Enforcer Manual
Chapter 115: Revitalizing the Glory of Law Enforcers_1

Chapter 115: Chapter 115: Revitalizing the Glory of Law Enforcers_1

On the next clear dawn, a leadership meeting was convened within the Law Enforcers. This was Song Lan’s first time attending a meeting of this level. Even though there were only three people in the department, his current position was indeed at the level of a department head.

And he was not even the lowest-ranked person - over the past week, the popularity of the Psychological Counseling Department had surpassed the Logistics and Statistics Departments, becoming a very popular department within the Law Enforcement Manor. In this regard, Elmon played a significant role.

It’s worth mentioning that the Statistics Department, as one of the biggest departments, was barely more popular than the Logistics Department. The reason being, they handled a wide range of matters, almost every department needed their help, and resentments were bound to arise due to some inevitable setbacks. According to Song Lan’s observation, the level of resentment towards the Statistics Department was only second to that of the Logistics Department.

As for the Logistics Department, people tended to get furious when they were busy and noticed a group of people from next door slacking off every day.

"Time’s up, let’s get started."

Lu Xiang opened the well-prepared materials and started the meeting on time.

Song Lan opened the file distributed to each person. Even though it had nothing to do with the Psychological Counseling Department, it would be a bit impolite if he started slacking while his girlfriend was chairing the meeting.

"The first topic, the prison riot in the suburbs yesterday."

The video footage from the suburban prison recorded the process of the riot, including the powerful strike where "Rat" swung a water pipe and sent Pero flying tens of meters away into six collapsed walls. Just this scene alone raised "Rat’s" bounty to a whopping 1,830,000 volts overnight, with the reward offered directly by the United Government. This fully demonstrated their trust in Pero’s team.

Even if they were not top-tier, they were considered a solid backbone within the United Government.

Hence, District 17 gave birth to its first man with an eight-figure bounty.

The prison breakout by the Witch of the Snow, Aishi, was a great humiliation for the United Government. However, for the Law Enforcers of District 17, it turned out to be their impressive accomplishment. The team responsible for escorting Aishi made such a blunder. If the Law Enforcers hadn’t arrived to capture most of the inmates planning an escape, who knows how many heinous crimes these felons would have brought upon returning to District 17.

Since the Lainal Boyev case and the city-wide meeting, the reputation of the Law Enforcers in District 17 had been on the rise. The internet also saw the emergence of some brave truth-tellers who made the citizens realize how much blame the Law Enforcers had shouldered for the Inspection Department.

This was undoubtedly another heavy blow to the Inspection Department, whose reputation had already hit rock bottom.

As for the anonymous netizens who boldly criticised the authorities online, they were Song Lan’s online identities A, B and C. Their hit and run tactics involved utilising public computers and deleting the accounts after posting.

Even if someone traced back to the IP addresses later, those being questioned would only be the owners of the entertainment venues halfway across the city.

Moreover, with Song Lan’s understanding of the Law Enforcers, they were too busy dealing with daily cases. Who would have the time to trouble a few keyboard warriors venting online?

The fact proved that he played this round extremely well and his skills as a keyboard warrior hadn’t diminished over the years.

Although his online identities had already been deactivated, more and more civic heroes stood up, severely criticising the wrongdoings of the Inspection Department in District 17. As for whether these statements were true or false, Song Lan had no idea.

In short, appeasing public anger with mere words was enough. After all, the virtual world of the internet was not a place to pursue the truth.

About the suburban prison riot, Captain Doug and Chief Snick carried out a heated discussion. Both had always been active participants in various meetings.

One was the captain of the Special Action Team and the other was the head of the Crime Analysis Department. They made a perfect bond between the hands-on approach and theoretical approach.

As a newcomer, Song Lan didn’t dare to interrupt their passionate discussion.

The two of them analysed the incidents that had recently happened, and reached the same conclusion- everything was part of "Rat’s" plan. From the city-wide meeting attack to his imprisonment and even the rescue of the Witch of the Snow, Aishi, even the United Government was made a fool of by him.

"I don’t think we can put all the blame on the United Government. After all, none of us had imagined that ’Rat’ was a member of the Rebel Army."

Chief Snick said. During the city-wide meeting, everyone had seen "Rat’s" acting skills, his cowering behaviour when begging for mercy. Even experienced veteran Law Enforcers couldn’t see through it.

"Rat" at the city-wide meeting and "Rat" in prison who sent Pero flying with a water pipe were completely different people. Being fooled by a master of disguise was nothing to be ashamed of. They just had to admit that they were outsmarted.

"The Prison Warden of the suburban prison has begun the repair work. Before the work is completed, we need to cooperate actively to avoid prisoners escaping."

Lu Xiang mentioned.

Due to this, when suppressing the riot yesterday, she came down hard. Many of the inmates probably have to stay in the medical ward for a significant amount of time before they can get out of bed.

The successful escape of the Witch of the Snow and "Rat" was no longer their concern. Such a long time had passed since the breakout, and the two of them had most likely already left District 17 and regrouped with the main force of the Rebel Army in the "outside world".

Moreover, the Law Enforcers in District 17 were not powerful enough to confront two high-profile fugitives with bounties over ten million.

"One of the top priorities of our work moving forward will be to assist with the repair of the suburban prison."

Having said that, her gaze fell on Song Lan, who was pretending to read the file diligently.

Apparently, he hadn’t noticed that the page he was flipping through had nothing to do with their current discussion and was instead about the future financial issues of the Law Enforcer’s Department.

"Song Lan, what’s your opinion about ’Rat’?"

Upon hearing this, Song Lan jolted, just like a student caught reading a novel in class who is suddenly asked to answer a question by the teacher.

What’s worse was that because of the recent good reputation of the Psychological Counseling Department, all the department heads turned their gaze toward him in the conference room, looking forward to his response.

"Uh, well... I think we could perhaps look at this issue in a positive and optimistic way."

"A positive and optimistic way?"

"True, ’Rat’ managed to deceive all of us, but from another perspective, we once arrested a high-profile criminal with a bounty of 1,830,000 volts."

Have the Law Enforcers in other cities done this?

It must be difficult, right?

To deal with a fugitive of this level, the United Government often needs to step in directly, and the Law Enforcers can’t make much difference in such situations.

"On this point alone, we have restored the glory of the law enforcement system. I think we can carry out some appropriate propaganda."