Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 326 Do SWAT teams also have quotas?

Chen Shu and Chen Chuan returned to the car and had Xu Mingliang report the results of the police dispatch to the command center. That was the end of the matter.

While munching on his hamburger, Chen Chuan commented, "These SWAT officers don't seem that interesting."

Xu Mingliang took a sip of cola, a meaningful smile on his face, and said in a low voice, "If you want something interesting, you can go to the SWAT team. There's a lot going on there. I heard they went to some towns and counties a few days ago. Tsk tsk, it seems like they overturned several police cars at the scene."

"A rollover? Did it happen?" Chen Chuan's interest was piqued, and he pressed on, "What caused it? Is it serious?"

Xu Mingliang swallowed his cola and deliberately said angrily, "You have so many classmates who graduated from the police academy, why don't you go ask them yourself?"

Chen Chuan's eyes darted around, and he quickly took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handed it over, saying ingratiatingly, "Brother Xu, no matter how many classmates I have, they can't compare to the connections you've built up over the years."

Watching the two bantering, Chen Shu, sitting to the side, felt a little relieved. The branch bureau's special police brigade was similar to the county's special police brigade, usually only responsible for street patrols and some emergency response. If a major incident occurred on the ground, the municipal bureau's special police detachment would have to step in to handle it.

One reason is the shortage of police officers in the brigade. For example, the Zhengming District Special Police Brigade, where Chen Shu works, has only 12 police officers, including the leaders, and they usually have to rely on auxiliary police officers to carry out their duties. In contrast, the Third Brigade (Patrol Brigade) directly under the Special Police Detachment has more than 60 police officers in just one brigade.

This isn't to criticize the auxiliary police officers of the Zhengming District Special Police Brigade for their weak combat capabilities; the main issue is that their salaries are low and they lack formal employment status, which leads to lower motivation when carrying out certain dangerous tasks.

Besides, you can't just pay someone 4,000 yuan a month and expect them to do 20,000 yuan worth of work, can you? It's simply unreasonable. That's why a special police unit like the branch, composed entirely of police officers, is needed to handle this situation.

Xu Mingliang put down his food, looked around at the team members, and said frankly, "Chen Dahe, you, and me, the three of us all came from the detachment, so we're practically family. I'll be honest. Our brigade is a special police unit that ranks last in both professional skills and training. It might sound bad to outsiders."

But for us laborers, it's incredibly comfortable. When you're out working, after a while, you lose all sense of professional pride; it's just about getting a paycheck!

The teammates next to him nodded in agreement.

"Yes, Captain Xu is right. We special police officers have no money or status, so where does our sense of honor come from?"

"Heh, you want my whole family to feel honored during the New Year?"

"I don't think any profession is so noble, and we shouldn't think of us as too utilitarian; we're all just trying to make a living."

Chen Shu was taken aback. Xu Mingliang was truly generous, even treating his auxiliary police officers with the same attitude. This attitude was consistent with Wang Chongming of Zhongshan Police Station. However, no matter how generous one is, one still has to live up to the salary the unit pays.

Wang Ge from Zhongshan Police Station, no matter how much he tries to relax or prioritize his family, still completes all his assigned tasks and targets. His performance is only average to below average within the branch bureau. But Xu Mingliang, you're currently claiming to be last in both professional skills and training within the special police system. This "lying down" attitude is really inappropriate.

At this moment, Deputy Squadron Leader Chen Shu pursed his lips, feeling that the work ahead would be quite challenging.

A special meeting on "anti-fraud" is being held in the conference hall of the Zhengming District Public Security Bureau.

The heads of various business units under the branch office who rushed to the meeting were immediately bewildered when they saw the eye-catching banner hanging above the stage: "[20XX Branch Office Anti-Fraud Work Conference and Joint Conference on Combating and Governing New Types of Illegal and Criminal Activities in Telecommunications and the Internet]".

Although telecommunications fraud has existed for over a decade, the methods used are all adapted to the new things of the internet age, with ever-changing tricks and numerous names, such as online order-brushing, investment and wealth management, interest-free loans, arrest warrants, elderly care, prostitution, nude chat, etc., making it difficult to guard against.

Correspondingly, if the police use the same investigative methods used for traditional crimes in previous years to deal with this new type of cybercrime, they will obviously be somewhat inadequate. Seeing that most of the people had arrived, Zhang Xuming, the executive deputy director sitting at the head of the table, turned to look at Liaison Officer Xiao Li sitting in the corner and nodded.

Xiao Li hurriedly stood up and distributed a stack of documents that he had prepared in advance to the leaders present.

Zhang Xuming also took a document and slowly said, "According to the latest data from the province, Donghaisheng filed 6.5 cases of telecommunications and online fraud last year, resulting in losses of nearly 40 billion yuan for the public."

Upon hearing this number, everyone present looked up. They knew that telecom fraud had been rampant in recent years, causing immense suffering for ordinary people, but they never imagined that the specific figure would be so terrifying.

How much money is involved in all theft cases across the entire province in a year? Even if you include the amount involved in traditional financial fraud, it probably wouldn't even reach a fraction of the amount involved in telecom fraud!

At the meeting, Zhang Xuming briefly stated the opinions and requirements of his superiors, and then made detailed arrangements for the next steps.

There are two main points: prevention and public awareness campaigns, and combating fraud. The specific performance indicators are the number of downloads of the "Anti-Fraud Center APP" and the amount of stolen funds recovered.

Zhang Xuming spoke earnestly on the stage, while the heads of various units sitting below all frowned, following their leader's train of thought and preparing how to implement the task targets after returning home.

Only Li Da, the captain of the special police brigade, sat in the corner with his legs crossed, looking relaxed. He picked up his teacup during a break, blew away the tea leaves floating on top, and slowly sipped his tea.

Let them argue and complain all they want, it's none of my SWAT team's business anyway.

Sitting next to him, the head of a police station, who was struggling with his performance targets, couldn't stand it anymore and sighed softly, "I'll go to the SWAT team for a break tomorrow."

Li Da raised an eyebrow, feeling smug: This is why I've stayed in the SWAT team for over a decade without moving!
Time flew by, and Zhang Xuming on the stage summarized: "Everyone, take a look at the screen. These are the specific targets that each unit needs to complete. They are all based on data from previous years and should be accurate. If there are any problems, you can go to Director Lin in charge after the meeting."

"Okay, let's break up the meeting!"

Li Da had been waiting for those words. He watched as Director Zhang left the conference room, didn't even glance at the big screen, grabbed his notebook from the table, and walked out.

At this moment, the director sitting next to him pulled him back, with a gloating expression on his face.

"Haha, Lao Li, don't be in such a hurry to leave. You special police officers also have quotas!"

Li Da thought the other person was joking, so he shook off the hand that was hanging on him and impatiently glanced at the large screen above the front desk.

The words "Special Police Brigade" were prominently displayed at the bottom of each unit's name, followed by the required number of app downloads and the amount of money to be recovered.

Li Da was struck dumb!

"Holy crap! We're SWAT officers! We don't know how to solve cases!"

"I need to see Director Lin! Immediately! Right now!"

(End of this chapter)