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Chapter 2
12th Precinct
Manhattan, New York
Jamie walked into the precinct and headed towards his old TO's office. He saw Sgt. Renzulli on the phone. He knocked on the door. Sgt Renzulli looked up and saw his old boot and waved him in. He hang up the phone and looked at Jamie. "How is Janko, Harvard?"
"She is frustrated and angry Sarge. She didn't do anything wrong." Jamie stated as he stood before Sgt. Renzulli's desk. "She is on modified assignment while they investigate her."
"Standard procedure Jamie you know that." Sgt. Renzulli told his old boot who remained unconvinced. He sighed and looked out the window. "Everyone here though agrees with you though. And I just found out your sister has been tasked to oversee the investigation."
"She is supposed to recuse herself." Jamie stated as he exasperated. He looked at Sgt. Renzulli. "When do they want to see me?"
"You and Rodriguez are up after Janko, so head to the District Attorney's office." Sgt. Renzulli said getting up and walking around his desk and shook hands with Jamie. "Tell Janko to keep her head and spirits up. She'll get through this."
Jamie nodded and left Sgt. Renzulli's office. He saw Rodriguez coming towards him. "Reagan, District Attorney's office called and says we need to report down there."
Jamie nodded. "Sarge told me, so let's get going."
Rodriguez and Jamie headed for the door and to talk to IA.
One Police Plaza
Manhattan, New York
"We'll have extra foot patrols along the parade route, as well as CTU and ESU teams strategically placed at key points to respond to any crisis that may erupt on the parade route sir." One of the Deputy Chiefs stated as he pointed on to the screen. He moved back to the seat he occupied. "We'll also have plenty of uniforms for traffic and crowd control as well. NYFD will be staged with our vehicles at key points to respond to any emergency as well."
"Lets make sure we have the command vehicle near but not within sight of the parade route." Frank ordered that got everyone nodding. He looked around the room. "Alright, lets have the final adjustments by my office by tomorrow night."
The brass in the conference room nodded and made the notes. Frank looked down at the ESU and CTU commanders. "Bill, Reginald see me in the office please.."
The two men looked at their boss and each other before following Frank into his office. They knew what this meeting was about as the rest of the Chiefs stood as Frank walked out. Frank waited for them to close the door. Inside the room was Garrett and Ghormley. Frank looked at both of the men. "Tell me you know who made the comments, and have punished them."
The men looked at each other before looking at their boss. Garrett saw their looks. "I take that as a no gentlemen."
"Sir we figured it was better not to look for the person who said what some of our officers are feeling." Bill the ESU commanders stated to Frank as he stood at parade rest.
Frank stood up and looked at the both of them. "Gentlemen, they do realize that in this climate following the attacks on Paris people are even more jittery than usual."
"Yes sir, we do realize that, but some of our officers do feel that way commissioner." Reginald the CTU commander replied to the statement. He looked at Garrett. "No offense sir you never sir on the street."
"I have, and gentlemen these officers while having the best intentions may compromise security on what is a very busy weekend in the city." Frank stated as he walked to the windows and stared out onto the city beyond. "I understand their concerns but have them brought to your attention and then bring it to my attention so we can properly adjust."
"Yes sir." Both commanders replied as they shifted to more of an attention status.
"Find the officers and have them in my office by Thursday." Frank told them turning around from the window and facing the commanders. "Dismiss."
Both men saluted and left the office. Garret closed the door behind them. "The headline will read commissioner gobbling mad at leak."
"Garrett do you make these ups or do the papers actually call you for ideas?" Ghormley said sarcastically towards the DCPI. He then turned to Frank. "Sir I can tell you…."
"There will be backlash from the rank and file, but with heighten state right now I can take the risk." Frank replied to the statement from Ghormley. He looked at the two men. "And right now I could use the distraction."
Both men nodded and left the office knowing that he was worried about a member of his family.
Office of the District Attorney New York County
Manhattan, New York
"Officer Janko you what charge you are being accused of?" Detective Norris from IA stated from inside a conference room at the district attorney's office.
"Yes I do." Eddie replied to the question with her PBA rep sitting right next to her.
"So let's take this from when you arrived on scene." Detective Alberts said as he opened up his notepad. He looked at Eddie. "Officer Reagan and his partner Officer Rodriguez arrived shortly after you and your partner made the call for back up."
"Yes, it took them about 5-7 minutes to arrive on scene." Eddie answered the question as she shifted in her seat. She looked at the detectives. "Upon arrival we formulated a plan. Officer Reagan and his partner would clear the ground floor and we would clear the second and work our way up. Officer Reagan also requested one additional unit to our scene."
