Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 550: No one else has ever committed such dereliction of duty.
Upon entering the detention center, the four went directly to the monitoring room.

"Retrieve the surveillance footage from the time of the incident," Yu Dazhang ordered the police officers in the monitoring room.

This needs some explanation.

The administrators of the detention center are public security police officers, not prison guards.

Because detention centers and prisons are managed by different entities, the police units naturally differ.

Detention centers are under the jurisdiction of the public security authorities, while prisons are under the jurisdiction of the judicial administration authorities.

This is a rebirth story, and I didn't intend to be so rigorous, but considering that some readers might be particular, I'll explain it anyway.

The two police officers looked very grim.

After something like this happened, the people in the detention center should definitely be held accountable, but no one is paying attention to them right now.

The police officers skillfully replayed the surveillance video back to the moment of the incident, and then pressed pause.

Then, the police officer stood up and gave up his seat.

Yu Dazhang walked over and sat down, then moved the mouse and pressed play.

The video footage was taken in a duty room.

A guard went to the cell to bring a suspect to the duty room for questioning, and then handed the suspect a cell phone.

Yu Dazhang immediately recognized the suspect as Hu Kang, one of the three fugitives.

He frowned after watching just the beginning.

Why is there only one discipline officer?
Although he had never worked in a detention center, he knew that detention centers operated on a 24-hour shift system.

No single patrol officer is allowed to be on duty; at least two officers must be present in each area.

Yu Dazhang looked at another surveillance screen and noticed that the cell door seemed to be left open after the guards took the person away.

That doesn't make sense either.

According to regulations, when entering a cell, other police officers must be on guard outside the cell, and the cell must be locked immediately after exiting.

This procedure is supposed to be very strict, so how can it be so casual in this detention center?
He turned to look at the two police officers standing to the side, whose faces were ashen and who were staring motionless at the surveillance camera.

Looking at their appearance, four words immediately popped into Yu Dazhang's mind: dereliction of duty.

No wonder three of them ran away at once; it turns out there was an internal problem.

Yu Dazhang turned back and continued playing the surveillance video.

Hu Kang then used the guard's phone to make a call. After about two minutes of the call, Hu Kang moved behind the guard.

The next moment, Hu Kang suddenly grabbed the guard by the neck with his arm and knocked him to the ground.

At the same time, two suspects rushed over from the cell; they were Cheng Wenhao and Li Min.

The three of them then pinned the guard to the ground and covered his mouth and nose, ultimately causing him to die of mechanical asphyxiation.

"He died without any injustice..." Yu Dazhang thought to himself.

This guard violated regulations throughout the entire process and completely courted disaster.

Da Zhang also understood the cause of the matter.

Hu Kang wanted to call home, so he asked the guards to take him out of his cell for questioning.

Then the guard handed his cell phone to Hu Kang so that he could contact his family.

This is yet another violation of regulations.

Strictly speaking, this is not dereliction of duty, but rather abuse of power for personal gain, which is definitely illegal.

Needless to say, even an ordinary person knows that criminal suspects cannot directly contact the outside world while in detention.

He borrowed a cell phone from a guard and made a call to the outside world.

This is something that even movies wouldn't dare to portray, yet it actually happened in real life.

What followed was even more surreal.

The three suspects took off the guard's police uniform and put it on themselves, even taking the uniforms hanging on the wall.

However, in the end, he was still missing a pair of pants, and Hu Kang had no choice but to continue wearing prison trousers.

After doing all this, the three of them simply swaggered out of the detention center.

There wasn't a single police officer in the reception hall or the corridor outside the cells!

What Yu Dazhang found most unbelievable was that the entire process, from interrogating Hu Kang to the three of them leaving the detention center, took only twenty minutes.

The entire process was captured on surveillance cameras, but the monitoring room did not react at all.

According to regulations, the monitoring system is also implemented through a 24-hour patrol system.

The patrol and monitoring duties are combined into one, and the interval between patrols must not exceed 20 minutes.

This shows that the people in the monitoring room weren't watching the surveillance at all.

