Los Angeles Detective

Valdora community.

A white Chevrolet car of unknown ownership was driving on the community road, and a young black girl was sitting in the cab. It was Asia Arce, who was released from the police station on bail a few days ago.

Asia Arce has been very depressed these few days, because she is still on bail, and in order to avoid getting into trouble again, her grandmother is very strict with her, and she can hardly go out these few days.

On the other hand, Luke has been urging her to learn lockpicking skills from her.

Both of them, Asia Arce, could not afford to offend, and his heart was very tired.

Fortunately, her grandma had something to go out today, so she was free.

The white Chevrolet car drove out of the community. She saw a black Mercedes-Benz G500 parked on the side of the road in front of her, showing envy. Are all the policemen so rich now?

Or is this guy a black cop?

Asia Arce took another precaution.

Luke lowered the window. "You're late."

"Sorry, my grandma won't allow a policeman to come into the house, I can only wait for her to leave before coming out.

get in the car. "

"In your car?"

"Of course, I live in a poor neighborhood, if you drive your luxury car to my house, within ten minutes everyone will know that a white policeman has come to my house.

Maybe you are not afraid, but don't hurt me. "

Luke parked the car and got into the white Chevrolet. "We're going to your house to learn how to open the lock?"

"In the garage to be exact." Asia Arce teased, "You don't think I have a dedicated training ground, do you?"

The white Chevrolet drove into the community. The houses on both sides were a bit dilapidated, and the yard was either piled up with sundries or planted some vegetables.

There are also small groups of black people gathering together to smoke and chat.

The car slowed down and drove directly into the garage of a gray house. Asia Arce got out of the car, pulled down the garage door, and turned on the garage lights.

Luke also got out of the car. The garage was bigger than expected, about 30 square meters, piled up with messy sundries, including all kinds of locks, padlocks, door locks, handcuffs, electronic locks, traffic locks, Mortise locks, ball locks, safes, etc.

"You usually practice lockpicking here?"

"Yes."

"Who taught you how to pick a lock?"

Asia Arce crossed her arms, "My father."

Luke didn't press further, "OK, where do I learn from this?"

"The first is to be familiar with the structure and principle of various locks. Different locks require different unlocking tools and action steps.

Afterwards, I will introduce you to several commonly used lockpicking tools, and some I made myself, which are more compact and practical.

After you are familiar with these, I will teach you how to pick the lock, and the next step is to practice more. "

"Don't hide your secrets."

"I wish you would learn and leave early."

"Then let's get started." Luke used an 'unlock card', and within three hours, he could quickly learn the lock-picking skills.

Afterwards, the two taught one by one and learned by the other.

Originally, Asia Arce thought that Luke's so-called learning lockpicking technology was just an excuse, and there was a deeper purpose, so he was a little more wary of him.

But after more than an hour of teaching, she found that Luke was serious about learning lockpicking techniques, and taught him a technique by herself, and he would even draw inferences from one instance and ask in-depth questions.

Evidently, he had given it serious thought.

Luke's learning ability is very strong, and he quickly became familiar with all the locks and lockpicking tools, which surprised Asia Arce and caught him off guard.

Although she was good at picking locks, she had never taught anyone else, and she was going to let Luke take a break and think about what to teach next.

Suddenly, there was a car horn outside.

"Didi..."

An old black Ford Mustang was parked outside Asia Arce's house.

The window of the car's cab was open, and the driver was a black teenager with a gold ring on his left hand outside the door and a gang tattoo on his left arm.

"Didi..."

The car horn blew twice more.

A black teenager in his teens stepped out of the house, got into the back of the Ford Mustang, and the car sped away.

Luke, looking out the garage window, just in time to observe this scene, "Are you going to let your brother join the gang?"

Asia Arce shook his head, "I didn't even teach him the lockpicking technique, what do you think?"

"Then why let him associate with gang members?"

Asia Arce lamented, "We live in a black neighborhood and he goes to a black school, he can't always be alone and be bullied by kids his age or older.

I told him it was okay to hang out with these guys but not join a gang. "

Luke nodded without asking too much, "Let's teach in another place next time. I don't like to hide, and I don't want to cause trouble for you."

"Thank you for understanding.

But I can't provide a new venue. "

"Then go to my house, at least you don't have to hide." Luke told Asia Arce the address of Redu Community. His new house was built and he was going to move soon. what effect.

For the next period of time, after get off work, Luke either learned lockpicking skills or went shopping for furniture, and lived a very fulfilling life.

In a blink of an eye, it has entered July.

Police cars were parked outside a large stadium.

Luke also put on a police uniform for a rare occasion, and walked into the venue with his colleagues from the first squadron.

