Mahone has been contacting other FBI offices to confirm whether there are clues about Brown, the fugitive in the escape case, and also asked them to notify the Manhattan office as soon as possible if they have clues. This is their team's highest priority case recently.
Jimmy and Felicia are relatively relaxed. There are only about 500 murders in New York a year. For these cases, the NYPD, which has tens of thousands of police officers, can basically handle them. Except for federal employees or special cases, the FBI The homicide team basically won't be involved, so Mahone's team has a much easier time than other teams.
Of course, the NYPD cannot solve all murder cases. Their murder detection rate did not exceed 70% at the beginning of the 21st century... The murder detection rate in the United States is also a little over 50%.
In addition, I would like to add another standard for the detection rate. The US police only needs to arrest or lock the suspect to solve the case. Even if the court decides to acquit the case, it does not mean that the person must be caught and thrown into jail to solve the case. As long as the person is clearly known based on fingerprints or DNA. , an arrest warrant is issued, even if the case is solved, whether the person is caught or not does not affect the detection rate.
Jimmy's new license plate finally arrived by express delivery, but the DMV's service efficiency was too slow. I took advantage of the weekend to change the license plate, and the procedures for this brand new CLS were finally complete.
And there is even better news. Jimmy's Mercury has been replaced with a brand new front hood and left fender. Jimmy immediately took a taxi to check out, drove the Mercury back, and set up another long-term parking space in the parking lot for Jimmy's two cars. Can be placed side by side.
At work on Monday, Hughes popped into the homicide unit's office.
Hughes: "Jimmy, go to the administration department and ask for Tim Dunn."
Jimmy blinked, a little confused: "What's the matter?"
Hughes: "Go ahead, good thing." After saying that, he returned.
Jimmy turned his head and glanced at Mahone. Both Mahone and Felicia looked at Jimmy. He didn't seem to understand, and he looked completely confused. After taking his suit and putting it on, Jimmy left the office and went to the administrative department. He asked about Dunn's office and knocked on the door.
Dunn inside looked up and saw Jimmy, and stood up with a smile: "Come in, Jimmy."
Jimmy was still confused, but he still wanted to say hello: "Hi, good morning, Dunn. Hughes asked me to come find you."
Dunn motioned to Jimmy to sit down, "Wait a moment." He opened the safe behind him, took out a wooden box from it, placed it on the table, opened it, and then turned to face Jimmy.
Dunn: "Congratulations, Jimmy, you will be a senior agent from now on."
Oh, I got promoted. I have been in the FBI for two years and I finally got promoted. Jimmy thanked him happily, then took the new ID and police badge from the box. At the same time, he took out the old ID from his pocket, took off the old police badge from his belt and handed it to Dunn.
Dunn: "Your account has not changed. The permissions have been adjusted. Now come with me and we will take a photo."
Jimmy nodded and went to the next room to take pictures. After the photo was taken, Jimmy and Dunn returned to the office and asked by the way: "Dunn, can I apply for a replacement car now?"
Dunn: "Huh? What?"
Jimmy: "The previous car was inconvenient. I needed concealed police lights and sirens. Of course, it would be best to switch to a Suburban."
Dunn: "Let me check."
The two returned to Dunn's office, and Dunn turned on his computer and started checking.
Dunn: "I found it. Don't think about it for now. All the controllable vehicles here have been allocated, and the rest are motor vehicles. However, there are still a few vehicles with modified police lights and sirens. It’s a Crown Victoria, equipped with a car radio, and the main driver’s door has been modified to be bulletproof.”
Jimmy was a little disappointed that he didn't get the Saber class, but the Crown Victoria was fine, "Can you add a crash bar for me?"
Dunn was originally looking at the computer screen, but when he heard Jimmy's words, he turned to look at him: "Why do you want that thing?"
Jimmy shrugged: "I used to be a policeman, so I'm used to it. Having anti-collision bars is more convenient in some situations."
Dunn thought for a while, although Hughes did not arrange these, it has already given him so many benefits, and this is not enough, so he nodded: "Okay, wait for me to arrange it, and I will notify you to change the car after the modification is completed." .”
Jimmy smiled and said, "Thanks, Dunn. Anything else?"
Dunn waved his hand, Jimmy stood up, said goodbye and left.
