Disclaimer: Rookie Blue does not belong to me. I am merely borrowing the characters.

A/N1 I have done research where I can but it has not always been possible. Where I haven't been able to research I have based the police procedure re close protection on what I have seen in London, without revealing anything like all the techniques. Toronto may be different. Apologies in advance.

A/N2 ALPR is Automatic Licence Plate Recognition. It is a camera and computer system for finding out which cars have gone passed the camera by using the computer to read the licence plates. It was developed by Cambridge University for the British Police (where it is known as ANPR – the 'N' stands for 'Number').

15th Division briefing room.

After preparing the handout for the briefing Frank went to the briefing room. All of 15 division were there except for Jo and Gail.

Frank began the briefing "We received information this morning of a threat to various communities in this city. There is also a specific threat against Detective Gail Peck and her partner Dr Holly Lee. Some details of the group from whom these threats come are on the handout, there will be more information to come. This investigation is fast moving and fluid.

"Because we will be using ALPR in this investigation I want patrols to pay particular attention to vehicles with obscured or illegal licence plates.

"Officers Swarek and McNally have been called in from post assignment leave. Detective Nash has been called back from assignment. They should become available by tomorrow morning. Detective Steve Peck has been assigned to 15 for the duration. This is Detective Trudeau from the HCU, she will now give the detailed briefing on the threat."

With that Frank handed over to a tall middle aged woman with short blond hair who spoke with a subtle hint of a Quebecois accent. She told the briefing what was known. Why Gail and Holly were under specific threat and about some of the things being done elsewhere to assist. She then handed back to Frank to wrap up.

"Because this group is alleged to have committed crimes in two other Provinces The RCMP is providing assistance. That doesn't mean that we work any less. But given the nature of this threat I am sure you'll all be working as hard as you can anyway. Let's get out there to serve, protect. Everyone comes home tonight, every single one."

After the briefing Oliver walked up to Frank and offered his cabin as a hideout for Gail and Holly. Frank thanked him but said that for now they would remain on duty in Toronto.

The Morgue.

The security assessment had thrown up one problem. A kidnap opportunity existed at the entrance to the carpark. The problem was that a car had to stop then the driver had to reach out and swipe a smart card for the gate to open. This gave a kidnapper an opportunity to grab the driver's arm. The only immediate solution was to have a petrol car follow Holly into the car park entrance every time. This didn't present a problem as a Police escort was going to be provided to and from crime scenes anyway. The long term solution was to provide gates that worked on ALPR or some remote control basis.

In addition there were blind spots on the CCTV in the car park area. These blind spots were sufficient for a pedestrian to get into the car park unseen. The upside was that an intruder would have to know where the cameras were. Nonetheless Gail and Jo decided to recommend the installation of additional cameras to cover the blindspots and recommended regular patrols of the car park by Morgue security. As a temporary measure the Police would put in cameras from their stores.

Having completed the assessment of the Morgue, Gail and Jo headed to the condo.

"Very impressive." said Jo as they pulled up at the building. "I couldn't afford this area."

"The benefits of having two incomes and one of them from a pathologist!" Gail replied.

Here blind spots on the CCTV were again found but were easier to fix as the firm providing security was contractually obliged to correct any such problems in a day. They sent a team out while Gail and Jo were still there. The car park entrance was much better than at the morgue. It employed a two-stage system. The outer gate was opened by remote control and the inner one by smart card.

Next Gail showed Jo the inside of the condo itself. After Jo had expressed her admiration for the large tastefully decorated rooms she got to work. One of the windows would need a temporary ballistic shield to stop any attempts at shooting either Gail or Holly but the windows were too high to have a bomb tossed at them by hand. Security would be looked at on surrounding buildings to make it difficult for a gunman to get a shot.

"I'm curious" Jo was looking through the books in the bookcase that lined one wall "what do you guys do? I mean you do something, right? That smile on your face every morning is not from coming to work?"

"If you're looking for a lesbian sex manual you wont find one." Gail was getting a little impatient with Jo's apparent obsession with her sex life.

"I mean is it all strap ons?"

"Not that it's any of your business, but we don't even own one."

"Really?"

"OK..." Gail took a deep breath "Sex is not about getting things into me OK?" Gail's voice registered 7 on the Richter scale of exasperation. Another deep breath, " OK: What do you do to yourself when a guy isn't around?" A smile came over Jo's face and Gail continued "We do that and more imaginative things to each other."

"More imaginative?"

"Oh! Go find yourself a girl but leave me and mine alone."

"After seeing your goofy smile every morning I might just do that."

They then left the condo and got into the car. Just as Jo was about to start the engine Gail stopped her.

"Are there any officers watching my condo now?"

"Yeah us.

"Apart from us! That blue Ford has been there with two people in it the whole time we were in the condo."

"OK, No licence plate on the front so it is not registered in Ontario. I'll drive round the block. Be ready to read the back plate and call it in."

Jo started the engine and drove round the block Gail got the reg and called it in. The licence plate was from Edmonton.

"OK call Frank. Ask him to put extra cars on here tonight. And we'll add that number to the ALPR list." said Jo.

Gail got out her phone to call Frank to explain the situation and make the requests.
When Holly drove back that night with Gail in the passenger seat, her gun ready between her knees, the blue Ford was gone but another car, a Toyota with Ontario plates, was in the same spot with two people in it. Once they got into the condo Gail called in the licence plate. It too was added to the ALPR list.

"You know when this is over we ought to have a girls night here." said Holly after they had eaten. "Invite Traci, Jo, Noelle, Andy and Chloe over and some of my friends."

"Don't invite Jo – she'll be asking stupid questions about lesbian sex all night."

"Couldn't you do what you did with Andy and tell her which digits go where in your favourite move?"

Gail had given this information to Andy and had watched Andy's expression go from excited curiosity to horror as she did so. Somehow Gail didn't think that would work with Jo.

"No, I've got a feeling she'd ask for a practical demonstration."

"I could invite one of my old fuckbuddies and she could get as practical as she likes."

"That might actually shut her up!"

Elsewhere the blue Ford was being tracked to an address on Queen.