Disclaimer: If its Naruto, I don't own it. If someone else owns it, I definitely don't own it.
Warning: OCs OOCs Sues, and some crack. You have been warned.
Note: AU.
Note #2: Read Lost if you want something more serious.
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Screw It
Chapter Twenty-One
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Itachi had decided that he would start up the Police Corps, as there weren't enough Uchiha in Konoha to fill up the ranks, Itachi had decided that he would either have to hire some of his father-in-law's men, or he would have to seek out those with shinobi training but were not official members of the military. But before he could do that he would have to send in his resignation letter, as well as the request letter for him to restart the Police Corps. When he was done with that the Hokage immediately welcomed the idea, as keeping the peace was a bit more taxing on the Anbu than he had liked, even those guys needed rest in between mission, they were still human.
So Itachi had visited all the Shinobi clan heads to pitch his idea to them, it would be better if their idle clansmen were to be of use to their village. The clan heads agreed, and informed their clansmen of the job openings. The pay for becoming a police officer was the equivalent of a C-rank mission, one mission's pay per week, it was lower than what the ninja could earn, but it was enough for a family to live off on, and have a little extra for treats.
The clans responded positively, and soon there was a new batch of police officers that would be roaming the village, there were three hundred individuals all in all, and the Chief of Police was none other than Itachi himself. But before the new corps could be allowed out in the field, the new officers would have to undergo some form of training, and that was where Madara came in.
The man would be the one to train the corps, and when he believed that they were fit for duty, he would inform Itachi. He would train them with live, yet fake, scenarios ranging from simple complaints to investigations to arrests. But the only way for the scenarios to take place was if Madara could get his agents to play in Konoha.
Madara had sent for some of his more bored ninja ranging from simply genin to jounin, the Found-nin were the perfect people to be used as false perpetrators of injustice. He let his men do as they pleased within the boundaries of only, if nescessary, hurting those that they were affiliated with. But for the more grevious of crimes, Madara simply placed the recruits under a genjutsu, and had the recruits walk him through what they would do. Training the new recruits didn't take all that long, but there was one thing that Madara did at the end of training, he placed a small seal on the web of skin between the thumb and the rest of their right hands, the seal would ensure that they would not grow corrupt, power hungry, or abuse their power, they would be servants of the people only looking out for the best interest of the people. The seal was an oath, and only those that willingly took on the seal were permitted to wear the badge, and become an actual police officer.
Just as much as Konoha needed a Police Department, Itachi came up with the idea of actually having a Fire Department as well, so he petitioned for its approval, and it was approved. Recruitment for firefighters was a lot easier as compared to the work of police officers, the training was easier, and not as rigorous, but all those who opted to join were also given a similar seal, except on the left hand. The training was also taken care of by Madara who had done the training sessions in private training areas that he had bought. The training ranged from Search and Rescue to actually putting out raging fires, should Konoha ever fall prey to a raging firestorm there would be a ready band of men and women prepared to fight the storm.
Since the Uchiha district was mostly uninhabited, Itachi decided to make the somewhat restored district headquarters of the two departments, with him as the Department Head.
Once both departments were finally and officially established, Anbu was allowed a little more breathing room. Itachi then had to assign shifts for all the officers under his command. There was also a chain-of-command that had yet to be established, Madara had also helped with that. He had, while training the recruits, evaluated each and everyone with the help of his clones, as well as the people he had running around the place to help with the police training. He then submitted a list of possible people for the ranking positions. Itachi decided to give them a test run, and if things didn't work out he would allow people who wanted the positions to apply, take a test, and be reevaluated.
The two departments were assigned and given uniforms in order for them to be easily differentiated from the ninja forces. The police forces' uniforms consisted of a black shirt, white pants, a dark blue cloak, and a blue hat. The firefighters' uniforms consisted of a dark yellow long sleeved trench coat, red pants, and a black shirt, the accompanying white hard hat was optional. Ranking officers wore an armband around their left arms with the symbol of kanji of their rank.
The true test of the abilities of the two departments arrived when one night, Itachi had received a report that three of the abandoned warehouses in the village's industrial district had caught on fire. So he sent firefighters to the scene. The firefighting team was divided into three groups, the search and rescue group, who would go into the burning building and search for people trapped inside due to the flames, this group consisted not only of trackers, but also of at least two chakra detectors. The second group was the hose team, which consisted of individuals with no ninjutsu training, therefore they were in charge of putting out the flames with hoses. The third and last group was the ninjutsu group, they were in charge of putting out the flames using suiton jutsu. At the same time that the firemen arrived so did the police, there were the ones in charge of crowd control, and then there was the investigation team.
For a fire incident, the investigation team was made up of three groups, the first one was the During group, these ones were the ones incharge of the investigation during the incident, then there was the After group, which was incharge of investigation immediately after the fire had been killed, the last group was the Whole group, which was incharge of putting all the pieces in place, and investigating further, more or less the whole team just split into groups in order for their work to be more organized.
After the fire was put out, and the initial and final investigations were conducted, the cause of the fire was found, it was an accident, or more like a prank gone wrong. Inuzuka Kiba was charged with reckless endangerment, as well as causing the fire. He had left some rather flamable substance in the warehouses which he had made into a hideout, and after some playing had caused the substances to burst into flame, thinking that since the warehouses were abandoned no one would miss him, he simply left the area, not thinking of the possibility that the fire could possibly spread. Being a minor in the eyes of the law, his famly was simply fined a hefty fee. If the fire he had caused occurred a week later he would have experienced what it was like behind bars for a certain period of time. The investigation was concluded, and the fine was set exactly one day before the genin graduation exam, and one week before team placement.