Sociopaths are good at investigating - Ch 10 - I have other things to do.

“Final goal?”
My head became even more dizzy.
Have I ever thought about such things?
“Oh, I asked something too grand for a friend who just started their police career.” I’ll change the question a bit. “What’s the reason you decided to become a police officer?”
As I was hesitating, Deokgyu narrowed down the scope of the question.
Now I could answer right away.
“The things the police do excite me.”
“Exciting, you say?” That’s an interesting answer. What is it that excites you?
“Uncovering the hidden and correcting the wrongs.”
“Ho-oh.”
Deok-kyu propped his chin on his hand and looked at me as if he found it interesting.
I didn’t have any grand aspirations for the job of a police officer.
I just became a police officer because I was looking for the least boring and most exciting job.
“You’re completely cut out to be a cop.” Crime is something hidden and wrong, and it’s the police’s job to uncover and correct it.
“That’s right.”
“Then your ultimate goal is to uncover and rectify the most hidden yet most heinous crime, isn’t it?”
The moment I heard the question, I thought, ‘Is that so?’and thought for a moment.
But I couldn’t know either.
Because it’s a problem I had never thought about.
However, the team members had already concluded that it was true and were having a discussion among themselves.
Jongmin said that child abuse is the most heinous crime.
Gukjin said sexual crimes, and Cheolsu said school violence are the worst crimes.
Suho and Kyungsoo said that the worst criminals are not outside the organization, but inside it.
They said that the police officers who stab their own colleagues in the back are the worst kind of people.
Meanwhile, the team members asked me to make sure to eliminate the bad crimes they had in mind.
“Alright, stop with the nonsense.”
Deok-kyu organized the chaotic crowd and continued speaking.
“Anyway, Officer Tak, isn’t the foundation important if you want to achieve what you desire within the organization?” “Our team members will do their best to help, so if you have any difficulties, trust and rely on us.”
“……”
“Day and night, no rest.” Fifteen times a month. The police station team members see each other more often than family. In other words, they’re like family. Everyone here is like a father, an uncle, or an older brother to me. Got it?”
Normally, I wouldn’t have been able to relate to what he said.
But maybe it’s because I’m drunk.
“… Yes.” Understood.”
I felt a warm energy in Deok-kyu’s words.
# The next day.
The next day. Night shift.
A call came in to the office.
“Thank you.” This is Sergeant Tak Jeong-tae from Maecheon Police Station. How can I assist you?
“Uh, I’m the head of the criminal department.” “Are you Tak Jeong-tae?”
It’s a voice I’ve never heard before, but they acted as if they knew me.
“Yes, how do you do?”
“Uh, you’ve been working hard.” I’m looking at the documents right now, and the arrest of the elderly couple who were a thief and a receiver of stolen goods yesterday—was that really you?
“Yes, that’s correct.”
“Is it true that you questioned the statement based on the photos and accessories exactly as they were in the report?”
“That’s correct.”
“Wow, this guy is something else.”
After muttering to himself like that.
“Our school’s junior is making a fantastic impression as soon as they step into the field.”
“At your service!” “I am Tak Jeong-tae from the 29th class!”
When I go out into the field and meet a senior from the police academy, I was taught to greet them like this.
“Enough with the loyalty nonsense.” If you come to the office, stop by my room once. “Let’s have a cup of coffee.”
“Understood.”
“Okay, good job~”
After hanging up the phone, Deok-kyu asked.
“Who are you saluting so loudly?”
“It’s the chief of detectives.”
“Chief of the Criminal Division?” “Why did he call?”
“He asked about the theft that happened yesterday and told me to stop by his office if I come.”
“Wow.”
Deok-kyu let out an exclamation and then crossed his legs, continuing to speak.
“The tightrope walking has already begun.”
“Tightrope walking?”
“Yeah.” In organizational life, you must definitely know how to navigate the hierarchy well. “Grabbing power and securing a good position is all about connections.”
“Ah…”

