I'm not a genius detective

Chapter 12 Joining the Criminal Investigation Team

"Zhu Yue, the positions have already been assigned. We're short-staffed in our community policing. What do you mean by that?"

Inside the room, another person spoke up; he was probably the captain or deputy captain of the community police team.

The job assignments for new police officers are discussed and arranged well before the recruitment process begins, and are not decided on the day they begin their service.

At that time, no one knew who would be admitted to the Wanglou Police Station, let alone what kind of person they would be.

Zhu Yue laughed and said, "Let's discuss it. It doesn't matter if your community has one more or one less. There are more than sixty people in your community, while I only have a dozen or so."

The other party shook his head: "Most of the more than sixty people are auxiliary police officers, and the police force is very tight. I need to have one more regular police officer to make it sufficient for deployment."

Auxiliary police officers do not have law enforcement authority; when carrying out police activities, a regular police officer must be present to direct them.

In other words, even if an auxiliary police officer has ten or twenty years of experience and offers sound advice in police activities, Han Ling, despite being a newcomer, can still veto it once she obtains law enforcement qualifications.

Therefore, having a large number of people is useless; having a large number of formal police officers is what's useful.

Others found it amusing and chose to watch from the sidelines, since they had no shortage of people.

The criminal investigation team is the most short-staffed. In recent years, with the increasing complexity and diversity of criminal activities, the difficulty and workload of handling cases have also increased accordingly, requiring specialized police force.

Han Ling's major at the police academy was criminal investigation. Even if Han Ling had only performed poorly, Zhu Yue would still try to get her into the criminal investigation team, let alone if she had already demonstrated her abilities in police drills.

He's a criminal investigation major, and he even outmaneuvered the new recruits in the city's criminal investigation division during a police drill. Wouldn't it be a waste if he didn't join the criminal investigation team?
Going to the community policing team to collect information, solve problems, resolve disputes, and chat with the elderly? What a waste.

Han Ling was quite surprised to find that he seemed to be in demand. When he learned that his reputation wasn't very good, he thought no one would want him.

“Captain Liu, you have enough to allocate, but I don’t have enough at all. Even if we have more, Han Ling will be stretched thin. I think… we should allocate according to need.” Zhu Yue said, determined to get Han Ling.

The man addressed as Captain Liu showed no intention of negotiating, saying, "The positions have already been decided; your words are useless."

After speaking, he looked at the director and the instructor.

The instructor was much younger than the director, looking to be only in his thirties. He wore glasses and didn't look like a policeman; he looked more like an office clerk.

Under normal circumstances, it is very difficult to be promoted to the position of instructor of a police station in one's thirties. It requires either being exceptionally outstanding and lucky, having connections in higher positions, or being selected by the relevant authorities.

"How about we listen to Han Ling's own thoughts?" the instructor suggested, offering a humane and democratic suggestion.

“No, new recruits have no choice; they must obey orders,” Captain Liu refused.

That's true. New police officers really don't have a choice. Even if the leader asks you, it's just a symbolic question. If you take it seriously, you'll become a laughing stock.

The group looked at the director.

Director Tao Guowei took a puff of his cigarette, his gaze fixed on Han Ling, and said, "You took advantage of the loopholes in the rules, burned down the film and television base and ran away. You have poor discipline. I heard that Political Commissar Ding from the Municipal Bureau was very dissatisfied at the scene, but you treated him like a treasure."

"If you rush to take it, you might cause trouble later."

The instructor laughed and said, "Political Commissar Ding is dissatisfied, but Branch Secretary Wu seems to have a good impression of him, and Director Zheng has not expressed any opinion. It's a matter of opinion."

His attitude towards Han Ling was different from that towards Ding Lingfeng, perhaps due to their age difference.

Tao Guowei remained noncommittal, then looked at another man present with questioning eyes. The man had not spoken from beginning to end, but had been scrutinizing Han Ling.

