Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 38 We are all incompetent!
"The tall security guard, Yoshikawa, was the insider. He first got into the apartment and worked there, figured out the situation of the residents, and then told his three companions the news."

Inspector Samezaki reviewed the case from the beginning.
"After selecting Mrs. Nishikawa as their target, Yoshikawa's three companions disguised themselves as emergency medical personnel and entered the apartment, robbing Mrs. Nishikawa. They then had Yoshikawa impersonate Mrs. Nishikawa and use a stretcher to transport the stolen goods out of the apartment building."

"Besides that, they probably also wanted Yoshikawa to pretend to be kidnapped,"

Lin Xiuyi added,
"Inside the apartment building, the doctor and two caregivers all wore masks and did not reveal their true faces. Only Yoshikawa, who was working in the apartment, not only revealed his appearance but also left his information."

"The best way to exonerate Yoshikawa is to turn him from a criminal into a victim. That way, after the robbery, the four of them can walk the streets of Tokyo openly."

"The best evidence is that after Yoshikawa was witnessed by two officers from the Beika Police Station, me, and the apartment security guard, he immediately opened fire to silence them."

"So that's how it is," Officer Matsumoto nodded in sudden realization. "The reason these four robbers didn't kill Mrs. Nishikawa was because Yoshikawa was standing outside the door, and the other three robbers didn't reveal their faces."

"That's it," Lin Xiuyi stretched, "Can we leave now?"

"Of course," Inspector Samezaki nodded. "I'll have Megure drive you back. The storm outside seems to be getting stronger."

"Yes!"

Just as Megure nodded in agreement, Director Ono came over.

"Samezaki, you still have cases to deal with, so let me take them home."

"This……"

Inspector Samezaki looked puzzled. In his impression, Chief Ono was a cunning old fox. Whenever he encountered problems or cases, he would immediately push them to the Metropolitan Police Department and never get involved at all.

He approached Lin Xiuyi so proactively this time. Could it be that he wanted to snatch him away from the search team?
But if you calculate the time, by the time Lin Xiuyi graduates from university and starts working, he will have retired long ago. If he is unlucky, he may even be buried in the ground. By then, the Mihua Police Station will have nothing to do with him. Why bother?
"Haha, don't overthink it," Chief Ono laughed. "This time, thanks to the help of this classmate Lin Xiuyi, the criminal was captured in time. Otherwise, if the criminal escaped from Beihua with the police gun, Beihua Police Station would be in trouble. As a thank you, let me take them home."

What trouble is there at the Beihua Police Station? Shouldn't you be the one who's really in trouble?

Inspector Samezaki felt that he understood Chief Ono's thoughts, so he nodded and agreed.

……

It's only about a thousand meters from the Mihua Police Station to the apartment building, and it only takes one or two minutes to drive there normally.

When they arrived at the place, Chief Ono did not let the two get off the car. Instead, he had a heart-to-heart talk with Hayashi Shuichi and began to complain about the hardships of being a police officer.

Lin Xiuyi didn't know much about the Japanese police before, and his overall impression was the same as that of the Japanese people. They all thought that the Japanese police were incompetent and useless and only wasted the people's tax money.

Director Ono's words made him understand why the Japanese police were like this.

Unlike Lin Xiuyi's homeland in his previous life, Japan is a country controlled by conglomerates. There is even a folk saying: Japan's conglomerates, Japan of the conglomerates.

After graduation, most Japanese graduates strive to secure jobs at major banks, trading companies, and factories affiliated with conglomerates. Being a civil servant in Japan isn't a top priority, or even a popular career path. Unlike in Lin Xiuyi's previous homeland, civil servants offer guaranteed jobs. A popular position can attract thousands, even tens of thousands, of applicants. Even less popular positions can attract as many as 30 to 50 people.

Civil servants are not a popular profession in Japan, so police officers with a bad reputation among the civil service are naturally even worse off.

Insufficient police force is a big problem in Japan. Every year, the National Police Agency of Japan has to find ways to deceive people into becoming police officers. Police associations in various places also try their best to think of crooked ideas, organize various activities, and invite idol stars to promote and recruit people.

Some places are even willing to provide student loans to poor students with pitifully low interest rates. If they are lucky, they only need to pay back part of the principal. In exchange, after graduation, poor students have to work as grassroots police officers for at least ten years.

But even so, the number of Japanese police officers is shrinking. Ultimately, the reason for this is that the salaries of Japanese police officers are too low.

Taking the lowest-level inspector as an example, the monthly salary in the first year of employment is only about 170,000 yen, which is only slightly higher than the average salary in society.

As time goes by, the gap between the two sides will further widen compared to those who join the consortium, even to two or three times.

The Japanese National Police Agency also wants to fundamentally solve the problem of staff shortage, but according to Japan's Public Service Law, police salary increases require the approval of parliament.

Every time the police department applied for a pay raise for police officers, it was rejected by the parliament.

Since it is impossible to increase salaries through formal channels, the police department has no choice but to find ways to help police officers save money, which means improving the invisible benefits of police officers.

Newly recruited police officers can immediately apply for low-rent housing, where the rent is usually only about half the market price, and no deposit is required.

Police associations in various places also regularly organize group gatherings, help police officers find blind dates, open nurseries and kindergartens, help police officers look after children for free or at cost, and even regularly wholesale vegetables, rice, and oil, selling them to police officers at cost price or even at a slight loss.

As a result, Japan's police organization is more like a large state-owned enterprise that enjoys state subsidies than a functional government agency. Even many police officers are accustomed to calling the police headquarters the "main store", local police stations "branches", and each branch "stall".

But even so, Japanese police are still famous for having low pay and high workload, and few people are willing to apply.

With fewer people willing to be police officers, there are naturally fewer talented people among them, and the overall quality of Japanese police is getting lower and lower.

"Is it really that hard for police officers?" Fujimine Yukiko asked in surprise. "It's never mentioned in the news."

"The media only knows how to mock the police's incompetence when they encounter a case," Chief Ono sighed, "but they never report why the smartest detectives in society are unwilling to pursue police work."

"You're telling me this because you probably don't want me to join the Metropolitan Police Department in the future," Lin Xiuyi asked doubtfully, "Is there a conflict between the Beihua Police Station and the Metropolitan Police Department?"

"No, I simply don't want to see those guys from the Metropolitan Police Department so proud!" Chief Ono said bluntly, "Over the years, every time the Beihua Police Station has trained an outstanding officer, they're immediately snatched away by the Metropolitan Police Department. Then they turn around and blame us for being incompetent, saying we've tarnished the reputation of the police!"

"Those damn bastards! If we're going to be incompetent, then let's all be incompetent together! If I ever see the Metropolitan Police Department being praised by reporters and the media, I'll be furious!"

(End of this chapter)