“Chief Inspector Choi An-deuk.” His connections are solid. “If he hadn’t stubbornly insisted on investigating, he would have gone to the Chief of the Criminal Investigation Division and immediately been promoted to Senior Superintendent and then Chief of Police.”
I put the name of the Criminal Investigation Division chief in my mind.
“The head of the investigation department seems to be trying to make Jung-tae one of his own.” He saw the report and immediately recognized the potential. If you have to go to the office, make sure to stop by the room and greet me.”
“Yes, understood.”
The team members who were listening to those words murmured enviously around me.
A person with expertise in investigations is trying to make me one of their own.
I also felt somewhat good.
Ding- ding- ding-
At that moment, the bell rang, and a report came in.
“Oh dear, the first report is a suicide report.”
Kyungsoo sighed and checked the monitor.
“Jungtae.” Let’s go.
“Yes.”
Immediately grabbed the equipment and got into the patrol car.
The report said, “The son is attempting suicide.”
Kyungsoo, sitting in the driver’s seat, checked the location of the report and then started the car.
“A suicide report is a case that’s really tricky for the police to handle.”
“Ambiguous, you say?”
“It’s not a crime.”
That’s right. Killing others is a crime, but killing oneself is not a crime.
“So, there are no legal provisions related to suicide in either the Criminal Code or the Criminal Procedure Code.” There are only a few manuals. In other words, our police have to handle suicide reports without any legal basis.
In handling police duties, legal grounds are very important.
Legal grounds are necessary to exercise coercive power, such as breaking down doors or restricting a person’s physical freedom.
“There’s a risk of getting into serious trouble by forcibly breaking down the door and physically restraining a suicide attempt victim under the pretext of saving them.” There was even a case where a police officer who broke down a door was sued for trespassing and found guilty, you know?
“There are provisions in the Criminal Procedure Act regarding protective measures and forced entry.”
“With the Criminal Procedure Act being ignored, what good is the Police Act?” If there are no provisions in the Criminal Law or the Criminal Procedure Act, the police officer will eventually end up in court. Trying to save a person, and instead, you end up losing your job and being left on the street. The citizens don’t know these circumstances and keep saying things like the police officer was incompetent and couldn’t save the person, it’s really…”
Kyungsoo clicked his tongue in sympathy.
I had already known about the hardships of police officers since my university days, but hearing it in person, it seemed much more serious.
“Well, still.”
Kyungsoo shrugged and added.
“There are hardly any serious issues, and most of the time it just ends up being a ‘suicide gesture,’ so there’s no need to be overly worried.”
“Understood.”
Kyungsoo turned the steering wheel to the left and entered the alley.
It seemed like they were almost at the apartment, the place where they were supposed to report.
“But yesterday, what you said was really cool.”
“Excuse me?” What do you mean?
“The work that the police do excites me.” It was cool and also something to be envious of.
“……”
“Actually, at your age, there are a lot of people who don’t know what they want to do.” Honestly, even now that I’m forty, I still don’t know what I want to do. Honestly, working as a police officer is just something I do to make a living.”
Kyungsoo let out a deep sigh at the end of his words.
“Sigh, I don’t even know what I want to do at this age.” “That’s why I can’t get married and end up living like this.”
I heard yesterday that Kyungsoo still hasn’t gotten married.
The team members said that Kyungsoo can’t get married because he has so many women around him.
He had a handsome face, so he must have been popular with women.
“Anyway.”
And with that, Kyungsoo’s words came to an end.
“I’m jealous.”
Screech-
Arrived at the scene.
There was already an ambulance there before us.
I thought the suicide attempt might have been injured, so I also reported it to 119.
The paramedics were getting out of the car and heading towards the apartment entrance.
We were just about to get out of the car and head to the entrance.
“Ah, over there!”
One of the paramedics pointed to the sky with his hand.
Looking there.
“Ugh.”
A boy who looked like he was in middle school was hanging onto the railing outside the balcony.
When I counted the floors, it was the 9th floor.
It was the reporting location.
Kyungsoo, who was next to him, was taken aback and covered his mouth.
The suicide attempt didn’t seem like a half-hearted attempt; it looked like he was truly determined to die.
I closely observed the man.
“Do you happen to provide shock-absorbing mattresses to 119?”
I asked the paramedic.
A tube-shaped mattress that can be laid on the ground is needed to cushion the impact when falling.
“The car carrying the mattress has already departed this way as soon as the report was made.”
“How long will it take?”
“To arrive, inflate the tube, and set it up at the predicted drop location, it will take at least 15 minutes.”
“… It’s too late.”
I didn’t take my eyes off the man at the railing even while talking to him.
I predicted his next action through his posture, behavior, and the fleeting expressions on his face.
And I even thought of ways to provide relief measures and simulated them in my mind.
“There’s not much time left.” That person might jump down soon.
“Huh?” “Are you saying he might jump?”
“You need to buy some time.”
“Me, me?”
“Let’s hurry up and go together!”
I grabbed Kyungsoo’s arm, who was startled, and ran towards the entrance.
The paramedics hadn’t arrived, possibly because they were busy making urgent calls to the fire department.
As soon as I got into the elevator, I pressed the button for the 9th floor and closed the door.
Kyungsoo seemed a bit nervous.
“It’s the first time I’ve actually seen someone hanging onto a railing.” Huh…”
“Go in and absolutely do not provoke the hostage-taker.” Looking at his expression and behavior, it’s not just a spur-of-the-moment suicide attempt. He has firmly made up his mind to actually jump.”
“Ugh.”

The scaffolding hanging from the railing was not at all in an excited state.
Rather, he was calm and quiet.
The fact that he, who looks like he could only be a middle school student, can be so calm at the boundary between life and death.
This means that he is not in turmoil, but has already made his mental choice.
“You have to stall with appropriate words.”
“Appropriate words?” What do you mean by saying something?
“I don’t know either.”
“What?”
“Anyway, you are probably better at communicating and empathizing with others than I am.”
Just because they are police officers doesn’t mean they are professionally trained to talk to people who have attempted suicide.
Suicide is not a crime, so it is not covered in detail in police training courses.
However, it was a situation where the man on the ledge could lose his life at any moment.
Since we were dispatched, we had to save him no matter what.
“I’ll talk to him… then what will you do?”
“I have something else to do.”
“What is it?”
Ding-
At that moment, the elevator arrived at the 9th floor,
As soon as I got off.
Ding-dong-
I rang the doorbell.
A saying I heard once