Diary of a Criminal Investigator

Whether in Haizhou City or elsewhere, the probability of a kidnapping and extortion case occurring is not high.

In this case, the kidnappers’ methods were actually not very sophisticated.

Whether it was kidnapping Tang Xiaoyu or Tang Hao, the process was rather crude.

It was only because Tang Guojin didn’t report to the police after Tang Xiaoyu was kidnapped the first time that this group got bold.

They attempted another kidnapping.

The same group kidnapping the same target family twice in a row, even movies wouldn’t dare to depict this.

The person who played the biggest role in this case was actually Tang Guojun’s driver, Old Song.

If it weren’t for Old Song being the inside man, the possibility of Tang Xiaoyu being kidnapped was very low.

The same goes for Tang Hao; very few people knew about his plan to go cycling at North Mountain.

And it happened to be Old Song who drove him there.

It was only at that time that Tang Hao’s bodyguards wouldn’t follow him.

The only relatively smart move in the entire case was that the kidnappers never met Tang Xiaoyu or Tang Hao face to face.

Additionally, the smooth resolution of this case was also inseparable from the caution of Tang Guojin and Lu Chuan.

Throughout the entire investigation process, the police had very little contact with the Tang Family.

First, after Tang Guojin decided to report, he didn’t call 110, but instead contacted Lu Chuan through the Lu Family’s connections.

This point is particularly important.

Tang Guojin didn’t know that Old Song was the insider.

If he had rashly called the police at that time, the kidnappers would surely have found out.

Later, when Lu Chuan met Tang Guojin for the first time, which was also the only meeting during the investigation, the location was well chosen.

A café in a shopping mall.

It was also Old Song who drove Tang Guojin there.

A place like that wouldn’t typically be associated with police investigations.

Also, when they questioned Tang Xiaoyu about the kidnappers, it was Old Song who drove Tang Xiaoyu to the bank.

Under the pretense of withdrawing cash, they deceived Old Song, and the police met Tang Xiaoyu in the bank’s VIP room.

With the addition of technical support from the technical support team, to be honest, solving the case wasn’t very difficult.

Lu Chuan was most worried about Tang Hao’s safety.

If exposed, and the other side decided to kill and flee, it would all be over.

High-tech Zone Branch.

"All six suspects are now in custody, and we conducted an overnight surprise interrogation last night."

"Everyone has confessed to their crimes without reservation, and we are currently organizing the materials in the team, striving to hand over the case within a week."

"Good!"

Chen Weiguo was genuinely delighted.

Early this morning, he received a thank-you call from the Tang Group.

The implication of giving money couldn’t be more obvious.

Tang Guojin explicitly stated that he wanted to donate fifty off-road vehicles to the High-tech Zone Branch.

Fifty vehicles!

The entire branch’s fleet could be renewed.

In this day and age, it’s indeed advantageous to handle cases related to wealthy individuals.

"The Criminal Investigation Team did a great job on this case!"

"Lu Chuan, honestly, since you came, my pressure has eased quite a bit, haha."

What Chen Weiguo said was true.

If it had been in the past with such a major case, he himself would have been the one to command.

But with Lu Chuan, it was different.

As soon as a case arises, he generally doesn’t need to appear.

Lu Chuan can handle it alone.

In the past two months, there have been quite a few cases in the Criminal Investigation Team.

But not a single case has been transferred to the Criminal Investigation Unit above.

In the past...

A few days ago, during the City Bureau’s regular monthly meeting with branch directors, the others were quite envious of Chen Weiguo.

For the Public Security Bureau, although solving cases isn’t the only task.

There’s security, rule of law, stability, security, and a bunch of other work.

However, the most important task is still the investigation of the eight major categories of criminal cases.

This is the lifeline of the Public Security Bureau.

All the leaders within the Public Security Bureau, regardless of their specific responsibilities, are basically linked to criminal investigations.

For example, Chen Weiguo, who comes from a criminal police background.

Another example is Song Jiangguo, the director of Haizhou City Public Security Bureau, who is also from a criminal investigation background.

Political Commissar Wang Kai, although he comes from Crime Scene Investigation, was the head of the Action Group before joining Crime Scene Investigation.

Of course, there’s no absolute in anything.

There are also some people who get promoted but have little to do with criminal investigations, and those are rare exceptions.

"Director Chen, you’re being too kind. As police officers, investigating cases is our duty."

In fact, whether it’s Lu Chuan serving as the head of the Criminal Investigation Team or someone else, everyone does their best and is responsible.

When Yuan Shaokang was the head of the Criminal Investigation Team, he also worked overtime every day and pulled all-nighters.

But investigating cases is like this, ability determines everything.

Some things are hard to discover, some clues are hard to connect, and the case remains unsolved.

Take for example the recent kidnapping case. As long as whoever is handling it is cautious and ensures the kidnappers don’t find out Tang Guojin has called the police, then there shouldn’t be any major issues.

If it were the former head of the Criminal Investigation Team, Yuan Shaokang, it wouldn’t have been a problem either.

Lu Chuan has strengths and advantages in solving cases, but also some weaknesses.

Being from a Crime Scene Investigation background, Lu Chuan’s grasp of a scene is sharper than most.

Moreover, he can personally identify and analyze fingerprint and footprint information at the scene.

This is different from discovering traces at the scene, then sending them back to technicians for analysis.

Although doing it this way improves professionalism and technicality, it’s not very good for the overall continuity of case analysis.

This is where Lu Chuan’s advantage is stronger than anyone else’s.

But Lu Chuan’s weakness lies in his lack of experience, somewhat weak logical analysis, and reasoning abilities.

The leadership actually sees both Lu Chuan’s strengths and weaknesses.

That’s why superiors transferred Lu Chuan from the Crime Scene Investigation office of the Criminal Investigation Unit to the head of the High-tech Zone Criminal Investigation Team.

The Criminal Investigation Unit handles major and important cases, especially homicides.

In the past two years, Lu Chuan played an important role in the Criminal Investigation Unit, involved in many major cases.

Especially after joining the provincial task force, he got involved in important cases outside of Haizhou City.

But he wasn’t as exposed to some routine cases.

The Criminal Investigation Team is just the opposite, with fewer major cases but a greater likelihood of some routine and special cases.

After training on this post for a year or so, Lu Chuan might cover those weaknesses.

"By the way, yesterday the City Bureau notified us that the annual fingerprint battle has begun. Do you have any interest in participating this year?"

Fingerprint battle?

Lu Chuan is quite familiar with the fingerprint battle.

After the New Year last year, the Haizhou City Public Security Bureau launched a fingerprint battle.

During it, Lu Chuan essentially held a personal show.

He firmly established himself as the number one in fingerprint identification and analysis in Haizhou City.

After that, he also participated in the provincial fingerprint battle.

It was his outstanding performance in the provincial fingerprint battle, solving several major cases that caught Li Donglin’s attention.

Later, after helping the provincial Criminal Investigation Department with several cases, he joined the task force.