Promotion is a good thing. On the one hand, it is an increase in authority, and on the other hand, the salary has also increased a lot. Although this salary is not lacking, it is somewhat recognized for oneself.
The biggest advantage is actually his car. The previous Crown Victoria was an ordinary car. The only advantage was the disguised license plate. As long as someone checks the license plate through the DMV system, they will enter the FBI alert system and there will be a dedicated person in charge. deal with.
If the new car is really fully prepared this time, it will be a fully functional camouflaged police car. Except that the rear seat cage function is a little less functional, it would be great to have the main driver's door bulletproof modified. For Jimmy, having this would be even more important. Safety can be ensured.
Jimmy was still immersed in the excitement of promotion and never thought about why he was being investigated by OPR. He always thought that too many people died this time. This time his salary will be improved so much, in fact, it is the compensation given by Hughes. Jimmy was completely targeted. According to their handling plan, even if Jimmy could successfully pass this due diligence review, his reputation would be ruined.
There is relatively little content about OPR in film and television dramas. You can refer to the Ministry of Internal Affairs in police dramas. Once the Ministry of Internal Affairs starts investigating a certain police officer, even if he successfully passes the investigation, he will still be considered a rogue police officer or unreliable. This is rarely the case. There are police officers who can escape unscathed after a high-profile review by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
When the Ministry of Internal Affairs investigates, promotions, improved benefits, etc. will be blocked. After being labeled as a rogue police officer or unreliable, these are gone. Even if the investigation is passed, you can only continue to work at the current level until Only when special circumstances occur, such as doing something big or someone forcing you to do it, can you get back on your feet.
Hughes was angry this time because one of his own people was screwed by outsiders, and the methods were extremely despicable. Now that Hughes has determined that there are insiders in at least two departments, the field agents and OPR, and that they transmit information very quickly, it is time to start investigating and making adjustments.
Although the middleman Thomas promised to deal with the mole, who can guarantee that he can do it? After all, he is only the middleman, and it has been several days since the last conversation, and Hughes has not seen any news of anyone being transferred.
Before they could be transferred by themselves, Hughes still hoped that his own people would take action, and Jimmy could not be involved in this matter. According to Jimmy's character, if he handles this kind of investigation, he may see another batch of corpses by then.
Hughes was sitting in his office, thinking about how to deal with the follow-up issues. According to normal circumstances, it was time for Hughes to retire, but because some issues had not been resolved, he remained in his position. Now that there is such a serious mole incident, should we take action now? Or give it to someone behind?
After thinking about it for a long time, Hughes decided to deal with the mole first. If there were no accidents, he should be able to persist for a while. The mole's matter should not be delayed for too long, as it would easily cause a broken window effect.
Hughes called Ruiz and asked him to go to his home after get off work to chat. The reason why he chose Ruiz instead of Peter, whom he admired most, was because this time the mole was likely to appear among the people who would support Ruiz in the future, and he was more familiar with it, while Peter usually dealt with more cases involving financial art. This kind of internal investigation deviated greatly from his business.
First of all, SWAT can be ruled out. Because of the conflict of tasks, they did not participate at all during the operation.
Next are the eight agents who provide on-site support. If something goes wrong with them, the people behind will get the news earlier and will definitely notify them to leave. Of course, the first eight agents cannot be completely ruled out. Maybe they don't know who they are dealing with.
Since Jimmy has become the main target of the people behind the scenes, another clue is the person who must know the fighting situation at the scene. Several operations agents must know that Jimmy is the main force, but I don't know if they have told others.
Finally, there were the dozen or so people who arrived at the scene for support after the battle. They were also the first people outside the action team to contact the scene. After they learned about the situation on the scene, they contacted the people behind them. In principle, it was possible, and the time difference was not big.
Of course, there is another possibility. There is too much noise in this case. If people in the bureau get the news and notify the people behind them, then there will be too many suspects, and it is unrealistic to blindly expand the target.
As for OPR, there must be something wrong with Fuller. As to whether he is the only one, follow-up investigation is needed. But after all, they are not within their own jurisdiction, so let's see how they will be dealt with in the future.
