Reborn Cat Sheriff

Chapter 54 The Police Cat Takes Action, One Is Worth Two

To be honest, petty theft is the most hateful.

These bastards can just casually beckon, and the police station has to spend a lot of time investigating and solving cases. Even if they manage to catch the thief after all that hard work, oh dear! It might only be a matter of three, five, seven, or eight hundred dollars.

But what about the cost?

What about the police's energy and time?
What about other cases that have been delayed, and other ordinary people who need help?

There is absolutely no cost-effectiveness involved.

But like I said, you can't just ignore it!
Reports must be handled and cases must be solved. This is the state's requirement for police agencies, and there is no room for shirking responsibility! So even if it's just a matter of spending a lot of time, energy, and even gas money to track down a neighbor for a theft of a few hundred or a thousand dollars, it's not uncommon for the police.

Even so, some people still say that they reported the case but nothing came of it.

He didn't know that police investigations must be led by a senior officer, and a police station can only have a dozen or twenty senior officers at most. After deducting clerical staff, logistics personnel, patrol officers, etc., the number of police officers in charge of handling cases is only a handful.

But they are responsible for a massive area of ​​at least 100,000 people. Even if only one in ten thousand of those hundreds of thousands of people reports a case, that's still at least double digits a day. Considering the time spent running around, it's simply impossible for a police station to resolve all cases immediately.

Speaking of theft, the kind of thief who can turn around and slip into the crowd without leaving a trace is actually the most difficult case for the police station to handle.

Sometimes it's not that the police aren't making every effort to solve a citizen's grievance; it's simply that they don't have the manpower available.

It's unrealistic to neglect all other matters at the police station and all the police cases in the entire jurisdiction just because of one person's case.

Nie Guoqiang and his two companions huddled together, deeply troubled, wishing they could split all the police officers in the station into four pieces and use them separately.

"No matter what, we still need to start with the delivery address!"

Nie Guoqiang set the tone and said in a deep voice, "Even if the suspect provided a fake address, his hiding place must be nearby! People are inherently lazy; it's impossible for someone to travel several kilometers every day just to pick up something from a delivery driver."

Zhang Yong nodded and said, "That makes sense! Let's find more people and conduct a comprehensive investigation in that community! Lao Hu, this is your specialty, so investigate all the people renting from other places and those who are not registered residents of this community."

"The workload is considerable."

Hu Lijun looked troubled: "I only have three men under me, and I also need to be prepared for the other side to take desperate measures. How can I possibly have enough manpower? Why don't you transfer a few auxiliary police officers to me? Also, Zhang Yong, you should come and help out as well."

"You forgot I have to go on a business trip tomorrow? If you're willing to take over for me, I'll take over the investigation."

Zhang Yong grinned.

Hu Lijun fell silent.

Going on business trips to other provinces is no easy task. Not only is it tiring, but when you bring the criminals back, you can't sleep at night. If the criminals escape, it will be a huge joke.

Qian Wei walked in from outside, looking refreshed and as if he had just had a great time.

He completely ignored the three men's worried faces and just smiled, saying, "Old Nie, the delivery guy confessed. He's definitely not a member of the theft gang, but he's definitely an outer henchman. All the gang's loot in the pedestrian street area was transferred by this bastard in real time. As for the guy who picked up the goods at the address, this kid has seen him a few times. He's quite distinctive, with a scar on his face and nine dragons tattooed on his body. He says everyone calls him Brother Nine-Dragon."

"Damn it, it's just like the gangsters!"

Zhang Yong cursed under his breath, secretly resenting the harm caused by the "Young and Dangerous" movies of yesteryear.

"What about the thief that Lao Hu caught? Has he confessed?"

Nie Guoqiang hoped to obtain more clues; if the captured gang member confessed, they would have a breakthrough.

Qian Wei shook his head: "This guy is a seasoned criminal with three prior convictions. The locations of the arrests recorded on his police information system are all different, making him a true itinerant criminal. Plus, he's suspected of intentional assault this time, so he's keeping his mouth shut."

"Even you, Old Qian, can't handle this?"

Nie Guoqiang glanced at Qian Wei, his tone full of sarcasm. If it weren't for the police's principle of "whoever takes the case is responsible," Nie Guoqiang would never have allowed Qian Wei to participate in these theft and robbery cases.

