holding the stick, and said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, it's just a daily patrol. When something happens, you just need to pay attention on the road. You don't need to chase suspects, and you don't need to enter the room." , anyway, you are safe."

"OK, I'm trying to relax, no problem."

Jimmy put the swing stick back into the waist holster, let himself slump on the seat as relaxed as possible.Calling out the police in the United States is different from calling out the fire call in China. Fire callers focus on saving lives and putting out fires, but here, what needs to be paid attention to is not putting yourself in danger.

"Noah, how many years have you been a policeman?"

"8 or 9 years, don't worry, I will take care of you, don't worry."

"Oh, what I want to ask is, is it generally more dangerous during the day or at night?"

"Of course it's at night. It's okay before 10 o'clock. If you call the police late at night, it's very easy to exchange fire. This is the south, and guns are life, so we usually don't arrange AP to support at night. Today is troublesome. Several colleagues are on vacation. , There is a problem with the staffing arrangement."

"Well, it seems that this first patrol is really not a good time."

"Adam47, vandalism, West 11th Street, multiple people calling the police claiming someone is spray painting the walls of the Civic Plaza."

"Adam47 received."

Noah turned on the police lights and turned to the target location.

(End of this chapter)