Jimmy collected his pay check and walked to the equipment room to receive his own solo patrol equipment, a large bag and a shotgun. I took my car keys and went to the parking lot.
I looked around for the license plate and found my police car. It was an 80% new Crown Victoria. The front bumper was in the form of a half-wrap. The sides of the bumper extended to the left and right sides of the police car. Under the bumper was a car speaker. The microphone can shout to the car in front.
The roof of the car is an old-fashioned tubular police light. This kind of police light is basically invisible in 2022. You can only watch some American TV series or movies before 2010, which is more intuitive.
The A-pillar of the police car's driver's seat has an adjustable-angle spotlight. The handle is on the inside of the A-pillar. It can be easily controlled from the driver's seat in the car, turning the light on and off, and illuminating a range of more than 180 degrees in front by rotating the angle.
There was a Pulaski County Sheriff's logo on the door. Jimmy checked the car front and back, put his gear in the trunk, loaded the shotgun, and was ready.
After driving away from the police station, I first got familiar with the control of the car on a country road in the western suburbs with few cars and people, and then started my first solo patrol.
County police patrols have a certain scope. Due to historical reasons, in some areas near the western suburbs of Little Rock, the county police and the Little Rock City Police Department partially overlap. Basically, it depends on the arrangements of the dispatch center.
In principle, the scope of police duties in the United States does not overlap. For example, rural police are only responsible for public security affairs within the rural area, municipal police are only responsible for affairs within the city, and county police are responsible for public security in other areas except the municipal police and rural police. Cases, state police are responsible for public security cases and inter-county cases outside the scope of county police, as well as highway patrols, etc., while federal police are only responsible for federal affairs and inter-state affairs.
In addition to these police officers, there are also police officers who only cover specific areas, such as campus police, park police, Capitol Police, etc.
The area that Jimmy is now patrolling was originally within the scope of the city police patrol, which is the suburbs of Little Rock. Due to the manpower problem of the police station, some areas have negotiated with the county police to be within the scope of joint patrols. For these overlapping local cases, if If you don’t want to pick it up, you can just ask the dispatch center to hand it over to the city police station.
Another factor is the number of people. The largest number of police officers in the United States is the municipal police, accounting for more than two-thirds of the country’s police force. Some data show that the number reaches 3/4. County police departments with wider responsibilities usually face manpower shortages. The dilemma of inadequacy.
Let’s take the Little Rock City Police Department and the Pulaski County Police Department as examples. The Little Rock City Police Department has more than 700 employees and more than 500 police officers. The County Police Department is relatively pitiful, with only a few dozen people in charge. Except for a few larger cities, all public security in the county also includes some security tasks within the county government, such as the bailiffs of the county court.
Of course, the county police are not in charge of all places. For the towns and villages under the county, there are local elected rural police stations. There are not many police officers in them. A rural police station has more than a dozen police officers and as few as two or three police officers. .
Police officers in county police stations and rural police stations are usually recruited locally. They are usually retired soldiers from the army or the National Guard. Not all recruited police officers need to participate in the training and assessment of the police academy. Police officers from the local police station Police officers recruit directly, and the police station arranges its own training programs.
Jimmy is unlucky or lucky. What is unlucky is that the chief is elected locally. An unreliable chief promised to improve the quality of the police during the election. The recruitment requirements for county police officers are in accordance with the POST committee standards and are recruited from the police academy. The graduated police officers directly led to the first year of the sergeant's term. No new police officers were hired. When Jimmy joined the police, it was the second year of the sergeant's term. And if there is no requirement for this police academy, Jimmy can join the job directly as long as the chief agrees.
Fortunately, due to reasons that are still unknown, Jimmy has obtained a new identity. This identity has completed all the prerequisites for joining the county police and only requires a little bit of manipulation to complete the entry. The police chief asked Jimmy to complete the identity change and join the job for some purpose. At least for now, Jimmy is making money, especially considering that Jimmy's soul comes from another place and has no knowledge of the original identity of this body. What a special feeling, then it can be said to be a big profit.
During this period, Jimmy has learned about some things in the county police department. The Sheriff still has 2 years left in his term. Nothing should happen to him during his term. All he has to do is firmly grasp his new identity. In his hand, because this identity information is complete, in principle, he can change jobs at any time and find a police station in a big city that is willing to accept him. However, he has only been in this world for a short time, and he does not know much about the outside world. He is rash. Nothing will necessarily happen if you go to a big city. It's better to stay honest and serve as a county police officer for a while.
"Adam 28, took a hostage with a knife. On the University of Arkansas at Little Rock campus, the police reported that a black man had an argument with a girl at the school gate and held her hostage with a knife. Campus police have surrounded him."
"Adam28 received."
Although it was far away, Jimmy accepted the assignment and drove to the University of Arkansas.
Jimmy arrived at the school gate and found that an LRPD (Little Rock Police) police car was already at the scene. He got out of the car and said hello, "Pulaski County Police, brother, do you need help?"
"My colleague has already gone in. It should be done." The policeman next to the police car turned his head and shook hands with Jimmy. "Sorry, I made your trip in vain."
"As long as the matter is resolved, I'll go back first."
Jimmy turned back to the police car, reported the situation, and drove away from the school.
Before they had gone far, the dispatch center notified, "Adam28, Adam36, the State Police Highway Patrol reported that a suspect is suspected of speeding and is currently traveling on Highway 630 from east to west. Please meet at the entrance of Highway 630 College Road and wait."
"Adam28 received it." "Adam36 received it."
Jimmy drove to the highway entrance, and soon Mason arrived. The two were waiting for the notification at the intersection. After receiving the notification, the two got on the highway in a normal manner and waited for the suspect's vehicle to pass behind them.
Mason is also a veteran policeman. After locating the suspect's vehicle and the state police vehicle, he turned on his police lights and passed by. Jimmy slowed down a little, and by the time he speeded up and approached, it was already the last police car.
The suspect was switching lanes on the highway. At this time, the speed exceeded 120mph, which is equivalent to 192km/h. This speed was a bit beyond Jimmy's imagination. He could only follow at the end and use the police car in front to clear the way. The vehicle stepped out of the lane and accelerated to follow him, allowing him to drive and change lanes at a speed of 190 km/h. It is estimated that the most direct consequence would be a rollover and a crash.
