Dustin added, "Besides, with the monster causing trouble this time, if Brad really becomes commissioner, he'll definitely have to take precautions against this problem."
Luke was stunned. "Precautions?"
Did this commissioner have a force that could deal with supernatural beings? That wasn't something a regular bigshot could handle.
"Let's emphasize the tragedy this time. Sooner or later, they'll come to the conclusion that it wasn't NYPD that was incompetent, but that the opponent was too strong. Do you think Brad will still take the blame if something like this happens in the future? What if the next commissioner takes the blame? "Dustin said with a smile.
Pausing for a moment, he continued, "A commissioner's term is five years. If someone in this position is replaced twice in five years, nothing will go wrong. Brad just needs to instill this concept in New Yorkers, so he won't have too much responsibility. "
Luke could only nod to show that he understood.
Dustin knew that Luke wasn't interested in such things, and was only using the simplest words to explain the matter.
The actual situation would definitely be countless times more complicated than he said, so it was enough for Luke to understand the most important points.
This explanation was like teaching a primary school student to Luke.
After all, Luke didn't care about such things. If Dustin didn't make it clearer, the guy might just say "oh" and let it go.
Thankfully, the guy was also very reliable. As long as he said it once, he wouldn't have to worry about him messing around in the future.
Detective John was even younger than Dustin, and had less than a fifth of his hair, but he wouldn't listen no matter what he said, and had offended a lot of people.
Thankfully, John had strong connections, and Dustin didn't have to bear all the pressure if other people wanted to mess with him.
As long as he stalled, a bigshot who had received a favor from John would naturally step up to mediate.
However, Dustin still preferred subordinates like Luke and Selina.
They could fight, solve cases, and weren't greedy for credit. The "sheep treatment" he had given them hadn't been in vain.
At two in the afternoon, they went home early.
There were a lot of small cases in New York now, but they weren't interested in them.
They had been busy in the past few days to avoid a chain reaction. Now that there wasn't a riot, they could just leave it to the patrol officers.
However, the patrol officers were also a little unstable. It had become a general consensus among the patrol officers to ask for a pay raise in the past two years.
The commissioner's shaky position wasn't just because of the supervillain and Luke; the pay raise was the biggest problem.
Faced with the requests for a raise from frontline police officers and detectives, the commissioner delayed it for the time being. In any case, he wouldn't formally negotiate with the mayor.
The lower-level police officers had already come to a consensus that the commissioner just wanted to go to the mayor's place to lick his boots.
The mayor didn't even refuse, but he was the first to give up.
Of course, few liked a boss who couldn't fight for benefits for his subordinates. At the very least, among the patrol officers and detectives, the commissioner's reputation was absolutely rotten.
The conflict over salary increases and the recent major cases had increased the number of lower-level police officers leaving their posts, which also affected the number of people who were willing to become police officers.
NYPD's annual salary for new officers had been reduced to 23,000, and the starting salary for official officers was only around 35,000.
In New York, the "center of the world," this kind of salary was "really poor."
That was why NYPD had lowered the minimum age for police officers to 17.5 years old, and only high school graduates were required for a diploma.
Just like that, the number of police officers kept dropping, but there were more and more cases and disputes that needed to be dealt with.
Anyone with a discerning eye knew that it was inevitable that the commissioner would step down. It was just a question of how long he could last.
Based on Luke's analysis, if he lasted until the mayor's election at the end of the year, whether or not there was a new mayor, the commissioner would be a qualified scapegoat.
Of course, the commissioner wasn't stupid. A fool wouldn't be able to sit in that position.
It could only be said that sitting in that position for a day was good enough.
It wasn't like the commissioner didn't know that the pay raise would put him in a passive position, but he would rather sit in his position longer than clash head-on with the mayor and be fired on the spot.
Now, he could sit in his position for a day and reap the benefits. In any case, he wouldn't lose out.
Those who really treated American politicians as fools were the real fools.
The conflict over salary wasn't a bad thing for Luke and Selina.
When the efficiency of lower-level police officers was at a new low, the head of a small department like Dustin definitely didn't want to have no subordinates at his disposal.
After a long time, the lower-level police officers would definitely be less capable.
Once this was over, these people would get back to work, and their efficiency would definitely drop.
Thus, even though the lower-level police officers were slacking off, most of the people in the Detective Bureau were still working as usual.
Once a new director took office and solved the problem of a pay raise, promotions and raises would depend on the same qualifications.
Those who slacked off would naturally fall behind, and those who steadied their minds would be one step ahead.
Luke and Selina didn't want to be promoted, but they were too efficient at handling cases. They didn't have the strength to show that they were lousy.
In order not to stand out too much, they could only increase the time they slacked off, and get off work at two or three in the afternoon every day.
They didn't dare to tell Elsa and Elizabeth about this, or else the two women would come and get drunk again.
Of course, that was all.
These two women were the kind of "prepared people." Elsa would definitely be promoted in a year or two, and it wouldn't be difficult for Elizabeth to stabilize her position at the very least. It wouldn't be difficult for her to go from a small leader in the intelligence department to a big leader.
Since they were enjoying themselves, Luke and Selina could only try their best not to use their "leisure" to wear down their career aspirations.
In May, there was finally a little more sun in New York.
The main reason was that it rained less. On average, it rained once every three days, which was already pretty good.
It happened to be a rare sunny day today, and Selina had already decided to sunbathe on the roof of the building.
She entered through the garage door at the back and left with Gold Nugget.
Luke also planned to go upstairs to wash up before going to the workshop.
Just as he reached the living room on the second floor, he heard Little Snail's warning that two people were knocking on the front door.
He could only come down from the living room on the second floor, walk to the front door, and open it. His gaze swept past the man and woman's waists, where they wore police badges.
The man was in his early thirties, with short flaxen hair, a high nose, deep eyes, and a broad and handsome face.
The woman was in her mid-twenties, with curly, medium-black hair, and features that could be considered pretty among African Americans.
Luke gave a standard smile. "You are?"
The young African American woman turned her waist and gestured at the badge on her waist. "NYPD, we want to know something from you."
Luke still smiled. "That's not a problem. Hm, how should I address you? "
The young woman said, "Just call me Mysty."
The middle-aged white man, who was half a step behind, also smiled. It wasn't friendly, but it wasn't formal either. It was a very normal smile. "I'm George."
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