Good guy!
If they arrest one person and send them to the hospital, which police station can handle that?
Qian Wei, not to be outdone, sneered and said, "If you give me three days, I'll find out what color underwear he wore last month! Or if you agree to turn off the cameras so I can take action, I'll find out everything about his family history in three hours!"

"Get lost!" Nie Guoqiang dismissed Qian Wei with a single word.

Turning off the cameras? What era do you think we live in?
Twenty years ago, no one would have said anything if you had done this, but try it now! The moment you turn off the camera, the municipal bureau and the procuratorate will be calling your office!

Nie Guoqiang sympathized with Qian Wei's plight, but he didn't approve of the guy's twisted mind at all.

"Forget it, forget it, I'm not going to waste my time arguing with you guys!"

Hu Lijun shook his head, stubbed out his cigarette, and walked straight outside: "I'll go to the urban village first thing tomorrow morning, hoping to get some good results. But to be honest, the chances aren't high. After all, very few landlords in that area register with the community. Who lives there? Let alone the community, I doubt even they know. Zhang Yong also said the community can't help at all. If we, a few people, were to investigate a community of several thousand people, they'd have already run away."

Nie Guoqiang frowned and thought for a moment, then glanced at Lin Ge, who was watching the commotion, and suddenly said, "Old Hu, let Old Qian take Mimi with him tomorrow! Since we can't rely on the community, let's use our own methods and let Mimi show off her skills again."

"Hey?"

Lin Ge was taken aback.

He's just watching the show; what business is it of his?
But seeing the worried looks on the faces of the police officers, Lin Ge really couldn't refuse. What could he do? He was now a government employee, and helping the police station solve the case as quickly as possible was his duty.

Why are you two girls here too?!

Lin Ge looked at Hu Miao and Zhang Yining speechlessly.

The two girls, dressed in T-shirts, jeans, and sneakers, with sun hats on their heads, looked eager to try. Although Nie Zhuangzhuang and the other two boys were absent this time, the presence of the two girls in the investigation team still puzzled Lin Ge.

Facing Qian Wei's questioning gaze, Hu Lijun smiled and said, "It's nothing, just going that way. Zhang Yong is away on a business trip, and it's not good to leave the kids alone at home. My Miaomiao happens to have a training class here, so I'm just dropping both kids off on the way."

Qian Wei nodded, then asked doubtfully, "Why come all this way to enroll in a class? Isn't that just making things difficult?"

Hu Lijun said somewhat helplessly, "It was Miaomiao's mother's idea. She said that the piano teacher here has a good teaching quality. Zhangzhou is not a provincial capital, and there are only a few places to learn piano. This one is a bit far away, but it has a good reputation."

"It's not cheap, is it?"

Qian Wei sneered.

However, since it was the other party's private matter, he didn't say much. Seeing that Lin Ge was being bothered by the two little girls and wasn't causing any trouble, he was quite satisfied that he could act freely without any constraints. What's more fun than being a pet owner and catching thieves?
We drove out of the city quickly, passed through an industrial park, and arrived at an old residential area.

This area was once the most prosperous part of Zhangzhou City, and even a landmark of the city decades ago. However, with the introduction of industrial enterprises and environmental problems, this place has gradually lost its competitiveness, and housing prices are now among the lowest in Zhangzhou City.

Hu Miao's piano classroom is right at the entrance of the residential area by the roadside.

This is a large institution with several storefronts, teaching not only piano but also saxophone, drums, and other instruments. The storefronts here are cheap, and once the teaching institutions have established a reputation, they don't care about the location, so this music classroom simply rented out the entire row of storefronts.

"Study hard, Dad will pick you up this afternoon."

Hu Lijun escorted Hu Miao to the classroom door, then turned and got into the car.

Goodbye, Mimi!

The two little girls, however, were only focused on waving to Lin Ge.

And Lingo...

From the moment he arrived at this location, Lingo's expression seemed off.

He wondered if he was smelling something wrong, because he could actually smell the scent of the thief he had caught at the market before near this storefront.

Seeing that Hu Lijun was about to close the car window and leave, Lin Ge quickly jumped out of the car window.

Amid Hu Lijun and Qian Wei's puzzled calls, Lin Ge arrived at a row of electric bikes by the classroom door and began sniffing them one by one.

(End of this chapter)