Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 362 Let’s go

Police is a profession, while community police, public security police, criminal police, traffic police, and special police are different police branches under the same profession.

Chen Shu's previous job at the Zhongshan Police Station was a typical routine for a community police officer. He had to handle cases, that is, deal with people who violated the Public Security Law, arrest criminals, and also perform the duties required at the police station.

Community police officers, who are also part of the police station, have relatively fewer tasks. As a large police station in the main urban area, it is clearly stipulated that community police officers are only responsible for community work and cannot handle cases; the division is very clear.

Generally speaking, one can only join the community police force after accumulating over ten years of experience as a local officer and reaching a certain age. Most young people who join the police force can only stay in the local police force and focus on solving cases first.

Here's a brief introduction to the special police officers that Chen Shu has now transferred in.

Special police mainly patrol, handle emergencies, and riot control. They can be understood as the department with the highest combat power among all police units, and are used as the sharpest knife of the public security bureau.

Its promotion opportunities are much smaller compared to other police departments. Without quotas, there are no cases to handle, meaning even the most basic case-handling achievements cannot be produced. Cases occur every day, but counter-terrorism and emergency response are infrequent. Even when they do, for special police officers, it's a collective operation, so individual achievements are not highlighted.

Therefore, their advantages in promotion are definitely not as good as those of the "favored sons" of the public security system, such as criminal investigation, narcotics control, and technical investigation. Furthermore, as officers age, they will eventually be reassigned to other police departments, most likely police stations, and secondly traffic police.

At this point, the special police officers' work characteristics, which originally did not involve handling cases, would lead to their inability to perform public security duties.

By then, I'll be too old, and I'll have to start from scratch again.

It's harder.

For all these reasons, although the special police officers live a relatively comfortable life in their own units, they are generally looked down upon by their colleagues in other units.

Inside a black Santana car on a provincial highway not far from Tengqiao Town.

Wen Zhao, the detective from the Second Squadron of the Criminal Investigation Department, stared wide-eyed in disbelief. "Chief Li, how can we let a special police officer command our operation? What if something goes wrong? Can he take responsibility? Won't this create complete chaos?"

"Right, right, I've never heard of SWAT officers commanding criminal police officers before! Have you ever heard of it?"

"No, isn't that obviously impossible!"

Several senior squadron leaders were also discussing it.

When Li Meng returned to the Criminal Investigation Department with Ren Guoqing's orders to begin preparations, he also mentioned that a special police officer would be in charge of the arrest operation.

The police officers from the Criminal Investigation Division dared not openly complain about their captain's decision, but they were all secretly grumbling, either feeling indignant on behalf of their young deputy captain, Li Mengming, or frequently questioning the special police officer's abilities.

"Is Ren Da getting senile?" a company commander said sarcastically, his lips twitching.

"This is too childish!"

Even the usually good-tempered Wen Zhao was angered by Ren Guoqing's appointment, demonstrating its destructive power.

The team leaders looked at Li Meng with righteous indignation, trying to comfort him with their eyes.

Li Meng seemed to have just come to her senses, and said with pursed lips, "What's all the noise about? This is an order! Hurry up and pack your things, and get on with what you're supposed to be doing!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a SWAT officer, around thirty years old and wearing a special police training uniform, knocked on the car window and said rudely, "Our deputy captain requests that you send someone in charge over to discuss the operation."

He said "please," but his gaze was casual, not even bothering to look at the person directly.

After saying that, without waiting for Li Meng and the others' reply, he turned around and swaggered away.

The criminal police officers were stunned, feeling as if they had been caught off guard by the SWAT team member's casual words.

In all these years, when have I ever seen special police officers so arrogant?
Should we have their criminal police send someone over to discuss this?
Dream on!
The team leaders turned to look at Li Meng again, questioning him with their eyes.

"What are you looking at! Everyone go out and get ready, I'm coming!" As soon as he finished speaking, Wen Zhao, who was sitting in the driver's seat, turned his head and looked at him with a deep look in his eyes, as if to say: You'd better go over there and get back at him.

After the police officers had all left, Li Meng got out of the car. After walking a short distance, he could no longer hide his resentment and kicked the roadside guardrail hard.

"Crack!"

Xu Mingliang returned to the command vehicle, chose a corner seat and sat down quietly. His gaze was calm, but in his heart he was slowly savoring the triumph and pleasure he had just felt.

After retiring from bomb disposal and joining the branch's special police brigade as a patrolman, he hadn't been this arrogant in front of other units in a long time.

The general public doesn't know this; they just think that special police officers wearing smart uniforms and carrying sharp weapons are very impressive.

In reality, only the special police officers themselves know that their status within the public security system is truly at the very bottom, where they can't hold their heads high.

"Dong dong."

Chen Shu tapped on a blackboard hanging by the carriage window, pointed to the clearly hand-drawn diagram of the house structure pasted on it, and said seriously:
“I just looked through all the photos and drew a simple site plan. The restaurant has two doors on the first floor, one in the front and one in the back, and a staircase leading upstairs. We definitely need to guard the front and back doors, and I suggest we also put two people at the staircase entrance in advance.”

"Also, we need to keep people out of the windows near the target, as well as in the nearby kitchen and toilet. Just in case. If something unexpected happens, the target might wander around aimlessly like a headless fly."

Li Da rested his chin on his hand and hummed in agreement, his eyes focused, giving the impression that he would be leading the team to storm in at any moment.

Ren Guoqing smiled and remained silent until Chen Shu had almost finished arranging the operation, then deliberately asked, "Is it necessary to make such a big fuss just to catch a fugitive?"

Just one fugitive?

Then why are you in such a hurry to have our special police come as reinforcements?
Chen Shu was taken aback, but then realized that the other party was definitely testing him. With seven or eight years of experience in handling cases at the grassroots level, he didn't need to think too much about this kind of question.

"Safety first, and outnumbering the enemy is a glorious tradition of ours that has lasted for decades."

Just then, the car door creaked open and Li Meng climbed in.

When Ren Guoqing saw that the criminal investigation team had also arrived, he said to Chen Shu, "Please explain the plan again, especially the personnel arrangements, and go into more detail."

Chen Shu nodded and repeated it.

While explaining the plan to the newcomer Li Meng, he also mentally reviewed the plan again, filling in any previously unnoticed flaws.

"Li Meng, the security around the restaurant will be your responsibility. By the way, can you spare a few people to come inside with me?"

Although she was extremely reluctant to accept Ren Guoqing's appointment of Chen Shu as the on-site commander, Li Meng still gritted her teeth and followed Chen Shu's lead, beginning to coordinate the handling of this mission.

Hearing Chen Shu let the criminal investigation team members go into the restaurant for a "soup," he secretly thought that the other party still had some conscience.

"Including me, our team has fourteen people this time. There are ten people watching the restaurant from the outside right now. Once our main force arrives, I'll have them withdraw outside and guard the points you mentioned before the operation! Then, I'll take three men with you to go in and make the arrest!"

Chen Shu trusted Li Meng's judgment and said without hesitation, "Okay. You'll be in charge of the passageway leading to the kitchen and the toilet. Brother Yang, the stairwell is your responsibility."

The toilet? This is settling a personal score!
Li Meng automatically ignored the word "kitchen," but when she heard that she had to guard the toilet passage, her mind went blank, and she gritted her teeth.

"Snapped!"

Chen Shu spread his five fingers and slapped them onto the scene diagram on the car wall. He glanced around and laughed:

"Then let's set off."

(End of this chapter)