North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 15 Fatal Mistake

"Jimmy, I know you have not been trained as a police officer, but you are very smart. You must make yourself look more professional as soon as possible. Pay attention and see how different your equipment is from mine."

Jimmy scratched his head a little. Police wearing equipment was uniformly trained during the police academy training. He only relied on his own previous observations and there were indeed many shortcomings.

There is a pen, a handcuff key, a small notepad on the left breast pocket, a walkie-talkie microphone on the chest, and the walkie-talkie headset hanging on the collar, which has not been connected to the walkie-talkie. There is an additional pepper spray on the duty belt.

There was a flashlight and only a pair of handcuffs. There was a leg hanger on his right leg and a gun.

Jimmy explained the differences, and Noah nodded first, then shook his head, "You missed one thing, the body armor." Noah opened his jacket and revealed a soft body armor, "The biggest problem you have is that you don't wear a body armor.

, this is the United States, we encounter various situations every day, body armor is our most important protective equipment. You can get one when you go back."

"You have been doing AP for a few months. Let's not talk about law and first aid. You should understand that what you need most now is to brush up on your firearms use and driving skills. James has already told me. You will follow me later.

Patrol together, but spend 2 hours a day at the shooting range to practice firearms, and then add an extra hour of car driving every day after a week, and you need to buy a car."

Noah opened the trunk of the police car and opened the two bags. Inside were various types of tickets and equipment. "Here are the tickets we need daily. As for the content, you will learn about it separately later. Take a look here first. The shotgun and

M16 carbine, choose one of the two, remember to get it next time, I got it for you in advance today, I suggest you use a shotgun."

Noah introduced various equipment including the tire breaker, closed the trunk, and walked back to the driver's seat of the police car. "I will take you on patrol first, and then we will go to the Bear Hunter Shooting Range in the afternoon."

"Okay. Thanks, Noah."

Noah started the police car, turned on the car radio, connected to the police network, and started patrolling.

"Jimmy, do you think these things are unnecessary? You may not know that three years ago, a bank robbery occurred in Los Angeles. Two robbers fought against more than 300 police officers. They fought for more than 40 minutes before they were killed. 12 police officers

There were numerous injuries and numerous police cars were damaged. The two robbers used automatic rifles and wore heavy body armor. Since then, we have begun to fully upgrade our firepower and body armor. For those gangsters wearing body armor, we

The pistol has no advantage at all. At this time, it is time to use carbines and shotguns, and body armor can minimize casualties. Please be sure to remember what I said clearly, it may save your life."

"Police is a dangerous job. Dozens of police officers die in gun battles every year in the United States. No one can guarantee that they are not one of these unlucky people. So you must make sure to grab a body armor before going out to the police. It is winter now.

You can wear it inside, but in summer, the body armor must be worn outside. You can't take it off as long as you're on duty, no matter how hot it is. These are not regulations, but they can save your life."

Noah was explaining to Jimmy, driving on patrol, and waiting for the radio to contact him.

"Adam 47, robbed a convenience store, 1106 Fair Park Avenue. The caller said the robber had escaped."

"Adam47 received."

Noah turned on the police lights and sirens and rushed to the convenience store. When Jimmy heard the address, he felt it looked familiar. Only when the police car arrived did he realize that this was the convenience store he came to on the first day. Isn't the owner so unlucky?

The two got out of the car and walked into the convenience store. Noah was asking about the robbery and losses. Jimmy listened carefully and learned how to ask about the case.

At the end, Jimmy asked casually, "Is there any store near here that has installed a surveillance system?"

"NO, no one wants to spend this money," the convenience store owner said.

After walking out of the convenience store and returning to the police car, Jimmy was still thinking about this problem. The biggest difference from 20 years later is actually the civilian technology in daily activities. In 2022, which store will not install a surveillance system, and even many will

I use cloud monitoring and save money on configuring the server myself.

In 2000, surveillance was mainly used by large businesses and police, such as large hotels, banks, government buildings, traffic cameras, etc. For small private shop owners, it is better to do less than to do more.

Throughout the morning, they patrolled and handled some simple matters. There was no chase, no arrest, not even a fight. Noah felt a little strange, as if it was a case-handling learning opportunity specially provided for Jimmy.

A little trivia: The crime rate in American cities began to rise in the 1960s, reached its peak in the 1980s, and began to decline in the 1990s. The lowest point was in 2019. It has risen again during the COVID-19 period and has not yet declined.

In the afternoon, Noah took Jimmy to the Bear Hunter Shooting Range. This is a cooperative shooting range of the county police. The police often need to practice the use of firearms. Although the news they usually watch is that the American police have emptied the magazines of more than a dozen shots without firing.

Killing a criminal seems like a poor marksmanship, but in fact, the police are very attentive to the use of firearms. Everyone knows their own marksmanship and will try their best to take time to practice. Another point is the shooting range where the police cooperate.

Each police officer will be given a certain amount of free bullets, which will be reimbursed by the police station. There will also be discounts for additional bullets, which are much cheaper than buying bullets yourself. Of course, this is not the practice in all places. Some police stations cooperate with shooting ranges to give at most some

discount.

Noah asked Jimmy to get a few training guns to try out his skills. The first was the Beretta 92F, which is also the same model currently issued by the police. Noah did not let Jimmy use his own gun, but used one provided by the shooting range.

The training gun has a double row of 15 rounds of ammunition. It is a very useful pistol for the police and has sufficient sustained firepower.

Noah instructs Jimmy on how to quickly remove the gun from the holster, hold the gun with one hand, hold the gun with both hands, the safe position, reload, etc. The most important thing is to avoid cheating. There are two mistakes that novices who play with guns are most likely to make that endanger others.

, one is the golden finger, which is to put the finger on the trigger in the non-shooting state. The correct position should be placed on the gun body outside the trigger to prevent accidentally touching the trigger and causing misfire; the second one is to clean the unfired bullets in the barrel.

.In the non-shooting state, do not point the muzzle at people, observe the surrounding environment at all times, and point the gun in your hand at a location where no one is present.

Jimmy shot two magazines and replaced them with the next model, M1911, made by Springfield Factory. The magazine had 7 rounds. He also shot out 2 magazines. Jimmy was already a little sore, for a first-time shooter.

, this shooting volume is actually a bit large.

(End of chapter)