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. The trouble with you, Peter, you sonofabitch, is that I can't stay mad atyou, Lowenstein said. I'm glad to hear that, Wohl said, smiling. What do you think I should donow? I suspect that just maybe the assigned detective would like to talk to thewitness, Lowenstein said. Why don't you find him and ask him? Where's thedame? At her apartment, Peter said. Who's got the job? Jason Washington, Chief Inspector Lowenstein said. I expect you'll findhim outside, just a titter with excitement that he'll now be able to work realclose to a real staff inspector. There's a rumor going around, Chief, Wohl said, that some people thinkPage 97ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlstaff inspectors are real cops. Get your ass out of here, Peter, Lowenstein said, but he was smiling.There were twenty-one active homicide investigations underway by the HomicideDivision of the Philadelphia Police Department, including that of CaptainRichard C.Moffitt.An active homicide investigation being definedunofficially as one where there was a reasonable chance to determine who hadunlawfully caused the death of another human being, and to develop sufficientevidence to convince the Philadelphia district attorney that he would not bewasting his time and the taxpayers' money by seeking a grand jury indictmentand ultimately bringing the accused to trial.Very nearly at the bottom of the priority list to expend investigatoryresources (the time and overtime of the homicide detectives, primarily, butalso including certain forensic techniques, some of which were very expensive)were the cases, sometimes occurring once or twice a week, involving vagrantsor junkies done to death by beating, or stabbing.The perpetrator of thesetypes of murders often had no motive beyond taking possession of the victim'salcohol or narcotics, and if questioned about it eight hours later mightreally have no memory of what had taken place.There were finite resources.Decisions have to be made as to where they canbest be spent in protecting the public, generally, or sometimes an individual.Most murders involve people who know each other, and many involve closerelatives, and most murders are not hard to solve.The perpetrator of a murderis often on the scene when the police arrive, or if he has fled the scene, isimmediately identified by witnesses who also have a pretty good idea where heor she might be found.What many homicide detectives privately (certainly not for publicconsumption) think of as a good case is a death illegally caused during theexecution of a felony.A holdup man shoots a convenience-store cashier, forexample, or a bank messenger is shot and killed while being held up.That sort of a perpetrator is not going to be found sitting in the toilet,head between his hands, sick to his stomach with remorse, asking to see hisparish priest.The sonofabitch is going to run, and if run to earth is goingto deny ever having been near the scene of the crime in his life.It is necessary to make the case against him.Find his gun, wherever he hidit or threw it, and have the crime lab make it as the murder weapon.Findwitnesses who saw him at the scene of the crime, or with the loot.Break thestories of witnesses who at first are willing to swear on a stack of Biblesthat the accused was twenty miles from the scene of the crime.Page 98ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlThis is proper detective work, worthy of homicide detectives, who believethey are the best detectives in the department.It requires brains and skillsin a dozen facets of the investigative profession.And every once in a great while, there is a case just like cop stories on theTV, where some dame does in her husband, or some guy does in his businesspartner, on purpose, planning it carefully, so that it looks as if he felldown the cellar stairs, or that the partner got done in by a burglar, or amugger, or a hit-and-run driver.But something about it smells, and a good homicide detective starts nosingaround, finding out if the done-in husband had a girl on the side, or a lot ofinsurance, or had a lot of insurance and the wife was running around.Very near the top of the priority list are the homicides of children, andother sorts of specially protected individuals, such as nuns, or priests.And at the absolute top of the priority list is the murder of a policeofficer.There are a number of reasons for this, some visceral (that could beme lying there with a hole in the back of my head) and some very practical:You can't enforce the law if the bad guys think they can shoot a cop and getaway with it.If the bad guys can laugh at the cops, they win.Technically, the investigation of the murder of Captain Richard C.Moffittwould be handled exactly like the murder of any other citizen.The case wouldbe assigned to a homicide detective.It would be his case.He would conductthe investigation, asking for whatever assistance he needed.He would besupervised by his sergeant, who would keep himself advised on where theinvestigation was leading.And the sergeant's lieutenant would keep an eye onthe investigation through the sergeant.Both would provide any assistance tothe homicide detective who had the case that he asked for.That was the procedure, and it would be followed in the case of CaptainRichard C.Moffitt.Captain Henry C.Quaire, commanding officer of the Homicide Division, hadassigned the investigation of the murder of Captain Richard C.Moffitt toDetective Jason F.Washington, Sr., almost immediately upon learning thatCaptain Moffitt had been shot to death.Detective Washington was thirty-nine years old, a large, heavysetAfro-American who had been a police officer for sixteen years, a detective forPage 99ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmleleven, and assigned to Homicide for five.Washington had a reputation as ahighly skilled interrogator, a self-taught master psychologist who seemed toknow not only when someone being interviewed was lying, but how to get theperson being interviewed to tell the truth [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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