Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 323 Sent Down for Recuperation
Chen Shu was utterly astonished to see Chen Chuan, who should have been working at the Municipal Bureau's Technical Investigation Detachment, leisurely lounging in his office chair playing games while wearing a special police training uniform.

Chen Chuan, who was happily playing with his phone, saw people enter the office. A little embarrassed, he put away his phone and awkwardly greeted the two people who entered.

Chen Shu took a few steps closer and loudly questioned, "What are you doing here?"

He wasn't trying to belittle his new SWAT unit, but for a police officer working in the municipal bureau, being transferred to a grassroots operational team was practically like being exiled.

Chen Chuan scratched his head, glanced at Li Da standing at the door a few times, chuckled, and said nothing.

Despite his burly appearance, Li Da is quite shrewd and quick-witted. He quickly said a few words to save face, then closed the office door, leaving his two old classmates chatting inside.

Only the two of them remained in the office. Chen Chuan slumped back into his executive chair, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and offered one to Chen Shufei: "The municipal bureau has recently implemented a 'sent-down training' program, requiring each unit to send someone to the grassroots level for a year. Last time, I posted about taking the equipment out, and my superiors reprimanded me and sent me to the grassroots."

Chen Shu rubbed his nose, thinking to himself, no wonder Chen Chuan, despite working in the SWAT team, didn't seem afraid of Captain Li Da at all. According to the explanation for this "sent-down training," his official position was still with the Municipal Bureau's Technical Investigation Department; he was only here for a year, and after that, he would have to return to his original unit.

Police officers in the municipal public security bureau work from 9 to 5 on weekdays, with guaranteed weekends off, and there's basically no such thing as being on duty. They also receive extra subsidies from the public security, procuratorate, and judicial systems. This treatment is more like that of a white-collar worker than a white-collar worker, and more like that of a civil servant. Therefore, no one would want to be sent down to a lower-level unit for training.

They all know exactly what the grassroots level is like. For example, Chen Shu's college classmate, Cheng Mian, would rather be a police officer in the legal affairs brigade than be promoted to deputy captain in the detention center. That's the reason.

It's quite normal that Chen Chuan was given this opportunity to be assigned to a lower-level post due to his recent misconduct.

Chen Shu sat on the corner of the table and lit a cigarette: "I have to thank your boss for this. Just for taking high-tech equipment without permission, it would be normal to strip you naked. Now, let's throw you down there and let you cool off for a year or two before you go back. Your colleagues probably won't mention this anymore. This matter will be over."

Chen Chuan chuckled and said with a smirk, "My old man thinks the same way. But I haven't thought that much about it. I just find it really fun to be with you. You have Conan-like qualities, one in a million."

Chen Shu kicked Chen Chuan, and the two of them joked and played around for a while. Chen Chuan let the matter drop, and he felt much more at ease.

10:00 AM, Special Police Unit Conference Room
The meeting was chaired by Captain Li Da, with Deputy Instructor Xie Chi sitting to his right and Chen Shu to his left. The attendees were officers from the four companies under the brigade.

The Zhengming District Special Police Brigade has four squadrons and an internal affairs office. Before Chen Shu arrived, Li Da personally oversaw the business and training of the four squadrons under his command, while Xie Chi was responsible for the brigade's finances, internal affairs, and personnel of auxiliary police officers.

When Chen Shu came over, Li Da took the opportunity to hand over all the business operations of the four squadrons to Chen Shu, while he himself was only responsible for the training and external liaison of the entire brigade.

The first squadron leader, Xu Mingliang, is a deputy section chief, 38 years old, and was originally a bomb disposal officer in the special police detachment. He was promoted to officer last year and then transferred to the brigade. The deputy squadron leader, Zhang Qing, is a staff member, 26 years old, and was recruited from the community. His major in university was computer science.

Yang Chang, the 38-year-old deputy section chief and a former military officer, was nicknamed "Big Company Commander" because he had served as a company commander in the army. Zhao Mingfeng, the 33-year-old deputy company commander and a former military officer, was also nicknamed "Little Company Commander" because she had previously served as a company commander, and given Yang Chang's precedent, she was also called "Little Company Commander." Third Company.
Fourth Squadron.
Apart from the two squadron leaders and deputy squadron leaders, the remaining members of the four squadrons are all auxiliary police officers.

The purpose of this meeting was to introduce the newly arrived deputy captain Chen Shu and Chen Chuan, who was sent down from the municipal bureau for training, to the members of the special police brigade.

After a brief introduction at the meeting, Li Da made simple arrangements for the next steps, emphasizing that Chen Shu would be responsible for the brigade's future business operations.

After the meeting, apart from the office clerk Zou Qing who made a special trip to get close to Chen Shu, and Chen Chuan who had nowhere to go and followed Chen Shu, the others basically dispersed.

Chen Shu had originally planned to ask Li Da about Chen Chuan's work arrangements privately after the meeting, but Zou Qing had caught him, so he had no choice. Taking advantage of Zou Qing's presence, he calmly started chatting with her.

From Zou Qing's words, it was learned that Xu Mingliang from the First Squadron was there to "lie down" and basically shirked any tasks assigned by his superiors, going straight home after the bell rang every day. Zhang Qing, being young and newly hired, had a slightly better work attitude, but because he had applied to the branch's cyber police department but was assigned to the special police brigade, he still harbored some resentment.

Yang Chang from the Second Squadron is tall and stout. He says he used to be quite fit in the army, but he's only gotten fatter in civilian life. He's been trying to lose weight lately, spending all his free time in the unit's gym. Zhang Mingfeng is shorter and thinner, but both of them transferred from the military to civilian life and have a lot in common, so they basically hang out together at work and after get off work.

She also described the other two squadrons one by one.

Chen Chuan listened intently from the side, occasionally interjecting with a few teasing remarks. Chen Shu found this strange and asked, "Chen Chuan, you've been working here for over half a month now, how come you sound like you don't know anything?"

Before Chen Chuan could answer, Zou Qing, with her beautiful eyes wide open, immediately changed her tone and teased, "As soon as Chen Chuan came over, Li Da asked him which squadron he wanted to join, and if he didn't want to go out on patrol, he could come to my office. Guess what, senior brother? Hehe, Chen Chuan actually said he wanted to be in charge of the guardhouse!"

Zou Qing deliberately emphasized the nasal sound in the word "in charge of," clearly indicating that she had a strong opinion against it.

She was also a graduate of the provincial police academy, so logically, since she addressed Chen Shu as "senior brother," she should also address Chen Chuan, who was in the same cohort as Chen Shu, as "senior brother." However, in her conversations, she addressed him by his first name, which suggests that she held him in more contempt than respect.

Chen Shu was also puzzled as to why Chen Chuan had chosen such a position. When he passed by the guardhouse on his way to the unit that morning, he hadn't seen Chen Chuan on duty there. However, in these independent outposts under the branch bureau, such as police stations, anti-drug units, and criminal investigation units, the guardhouses are usually guarded by auxiliary police officers; he had never heard of any police officer sitting there.

Seeing that both of them were looking at him, Chen Chuan said apologetically, "I walked around the brigade, and the only separate room I found was on the second floor of the guardhouse. It's quite comfortable inside, with air conditioning, a sofa, and a bed."

Apart from the brigade leaders who are assigned single rooms, the subordinate squadron leaders and deputy squadron leaders all live in a large, integrated office and work together with the team members.

Chen Shu exclaimed, "This isn't a training assignment for you, it's a recuperation assignment for you!"

(End of this chapter)