"Jimmy, I know you have not received police training, but you are very smart. You must make yourself look more professional as soon as possible. Pay attention and observe. Do you see how different the equipment you are wearing is from mine?"
Jimmy scratched his head a little. Police wearing equipment was uniformly trained during the police academy training. He only relied on his previous observations and there were indeed many shortcomings.
There is a pen, a handcuff key, a small notepad on the left breast pocket, a walkie-talkie microphone on the chest, and a walkie-talkie headset hanging on the collar, which has not yet been connected to the walkie-talkie. There is an additional pepper spray on the duty belt, a flashlight, and only a pair of handcuffs. There is a leg sling on the right leg, which also holds a gun.
Jimmy explained the differences, and Noah nodded first, then shook his head, "You missed one thing, the bulletproof vest." Noah unbuttoned his jacket and revealed a soft bulletproof vest, "The biggest problem you have is that you don't wear a bulletproof vest. , this is the United States, we encounter various situations every day, and body armor is our most important protective equipment. You can get one when you go back."
"You have been doing AP for a few months. Let's not talk about law and first aid. You should understand that what you need most now is to brush up on your firearms use and driving skills. James has already told me. You will follow me later. Patrol together, but spend 2 hours a day at the shooting range to practice firearms, and then after a week add an extra hour a day of driving, you need to buy a car."
Noah opened the trunk of the police car and opened the two bags. Inside were various types of orders and equipment. "Here are the tickets we need daily. As for the content, you will learn about it separately later. Take a look here first. Choose one of the shotgun and M16 carbine. Remember to pick it up next time. I got it for you in advance today. I suggest you use a shotgun."
Noah introduced various equipment including tire breaker, closed the trunk, and walked back to the driver's seat of the police car. "I'll take you on patrol first, and then we'll go to the Bear Hunter Shooting Range in the afternoon."
"Okay. Thanks, Noah."
Noah started the police car, turned on the car radio, connected to the police network, and started patrolling.
"Jimmy, do you think these things are unnecessary? You may not know that three years ago, a bank robbery occurred in Los Angeles. Two robbers faced more than 300 police officers. They fought for more than 40 minutes before they were killed. 12 police officers There were numerous injuries and numerous damage to police cars. The two robbers used automatic rifles and wore heavy body armor. Since then, we have begun to fully upgrade our firepower and body armor. For those gangsters wearing body armor, we The pistol has no advantage at all. At this time, it is time to use carbines and shotguns, and body armor can minimize casualties. Please be sure to remember what I said clearly, it may save your life."
"Police is a dangerous job. Dozens of police officers are killed in gun battles every year in the United States. No one can guarantee that they are not one of these unlucky people. So you must make sure to grab a body armor before going out to the police. It is winter now. You can wear it inside, but in summer, the body armor must be worn outside. You can't take it off as long as you're on duty, no matter how hot it is. These are not regulations, but they can save your life."
While explaining to Jimmy, Noah drove on patrol and waited for the radio to contact him.
"Adam47, robbed a convenience store, 1106 Fair Park Avenue. The caller said the robber had escaped."
"Adam47 received."
Noah turned on the police lights and siren and rushed to the convenience store. When Jimmy heard the address, he felt it looked familiar. When the police car arrived, he realized that this was the convenience store he came to on the first day. Is the boss so unlucky?
The two got out of the car and walked into the convenience store. Noah was asking about the robbery and losses. Jimmy listened carefully and learned how to ask about the case.
At the end, Jimmy asked casually, "Is there any store near here that has a surveillance system installed?"
"NO, no one wants to spend this money." the convenience store owner said.
After walking out of the convenience store and returning to the police car, Jimmy was still thinking about this issue. The biggest difference from 20 years later is actually the civilian technology in daily activities. In 2022, which store will not install a surveillance system, and even many will I use cloud monitoring and save money on configuring the server myself.
In 2000, surveillance was mainly used by large businesses and the police, such as large hotels, banks, government buildings, traffic cameras, etc. For small private shop owners, more is worse than less.
Throughout the morning, they patrolled and handled some simple matters. There was no chase, no arrest, not even a fight. Noah felt a little strange, as if it was a case-handling learning opportunity specially provided for Jimmy.
A little trivia: The crime rate in American cities began to rise in the 1960s, reached its peak in the 1980s, and began to decline in the 1990s. The lowest point was in 2019. It has risen again during the COVID-19 period and has not yet declined.
In the afternoon, Noah took Jimmy to the Bear Hunter Shooting Range. This is a cooperative shooting range for the county police. The police often need to practice the use of firearms. Although the news they usually watch is that the American police have emptied the magazines of more than a dozen shots without firing. Killing a criminal seems to indicate poor marksmanship, but in fact, the police are very attentive to the use of firearms. Everyone knows their own marksmanship and will try their best to take time to practice. Another point is that shooting ranges that cooperate with the police will give each police officer a certain amount of free bullets, which will be reimbursed by the police station. There are also discounts for additional bullets, which is much cheaper than buying bullets yourself. Of course, this is not the practice in all places. Some police stations’ cooperative shooting ranges may at most give some discounts.
Noah asked Jimmy to get a few training guns to try out the feel. The first was the Beretta 92F, which is also the same model currently issued by the police. Noah did not let Jimmy use his own gun, but used the one provided by the shooting range. The training gun has a double row of 15 rounds of ammunition. It is a very useful pistol for the police and has sufficient sustained firepower.
Noah instructs Jimmy on how to quickly remove the gun from the holster, hold the gun with one hand, hold the gun with both hands, the safety position, reloading, etc., and most importantly, avoid cheating. There are two mistakes that novices who play with guns are most likely to make that endanger others. One is the golden finger, which means placing your finger on the trigger when not shooting. The correct position should be on the gun body outside the trigger to prevent accidentally touching the trigger and causing a misfire; The second is to clear the barrel of unfired bullets. In the non-shooting state, do not point the muzzle at people, observe the surrounding environment at all times, and point the gun in your hand at a location where no one is present.
Jimmy shot two magazines and replaced them with the next model, M1911, made by Springfield Factory, with 7 rounds in the magazine. Jimmy also shot out 2 magazines. Jimmy was already a little sore, for a first-time shooter. , this shooting volume is actually a bit large.
