Volume 1: First Arrival Chapter 023 Familiar
boom!
Crash!
A series of noises and chaos made the people on the sixth floor look over here, and the heads that popped out looked like a bunch of moles.
Kirk looked around and signaled with his eyes, then raised his voice slightly and made the announcement in a clear and serious manner.
“Police work.”
"Don't be nervous. The police are doing their job. The situation at the scene has been effectively controlled. There is no need to panic."
Despite this, other police officers gathered to support as soon as possible, and one or two of them reached for the weapons at their waists and prepared to attack.
But when I arrived at the scene, I saw the scene in front of me, the stunned and excited witnesses, and a tearful lady, and I was filled with questions.
The fat black man was the most excited. He kept muttering to himself and saying "Yeah yeah yeah". He raised his right hand high, ready to high-five the police who came to support him.
As a result, the policeman looked at him with indifference, as if he was looking at an idiot.
The fat black man didn't mind. He said "yoyo" twice, gestured with his hands in front of him, and his fat began to shake, expressing his joy with his body.
"Man, I didn't expect there would be such interesting guys in the NYPD, not bad."
Kirk took in the commotion around him, but did not get involved. Instead, he stepped back a little, kept his distance, and left the finishing work to the professionals.
What happened next had nothing to do with him. Looking at Adrian who was busy, Kirk had an idea in his mind:
Where's his drink?
However, there was no waiting for Kirk to find the answer.
Buzz buzz buzz.
There was a commotion coming from the direction of the elevator, and one could clearly see the crowd spreading out to both sides, making way for a path, their eyes filled with curiosity.
Immediately afterwards, a figure walking with the wind appeared in the field of vision with great momentum.
Investigation Bureau, someone is coming!
again!
what happened?
Is it necessary to involve two detectives for such a small case?
Unlike patrolmen, the Investigation Bureau does not have official uniforms. Shirts and suits are enough, and occasionally they can wear casual clothes and blend into the crowd silently. But the lady in front of him is different. Her whole aura is different, and she stands out from the crowd easily.
He looked to be in his mid-thirties, wearing a white shirt with a black leather jacket, a pair of short boots, and burgundy shoulder-length hair, every strand of which looked neat and tidy. His skin was as white as snow, and the sharp contrast gave him an unattainable cold temperament, with a hint of heroic spirit between his brows .
A porcelain doll-like appearance often has no credibility in the prejudice of judging people by appearance, but the woman in front of him exudes a calm and capable aura from the inside out, and can convey a professional and cool .
Instead, he ignored her appearance and focused more on her eyes and temperament.
At this moment, that is the case.
One could clearly feel the surging tide of people coming in, and the bustling crowd turned into a blurry halo in the blink of an eye.
In the blink of an eye, the lady had arrived at the scene.
She did not look at any policeman, but glanced at the scene, taking in the situation at the scene in a flash.
Looking at the slightly messy scene and the department store clerk who was detained and fell to the ground, his handsome eyebrows raised slightly, but it was impossible to tell whether it was dissatisfaction or concentration.
Then the lady swiftly pulled out a black wallet from her fitted trouser pocket and displayed the police badge.
"NYPD, General Investigation Division, Section 3, Olivia Cooper."
“What’s going on here?”
Short words are intimidating without any anger.
Although not much was said, that one sentence covered everything.
Olivia did not look at the police on the scene. She was always keenly observing the scene and judging the situation, professionally and attentively.
It was obvious that she came to Macy's because of a malicious assault, but this was obviously not a crime scene. It looked more like an arrest scene for a theft, so she asked that question.
Here is a detail -
Olivia belongs to the General Investigation Division, not the Major Crimes Division as it is widely known.
The New York Police Department's Bureau of Investigation has a number of divisions:
The General Investigation Division, Special Victims Division, Crime Scene Division, Special Investigations Division, Group Crime Division, Fugitive Investigation Division, Instant Crime Center, Regional Prosecution Team, Grand Theft Division, Gun Violence Prevention Division, Major Crime Investigation Division, Cold Case Division, etc.
Among them, the Crime Scene Division, which is the evidence collection team, cooperates with all departments. For example, the murder weapon Kirk just found also needs to be sent to the Crime Scene Division for formal evidence collection.
In addition, the Major Crimes Investigation Division, also known as the Serious Crime Squad, is where most of the protagonists that the audience sees in movies and TV series come from.
However, the reality is slightly different, and the scope of responsibility of the Major Crimes Unit is somewhat different.
According to official statistics , from 1990 to 2009, a total of more than 710,000 cases were included in New York's official statistics for a total of 20 years, including murder, rape, robbery, injury, burglary, common theft, motor vehicle theft and other categories.
Among them, the top three are motor vehicle theft, burglary and robbery, and the total number of these three crimes combined accounts for as high as 66.89%.
That is to say, in New York City, robbery and theft are the most common and frequent crimes.
At the same time, as time goes by, policy changes and urban management have gradually achieved results, and the number of cases such as murder and rape has dropped significantly. On the contrary, robbery and theft are rampant.
Because of this, the Major Crimes Investigation Division, also known as the Major Crimes Unit, is primarily responsible for cases such as kidnapping , robbery, and theft, but not murder.
If the amount of robbery or theft is over $100,000, the Major Crimes Unit will be responsible; but if it is less than $100,000, the Grand Theft Division will be responsible.
For movies and TV series, this is a kind of artistic creation. "Criminal Investigation Team" sounds more powerful and intuitive, so screenwriters often include all the important cases in it.
But in real life, violent incidents are mainly handled by the General Investigation Department, and then some special cases are further subdivided according to the different circumstances of different victims, and may be handed over to the Special Victims Department, the Special Investigation Department, etc. In addition, there are some cases that are solved by different departments in cooperation -
Or whoever receives the report will be responsible, and the issue of management rights is a mess that cannot be resolved in a short time.
At the same time, there are many cases where the 911 dispatch center and the on-site patrol police separately notify different departments of the same case, which ultimately leads to unclear disputes over management rights.
In the past, the Crime Scene Division was always the first to arrive at the scene. After they collected evidence and the patrol officer took statements, the crime scene could be cordoned off, leaving an isolation belt and police guarding the scene. The main team could then evacuate the scene and wait for the detective in charge to come and investigate.
Unexpectedly, Adrian arrived at the scene first, followed by the second detective.
The Crime Scene Division was nowhere to be seen.
