Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 22 Reinvestigation
The Investigation Department of the Criminal Division of the Beihua Police Department is naturally the department responsible for front-line investigations.

In the Beika Police Station, there are only a dozen "Investigation Departments". Except for one department which is the administrative department, the other nine departments are not divided into specific departments. In short, all "forced criminals" are counted. After the nine departments responsible for forced criminals, there are also the "Smart Criminal Department" and the "Theft Criminal Department."

Compared with the Metropolitan Police Department, there are fewer violent criminal departments in the police station and they are no longer subdivided. Unlike the Metropolitan Police Department, which only has one investigation department, among the "violent criminals", there are ten departments specifically responsible for "murder cases", and other robberies and fires are not counted separately.

In the police station, it is customary to call the "department" a "squad", because each department of the police station has only four to six people, and they are basically a combination of "old and new". The staff allocation is even less than that of the first department of the Metropolitan Police Department.

Of course, this is only the case for the Mika Police Station…Don’t say that small police stations don’t have so many criminal police. Even if the Mika Police Station is placed among the large police stations, the proportion of criminal police is also relatively high.

When busy, each class can be responsible for different cases. When encountering major cases, each class can also be responsible for one investigation direction.

After Shiraishi had a general idea of ​​the case, he gave Shirai some face - he took the opportunity to scold the other departments and let them leave...

Training is still necessary, and we can also take this opportunity to make them improve their principles a little bit.

Although having too high a [principle] can also be a problem, the general situation now is that everyone’s [principle] is not high enough...

Now Shiraishi called over the second, third and fourth departments. Generally, these three departments are responsible for serious crimes. Among them, the head of the fourth department, Huitani, was the main force who assisted Shirai in solving the case and was also the main assistant during the interrogation stage.

The head of the second department is Aoki, and the head of the third department is Akasaka. They are usually called the Aoki team and the Akasaka team. They are both elite criminal police teams in the agency.

Obviously Shiraishi is trying to cover up for Shirai!
The police officers of the Gray Valley Squad were undoubtedly the most nervous at this time.

All the case files, including photos of various evidence and written materials of specific confessions during the interrogation were brought over.

Later in the conference room, Shiraishi looked at the information in his hand while asking squad leader Huitani to explain the PPT. Huitani was already quite old, but he was not as unkempt as the average detective. At the same time... he gave people a somewhat smooth feeling.

The police officers from the Aoki and Akasaka teams all knew that they would be taking over the case, so they listened attentively.

The squad leader, Akasaka, is a middle-aged man with a crew cut. In addition to him and his partner, the uncle Toosaka, the Akasaka squad also includes Gen and Yamada - this is also the "problem squad" chosen by the old director. They are very energetic, but a little impulsive, and... they are the main cause of violations of government vehicles!

Indeed, in Shiraishi's opinion, all members of the Akasaka class have high "passion"...

The other squad leader, Aoki, has a completely different style. He wears glasses and has his hair combed neatly, which makes him look younger. He usually works hard to maintain his elite image, and his professional suit is very formal and even looks business-like!

Every time Aoki and his partner Matsuki walk together, they are like a politician and his secretary. The other young police officers in Aoki's team are Makiko Miwa and Suzuki Atsushi - Makiko Miwa is also the only female police officer in the criminal department.

In general, the Aoki class is the "good boy group" that is the opposite of the Akasaka class.

(Mika Maki and Atsushi Suzuki are also from "The Counterattack of the Female Policeman". I will add pictures later. The two squad leaders and their partners have prototype references, but they are mainly original characters. For the purpose of easy reading, most of the protagonist's subordinates will use "colored surnames", and the partners of the two squad leaders also have a character that is the same as their surnames as a mark.)
Shiraishi then read through the detailed investigation process of the case...

I also found the problem with this case!

At the end, Huitani did not forget to summarize the culprit: "It is basically certain that the current public pressure is caused by that abominable lawyer! This guy, Kensuke Kumimon, is best at using public pressure and off-field factors to interfere with judicial trials!"

Haitani's ability is not bad either. Overall, he can be ranked among the top few in the Criminal Division. Compared with the hot-blooded Akasaka, he seems to have more style, and compared with the elite Aoki, he seems to have a more badass feeling.

