Jimmy was very bored on the way back, but someone was very interested in this car.
The State Police Criminal Investigation Division has six divisions, of which Division A is in Little Rock.
Detective Rob Hodge of Division A took over the last murder case. The Criminal Investigation Department still takes the case of murdering a woman with a silenced pistol very seriously, because such cases represent professional killers. Or a career criminal with military experience.
The last time they got the information, they investigated the surveillance in Perry County and did not find the blue car, so the case was temporarily shelved. This time the same blue car appeared again in Pulaski County, so it was basically OK. It was determined that the car had not left Pulaski County and was just lurking in some unmonitored places.
In fact, strictly speaking, since the car did not leave Pulaski County, he could return the case directly to the county police station, but he really couldn't afford to lose that person.
After the dispatch center reported the situation to the Criminal Investigation Department, Rob Hodge directly contacted the Intelligence Center of the Criminal Investigation Department and retrieved the camera footage around the area Jimmy reported to investigate on his own.
After the video investigation, Rob Hodge drew the driving route of the blue car and finally determined three areas. The first was the area where the car disappeared, which is where they last appeared. They may still be in this area, and there are He may have escaped through a road without cameras.
The second area was Carmack, and they stayed there for a long time. This may be one of their strongholds.
The third area is near Pinnacle Mountain State Park. The first camera range where they appeared this time was on Highway 300, so their activity trajectory may be at the junction of the northwest corner of Pulaski County and Perry County.
Rob Hodge contacted the town police station in Carmack and asked them to help collect information on whether there was local surveillance that could capture the blue car. This is the most suspicious place. For such killers, if they deliberately stay away from their lair If you stay in a certain place, then there is a high probability that there is a stronghold or contact person of the other party in that place. Another possibility is that they are on a mission in the local area, so the people from the town police station can also find out early whether there is a case happening in the local area.
Real police detectives are not the ones in movies and TV shows who are looking for clues outside. They are more in the office summarizing and sifting the information submitted by patrol officers or other departments, analyzing and organizing, sorting out clues, and doing some on-site investigations. , unless necessary, the local patrol police will be contacted to investigate.
It can be said that during the handling of a case, at least 70% of the time, the detective does not leave the police station door. This is completely different from what we see in movies and TV series. Of course, stalking and the like do not count.
In novels, police detectives are more inclined to the model of film and television dramas, which is to discover clues, set out to search, stalk, track, arrest, etc. Let me make a statement in advance to avoid misunderstanding.
Rob Hodge arranged the investigation and continued to handle other cases. Every detective is a valuable resource. It is impossible to have only one case in hand. It is not enough to say that it is piled up, but as long as you are willing to work overtime, you can work 24 hours a day. Now that I live in the police station, there are endless cases to handle.
Jimmy didn't know that his report had caused so many things. The unlucky Carmack police were ordered to investigate the video and conduct interviews. Originally, as town police, their workload was smaller than that of Jimmy and his county police. After all, they only had It's such a big place, and there isn't much going on. It's better to be in a daze than to visit.
Jimmy continues his boring patrol life. He has already given the information about Colin's men going to the garden center to collect money. Jimmy has some doubts about his ability to judge the case. After all, he is inexperienced and is prone to things he has not considered. , now summarize the content to Kage, and I will feel more relaxed.
Kag is not having an easy time now. Not only does he have to go to work, but he also has to go to the detoxification center to see his son every one or two days. Jimmy feels Kag is more haggard every time he sees him. It is estimated that if the time is longer, he will be able to lose weight successfully. .
In the office of the police station, there is a whiteboard with some photos and block diagrams posted on it, which are the information collected by Jimmy and Kag. The frog at the top is still empty. There are no photos yet. There is a hierarchy below. It is also empty. It is actually the location of Tim and Thomas, but there are no photos now, and the names are also marked with a T.
There are more people on the next level. In addition to Colin's original men, there are also several characters who look like street gangsters. The more they collect, the wider the collection, and Kag's face becomes more and more ugly.
It is obvious that the new boss Frog is more ambitious than the original Nut. He has only taken power for more than three months. According to recent information from low-level informants, their sales scope is much larger than before.
If the scope of a single person expands while the number of people remains unchanged, it can at least be inferred that the scope of influence of the entire group has expanded even more.
If the number of people increases and the scope becomes larger, then it is very likely that Frog will surpass the level of regional leader like Nut and enter the ranks of criminal families.
It is no longer within the scope of Pulaski County, and the information provided by the informant contains relevant trafficking information in several surrounding counties.
Jimmy didn't care. He didn't want to take credit for solving the case. He just wanted to kill the drug dealer from the bottom of his heart, so he had been very active in obtaining information.
Kaag used his more than 20 years of experience and connections to fill in the information of this new group by gathering information obtained from different channels. When he saw that the scope involved was so large, Karger also had a headache. He asked Jimmy to go out on patrol and walked to the Sheriff's Office.
Jimmy went out on patrol, and Karger took Director James to the whiteboard and introduced the director to the director in detail about the team. After the director asked for some details, he directly decided to submit it to the DEA for handling. This case was a bit big and the police department couldn't handle it. People like the director are slippery. Don't come to him for trouble. He's so old. Don't do it again. I will retire soon in a few years.
Jimmy was notified and returned to the police station. The DEA agents were already in the office collecting the information they had prepared.
A detective walked up to Jimmy and said, "Are you Assistant Sheriff Jimmy Young?"
Jimmy: "Yes."
Thorsten Markus: "DEA agent, Thorsten Markus. Is all the information here?"
Jimmy: "Yes, all the information has been collected by Superintendent Kagg. There is no other new information at the moment."
Thorsten Markus: "OK, we will have a team stationed in Little Rock in the near future. There may be other problems that need your help later."
Jimmy: "No problem, it's my duty."