The Wanglou Police Station has a total of four deputy directors, and this man, surnamed Zhao, is one of them. He is in charge of the station's core business, including community policing and criminal investigation.

Deputy Director Zhao raised his hand to scratch his suddenly itchy hair and said, "Han Ling, when you were at the film and television base, did you deliberately leave a loophole so that Zhang Yunhang and the others could identify you as the murderer?"

Han Ling's inner thoughts: Why is everyone so concerned about this?
Seeing that Han Ling did not answer immediately, Deputy Director Zhao did not press further, but smiled and said, "Go to the criminal investigation team first, and if that doesn't work, then go to the community policing team. Don't take what Tao said earlier to heart. He prefers obedient new police officers, and he probably thinks you are not very obedient."

Deputy Director Zhao meant that they should first assess the candidate's abilities, talent, potential, and whether the knowledge gained from police academy could be applied in practice. If the candidate's performance was mediocre, the head of the criminal investigation team, Zhu Yue, would not hold them back.

Finally, she even played the role of the good cop, easing Han Ling's anxiety.

Being criticized by the director on your very first day at work would definitely affect anyone's mindset.

"Chief Zhao!" Liu, the community police officer, was not happy.

Deputy Director Zhao waved his hand: "That's it."

Seeing this, the other party understood that the decision had been made and had no choice but to give up, not forgetting to glare at Zhu Yue.

We're all old friends, so it's perfectly normal to have disagreements, and we've even exchanged insults, but it won't affect our friendship.

At this moment, Director Tao Guowei spoke up: "Alright, Zhu Yue, take your spoils and go. Give him a good talking-to."

Zhu Yue stood up, and the two left the office. Other police officers from other groups also left, leaving only the two station chiefs and the instructor in the room.

As the door closed, Director Tao Guowei laughed.

He only said one sentence, afraid that if he said too much, he would scare Han Ling.

In fact, all three of them thought Han Ling was a promising talent, but they couldn't openly acknowledge it. There had to be some controversy, since arson was a fact and running away from the film studio was also a fact. Overly praising him would be tantamount to indirectly encouraging police officers to break the rules.

If too many people break the rules, chaos will ensue.

Furthermore, it wasn't the station's first idea to include Han Ling in the criminal investigation team. Ji Bowei from the branch bureau's criminal investigation brigade came and discussed the matter before making the decision.

Zhu Yue and the community police officers were unaware of this matter.

"Captain Ji must have taken a liking to this kid. If he performs well, Han Ling probably won't be able to stay at our Wanglou Police Station." The speaker was Deputy Director Zhao.

Tao Guowei chuckled: "He wants it, but I don't want to give it to him yet. We'll see what happens later."

Ji Bowei was only the deputy captain and could not influence Tao Guowei's decision unless the branch bureau chief intervened.

For the branch bureau chief to intervene, Han Ling would need to be exceptionally outstanding, which, as it stands, is far from the case.

……

Zhu Yue helped Han Ling collect the temporary uniforms.

Some time ago, Han Ling and other new police officers provided their height, weight, shoulder width, and other measurements. The customization of the police uniforms will take about two weeks.

The two then went to the police equipment room and received individual police equipment, including batons, handcuffs, tear gas spray, high-powered flashlights, and so on.

Han Ling glanced around, then paused, his gaze lingering on the gun and ammunition cabinet.

Guns and ammunition are separated, two people are required to use double locks, and strict management is enforced.

In his previous life, marksmanship was his best skill, even surpassing his mental calculation ability. His hand-to-hand combat was relatively weaker, but only relatively speaking.

Zhu Yue noticed what Han Ling was looking at and laughed, "Once you get your gun license, you can take it when you're on a specific mission. But as you know, the biggest purpose of a gun is deterrence. You need to have an accurate judgment of the conditions under which you can fire, otherwise it will be very troublesome."

Han Ling nodded.

(End of this chapter)