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In many ways, Jack was pleased about Mildenheath Police’s staff shortages and swingeing budget cuts. For starters, it meant he was often able to get out of the office and speak to witnesses himself — something which would have been left to DCs or uniformed constables in most other situations.
Jack had read the notes written up by Theo Curwood, as well as Trinity Lloyd’s statement detailing Ian Gumbert’s relaxed attitude towards security. Jack wasn’t the sort of man to suffer fools gladly and had been sorely tempted to summon Gumbert to Mildenheath Police Station to speak to him, but there was something to be said for seeing a person in their native environment.
People tended to be a lot more relaxed in their own homes or on neutral ground — something which almost never happened when t
