Chapter 6 Become a small official first (please recommend the chapter)

Early the next morning.

As soon as Paris Municipal Commissioner Lewebel saw the president of the Chamber of Commerce, he waved to him with his fat face, exchanged a few words, and said:

"By the way, how do you feel about the case that the Crown Prince solved yesterday?"

Fleiselle said with emotion: "The Crown Prince's intelligence simply shocked me. I really look forward to the day when he leads France."

"Who says not?" Lewebel said with a smile, "After careful consideration, I feel that His Highness can definitely serve as the Police Commissioner."

After some lobbying by him, Fleiselle was finally persuaded by him. Since the Crown Prince himself wanted to serve in the police department, he might as well give him a favor.

Here, as soon as Joseph entered the door of the city hall, he saw the fat mayor coming up to him, with a smile on his face and said:

"Your Highness, yesterday the police commissioner of St. Anthony District, Old Similion, took a long leave due to illness. I wonder if you are interested in becoming a police commissioner?"

"Saint Anthony District?" The president of the Chamber of Commerce was stunned for a moment, lowered his head and whispered to Lewebel, "Why didn't you say where it was just now? It's too chaotic there. What if His Highness..."

The city commissioner interrupted him in a low voice: "The Crown Prince won't go on patrol, so nothing will happen."

Fleiselle wanted to say something else, but was blocked by the fat mayor: "Your Highness, the people left behind by Similion are all experienced people, so don't worry."

Joseph was a little surprised how the two people changed so quickly, but he immediately agreed: "Okay, I accept this position."

He learned yesterday that the Police Commissioner is in charge of all police services in a large region, and the one above him is the Police Inspector General. And it is unlikely that the city hall will let him be the police chief, after all, his age is here.

Lewebel immediately praised him again, sent the crown prince to the police station, and watched as the appointment documents were signed, and then left with satisfaction.

Joseph wasted no time. Under the escort of Police Chief Guizot himself, he drove directly to the St. Anthony District to take up his post.

After walking for more than an hour, the carriage entered the St. Anthony District, and the surrounding scene immediately became a little more dilapidated.

Residents walking around looked numb, crumbling simple shacks could be seen everywhere, homeless people exuding a stench casually slumped in the corners, half of the shops were closed, and there were only a few vendors on the roadside. Only street girls wearing cheap clothes attract customers, bringing a little life to the place.

Not long after leaving, Joseph saw protection money collectors several times. Later, he encountered two groups of gang members fighting each other in the street. Blood was flowing everywhere. Passers-by saw it from a distance and ran away with their heads down. And no police showed up from beginning to end.

Guizot seemed to be used to this scene. He only talked about the ball happily, and in his words he encouraged the crown prince to participate in a masquerade ball next month.

Joseph thought to himself: No wonder this was the first place where riots broke out during the French Revolution. Anyone who lives in this environment for several years, accompanied by extreme poverty, will definitely be filled with resentment. Once it breaks out, it will be extremely destructive. .

He let out a long sigh. It seemed that he had come to the St. Anthony District at the right time.

Half an hour later, the carriage stopped in front of a small courtyard surrounded by uneven wooden boards. In the courtyard was a dilapidated building with no sign.

Guizot gestured to the outside of the car diligently: "Your Highness, this is the St. Anthony District Police Station."

A police officer outside the courtyard saw that the person getting off the carriage was actually the police chief, and hurriedly ran in to report. After a while, several police officers led the crowd and quickly came out to welcome him.

Guizot first bowed to Joseph, then looked at the people in front of him, cleared his throat, and said loudly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here. From now on, he will serve as the police commissioner here." The assistant next to him immediately showed Employment documents.

Everyone in the St. Anthony District Police Station was stunned to the spot, and they were at a loss: Why did such a big shot come to our small place? But isn’t the Crown Prince only 13 years old? Lord, he's going to be a police commissioner? I'm afraid the police station will be in a mess...

After a long while, a tall, thin man with deep-set eyes came up to him and saluted respectfully: "Your Highness the Crown Prince, your arrival has made our little place shine! Assistant Police Commissioner Bono said sincerely on behalf of everyone here welcome you."

He turned sideways and introduced the people next to him: "Your Highness, this is Magoni, the security inspector of the second team, and this is the security inspector of the third team..."

Several security inspectors rushed forward to salute, and Joseph returned the salute one by one with a smile. He had seen information from the city hall that the assistant police commissioner was the second-in-command of the police station, while the security inspector was responsible for directing police dispatches and patrols. He usually had more than a dozen subordinates and belonged to the middle level of the police station.

Bono and others surrounded Joseph into the police station. Magoni quickly walked a few steps closer and said with admiration on his face: "Your Highness, I heard from Cesar that you only spent more than ten minutes yesterday. We solved a murder case, which puts us policemen who have worked for more than ten years to shame!"

Joseph did not expect that the news would spread to the St. Anthony District so quickly, and he quickly said a few words of humility.

After entering the dilapidated building of the police station, Joseph couldn't help frowning as he looked at the policemen following behind him, and told them not to follow them all, but to do whatever they had to do, including Guizot, who also let him go.

The surroundings finally calmed down. Joseph was led by Bono to the Police Commissioner's Office, looked around, and sat down in front of the large oak desk.

Bono said with a smile: "Your Highness, would you like tea or hot cocoa? I will prepare a dinner for you right away."

"Thank you, no need to bother." Joseph waved his hand to interrupt him, "Please give me the situation in the jurisdiction, as well as the documents about the cases and personnel."

Bono was a little surprised. He thought the crown prince was just here to play for a few days, but he didn't expect him to come for real!

The document was sent quickly, and Joseph only turned a few pages before he frowned - last month alone, there were 28 murders, 63 robberies, and 220 thefts in St. Anthony District...

And the population of this district is only 80,000!

This number only refers to those who reported the crime. I don’t know how many people did not report the crime. The situation is much worse than I imagined.

Joseph picked up the police information again. There were 181 police officers in the entire St. Anthony District, 120 of whom were paid to be police officers, and only 61 people entered the police force through inheritance, recruitment, etc.

In addition, there is a patrol team formed voluntarily by the private sector, with a total of more than 200 people.

He had seen it on a documentary before. The most common thing the Paris police do nowadays is extortion! From vendors to criminals to victims, whoever is caught is beaten. As for fighting crime? Let’s talk about it when we have time. After all, the money to buy a police job has to be earned first, right?

Therefore, maintaining law and order largely relies on private patrols, but they are voluntary workers, have no law enforcement rights, and have very crude weapons. They can only scare criminals, not even arrest them.

Therefore, the truly usable police force is probably the more than 60 people recruited.

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