Hughes and Ruiz talked for a long time in the evening. Hughes revealed part of the behind-the-scenes story of this due diligence investigation to Ruiz, and also told him his analysis. This matter could only be left to Ruiz in private. The investigation cannot be carried out in a big way.
Only then did Ruiz understand the reason why OPR was making such a big fuss this time, and at the same time he also made a judgment on the reason why Azte entered New York. There were powerful people behind the scenes promoting this matter, but they just arranged for white gloves to handle it from the front.
This time, because the raid was kept secret and the insider did not notify them in time, White Gloves was killed on the spot, which also cut off one of their financial opportunities.
Destroying someone's wealth is like killing one's parents. Although it seems that the other party has given in now, it cannot be ruled out that there will be another dispute later.
Ruiz: "What about Jimmy? They may have other means to target him."
Hughes: "Let's do it step by step. Deal with the mole first. Jimmy, you can give him a little reminder."
Ruiz nodded and thought for a while, "Should we transfer him away for a while first?"
Hughes: "What do you think?"
Ruiz: "Azte is active on the border. They have people in Texas and New Mexico. How about contacting the DEA and asking Jimmy to stay with them for a while?"
Hughes frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head: "It's not that simple over there, let me think about it again."
Ruiz: "Okay, I'll take care of it as soon as possible."
Hughes' phone suddenly rang, and when he picked it up and heard the words inside, he hung up the phone and his face turned ugly. Hughes looked at Ruiz and said, "Jimmy was ambushed at the exit of the parking lot near his home."
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Jimmy was in a good mood today. After get off work, he made a special detour to Whole Foods Market to buy two fresh steaks and some vegetables, ready to go back to celebrate. Nia also called and she would come over after get off work. This was just like Nia's transition from patrol officer to detective. Although there was no position adjustment, the improvement in internal level was worthy of celebration.
After parking the car in the parking lot, Jimmy walked out of the parking lot carrying the bag and walked to the apartment.
A motorcycle came from the side, with two men wearing leather jackets and helmets. When they approached Jimmy, the man on the back seat of the motorcycle suddenly raised his arm and pointed a pistol at Jimmy in his right hand.
Jimmy was walking on the sidewalk with his back to them when he suddenly felt panicked. After hearing the sound of the motorcycle, he subconsciously turned his head and looked over. When he saw the other person raising his hand, he immediately realized the danger and fell to the side directly to control his body. He fell to the ground abruptly. After falling to the ground, he immediately stretched out his right hand and pulled out the gun from his armpit.
The gunman fired two shots at Jimmy, but he dodged. However, the motorcycle rider did not stop and left at high speed. He then twisted his body and fired two more shots at Jimmy, but both of them failed.
When Jimmy pulled out his revolver and took aim, they were already more than ten meters away from Jimmy's position. Jimmy fired a shot. His posture was too awkward. The shot hit the motorcycle frame. When he took aim again, he was about to fire a second shot. By the time, they were already several tens of meters away, which was beyond the range for the revolver.
"Fxxk!" Jimmy lay on the ground and watched the motorcycle run away with his gun raised. After cursing, he immediately took out his mobile phone and dialed 911 to call the police.
The function of calling the police is to mobilize nearby patrol cars, and the patrol officers can protect the scene. The man just fired four shots. Although I couldn't see clearly what kind of pistol it was, it must have been a semi-automatic. The bullet casing should be dropped on the ground, and fingerprints may be collected. In addition, the bullet may be recovered and sent to a testing center to identify the ballistics. It can later be used as evidence to match the rifling bullet marks after the gunman or pistol is found.
After calling the police, Jimmy called Mahone again and called someone from the forensics department.
The third person to contact was Chuck. He needed Chuck's help to go to the dispatch center to check the surveillance, check the routes around him, and see where the motorcycle went. Of course, notifying Chuck meant that Nia also knew about it, but now was not the time to chat. She hung up the phone after knowing that Jimmy was not injured.
A few minutes later, a patrol car came over. After Jimmy showed his ID, he asked them to seal off the shooting scene. At the same time, several people began to search for bullet casings on the ground, but only three were found. They did not move the shell casings, but blocked the scene in place and waited for the arrival of the forensics department.
Mahone and the others had already returned from get off work. When they received the call that Jimmy had been attacked, they rushed over immediately.
(End of chapter)
