36 Hours by B.J. Woster

Author:B.J. Woster
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
Published: 2019-08-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

“Okay, everyone, quiet down,” the captain stated to the room full of officers; the entirety of the Atlanta Police Department’s Zone 5. “As you are all aware, we have less than sixteen hours remaining in which to locate the latest victim of the man we call Christian Price. In order to use that time effectively, we’ve broken down each sector into grids. I’ll assign each group a grid to search, and search thoroughly. You don’t want to overlook a building in your grid only to discover it was that building in which our vic was being held. Be vigilant. None of us wants the blood of this woman on our conscious. Let’s show this perp, and the citizens of Atlanta, that we know how to do our job and we know how to do it right.”

The captain waited only a moment for the shouts to die down and then continued. “To keep it simple, there will be four squads to a grid. Each car will be supplied a list of potential places to check within that grid. Keep track. Call in each location to dispatch and they’ll mark it off on our primary map, along with the search time. When you hear a call over the radio from your search group, mark off the location they relay. You’ll likely run across places that aren’t on your map. Call it off to your group for them to denote so that they don’t search it again. The key here is efficiency. We have limited manpower and limited time. Understood? Good. Now, we’re going to call you up by car number. As soon as all four groups are assembled and provided with lists, you get moving.”

“And remember,” Hardwick interjected, “that we’re focusing on maintenance closets within parking structures.”

“Right,” the captain concurred and then set about calling car numbers. It took another hour to dispense the lists to all of the units and another half hour after that for everyone to get their cars out of the parking lot. “I only hope the search goes more efficiently than this, or we’re in a world of hurt,” he muttered to Hardwick as they watched the remaining black and whites pull out of the garage.

Hardwick shook his head, “We’re down to fourteen hours left, and I have to admit, Captain, that I’m more than a little concerned. Price may think he’s done us a favor, but he’s obviously unfamiliar with Atlanta. Harding was right; there are literally hundreds of parking structures, and several maintenance closets in each one. How are we ever going to stop this man if we don’t have the resources to do proper searches?”

“It’s a concern I bring up at every budget meeting,” the captain sighed heavily, “and a concern that gets shot down every time. There isn’t any way to convince the pencil pushers of our need because they aren’t out there on the front lines to see the damage their budgetary restrictions cause. And that’s not a discussion for now, not when there’s a woman’s life at stake.

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