"Mason, are you religious?" Jimmy asked him when Mason drove the woman to the police station and put her in the detention room and resumed patrolling.
"NO. Why do you ask?"
"The lady just scared me. I didn't expect a mother to abuse her child like this just because she suspected that he was possessed by the devil."
"Oh, is it possessed by a demon or a crazy mother? You should get used to it, because this is not the first time this kind of thing has happened, and you will definitely encounter it again in the future."
Mason parked the car on the side of the road, got out, took out the cigarette case, and gave Jimmy one. The two of them stood on the side of the road smoking.
"Everyone is notified that a gunfight broke out at the city center hospital. Please provide support as soon as possible to nearby police officers. Repeat..."
Mason and Jimmy threw the cigarette butts on the ground, stomped on them, got in the car, activated the lights and sirens, and rushed to the hospital. Jimmy pulled out his stick in advance, waited for the car to stop at the door of the hospital, got out of the car and walked outside the hospital, unfolded his stick and started to be on guard.
Mason drew his pistol and rushed into the hospital while communicating via walkie-talkie.
Jimmy took a look and saw that eight police cars were already in place. No one was in the cars. They were probably all in the hospital. Many doctors, nurses and patients from the hospital had already come out and were scattered outside the hospital. He couldn't run away directly. He could only huddle behind the pillar and stare at the hospital door.
Except for the occasional gunshot or two, there was almost no sound in the hospital. After waiting for more than ten minutes, no one came out, and Jimmy was very anxious.
"Where is the hospital security? Who told me where the back door is?" Jimmy shouted to the people outside.
"Going on your right, there is another exit to the parking lot and a back entrance behind the building."
Jimmy followed their prompts and rushed for the back door.
As soon as he arrived at the back door, he found that the door was opened from the inside, and a man in a blue hospital gown rushed out with a pistol in his hand.
Jimmy had quick eyes and quick hands, and swiped the stick horizontally. The man probably didn't expect that he would encounter someone who would open the door to kill him. He was hit on the right arm by the stick and dropped the pistol.
Jimmy swung the stick and struck twice, hitting the man's arms and legs twice, knocking him to the ground. He cuffed the man and dragged him aside and put it in the corner. Jimmy also put the pistol the man was carrying into the evidence bag. Put it in your pocket.
He returned to the back door and was about to continue squatting when he suddenly heard someone yelling from the front door. Jimmy ran back to the front door and saw an ambulance rushing out of the underground garage next to the front door and heading to the gate. Jimmy ran to the police car and picked up the walkie-talkie to report the situation when he found several police officers also coming from the underground. People ran out from the other side of the passage, including Mason.
The police officers all ran to their police cars. When Mason arrived at the police car, Jimmy said to him, "I caught one, it's at the back door."
Mason, stunned by the surprise, followed Jimmy to the back door and dragged the man into the police car.
"We won't chase him. We'll wait for the doctors to come back and check this person first."
"Okay, this is his gun." Jimmy took out the evidence bag, which contained a black 1911. After taking it over, Mason opened the trunk and put it in the bag.
"Mason, what happened inside?" "Let's wait until we get back to the police station. We just contacted Chief James, and he should be at the police station soon."
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When the doctors and nurses who were running around came back, they conducted a basic examination on the suspect and found that there were no fractures or bleeding problems. Mason took the suspect directly back to the police station and put him in the detention room.
"Jimmy, come with me to see the director."
"Director, the hospital has returned to normal. Only one prisoner was caught. The other two ran away in an ambulance. The others only found the ambulance and no one was arrested."
"Have you notified other branches?" Director James asked.
"We have been notified, and the suspect we caught has been brought back. Oh, Jimmy caught him this time, at the back entrance of the hospital."
"Well, tell me about the suspect."
"They are Pagans Motorcycle Club. There was a car accident last night. Three people were sent to the city center hospital. When the state police went to investigate today, they were attacked by them and were about to escape. After the hospital called the police, we arrived. Two ran away.”
"Well, you can go out first."
Mason and Jimmy left the Sheriff's Office. Mason had to continue patrolling, but Jimmy was ready to go back and rest. When Jimmy changed back into his clothes and came out, Director James was at the door of his office.
"Jimmy, come into my office."
Jimmy walked into the office. Director James sat on the sofa and handed him a cigarette. The two sat and lit the cigarette and started talking.
"Jimmy, are you interested in coming to work at the police station?"
"Be a policeman?"
"Yes. You have been in the police station for a while, so you should know the situation here."
"Chief, I have no problem being a police officer, but it seems like I can't solve the problems in the bureau. I'm signing up now and waiting for the police academy to start until I graduate, which will be at least next summer."
"This is not a question you need to worry about. I just need an answer, accept it or reject it."
"Of course, I accept."
"OK, find Amy tomorrow morning and follow her arrangements. Remember, don't say anything to anyone."
The matter was settled before he finished smoking a cigarette. Jimmy walked out of the police station, still a little confused.
Standing at the door of the police station, the cold wind blew for a while. Jimmy's head finally cooled down and he began to think about what the chief meant.
First of all, let’s popularize the entry process of the American police. There are two starting points for becoming a police officer in the United States. One is to register at the police station first, and after being reviewed and approved by the police station, go to the police academy for 6 months of training; the other is to go to the police first. After studying in the academy for 6 months, after getting the certificate, you can go to the police station to submit your resume. After passing the police review, you can enter the police station and become a police trainee.
Regardless of the starting point, the process after arriving at the police station is the same. First, the training officer will lead the team for training for half a year, and then patrol alone for half a year. During this period, the training officer will secretly grade the officers, and only after completing all the training will they become a formal police officer. This should be the time stipulated by legal procedures. The time span was so large that he once lost his mind.
Being a police officer is far more difficult than most people think. The police academy training content at least covers the law, including federal laws and state laws, state police code tables, emergency medical treatment, emergency evacuation procedures, weapon use, scenario simulations, high/low risk seizures, Equipment use, vehicle driving, high-speed interception, vehicle interrogation, physical training, combat training, etc. These are basically the contents required in actual police work.
