Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 380 The Bureau Leaders' Condolences

Inside the office.

After a moment's thought, Chen Shu said, "Actually, I think Li Da's proposal is quite good."

Li Da, who was so ashamed of Xie Chi's criticism, was extremely grateful after hearing Chen Shu's speech and quickly asked, "Chen Shu, please explain in detail!"

Two of the three expressed their support for the establishment of the "Assault Team," leaving Xie Chi with no choice but to shut his mouth and sit on the sofa to listen to Chen Shu's explanation.

After working with Li Da and Xie Chi for the past few months, Chen Shu realized that they were both straightforward and honest people without any hidden agendas. They usually spoke their minds, and their purpose was always the same: to get things done.

He adapted to this straightforward work environment and, without much thought, voiced his thoughts one by one.

Li Da's small eyes lit up instantly, and following Chen Shu's train of thought, he counted the advantages of establishing an assault team one by one on his fingers.

After Chen Shu finished speaking, he pondered for a long time before clapping his hands and laughing loudly, "Old Xie, that's exactly what I meant! It's just that I'm not good with words and can't express so much in one go. Look at Chen Shu, this college student, he's really cultured! He's hit the nail on the head!"

Xie Chi glared at him irritably: "Chen Dadu has agreed, so of course he's right no matter what! But let's make it clear beforehand that the team won't contribute a single cent of the funds, so you'll have to figure out how to solve it yourselves."

As the only political officer in the brigade, it was not easy to gain his support.

That being said, forming a commando team doesn't require much money. Chen Shu felt the trust and support Xie Chi had for him from his words, and his heart was warmed.

Chen Shu touched his nose, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Now that I've been dismissed from my post by the branch office, I'm no longer the deputy captain, so you can just call me by my name from now on."

Li Da was taken aback. Being a rough man, he hadn't thought that far ahead and nodded in agreement.

Political cadre Xie Chi, who was in charge of ideological work, knew that Chen Shu had adjusted his mindset after hearing his request, so he nodded with satisfaction and offered a few words of comfort.

Back in his office, Chen Shu was preparing to draft a plan for a strike team when he suddenly felt a little dazed.

Seven or eight years have passed in the blink of an eye. When he first graduated from the police academy and was assigned to the special police detachment, he was also arranged in the same way by the detachment leaders.

I remember the famous quotes from two instructors during my new police training.

Why not run?

Why stop running?

Chen Shu smiled and shook his head, stopping his recollection. He opened the drawer under the table, took out paper and pen, and began to carefully study the roster of the assault team.

Since it is a small team, the number of people must not be too large, and it must not affect the police force needed for the daily street patrols of the main team, so the total number of team members cannot exceed five.

Their daily work involves training, primarily focused on bomb disposal and emergency response within their jurisdiction. They also need to consider the annual special police unit's firearms, skills, and physical fitness assessments. Therefore, the team is composed of both police officers and auxiliary police officers.

The daily training of the assault team is arduous and certainly not as free and easy as street patrols, so the two police officer slots were naturally given to Zhang Qing and Ma Bowen, the newest comrades in the team with the least seniority.

Zhang Qing, 26, is a police officer recruited through social recruitment. He majored in computer science in college and usually wears black-rimmed square glasses, giving him the look of a techie. Gossipmonger Chen Chuan mentioned that Zhang Qing is incredibly skilled at mobile and computer games, suggesting his hands-on abilities and technical skills are top-notch.

Chen Shu is prepared to entrust him with the bomb disposal robots and drones, and he probably won't refuse.

With Xu Mingliang, a seasoned professional, handling bomb disposal, he naturally took on the role of the team's bomb disposal expert. He would go out when there was a mission and lie back when there wasn't, so Chen Shu didn't need to worry about him much.

Thinking about how Xu Mingliang, who went from the brigade to the battalion, still ended up doing the work of a bomb disposal expert, I wonder how he felt.

Chen Shu couldn't help but feel a little happy. He planned to find some time to have a good chat with him and temporarily take on the role of instructor to do some ideological work with him.

Ma Bowen, who just graduated from the provincial police academy last year, still maintains the peak physical condition he had during his student days. At his current age, he's at the peak of his enthusiasm for police work, and his attitude is extremely proactive. If used properly, he could be a sharp weapon.

After finalizing the list of police officers, Chen Shu turned to a new page in his notebook and wrote the names "Pu Shu" and "Yan Song" in two lines, listing his ideal auxiliary police officers.

Just as he was about to add the following reasons, the office door was opened halfway from the outside, and the lively and lovely brigade clerk Zou Qing poked her head in and called out:

"Chen Da, Li Da is calling everyone to the conference room for a meeting. It seems like a bureau leader is coming."

Which bureau leader would come to the SWAT team, this godforsaken, incompetent department?

With questions in mind, Chen Shu and Zou Qing entered the conference room on the fourth floor. Since he had been officially dismissed from his post by the Zhengming District Public Security Bureau, Chen Shu consciously found a seat in the first row, took out paper and pen, and waited for four or five minutes before the special police officers stationed at the unit entered the conference room one after another.

Squad leader Li Da and deputy instructor Xie Chi naturally sat on the platform, facing the crowd.

Before the meeting was scheduled to begin, Li Da was talking to Xie Chi, who was sitting next to him. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that Chen Shu had actually sat down below the stage, so he quickly turned around and waved to him to come up to the stage.

The branch office's dismissal notice has already been issued, and it's estimated that it will also be posted on the internal network at the same time. There's still no need to maintain this troublesome external facade. After thinking about it, Chen Shu smiled and shook his head, declining Li Da's offer.

Police officers and auxiliary police officers from squads one through four, including Chen Shu, Xu Mingliang, and Yang Chang, sat in the audience. There were also dozens of patrol members from Yangyi Street, who were also wearing special police training uniforms and had come from their patrol bases to attend the meeting.

To Chen Shu's surprise, the person who came to attend the meeting this time was Director Wu from the Political Department of the branch bureau. He came in through the back door of the conference room, smiling and greeting everyone as he walked to the front of the stage and sat down next to Xie Chi.

Like Zhang Xuming, the executive officer of the branch bureau, Director Wu rose through the ranks from a grassroots police officer to a leadership position in the branch bureau. The difference between him and Zhang Xuming is that he worked in a grassroots police station for nearly 20 years before being promoted to deputy section chief in his forties, and then slowly climbed his way up to the branch bureau's leadership team.

Grassroots police officers work tirelessly in all kinds of weather, often working overtime and staying up all night. Perhaps he suffered a lot when he was young, the reason why Director Wu has the word "old" before his title is mainly because he looks at least ten years older than his actual age.

He was short and thin, with half-white hair and a forehead full of wrinkles, but his eyes were always smiling and he was very energetic.

Today's meeting was chaired by Deputy Instructor Xie Chi.

After making some polite remarks, he handed the microphone to Director Wu.

(End of this chapter)