Police Station

The Beika Police Station was quite large, truly a major station (manual illustration).

At this moment, Shiraishi Kuro was already in the Chief's office, meeting the outgoing Chief, Ebihara Retire, who he was to take over from.

"Hahaha, Chief Shiraishi, you really are as tall as the legends say... " Ebihara greeted Shiraishi Kuro enthusiastically, seeming to be in a very good mood.

After all...

Who wouldn't be in a good mood with only two months left until retirement!

"I've also seen Chief Shiraishi's resume. Although you haven't held a management position before, don't be nervous... Managing a police station, especially one in Tokyo, can't be harder than the Professional Group exam. If there's anything you're not used to in these two months, Chief Shiraishi, feel free to ask me."

Ebihara's handover to Shiraishi wasn't instantaneous, but rather... a two-month affair!

Firstly, although Shiraishi had been promoted exceptionally, he still had to pass the Police Rank exam. The Police Affairs Department had already automatically registered Shiraishi for the "Superintendent Examination" in October. Upon passing, he would automatically be registered for the "Chief Superintendent Examination" the following month. Theoretically, Shiraishi would officially become a "Chief Superintendent" in two months;

Secondly, Ebihara, who would be turning sixty in two months, was also retiring in December...

Normally, Shiraishi could have taken these two months off, or there could have been no personnel changes for the time being.

The fact that he was rushed to take up his post clearly indicated that Ebihara was meant to mentor him!

As Ebihara had said, Shiraishi had previously only been the Section Chief of Unit 3, Section 4 of the Organized Crime Department—he had only seven detectives under him, more like a team leader among frontline police officers, not yet a "real management position."

After being promoted two ranks at once, although he didn't go directly to the National Police Agency or transfer to a management position in the Metropolitan Police Department... suddenly having to manage a major police station with over five hundred people was a significant difference from his previous work.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Chief Ebihara. There will likely be many things I don't understand," Shiraishi said sincerely.

Seeing this, Ebihara breathed a sigh of relief.

He had previously worried that Shiraishi Kuro might be dissatisfied with being assigned to a police station and would refuse to take on the role...

Police stations within Tokyo indeed didn't handle major or significant cases—after all, if there were serious crimes, the First Investigation Division would step in.

However, if the Chief were to refuse his duties, the public safety within the jurisdiction would certainly decline!

Then, Ebihara explained the Chief's usual duties and the basic situation of the police station to Shiraishi Kuro.

He didn't just "talk," but also personally took Shiraishi Kuro on a tour of the police station building...

Each prefecture in the Eastern Island Nation has a "Police Headquarters," with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Headquarters being called the "Metropolitan Police Department." The Beika Police Station in Beika Town, Tokyo Port, naturally falls under the jurisdiction of the "Metropolitan Police Department," but there is still the "11th Regional Headquarters" between them and the "Metropolitan Police Department."

The Metropolitan Police Department has departments such as the "Police Affairs Department," "Security Department," "Criminal Investigation Department," "Organized Crime Countermeasures Department," "Traffic Safety Department," "Public Safety Department," and "General Affairs Department"... a whole host of departments.

Similarly, most of these departments have corresponding sections in the police stations, such as the "Police Affairs Division," "Security Division," "Criminal Affairs Division," "Organized Crime Countermeasures Section," "Traffic Division," and so on...

The duties are basically similar, just on a smaller scale, but there are also differences. For example, "Public Security" does not have a "Public Security Bureau" established in police stations. Also, the Metropolitan Police Department's "Juvenile Division" is under the "Public Safety Department," but the police station's "Juvenile Division" is independent of the "Life Safety Division"...

Furthermore, as a grassroots police station, it has a vast number of patrol officers distributed across various Koban, which serve as the fundamental guarantee for public safety in the jurisdiction!

For the Beika Police Station, with over five hundred personnel, it oversees 17 Koban. The number of patrol officers on duty is typically around 110, with rotations from within the station. Each Koban generally has a Station Chief of the "Sergeant" or "Sergeant Major" rank, along with a few "Patrol Officers," with a maximum of two or three junior officers of "Sergeant" rank per shift. They patrol the jurisdiction, respond to calls, and provide basic assistance to residents such as directions and consultations.

Shiraishi Kuro did not see these personnel at the moment...

However, Ebihara had already arranged for a large morning assembly at the police station the next morning so that everyone could meet the new Chief!

As for the departments within the station, the most serious, and the one Shiraishi cared about most, was naturally the "Criminal Affairs Division." However, even for a major police station, the "Criminal Affairs Division" was significantly smaller in number compared to the "First Investigation Division."

Generally, for serious cases like murders in Tokyo, the "First Investigation Division" would handle them directly, and the police station's Criminal Affairs Division would only need to provide assistance—recently, the "Criminal Affairs Division" had been very busy because the new Section Chief, an old timer from the First Investigation Division, was determined to handle all murder cases independently within the station.

The biggest difference among the departments was the "Mobile Unit," which was the armed police force...

Tokyo has over three thousand Mobile Unit members, most of whom are directly under the Metropolitan Police Department. After all, if the "Mobile Unit" needed to be deployed, it was usually a matter beyond the scope of a police station's capabilities!

In the past year, more than half of the work for the Tokyo Mobile Unit had been borrowed by the "Second Investigation Division, Intelligent Crimes Investigation Section" to protect various art pieces, only to be outmaneuvered by Kaito Kid, and then watch him leave, sometimes after being hit with anesthetic...

Even for a major police station like Beika, it only had about twenty Mobile Unit members for emergencies; ordinary small police stations did not have their own Mobile Unit.

Ebihara led Shiraishi to inspect each department one by one. The heads of each section generally recognized Chief Shiraishi—with Shiraishi's build, it was hard to misidentify him after meeting him once!

Given Shiraishi's size, he had to stoop and bow significantly when entering doorways, giving the impression of "crawling" in.

Ebihara had initially suggested holding a meeting to introduce everyone to Shiraishi, but Shiraishi refused—he still didn't know his own situation well and didn't know what to say, so it was better to see their work environments himself.

"In the next few days, we'll have large morning assemblies, and then we'll meet all the police officers... Oh, and there are two Deputy Chiefs; they should be back by now."

Ebihara led Shiraishi back to the office.

Shiraishi was about to sit on the sofa nearby, but Ebihara directly pulled him behind the Chief's desk and "pressed" him down—to touch his shoulder, Ebihara had to strain his old arm...

"The heavy responsibility of Chief rests on your shoulders from today onwards... Don't even think about running away!" Ebihara said.

Creak--

The Chief's swivel chair groaned under the strain.

"Ahem, I'll have the Police Affairs Division order a sturdier one later," Ebihara said awkwardly.

And just as Shiraishi settled into the chair...

[Detected host assuming a management position, cultivation reward activated! Host can view the ability ratings and potential of subordinates in various aspects. Accuracy and precision depend on the host's "Spirit," "Insight," and mastery of other relevant skills. Properly arranging work can cultivate subordinates' abilities. When subordinates' overall ratings improve and they are promoted or transferred, extra points can be obtained.]

Shiraishi hadn't expected this unexpected bonus...

And at this moment, the two Deputy Chiefs also returned—it wasn't that the Deputy Chiefs had just arrived for work; they were late because Vice Chief Murasaki had been taking the Mobile Unit for training, and Vice Chief Midorikawa had gone to the Metropolitan Police Department early in the morning to handle financial matters