Chapter 18: Gang Theft Case

Jiang Yuan sat in his chair, savoring the newly acquired skill.

Unlike fingerprints, crime scene investigation was a basic skill that every police officer had to master. It could be said that any police officer would, to a greater or lesser extent, be involved in crime scene investigation.

However, skills in the direction of criminal investigation all had one characteristic: once you dig into the details, the difficulty and requirements rise sharply.

For example, the scene investigation skills that ordinary police officers at local stations must master tend toward small scenes and comprehensiveness, while the scene investigation skills needed by traffic police or criminal police also have obvious differences. Large-scale scene investigations often require professional command, such as raiding the office space of a telecom fraud operation; the most difficult part is how to secure evidence before the criminals destroy or hide it. And for cases occurring in public places, scene investigations face even more challenges.

Theoretical scene investigation should resemble the scenes appearing in movies and television, with professional personnel equipped with professional gear, conducting a meticulous inspection of the scene. For example, marking evidence one, two, three, four, five, planning the route into the scene in advance, and even laying down transparent scene investigation pedals, so as to minimize the impact of the investigators on the scene situation.

But in reality, police bureaus that can afford professional scene investigation and professional equipment pretty much start at the city bureau level. It's not just about funding—the economic situation of some southern county bureaus might be good, but as long as they don't have enough deaths or enough major incidents, even the most professional people won't get improved; they will either be transferred away or end up wasted.

In addition, for ordinary small cases, getting other colleagues, including leaders, to cooperate with scene investigation requirements is also not easy.

The scene investigation skills Jiang Yuan had mastered in the past were mostly aimed at forensic scenes. Common ones, such as homicides or personal injury cases—if changed to case types, there might be scene investigation research specifically aimed at illegal medical practice, etc. To talk about the level, it could only be said to be at the entry-level "carrying a bag" level.

In the case of the Seventeenth Uncle, what Jiang Yuan could do was very limited.

However, the newly acquired skill gave Jiang Yuan immense confidence. Thinking that the egg fried rice that was so fragrant and economical was only LV3, this LV4 Shou Xiankan must be abalone egg fried rice, right?

"What are you thinking about?" Wang Zhong nudged Jiang Yuan, then said, "I found a case like this; take a look and see if it's suitable?"

"Is it still in this county?" Jiang Yuan raised his head to ask first.

Wu Wu Fa Yi Wu said gratifyingly from the side, "Little Jiang is capable; he's starting to have a sense of ownership."

Wang Zhong sighed with envy, "After all, there's a 10,000 yuan reward. To be honest, I've worked for so long, and this is the first time I've seen someone from the Criminal Science Squadron get a reward. Last time, for the homicide cold case the Bureau Chief spoke about, they did give 100,000 yuan to the criminal police side."

As long as there were leads for homicide cold cases, the criminal police team and the county bureau would follow up relatively actively. The most typical example was squatting outside a fugitive's door on New Year's Eve, miserable yet full of expectation.

And most cold cases were usually solved using this clumsy method. To the criminal police of Ningtai County, technical means had always been just an auxiliary of the auxiliary.

Jiang Yuan actually didn't care about the 10,000 yuan. But he liked this sense of honor very much.

As a Jiang Village person, wanting to increase one's family wealth through real ability was extremely difficult and lacked cost-effectiveness; perhaps while struggling and struggling, the family land would be demolished. Especially when the father was Jiangfuzhen, this difficulty and lack of cost-effectiveness would grow exponentially. The name "Fuzhen" was no joke.

However, as a Jiang Village person, obtaining a sense of honor was also extremely difficult. If you did things well, you would be accused of using your family's wealth and status; if you did things exceptionally well, it would usually be assumed that you had spent money.

And in schools and workplaces, simple rewards became all the more precious.

"Let's talk about the case first. Once the reward comes down, I'll make fried rice for everyone." Jiang Yuan felt that money wasn't important, so he decided to return the favor by cooking fried rice himself.

Wang Zhong shook his head helplessly, pulled out the case, and said, "Take a look and see if this works."

Wang Zhong often scanned the database, and he paid quite a bit of attention to cases that could be solved directly through fingerprints, or cases where fingerprints were key leads.

However, his ability was limited, and the cases he could scan results for were also limited. Now that Jiang Yuan had appeared, he actually felt the joy of having a cheat code.

Jiang Yuan took a rough look at the case and said, "It's a theft case?"

"Don't look down on theft cases." Wang Zhong heard Jiang Yuan's tone and said, "In our county, this counts as a key case. A group of people used a vehicle modified with an oil storage tank to steal oil from passing large trucks at highway service areas. The reporters include those who reported in our county and those who reported in several neighboring counties; it counts as a series case. If this case can be solved, it's equivalent to solving over a dozen cases in one breath."

Jiang Yuan understood a little bit now and smiled, "As a thief, if you don't catch them in the act, they probably won't admit it, right?"

"At least it will implicate several cases. And, my guess is that the car they used was modified; it's definitely impossible that they stopped after doing it just a few times. I estimate there's a possibility of them committing crimes while moving across the country. A gang theft case, it's not bad, right?" Wang Zhong said with a bit of a guilty conscience. He had some thoughts in choosing this case because he had compared the fingerprints of this case for a relatively long time, but ultimately failed to get a match. On one hand, he felt a bit regretful, and on the other hand, he wanted to see how Jiang Yuan compared them and whether he could succeed.

However, as he said, the cost-effectiveness of a gang theft case was still relatively high.

According to the combat power ranking, a current theft case is about 0.1 points, which seems relatively low, but if you add the concept of gang theft, you can get a double or even triple score. It's equivalent to solving one case and getting 0.2 or 0.3 points.

At the same time, gang theft means the number of thefts is usually more than once, which is equivalent to solving one case and solving multiple cases. If you are lucky enough, it is possible to harvest dozens of cases at once. Calculated this way, the cost-effectiveness is even higher.

Going a step further, catching the criminal suspects can bring about 1 point of KPI per person. If the gang is large enough, there is also a contribution.

Finally, for units like the Criminal Investigation Brigade, there are clear case-solving targets in the annual assessment indicators. Usually, they are also filled with series theft cases.

And for Jiang Yuan, he himself had no inclination or goals. Whether it was a major case or not didn't really matter much.

After saying a few words, Jiang Yuan sat down naturally, pulled out 5 arch-type fingerprints from the many fingerprints involved in the case, and said, "This is the type I'm relatively good at doing now; I won't handle the others for the time being."

"Then you do it first." Wang Zhong didn't know what kind of quirk Jiang Yuan had for only doing arch-type fingerprints, just assuming it was his habit. He now opened his eyes wide, wanting more to see Jiang Yuan's specific operation. ===== CHAPTER 19 =====