You're supposed to be a security officer, what case are you solving?

Chapter 47 Raising Money for DNA Testing! (Please vote and keep reading!)
"Wen Ling, why didn't you tell us about this sooner?"

After the city bureau leaders and people from various branches left, the Chengbei branch held an internal meeting.

Lu Shaohua's tone was one of exasperation, and he tapped the table with his knuckles to express his attitude: "You should have said so earlier. This case is different now; it's a gang crime, a major case."

Zhang Bin held a pen in both hands, his eyes downcast, looking nonchalant and indifferent.

He Jinbo, on the other hand, was so anxious that he jumped up and down: "Wen Ling, you've seen it too, how much the Municipal Bureau and even the city government are taking this case. The newspapers have already reported on it."

Furthermore, the Chengnan and Jiaxing branches of the Public Security Bureau are two wolves eyeing our case covetously.

We almost wish they would arrest the person themselves and slap us in the face. If they actually solve the case, where will our Chengbei branch put our reputation?

Wen Ling pouted: "Director Lu, Captain He, it costs 15000 yuan to do a DNA test in the province for two batches. Can our bureau afford that?"

Her meaning was clear: what good would it do to tell you if she couldn't come up with the money? She'd still be helpless.

As expected, Lu Shaohua's face turned ashen, and Zhang Bin let out a cold laugh.

He Jinbo pursed his lips and said, "But Director Yang still hasn't agreed."

Wenling, you're in the technical field, while Director Lu is in charge of everything. The bureau definitely wants to save money. The right approach is to catch the person and then compare their DNA.

"If we arrest someone but the match doesn't go through, and we find out we arrested the wrong person, we'll have to do repeated comparisons. We can't possibly spend tens of thousands on this case, can we?"

Wen Ling retorted, "If we don't do it in advance, how can we determine how many people committed the crime?"

The fingerprints and footprints collected at the scene couldn't identify the killer, and biological traces would require trace element testing at a provincial laboratory, which is also very expensive.

“Uh…” He Jinbo was stumped by the question and couldn’t find the answer.

Lu Shaohua complained, "The bureau is short of money right now. The district's financial allocation is almost gone. It's only been half a year, and we're still figuring out how to fund the second half of the year."

At this moment, Yang Jinwen, who had been standing silently in the corner, coughed twice, and everyone immediately looked up at him.

He Jinbo's eyes lit up, and he said, "Xiao Yang, you're the only college graduate in our branch. Do you have any good ideas?"

Yang Jinwen walked to the table and said, "Director Lu, Zhang Da, Captain He, I think what the forensic doctor Wen said makes sense. We must do the DNA test in advance, otherwise we can't determine how many people committed the crime."

This would affect our investigation direction. Besides, a young mother was murdered so brutally; I feel that no amount of money is too much to bear...

Since the municipal bureau is unwilling to do the DNA test first, then we'll go to the provincial bureau to do it ourselves!

He Jinbo immediately interrupted him: "Where did the money come from?"

Yang Jinwen only said four words: "Use cases to support the prosecution."

This means allocating funds from the fines and confiscations collected in cases.

There is precedent for this; once a criminal pleads guilty and accepts punishment, the punishment becomes a matter of great finesse.

At this moment, Zhang Bin looked up at him and sneered, "We haven't even caught the person yet. Besides, the court verdict will take so long. Where will the fines and confiscations come from?"

Yang Jinwen nodded: "Yes, so could we..."

Before he could finish speaking, He Jinbo reached out to interrupt him and pulled his wallet out of the back pocket of his jeans.

He took out all the money in his wallet, some in small change and some in large bills, totaling 231.08 yuan.

He Jinbo placed the money on the conference table: "Could our colleagues in the bureau advance the funds?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Bin's eyes flashed. He sensed that He Jinbo had been waiting for him to say something, and this was clearly aimed at him! He slammed his hand on the table: "He Jinbo, you think you're so high and mighty? You think you're so great? Let me tell you, what if we can't catch the person in this case? Won't all this money go down the drain?"

