Law Enforcer's Handbook

Chapter 116 Financial Crisis
"Proper publicity?"

Not only Lu Xiang, but even the other section chiefs were curious.

To this, Song Lan could only let out a long sigh.

Lu Xiang, a silly girl, is a representative of the practical leaders of the [-]th district. She is good at everything, but she doesn't know how to promote herself. In her opinion, as long as the criminals can be brought to justice, who will ultimately face the media and who will do it? The split is not that important.

Under the leadership of such a leader who leads by example, the major departments of the Law Enforcement Department focus their daily work on how to combat crimes in the [-]th District. A few words, and then go to work.

Everyone is very busy, because District [-] is a city where the crime rate is about to break through the sky.

The conscientious work of the law enforcement officers is also remarkable. Since the collapse of the Chaike Group, the crime rate in this city has continued to decline every day. The only two remaining criminal group leaders have also gone into hiding these days and have never shouted again. He is about to take over Chai Ke's territory and become the new generation of underground emperor in District [-].

It is no exaggeration to say that Lu Xiang achieved more performance during his tenure than all the supervisors in the past [-] districts combined.

The inspection department alone followed behind to mix heads, and a "city hero" was mixed out.

"Yes, proper publicity is just as important."

Song Lan emphasized one sentence.

2166 is such a magical era. Those who work hard may not be able to get the rewards they deserve. This can be seen from the final budget of the document. "I just read the financial report of the department. The next quarter's The budget has been cut in half compared to what it is now."

That's right, after they fulfilled their duties as law enforcement officers, cracked down on the criminals who had been causing trouble in the [-]th District for many years, and drove away the black hand behind the entire city, they ushered in the end of cutting the budget in half.

Song Lan didn't desert just now, he was seriously studying the department's financial budget for the next quarter.

In a city where the law enforcement environment can be described as a barrage of bullets, cutting the budget in half is already considered a serious crisis. Every bullet fired by the operational department, every piece of equipment and every piece of technology that needs to be used is money. Not counting the pensions and resettlement fees for the wounded.

In the past, although the inspection department covered the sky with one hand, grabbed the No. 1 credit, and always blamed them for accidents, they could at least solve financial problems. Part of it is used as the activity fund of the law enforcement department, which can be regarded as the tradition of the [-]th District for many years. Therefore, the department heads before Lu Xiang's transfer basically followed the inspection department's wink and acted, and they have long been used to taking the blame for them.

Anyway, the citizens scolded and scolded, they should get a lot of money, and even the risk factor of fighting crime has been greatly reduced.

After all, the underground emperor in District [-] has a close relationship with the Foster family. Before most crime-fighting operations begin, the law enforcement officers will collude with the criminal gangs in advance. At that time, everyone will go through the motions and fire a few symbolic shots , and finally catch a few scapegoats and publicize it externally, this is another victory in the fight against crime.

Among other things, if the inspection department has the opportunity to promote the rebels who "have caught a reward of 730 million watts", they will be able to brag about themselves as the embodiment of justice in minutes.

"The mayor of Lyon has resigned, the position of the chief prosecutor is vacant, and the situation in the [-]th district is still unclear, so many companies are unwilling to provide us with funds."

Originally, Song Lan didn't like to express his opinions on such occasions, but if Lu Xiang's past behavior continued, he felt that even if the criminal groups in District [-] could be eliminated in the end, they would probably all die of poverty. It may be that it takes careful calculation to fire a single shot.

What's more, in the environment of 2166, fighting crime itself has to spend money.

When the equipment of the criminals is several levels more advanced than yours, it will be difficult to play a role with a passion.

What really worried Song Lan was that not only would the big companies in District [-] not support them, but they would instead fund local or "outside" criminal groups.

With the high unemployment rate in the [-]th District, most people are living in poverty. Under such circumstances, it is obviously unrealistic to call on citizens to donate money to support them.

And this question is closely related to his future life.

This will inevitably reduce the salary of the department, and eventually the law enforcement officers in the [-]th district will gradually become a profession with hard work, high risk and no money.

Song Lan felt that they might also be blacklisted by the coalition government, and it would be useless to apply for funding.

"I think the budget issue is the biggest problem we are facing now!"

"Section Chief Song is right."

The head of the statistics department immediately stood up and agreed with Song Lan's opinion. He finally encountered a topic that he could talk about. "The budget in the document is only a preliminary budget, and the possibility of further reduction in the future."

At this moment, everyone here is in a common predicament.

That is, after offending the inspection department and the Foster family, they will soon become paupers.

"So, the propaganda you just said can solve this problem?"

"It's obviously impossible to completely solve this problem."

Song Lan shook his head.

To some extent, Lu Xiang is an idealist.

She has a clear goal and actively fights for the justice she pursues, which makes her an excellent law enforcer. However, such a law enforcer is only suitable for living in an idealistic social system. Unfortunately, District [-] It's not a dream town.

"However, doing so would address our immediate needs."

"How to say?"

The head of the statistics department immediately became interested. After seeing the financial budget, he was so worried that he didn't sleep all night.

"Why were those companies willing to maintain a good cooperative relationship with the Inspection Department?"

"That money is equivalent to a protection fee for their illegal business."

Lu Xiang frowned. She seemed to understand Song Lan's subtext, "You mean, let us also collect black money from them to provide protection for their crimes?"

"of course not."

Song Lan shook his head, he was not stupid, how could he make such a suggestion in front of so many people.

For Lu Xiang, this is a problem with his ideological consciousness, and he will be whipped when he returns home.

"Beyond the 'protection money', there is another layer of reason, which is that they all want to be good people."

Song Lan said, "Even if their business breaks the law, even if they practice monopoly and unfair competition, even if they collude with criminal groups or even buy murder to achieve their goals, they still hope that they are good people in the eyes of the citizens. To maintain their reputation as good guys, they're willing to pay big bucks."

He paused for a while, and said under everyone's puzzled eyes, "Then why can't they become good people? In fact, every criminal can be a good person before being arrested and imprisoned."

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