North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 24 Night Shift

Jimmy has given up. According to the current situation, no one else can help him and can only deal with it himself.

Jimmy went back to rest and took the next day off, followed by a night shift, his first night shift.

According to the arrangements of the county police station, he needs to be on duty from 8pm to 8am, 12 hours, but the patrol time is only until 2pm, and then he returns to the police station for duty, so he can take a short rest.

Jimmy went to open a bank account during the day, cashed his salary check into the account, and then went to the shooting range to practice. The price of bullets was still very high, and he would not have given it up if there were no discounts.

When it was the night shift, Jimmy changed into his equipment and drove the police car out of the police station.

As the lowest patrol officer in the county police, Jimmy's daily life is to drive back and forth on the road, or rest at the intersection and wait for the unlucky ones, whether they are speeding, running red lights, or failing to stop at intersections with stop signs.

This kind of waiting time is Jimmy's favorite thing, because he only needs to park and wait on the side of the road. He can rest and eat, and he only needs to pay attention to the vehicles on the road without worrying about anyone checking.

On his first night shift, Jimmy drove on patrol for a while and found a speeding car. He turned on his lights and parked the car on the side of the road. Jimmy checked his driver's license, checked with the dispatch center to make sure his identity was OK, and opened a speeding car.

The fine is over.

Now Jimmy is very skilled at issuing tickets. He didn't bother to run around late at night and just found an intersection to stay.

A pickup truck passed by the side, and the green light turned red just in time. Jimmy turned on his police lights to follow. When the car stopped on the side of the road, Jimmy opened the door, got out of the car, and walked over. Jimmy's flashlight illuminated the driver's seat, and he saw that the driver of the pickup truck was a man.

An old man with a gray beard.

"Good evening, I am the Pulaski County Police Officer. The reason I stopped you is that you ran a red light at the intersection just now. Do you have any emergency reasons?"

"Sorry, I didn't notice."

"Okay, do you have a driver's license, vehicle registration and insurance?"

"Wait a minute, let me look for it." The uncle rummaged behind the visor above his head and found the vehicle registration form and insurance policy. Then he took out a wallet from the glove box and took out his driver's license.

"Is this car registered in your name?" "Yes."

"Please wait a moment." Jimmy walked back to the police car with the ID, contacted the dispatch center through the radio to check the identity and vehicle information, and after confirming that it belonged to the driver himself and that there was no relevant wanted information, he returned directly to the pickup truck.

"Okay, here is your ID. I won't give you a ticket this time, but I still want to give you a verbal warning. It's not good to see when driving at night, and your behavior of running a red light is very dangerous. You must be careful when driving in the future.

point."

"Thank you, officer. Can I go?"

"OK, be careful."

Jimmy returned to the police car. When he ran the red light, the light had just turned red. At that time, the pickup truck had basically passed the parking line. It was a situation where he could not be fined or punished. He just stopped and gave a warning. It was not

All traffic stops require a ticket.

Jimmy returned to the intersection just now. There was more traffic at this intersection than other places, and naturally there were more things to deal with. For Jimmy, dealing with more violations was also a kind of exercise for him.

In the next hour or so, Jimmy caught an illegal U-turn on a double solid line, speeded together, issued two tickets, and warned a car that the brake light only illuminated on one side and needed to be repaired.

There was nothing to do after that, and it was still a long time before returning to the police station. Jimmy started the police car and drove slowly along the road.

It was already after 0:00 midnight, and there were basically few cars on the road. Jimmy turned around and prepared to return to the police station. After driving for a while, he found that something was wrong with the car in front of him. The vehicle was swaying slightly from side to side.

I'm still driving in the lane, but I feel like I'm suspected of drug or drunk driving.

Jimmy turned on his police lights, turned on the siren, and signaled the car in front to pull over. The vehicle in front turned on the right turn signal and parked the car on the side of the road after the siren sounded for more than ten seconds.

Jimmy got out of the car and turned on his flashlight to shine on the driver's seat. The driver's window was lowered, and a middle-aged man held the steering wheel with both hands, waiting for Jimmy to pass.

"Are you okay?" The light of the flashlight shone on the driver's face, and then Jimmy lowered the flashlight a little so that it did not shine directly into the driver's eyes.

"I stopped you because you were driving swaying from side to side. Have you been drinking?"

"No. Okay, a little, a glass of beer." The driver replied, then directly pulled down the sun visor and took out the vehicle registration form and insurance.

"And the driver's license. Is the car yours?" Jimmy took the documents and asked again.

"Yes, here you go." The driver took out his driver's license from his wallet and handed it over.

"Wait a moment." Jimmy checked according to the process, and the information replied by the dispatch center made him scratch his head. According to the driver's license, the driver was Dorch Mars, a police officer from the LRPD.

"Mars, get out of the car first." Jimmy motioned to the driver, Dorchi Mars, to get out of the car and come to the roadside.

"Mars, you know, this is not against you, work is work. I'm going to do an eye gaze sobriety test on you right now, and then I'll decide the next step, okay?"

"OK."

Field sobriety testing is a method commonly used by U.S. police to determine whether a suspect is driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. This test consists of three links, the horizontal eye test, walking straight and turning, and standing on one leg.

If the driver fails the field sobriety test, the police will need to conduct more accurate tests, including alcohol breath tests or blood and urine tests.

If the driver is determined to be driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, the driver will be detained on site.

"Put your legs together, put your arms by your sides, and keep your eyes on my fingers as much as possible. Do you understand? Do you have any questions?"

"NO."

"OK, I need your eyes to follow my fingers. My fingers will move left and right in your field of vision. Your eyes should also follow my fingers, but don't move your head."

Jimmy used the index finger of his right hand as a test tool, moving slowly from left to right, and then from right to left, in four rounds, and paused at the far left and right positions.

"I think you should know how much you drank. The test just now showed that you are close to the critical point of drunk driving, OK? You are also a police officer, and you know the standards of the sobriety test. So, to be on the safe side, you'd better call someone

Come pick you up."

"OK, I'll make a call now." Dorchi Mars returned to the driver's seat, took out his mobile phone from the car, and started making a call.

"My friend will pick me up in 15 minutes."

"Okay. Brother, I don't think I need to explain more. You know I'm not targeting you. I choose to believe you, and I won't wait here for your friends to pick you up. If I see you continue to drive by yourself, what will happen?

Maybe it’s different. I don’t want to see that ending, and you don’t want to see it either, right.”

"OK, you can go back to the car and wait. Will your friend come over to drive your car? Or should you leave the car here first and drive it tomorrow?"

"He asked his friend to send him here, and then he drove my car."

"OK, that's okay. Be sure to wait for someone to pick you up, don't drive yourself."

(End of chapter)