Today, the Los Angeles Police Department will hold an award ceremony here.

In addition to the award-winning police officers, their families can also watch and share the honor together.

It is not the first time that Luke has won an award, but Luke's family is still very happy and proud. Except for uncle Val, his mother, grandfather and younger brother were all present.

Luke walked over and chatted with them for a while, discussing that the new home will hold a family gathering in a few days and invite them to go with them.

Luke's new home is almost ready and ready to move in at any time.

Not far away, David was also wearing a neat police uniform, waving to Luke, "Dude, this way."

Luke asked, "Are you receiving an award, or a promotion?"

"Accept the award, a collective award for excellence." David smiled, "What about you?"

"Both."

David's smile froze, "I shouldn't have asked."

"Man, you still have a chance to improve, which is also a happy thing."

David gestured with a middle finger, "I hate your goddamn sense of superiority."

"I didn't, I just expressed my true thoughts."

David waved his hand and pulled Lu to a hidden place, "Let's get down to business, why haven't I seen you so much lately?"

"I'm busy buying furniture for my new house, and I'm moving in a while. Please come and visit me."

"I've heard that you bought a mansion, and I want to see it too." David approached Luke and said softly, "I've paid my salary, and I'm going to pay you five thousand yuan first, and I'll give it to you later."

"Don't worry, give it to me after you have saved enough fifty thousand dollars."

"You just bought a new house and you need to buy furniture..."

Luke interrupted him with a wave, "Don't worry, I'm not short of money now."

"OK, then save it with me first." David looked towards the direction of the podium and said, "Have you heard the news?"

"What?"

"Director Coleman is leaving."

"Really? Why didn't I know?" Luke was a little surprised. Coleman is the current chief of the police department.

"Haha, it seems that you are not omnipotent."

Luke was thoughtful, "I just went to Rhett's office yesterday, and I didn't hear anything from him."

"Don't be stupid, what are you going to tell Reid to say?" David lowered his voice and teased, "Coleman is gone, the time has come for the police department to belong to me."

Luke raised his eyebrows, "Can Rhett succeed Coleman?"

David shrugged, "I also heard from others, as long as you know it yourself."

"Thanks buddy, I see." Luke patted David on the shoulder.

After chatting for a few more words, the awards ceremony was about to begin, and the two returned to their respective squadrons.

In the following awards ceremony, Luke also took the stage to accept the award and won a hero medal.

After the award ceremony, there was an honor ceremony, and Luke was promoted from a second-class detective to a third-class detective.

The next time he is promoted to the police rank, Luke will be promoted to superintendent, which is a qualitative leap.

If what David said is true, Director Coleman is going to be transferred, and Reid is going to become the chief of the police department, then it is impossible for him to serve as the chief of the Robbery and Murder Department, and he must be elected to replace him.

Of course, this person cannot be Luke, firstly because Luke's qualifications are too low, and secondly because of his low police rank and position.

He is not even a superintendent now, so how could he become the chief of the robbery and murder department.

If the director is promoted internally, the most likely person to be promoted is Magna Mette, Deputy Director of the Robbery and Murder Division.

There are four squadrons in the Robbery and Murder Division, among which the first and second squadrons are under the charge of Rhett himself, and the third and fourth squadrons are managed by the deputy director Magna Meite.

Once Rhett is promoted to director, Magna Mette has a great chance of being promoted to director.

At this time, the vacancy for the deputy director came out, and this Luke could still fight for it.

After all, even though Reid had left, the Robbery and Murder Division still had to leave some trustworthy people to watch over them.

There have always been rumors that the relationship between Reid and Magna Mette is not very good. Luke has not verified it, but he can also vaguely feel that Magna Mette has almost no influence in the first and second squadrons.

This statement still has a certain degree of credibility.

As for whether Rhett will not promote Magna Mate because of this, this is more complicated. Magna Mate can become the deputy director, and there must be something behind it, but Luke didn't deliberately inquire about it. .

The First Squadron and Second Squadron of the Robbery and Murder Division are Reid's basic positions, so he is naturally willing to promote one of his own people to be the deputy director.

Ability, Luke definitely does not lack, but Luke's qualifications are relatively shallow.

The other three squadron leaders are all more experienced than him, and their police ranks are above the level of superintendent. Luke is only a "third-level police detective" now, which seems a bit dazzling.

Although the police ranks and positions of the Los Angeles Police Department are not equivalent, the problem is that the police ranks can be slowed down, and most people have higher police ranks than their positions.

There are almost no cases where the position is higher than the police rank, which is too eye-catching.

The safest way is for Luke to make another great contribution and be promoted to the rank of superintendent. He has the ability and the police rank is enough, and it will be more logical for Rhett to promote him.