Detective Norris. "Did you give a description of the suspects you were pursing?"
"I did." Eddie replied to the question. She then recalled the description of the suspects that they had followed. "Once inside the building Officer Reagan and his partner after about I say five minutes of searching located the African American suspect and arrested him."
"How would you remember that?" Detective Norris asked leaning forward in his chair.
Eddie shifted in her seat. "Officer Meyers and I heard the report on our radios which we turned down not to give away our position."
"To which you continued your search?" Detective Alberts asked Eddie who nodded her head yes. "Please continue Officer Janko?"
"As we were searching, the suspect came charging out the room and pushed my partner into the wall and an emergency light." Eddie recalled as her breath sped up a little bit. She took a deep breath to regain her composure. "I withdrew my baton to take the suspect down without using deadly force, to which the suspect charged me, knocking my baton out of my hand and driving me to the floor."
"Detectives do you mind if we take a minute so she can calm herself?" The PBA lawyer asked.
"She is fine aren't you Officer Janko?" Detective Norris asked getting a nod from Eddie. "Please continue."
Eddie took a deep breath. "As he was strangling me, I tried to use the unarmed techniques but fail and I couldn't reach my gun since he was on my equipment belt. So I reached out searching for my baton, and grabbed what turned out afterwards to be a pipe, and swung. I hit the suspect on the side of the head and then the arm."
"That's all just twice?" Detective Norris asked Eddie.
"Yes. As he rolled off me, I quickly caught my breath before rolling the suspect over and secured him." Eddie told the IA detectives. She looked at the both of them. "That is when Officer Reagan, and his partner arrived. They helped me to secure the suspect, check on my partner, and as Officer Reagan checked me over, he noticed my baton missing to which in the search we found the pipe which I thought was my baton, and his partner found my baton further up the hallway. Officer Reagan left both on the scene for the investigators to make notes of."
"Are you absolutely sure you swung only twice?" Detective Alberts asked.
"It happened only 3 hours ago, so yeah its pretty fresh in my mind." Eddie replied with a hint of anger.
"Well the hospital reports that the types of injuries the "Suspect" occurred would only come from numerous strikes." Detective Alberts told her.
"No I only swung twice and from a lying position on the ground." Eddie remarked.
"We are only trying to gather the facts Officer Janko, we are not the enemy." Detective Alberts stated. He looked at his notes. "Your relationship with Officer Reagan, is it good?"
"How does that relate to this matter detective?" The PBA lawyer asked.
"Maybe Officer Janko had a fight with Officer Reagan prior to tour, and she took out some aggression on the suspect." Detective Norris stated to the lawyer.
Eddie shook her head. "Never happened, and our relationship outside the precinct is private, yet we are professional when we clock in."
"Officer Janko, just so you know the commissioner and the DA's office wants this by the book." Detective Norris told Eddie leaning forward. "So you will not get any special treatment just because you're knocking boots with the boss son?"
Eddie wanted to reach across the table and punch the smirk off the guys face, but she kept her composure. "Understood, and wouldn't want it any other way."
On the other side of the office, Erin was going over what had been collected from the scene where Eddie was attack and she defended herself. She heard a knock on the door. "Hey sis."
"Hey Danny, and before you ask the answer is no." She set the folder down and tossed the warrant back to her brother. "No way am I getting a judge to sign that."
"Come on Erin, my victim was a counselor for this organization, and his killer may be one of his clients." Danny stated as he sat down in the chair across from Erin. "It's not like he's got doctor-patient privilege."
"But the organization he works for does and any work he does with these clients is privilege." Erin told her brother. She leaned back in her chair. "Go get me a viable suspect and there may be something I can do."
"You know you used to let me get those list before." Danny said getting up from his seat.
"Not in this current day and age." Erin replied picking up the folder again.
"Is that the case file on Eddie?" Danny asked as he saw the folder and caught a quick peek on the inside. "Don't tell me you're running this investigation?"
"Trying not to be too involved, I am going over the information and hopefully tomorrow I can convince the DA to let a new ADA take this over." Erin stated as she set the folder down. She looked at Danny. "Why does it matter anyway?"
"It's Eddie, Erin. No way could she do that to that mutt." Danny appealed to Erin. He sat back down and leaned forward. "She was about to be killed and thought she grabbed her baton. So what is the skell has a broken jaw and arm. Better that than a funeral for Eddie and possibly Jamie not getting over this one too quickly."
