Chapter 2 Colleagues
The Los Angeles Police Department has 21 districts under its jurisdiction, and the 21 districts are divided into 4 command areas by region, called branch offices.
Central Branch, Southern Branch, Western Branch, Canyon Branch.
In addition, there are two additional bureaus, the Police Detective Bureau and the Special Operations Bureau.
The Police Detective Bureau is responsible for investigating crimes, which is somewhat similar to the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Municipal Public Security Bureau in China, except that the Police Detective Bureau is more independent.
Luke is a detective in the Police Department's Robbery-Murder Division.
Commonly known as the Serious Crime Squad.
"Woooooooooooo..."
A black Harley motorcycle drove into the police station.
Luke took off his helmet and looked at the building of the police department, feeling a little complicated.
Hua Guo police and Los Angeles police are completely different concepts, and the change of identity is not easy.
Huaguo police represent honor and an iron rice bowl, and Luke is also a part of this group with a strong sense of belonging.
The Los Angeles police is just a job, although the salary is very good, it has to bear the risk of being shot.
Luke has no sense of sacrifice for the people of Los Angeles.
It will take some time for him to fully integrate into the city.
At 8:59 in the morning, Luke stepped into the office of the First Squadron of the Robbery-Murder Division.
The office is divided into five areas, office area, lounge, meeting room, pantry, and captain's office.
Luke walked through the office area full of documents, and walked to his desk in the southwest corner. He behaved very low-key, but still attracted the attention of his colleagues.
"Yeah, you are indeed a big star who will always be the finale, not bad at all." A bald white man in his thirties pointed to the clock on the wall.
Luke directly returned the middle finger.
If you want to work in the LAPD, you can be an asshole, not a jerk.
"Crackling..."
The door of the captain's office opened, and a middle-aged Caucasian woman wearing black-rimmed glasses came out, holding a stack of documents under her right arm, "Everyone, go to the conference room for a meeting."
Susan, the captain of the First Squadron of the Robbery-Murder Division.
Luke has never seen her smile since crossing to the Los Angeles Police Department, and she always has a serious face.
Luke doesn't like her very much, which may be one of the few consensuses between Luke and the rest of the team.
Luke was the last to enter the conference room and sat at the end of the conference table.
Susan put the document on the conference table, and pulled over to the whiteboard next to it, with a few large characters 'Taser Robbery' written on it.
"Everyone, since February 18th there have been two robberies in Los Angeles, both committed on Friday night, and the tools used to commit the crimes were Taser guns.
The two cases have many similarities, and they are likely to be committed by the same suspect.
Deputy team Vincent, tell me about the progress of the case investigation. "
A dragging silver-haired old man went on to say, "The two victims are young white women with long blond hair and about 170 in height.
All received electric shocks from behind, and it is basically certain that the suspect used a Taser gun, but no confetti was found at the scene..."
Taser has no bullets. It uses charged 'darts' to subdue the target. It is also a non-lethal weapon commonly used by police.
Every time a Taser gun fires a pneumatic magazine, more than forty colorful pieces of paper will be shot out, with the serial number of the gun printed on it, and the source of the gun can be found through the paper scraps.
"In addition to the similar appearance, no intersection between the two victims has been found. According to the description of the victim, the suspect is likely to be a male with a hat on his head.
Due to the dim light at night, I couldn’t see the suspect’s face clearly…”
The silver-haired old man Vincent talked eloquently. He is over 60 years old and can continue to work thanks to the extension system of the Los Angeles Police Department.
He may be the oldest police officer in the police department or even in Los Angeles, with rich scene investigation experience, but it is impossible to expect him to hunt down suspects.
"The crime scenes were relatively remote. The female victim was found naked, and all her cash, accessories, and clothes were looted, but she was not harmed..."
Luke has not yet adapted to the identity of the Los Angeles policeman, and often sneaks around and fishes.
Before, Luke also participated in the investigation of many robberies.
Generally speaking, the purpose of robbery is usually very clear, either to rob money or to rob se.
But in this case, the purpose of the suspect is not clear.
You say he robbed money, just ran away after robbing valuables, why take off his clothes?
Very unprofessional and increases the risk of getting caught.
You say he robbed se, but he didn't take any real action.
Very contradictory.
After Wen Sen's deputy team finished talking about the case, he went over to arrange tasks for the team members.
Luke was assigned to watch the surveillance, which was his least favorite work task.
I don’t know if it’s a psychological effect. Luke felt that Captain Susan’s face became colder, and said with a London accent,
"One more thing, no one is allowed to disclose the details of the case to the media, they already know enough.
I don't want to see the relevant content of the case on the news again, understand? "
"Yes, captain."
…
Luke took a cup of coffee and sat at his desk to watch the monitor.
Investigation and monitoring is a common investigative method used by Huaguo criminal police.
The number of cameras in the United States is much less than that in Huaguo. With a similar land area, talking about per capita is a bit nonsense.
Americans pay more attention to privacy. There are not many cameras for the purpose of monitoring public safety, and more are private cameras, which brings a certain degree of difficulty to the investigation.
This method of investigation, which has been tried and tested in China, is not very effective in Los Angeles.
There were 2 robberies in total, both on Friday night, and the monitoring time checked by Luke was between 8:00 and 12:00 in the evening.
As for why the suspect chose to commit the crime on Friday, Luke feels that it may have something to do with the salary system in the United States.
Many companies in the United States adopt a weekly or biweekly salary system, and wages are usually paid on Friday afternoon.
Of course, this is just his guess, and there is no relevant evidence.
In the morning, Luke had been checking the surveillance video, drank three cups of coffee, went to the toilet twice, and smoked two cigarettes.
At noon, I ate a beef burger, a French fries, a fried chicken leg, and a grilled chicken wing.
Continue to check the monitor in the afternoon, but no valuable clues have been found despite the pantothenic acid in the eyes and numbness in the buttocks.
6.30, it's time to get off work.
Luke stood up, moved around, packed his things and prepared to leave.
The bald white man standing by the printer looked at Luke and smiled, "You are more accurate than my alarm clock? Do you like this new nickname?"
Luke winked, "Alarm clock? Want to put me next to your bed? Your wife will definitely move on."
The balding white man said contemptuously, "Asshole."
"Don't always praise me, you will be proud.
See you tomorrow, guys. "Luke left the office without saying a word.
The other team members had different expressions, some were envious and some were contemptuous, but none of them left. They were all prepared to work overtime when encountering such urgent cases.
The silver-haired old man spread his hands, a little helpless, "The robber may commit another crime the day after tomorrow, and this kid actually has an expression that has nothing to do with me.
Why does this kind of irresponsible kid still stay in the 'Robbery-Murder Division'?
Is this a nursing home? "
"Haha..." Colleagues let out a burst of laughter.
"He has always been an asshole, but he used to be more attentive in investigating cases." The white man pointed to his bald head, "The person has changed since he was injured. Could it be 'post-traumatic stress disorder'?"
The silver-haired old man sighed softly and waved his hand, "OK, let the captain worry about it.
I'm just a sub-team. "
(end of this chapter)