The assembly room hosted the uniformed midnight officers, supervisors, and a few plain-clothes detectives. Briefing went on for hours in Sean’s mind. He just wanted to get it over and done. The actual fifteen-minute event ended with the roll-call sergeant telling everyone about the incident with the captain’s car.
The lieutenant got in a jab by reminding officers that all police cars look alike and to be sure they jump in their own cars.
Captain Barrows instructed the night crew, “Okay, everybody, hit the streets. Be careful and, damn it, drive like sane and sober cops. Sergeant Millup, Lieutenant Worsorski, Officer Patton—my office.” He caught Sean’s eye and winked.
Sean stood. The old saying, “the weight of the world is upon my back” now had meaning. The teasing calls from the other o