"That suspect still has rights Danny and that's not fair. I love Eddie but this has to be done, and the right way." Erin stated with a raised voice a little bit.
"And a good cop gets railroaded. Yeah that's why the DA chose you. Sometimes your loyalty more to the rights of the suspect than a cop whose life was on the line." Danny stated getting up and storming out of the office.
Erin just sat there fuming.
Major Case Squad
54th Precinct
"Hey Reagan, how did it go….." Baez started to say as she saw Danny storm on into the squad room and set his coat on the back of the chair. "No go on the warrant huh?"
"No, and come to find out Erin is running Eddie's IA investigation." Danny replied sitting down with force in his chair.
Baez was shocked. "Erin, why?"
"Could be sometimes her loyalty is more to the law than the cop whose life was on the line, or suspects rights." Danny stated as he looked across the desk. He shook his head. "Don't want to talk about it anymore. How did the victim's boss alibi hold up?"
"Wife and door man confirm it." Baez stated as she passed over the witness statement to Danny. "Came home around 7 last night and never left, not event to get ice-cream.
Danny leaned back in his chair. "What about the fire-arms task force?"
"Hector was not on their radar, so the gun had to be bought somewhere." Baez said as she looked at Danny. "Lab work also came back. Only prints on the gun was our victims, and lab work came back, our boy was clean."
"Okay so he had a gun he wasn't supposed to have, and he isn't getting back into his old life." Danny said. He leaned forward into his chair. "So what could be going on that would have him on the Highline that time of night?"
"Last performance in that area ended at 7." Baez stated as she received a email from the lab. "Techs have the surveillance footage back."
"Great maybe we can see our killer." Danny stated as he got up and walked around to come by Baez. She pulled up the imaging. "Okay this from the elevator?"
"Yeah just outside it." Baez mentioned as she speed up to the time near the victims death. "There he is."
"Yeah who is he with though?" Danny asked as the picture came into focus. The victim was in the view of the camera but the other person remained outside the edge until she came into view. "Isnt that….."
"Chrystal Lancaster. The chief city councilman's wife." Baez said as they watch the wife of city council chief unlock the elevator and walk aboard. "No other cameras in the area."
"Great, one thing I hate worse than politicians is politician's wives." Danny remarked as he and Baez got up and grabbed their stuff. "Come on lets go kiss the ring."
Office of the District Attorney's for New York County
Manhattan, New York
"Just a couple more questions officer Reagan." Detective Norris told Jamie who was wrapping up his end of the investigation. "Officer Janko stated that once the suspect was secured you check on her and her partner and noticed her baton was missing."
"Yes that is correct, and when she pointed to what she thought was her baton, it was the pipe that she used, and my partner found her baton up the hallway a bit." Jamie answered as he shifted in his seat. He looked the detectives over. "I told my partner to leave it there and we secured the suspect with the help of back up. We got both Officers Meyers and Janko, along with the suspect loaded in the ambulances as soon as they arrived."
"Your relationship with Officer Janko is pretty much public knowledge now." Detective Norris stated as he leaned forward in his chair. "Any problems today?"
"None. And we are professional on the job and try to keep our private lives private." Jamie stated. He leaned forward now. "She is a great cop who tried to stay alive."
"Officer Reagan, we are the good guys, we are just trying to make sure everything was done to the ability of the law." Detective Alberts stated as he leaned back in his chair. "This is coming from the commissioner to be done by the book as well as the DA."
"We wouldn't want it any other way." Jamie replied. He got up and shook the hands of the detectives. He was the last one and his partner was waiting for him. "Rodriguez give me a moment."
His partner nodded as Jamie went to Erin's office. He saw her looking at a file, so he lightly knocked on the door. "Erin?"
"Figured I be seeing you soon." Erin remarked as she set the folder down. She looked at her younger brother. "That is the case file, I didn't want, I got assigned it, and I am looking for someone to replace me."
"Really because it looks like you are studying that case file." Jamie said coming into the office. "Erin, Eddie did nothing wrong. She fought to stay alive. That's all anybody wants in a situation like that including me."
"She still used a pipe Jamie, understandable she thought it was a baton, but still a pipe." Erin remarked as she eyed her brother. "As a Harvard Law Student, you…."
"I am also a cop Erin with now six years' experience on the street." Jamie said from halfway in the room. He took a deep breath. "Unless you have been in that position, don't be so quick to judge when a 300 pound suspect is crushing you and you can't reach your equipment."
Jamie turned and walked out leaving Erin there to stare at the back of Jamie.