Yu Dazhang glanced at the two police officers standing to the side and noticed that they were already covered in sweat.

This must be the second time they've sweated.

The Criminal Investigation Department must have investigated before; they probably sweated even more back then than they do now.

It was a prison break with absolutely no technical skill involved... Yu Dazhang could hardly believe that the security measures in the detention center had become so ineffective.

The fact that three suspects killed a guard in the duty room is already surreal enough. Then, they simply swaggered out of the detention center.

This isn't a detention center; it's more like a vegetable market.

Before arriving, Yu Dazhang had intended to find loopholes in the surveillance footage and then use that to uncover more clues.

Now it's unnecessary. This surveillance video is full of loopholes from beginning to end, so there's no need to look for it at all.

This was the first time he had encountered such a situation; the sheer number of loopholes left him unsure where to begin his investigation.

"Go and get the detailed information on these three fugitives," Yu Dazhang ordered.

The fugitive information previously released by the brigade was a simplified version, containing only some basic information and physical characteristics.

This helps the officers involved in the manhunt to quickly remember the fugitive's general information.

However, this information is far from sufficient for in-depth investigation.

Ten minutes later, Ma Jian returned to the monitoring room with a document.

"The prosecutors have arrived."

Ma Jian handed the document to Yu Dazhang and said in passing:

"They are conducting a preliminary investigation into the issue of dereliction of duty. I heard from them that a case has already been filed."

Upon hearing this, Yu Dazhang simply nodded.

He knew perfectly well that the Criminal Investigation Department must have reported the situation here.

Anyone who has seen the surveillance video of the incident will be able to see the problems in the detention center. It is estimated that the people in the headquarters were also shocked by what was shown in the video.

He took the documents and quickly flipped through them.

Yu Dazhang observed very carefully, memorizing all the pasts and experiences of these three people.

They were all repeat offenders!

Yes, he was looking for common ground.

There's a saying: Birds of a feather flock together.

Entering the detention center was the first screening.

In the cell, the three had a relatively close relationship and were being screened for the second time.

This further proves that they must have some similar characteristics that naturally brought them together.

Cheng Wenhao dropped out of junior high school and had a history of fighting since childhood. He began frequently going in and out of detention centers when he turned 18.

He was sentenced to three years in prison at the age of 20 for assault.

He was imprisoned again for fighting just over a year after being released from prison at the age of 24.

After that, he spent almost his entire life inside.

Until last year, during a group fight, Cheng Wenhao accidentally killed someone and was later convicted of manslaughter after trial.

Due to his numerous crimes, he was ultimately sentenced to life imprisonment.

Li Min graduated from primary school. His parents died early, and he has lived with his grandparents since childhood.

He started stealing petty things before he was even an adult.

As an adult, he became even more outrageous, repeatedly going in and out of prison, spending most of his time in jail.

Later, he helped someone monopolize the sand and gravel business, which led to someone's death.

Based on the available information, although no verdict has been reached, the death penalty can be largely ruled out.

In these kinds of cases, the mastermind is usually a big shot who engages in monopolistic practices.

Li Min, a low-level henchman, is at most an accomplice and certainly shouldn't be given a light sentence, but he'll most likely get life imprisonment.

Hu Kang dropped out of school at the age of 17.

He was imprisoned at the age of 18 for armed robbery.

Not long after his release, he was imprisoned again for robbery.

At the age of 26, Hu Kang, who had been imprisoned twice before, switched to theft and was imprisoned for another two years.

He was just released last year when he seriously injured someone while drunk.

Although no verdict has been handed down yet, it is foreseeable that this time the sentence will not be lenient, and will be at least ten years.

Yu Dazhang closed the document and then turned his attention to the surveillance screen in front of him.

At that moment, the surveillance footage froze on the scene of the three people surrounding the disciplined person.

He stared at the three people in the video; Cheng Wenhao and Li Min's faces were clearly visible in the shot.

Something's not right.

Yu Dazhang's heart stirred.

There was no fear or apprehension in their eyes; instead, they were filled with excitement and agitation.

It's just like……

Will I be able to start a new life after escaping?

(End of this chapter)