On the way back, Jimmy and Jacob learned a little bit about AP training, which sounds like 16 weeks is a lot, but it's actually very simple, because AP is a volunteer, and most of them have work to do, just take a break to participate in the training, which is very flexible and not too difficult.

"Jimmy, I haven't asked you, why do you want to be AP? I've heard Jon say that you're just working part-time jobs and don't even have a permanent place to live. ”

"Before yesterday, I had never thought about the definition of security, and before yesterday, I had not been held at gunpoint, or taken to the police station, or even thought that I would die in a firefight. Even though I was wandering before, I hadn't encountered so many bad things. ”

Jimmy raised his hands, and as he spoke, his hands shook a little.

"I need some security, and when you said AP yesterday, I thought about it, maybe I need to have something to do with the police department, and by the way, learn some self-defense knowledge. In a sense, AP is also a type of police, right. ”

"Hahaha, Jimmy, don't be so nervous, this is Arkansas, not California, there isn't that much crime, of course maybe you need a gun."

"Maybe, but I can't get a gun license right now."

"Well, good luck."

Again, the daily routine of a restaurant is boring and busy, and Jimmy moved his tent to a green park near the restaurant, and settled in a remote corner, at least without spending 2 hours a day running back and forth.

On the second day of registration, I received a notice from the police department, starting my own 16 weeks of training, which is very long, in fact, it is just a need to accumulate enough training time, Jimmy is very attentive, the main focus is on legal training and police training, for him, first aid has been learned before, physical fitness, for a 19-year-old body, the problem is not big, recently worked in a restaurant, there is no shortage of food, he used to wander when the body deficit has recovered almost, plus his daily exercise, At present, it can be said that he is already a strong young man.

I originally planned to work part-time, but now I have become a full-time employee of the restaurant, and of course my salary has increased a little. More than 2 months of work, both Jon and others, are very satisfied with him, Jon is even willing to guarantee him to rent an apartment, about two blocks away from the restaurant, but a bit expensive, for Jimmy, a native Chinese, it is terrible to have no money, living in a tent, the restaurant provides two meals, he spent only a few basic clothes, a thick sleeping bag.

Most of Jon's salary had gone into the bank, and for an insecure person like him, poverty was even more terrible, or much more terrible, and at the same time, he had his first credit card.

……

It's close to December, and on Thanksgiving, Jon gives everyone a day off, but leaves the restaurant to Jimmy, who can cook for himself.

Thanksgiving has nothing to do with Jimmy, he is alone in the kitchen, looking at the ingredients in the refrigerator, barely able to make a braised pork and a tomato beef, very good, Jimmy turned on the music in the restaurant, while humming a song he recently learned, while making himself dinner.

The phone rings in the restaurant, and Jimmy runs to the cash register to answer the phone.

"Hi, Jimmy, I'm Amy."

"Hi Amy, Happy Thanksgiving."

"Happy Thanksgiving. Jimmy, do you have time for the night? We need support. ”

"Today? Right now? Oh my God, is my first support mission going to be when everyone is on holiday? ”

"I'm sorry, yes, today. You are the only one in the registered AP who is single, and no one else can come over on a day like today. ”

"Okay, wait for me for 1 hour, I'm yours tonight."

Jimmy turned on the second pressure cooker, threw the ingredients in one go, timed for 40 minutes, then used another pot to cook himself rice, and made a large portion of the vegetable salad while he waited. When the time comes, the tomato beef is okay, but the braised pork is basically boiled meat with ingredients, so there is no big problem. Filling himself with rice and vegetables in the store's food box, Jimmy waited in front of the restaurant for a while and took the taxi he had booked to the police station.

"Hi, Noah." "Hi, Jimmy."

Jimmy walked into the police station, today is Thanksgiving, there are very few people in the police station, it's not the time to change shifts, basically more than half of the people are patrolling everywhere.

"Hi, Amy, would you like to try my cooking, I happened to be cooking when you called."

"Oh, sweetheart, you're so nice." Amy smiled and accepted the invitation.

Amy is an assistant to the sheriff, mainly responsible for various documents and personnel management, in order to avoid misunderstandings, it is necessary to say that Amy is in her 50s and has been in the police department for more than 20 years.

Jimmy opened the food box on the empty table next to him, took out the prepared paper lunch box, and prepared one for Amy and himself, looking at the amount of dishes, it is estimated that there are still 3 servings.

"Amy, there are more, about 3 servings. Who else is on duty today? Do you want to share? ”

"No problem". Amy walked out of her office with 3 portions of food and returned in a moment.

"It's delicious, I love the beef."

"Thanks for the compliment. What's on my agenda tonight? ”

"Follow Noah on patrol, about 3-4 hours."

“OK。”

……

For the first time, Jimmy put on a full set of equipment, the police uniform was that of the county police, wearing an AP badge, a pair of handcuffs, a throwing stick, a flashlight, a pen, and a notepad, which was very simple.

Because AP has no law enforcement power, it can only do auxiliaries, including cooperating with street patrols, large-scale event security, assisting in investigations, etc., so there is no gun, no lethal force, even if an individual has a gun license, he cannot use his own gun during the AP service, and all the force is only a throwing stick.

At 8 p.m., Jimmy gets into Noah's car and begins his first AP patrol.

Noah looked at Jimmy in the passenger seat still holding a stick, and said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, it's just a daily patrol, you just need to pay attention on the road when something happens, you don't need to chase the suspect, you don't need to enter the room, in short, you are safe." ”

"OK, I tried to relax, no problem."

Jimmy put the flicker back into his belt and let himself sit as relaxed as he could in his seat. Going to the police in the United States and going to the fire in China are two different things, the fire alarm is concerned with saving people and putting out the fire, and here, the attention needs to be paid to not putting yourself in danger.

"Noah, how many years have you been a police officer?"

"8, 9 years, don't worry, I'll take care of you, don't worry."

"Oh, what I want to ask is, is it generally more dangerous during the day or at night?"

"Of course it's night, it's okay before 10 o'clock, but if you receive the police in the middle of the night, it's very easy to have a firefight, this is the south, and the gun is life, so usually we don't arrange AP to do night support. Today is more troublesome, several colleagues are on vacation, and there is a problem with the personnel arrangement. ”

"Well, it looks like this first patrol isn't going to be a good time."

"Adam47, vandalism of public property, West 11th Street, multiple people called the police to claim that someone was spraying the walls of the Municipal Square."

"Adam47 ROGGING."

Noah lights up his lights and turns to his target.