But as for his current evasive summary...

"Kumemon... I've heard of him too. He's a greedy jackal, but... this jackal doesn't usually like to take on criminal cases, especially violent cases. What attracted the jackal this time was this investigation result that was full of loopholes and even smelled rancid!" Shiraishi said, throwing the case summary in his hand onto the table. Huitani stood at attention and stopped talking...

After all, there are many loopholes in this case!

The most powerful evidence is the fingerprints on the kitchen knife, but this was the kitchen knife from the deceased's home. When he was alive, the deceased often invited colleagues to his home for hot pot. It was normal for Tsubokura, as a junior, to use the kitchen knife to help cut vegetables. This was also confirmed in the testimonies of other colleagues. However, it is true that only the murder weapon, the kitchen knife, had Tsubokura's fingerprints, and he said that he had used other kitchen knives, but there were no fingerprints on them at all!
Add to that the indirect evidence of so-called "motives"...

The situation did turn unfavorable after the defendant directly overturned his previous "confession" and accused it of being tortured.

Especially now, Shirai's behavior of hinting at the witness has also been brought up by the other party's lawyer, who complained that he ignored normal evidence and also launched a public opinion offensive...

"After all, you think that the suspect has little money and can only find a lawyer appointed by the court, so you are so sloppy, right?" Shiraishi said directly and bluntly.

"Director, we..." Huigu was about to explain.

Shirai took the initiative to speak up: "Then what should we do? Just sit back and watch the criminal get away with it?"

"Shirai-jo! I saw that you are old, so I didn't explain it clearly just now! If you had known that the lawyers would be a difficult opponent, would you still send this thing to the inspection? In your eyes, are there only two options: 'improper investigation' and 'letting the criminal go'? If you only think about making these two choices every day, take off your badge now!
"And your interrogation... Since the surveillance happened to be broken, I don't need to ask whether the forced confession was true. I just want to ask you... Is this the result of the interrogation you are so proud of? Are there any important additional details in the suspect's confession? Did he provide strong evidence? Is this what you call ability?"

Shiraishi started to scold him, and Shirai became depressed...

That's right, use some interrogation methods to make the criminals confess... Bai Shi is not incomprehensible, of course, some methods are the bottom line and must not be used, and more importantly...

"Confession" itself is not the goal, and it is meaningless for someone to say "I did it"!
If the suspect can be made to confess some "important details", such as some details that only the murderer would know, and then verified, it would be best if there is physical evidence to match. As long as these can match, then they can also be considered important evidence.

But Shiraishi read the confession carefully...

There is no such "important detail", but...

"What about the fact that he was wearing a white shirt when he committed the crime and he fell on the road because of nervousness... These details that have no matching evidence are all refutation of 'fabricated testimony', right? As an old police officer, don't you see that?" Shiraishi said angrily.

When people lie, they will instinctively make up some useless details. Bai Shi, who is proficient in psychology, naturally saw the problem at a glance - whether the case was committed by the suspect, Bai Shi did not dare to guarantee it, but...

Shiraishi was certain that at the time of the "confession", the defendant did not really mean to admit the guilt.

Even without mentioning the procedural violations, this is definitely not Shirai's true ability. The bottom line is that he is under too much pressure right now, so he starts making stupid moves!
What makes Shiraishi most angry is...

Now it seems that the [principles] of the police officers in the Gray Valley Squad are also declining!
If Shirai continues to lead like this, the young police officer will be ruined...

"All members of the Gray Valley Class are suspended from work today to reflect on their actions and submit a written review of all inappropriate behavior during the investigation!
"Akasaka, Aoki, you are responsible for restarting the investigation. The Akasaka team is responsible for re-examining the case based on the premise that 'Tsubokura is not the real murderer'. The Aoki team is responsible for conducting additional investigations on the premise that 'the real murderer Tsubokura is cunning'. The team leader is responsible for submitting the preliminary investigation ideas to me before 2 pm...

"The case has been sent back for retrial. The suspect's lawyer is a master. The situation is very unfavorable to us. Please work hard before the court reopens on Friday."

Shiraishi arranged the task directly, then glanced at Shirai and added, "In addition, from today onwards, all criminal case reports must be signed and approved by me personally... Meeting adjourned!"

(End of this chapter)