"The average police officer in our Chengbei branch only earns a little over two hundred yuan a month. What do you mean by making such a unreasonable demand?"

He Jinbo retorted sharply, "Zhang Da, if we can't catch the person, then it's because we police officers lack the ability to solve cases, and we can only blame ourselves!"

"You..." Zhang Bin was furious.

At this moment, Zheng Kang stood up, took out his wallet, took out all the money, and placed it on his desk.

Next came Yang Jinwen, Wen Ling, and Jiang Jianbing, who all pulled out their wallets.

Yang Jinwen took the most, a total of 508.5 yuan.

Xu Guoliang reluctantly took out more than a hundred yuan, leaving twenty yuan in his wallet. He smiled sheepishly and said, "I don't have much. My wife at home confiscated it all. I'm keeping a little because I promised the kids we'd go to the amusement park last month, but we haven't gone yet."

The serious crimes team and the technical team all contributed money, some more and some less, but they all did their part.

This brought tears to Lu Shaohua's eyes.

He slammed his fist on the table excitedly: "Who says our Chengbei Branch can't handle cases? Our comrades are all good comrades!"
He Jinbo, go and call all the colleagues from each department over here, and ask them to contribute some of the funds. We, the leaders, will cover the remaining shortfall.

Wenling, write down the names and amounts of everyone who paid for it, even if it's just a penny!
Once you've collected enough, go to the provincial department for DNA testing as soon as possible!

Wen Ling nodded emphatically: "Director Lu, I understand."

After she finished speaking, she gave Yang Jinwen a sweet smile and gave him a thumbs up.

Around noon, Wen Ling received the money and asked Zhang Lei from the forensic department to drive her. The two of them took the DNA samples and headed straight to the provincial department's evidence center.

Branch office canteen.

The serious crime squad had an extra meal, which was unusual for them. Each person had half a bowl of braised pork. To everyone's surprise, Lao Fan didn't put any radish pieces at the bottom of the bowl. It was all meat.

As for why extra meals were added, the reason is simple: from now on, the major crimes squad will be out on the move, with their feet barely touching the ground.

Furthermore, there is a high chance that they won't even have time to go back to their dormitories to spend the night. The food allowance for fieldwork is only enough to buy noodles, and if they want to eat meat, they have to pay for it themselves.

Jiang Jianbing led a team to screen suspects, and anyone who had a grudge against Sun Lu and Zhang Xiaoying had to be carefully screened.

Xu Guoliang led his men to seek help from the joint defense team. They investigated and questioned individuals with prior theft convictions and pickpockets in the area under the jurisdiction of the Chengbei Branch Bureau, one by one, in an attempt to find clues.

As the deputy captain and head of the serious crime squad, He Jinbo was responsible for the most important clue: to keep a close watch on several postal savings banks in the north of the city. As long as anyone dared to use Sun Lu's deposit slip to withdraw money, they would be arrested immediately.

Needless to say, the Chengnan and Jiaxing branches are already watching closely. If they really manage to capture the murderer, Chief Lu Shaohua is terrified...

He Jinbo will also suffer as a result, and Zhang Bin may indeed rebel against his superiors.

The cat wolfed down its food, as if someone was trying to steal the meat from its bowl.

As he ate, he glanced at Lao Fan, who was washing pots in the kitchen, and said mysteriously to Yang Jinwen, "Little Yang, do you know how much money Lao Fan donated to Wen Ling today?"

"How many?"

"A whole 1200 yuan! I really didn't expect that Lao Fan, who's usually so stingy, would donate more than Director Lu. That's more than half a year's salary for me!" Maozi replied with heartache, as if the money had been taken out of his own pocket.

Yang Jinwen glanced at Old Fan in the shop window. The old man was serious and unsmiling, but he certainly had style!
Maozi then asked, "By the way, what leads are you and Uncle Zheng responsible for investigating?"

(End of this chapter)