Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 242 New Auxiliary Police Officer Lin Fan

After inspecting the case-handling area, Chen Shu noticed a cigarette butt in the interrogation room and realized that the station must have handled a criminal case last night. He then prepared to go to the detention room to check on the suspects again.

As he walked out of the investigation area and around the front desk, he saw the dispatcher, Xiao Wang, dozing off on the table, with his phone still lit up on his right hand.

Chen Shu walked over and knocked on the front desk: "Xiao Wang, is there still someone locked up in the detention room?"

There are two computers at the front desk. One is the alarm receiving computer, which is mainly operated by the on-duty alarm receivers who operate the online alarm receiving platform system. The other is the monitoring computer that manages the entire station, including the monitoring of the detention room, which is also monitored by the on-duty alarm receivers.

According to regulations, if someone is being held in the detention room, the on-duty dispatcher should keep watching the surveillance footage to ensure the safety of the person being detained.

Xiao Wang was startled, and the phone he was holding slipped out of his hand.

Chen Shu looked down and saw that the phone was playing a war movie. The loud gunshots seemed out of place early in the morning.

"Chief Chen, there were a lot of police officers last night, I wasn't paying attention..." Xiao Wang was caught red-handed, so he quickly picked up his phone and locked the screen, his voice trembling with nervousness.

According to regulations, watching movies on mobile phones during working hours is strictly prohibited. However, the management is not too strict at the grassroots level. As long as the police officers have nothing to do, they can play games or watch movies, and the leaders usually turn a blind eye.

For example, Xu Lei's job was to take interrogation records. Whenever he didn't have any records on hand, his superiors would tacitly allow him to go to the interrogation room to play on his phone.

For example, when Xiao Wang is on night shift, if the command center does not transfer any police cases to him and there are no suspects in the detention room, his superiors will not interfere if he watches movies or something.

But today, there are people in the detention room.

Chen Shu waved his hand: "This is the last time."

When there are no accidents for a long time, everyone tends to let their guard down, which is human nature. That's why sometimes it's necessary for leaders to repeatedly emphasize and urge action.

Xiao Wang smiled gratefully and said, "Thank you, Director Chen."

Chen Shu glanced at his watch: "The shift change is in a few minutes. You should go home and rest. I heard from Instructor Zeng that you're on the night shift tonight too?"

"Yes. I have something to do tomorrow night, so I swapped shifts with Xiao Ding."

"Yeah, you've had a long night. Go home and get some sleep after you hand over your shift. Remember, don't look at your phone. You'll be busy all night."

As he spoke, Chen Shu kept his eyes fixed on Xiao Wang. If there was even the slightest hesitation on his face, he would arrange for him to go upstairs to rest in the dormitory.

After all, I have to stay up late tonight, and not getting enough rest will affect my work.

"Okay, I'm not going home today. I'll go upstairs to sleep after I finish my shift!"

Chen Shu nodded in relief and headed towards the detention room next to the canteen behind the office building. Along the way, he encountered several groups of patrol members who were having breakfast or had finished eating.

The patrol team at the station is under the jurisdiction of Wu Haojie, the deputy director in charge of the community. Their main job is to patrol the streets, and they are generally divided into two shifts: an administrative shift and an off-duty shift. The administrative shift is from 9 to 5, and the off-duty shift is during the time outside of 9 to 5.

Although he is now a leader in the institute and no longer needs to handle specific cases, Chen Shu's hands-on personality will probably be difficult to change in a short time.

The detention room is where the police station detains individuals who are subject to personal freedom. This includes criminal suspects facing imprisonment, as well as intoxicated, mentally ill, or otherwise undocumented individuals. They are generally searched and detained here. Every corner is equipped with surveillance cameras, and the floor is covered with engineered wood flooring, while the walls are all padded. An auxiliary police officer is assigned to monitor the individuals 24/7 to prevent any incidents, primarily self-harm or suicide.

The detention room at Zhongshan Institute is located on the first floor of a detached building behind the office building. The main entrance is a very thick iron gate, and entry and exit are only possible by swiping an IC card.

After Chen Shu swiped his card to enter, he saw that the auxiliary police officer, Lao Zhao, was cleaning inside with a broom and dustpan.

Old Zhao is nearly fifty years old. He started working at the police station as one of the earliest joint defense team members and has been doing so for more than 20 years. Now that he is too old to do field work, Zeng Hong assigned him to the detention room to guard the detained suspects.

"Old Zhao, that's a good habit of yours. You should talk to those young people more often when you have time," Chen Shu said with a smile.

Old Zhao would clean the detention room before and after each shift.

Old Zhao looked up and saw it was the young leader of the institute. His old face beamed with joy: "Director Chen, I'm not good at using a mobile phone, but I'm just idling around anyway."

Chen Shu shook his head and said seriously, "That shows you have a sense of responsibility. By the way, did you send someone in last night?"

Old Zhao gestured towards the cage on the east side: "It's over there. Officer Li arrested him last night."

Chen Shu followed Lao Zhao's gaze and saw a long-haired man lying on his side on a bench, sleeping.

"That's good. Remember to bring him some breakfast from the cafeteria later," Chen Shu instructed.

Things are different now. In the police station, criminal suspects must have their sleep and food guaranteed. Back when Chen Shu first started working seven years ago, dishonest people wouldn't even be given a crumb of bread.

Old Zhao nodded: "The person coming to relieve you will bring breakfast later. By the way, Chief Chen, Old Zhao resigned half a month ago. The new auxiliary police officer is named Lin Fan, he's a college student! I'll send you his phone number later, Huihui said she'll add him to the police network next week."

Chen Shu joked, "Have you scolded me yet?"

Due to the nature of their work, the duties of detention guards are extremely tedious and boring. Apart from Lao Zhao, who has worked in the station for over twenty years and is reluctant to leave, the other auxiliary police officers usually resign after a year or two.

Newcomers, due to their disregard for the guard duty, are prone to using their phones during work hours or ignoring those under their supervision.

"Cough cough cough," Old Zhao coughed a few times, his old face turning red. "Director Chen, he's a college student, what am I supposed to say to someone who didn't even finish elementary school?"

Chen Shu picked up the detention registration form hanging on the wall, flipping through it as he said, "Don't be shy. New recruits are trained through scolding. If you don't give him a good scolding today, he'll cause big trouble sooner or later, especially a college student like him. Has he corrected his attitude?"

In the past, a few college students would come to the station to work as auxiliary police officers, but they all planned to take the civil service exam while working, so they were not particularly dedicated to their daily work.

Old Zhao didn't want to speak ill of others in front of his superiors, so he stammered and didn't answer.

Chen Shu put down the registration form and left the detention room.

The large iron door of the detention room slowly closed, and the smile that Old Zhao had been wearing quickly disappeared.

A soft sigh echoed in the detention room.

(End of this chapter)