Binjiang Police Affairs
Chapter 276 - 199 Just Call Captain Yu

Chapter 276: Chapter 199 Just Call Captain Yu

The Water Police Division is located by the river, approximately 300 meters from the Port Supervision Bureau Traffic Control Center building.

The yard of the Water Police Station is quite large, but the building area is not, consisting only of a two-story office building and a five-story dormitory building, which cannot compare to surrounding units like Port Supervision and Customs.

Yet, such working and living conditions are still better than most district and county police departments. Previously, no one wanted to be Water Police; now who knows how many people are envious.

Since most officers were regularized from contracted police, their education and professional skills might not keep up. In the past two years, the City Bureau has organized professional training and educational enhancement and even transferred six officers from the City Bureau and several district and county police departments.

The staffing, personnel, and position quotas for the Water Police Station were also confirmed by the City Staffing Office.

Though called a station, it is actually a team.

It has internal offices, a Political Work Office, and two Water Police teams and does not have its own police station.

The First Team, although it has a "Big" in its name, including the Big Commander, has only four officers. It is mainly responsible for information transfer, guiding the water security management of each district and county police department and managing the residences of shipmen across the city.

The Second Team is the operational unit, consisting of four squads.

The First Squad is stationed at Zhanghuang Port in Gaoru, the Second at Binjiang Ship Lock, the Third originally set on the stored boats of Port Supervision Bureau, moved to the division after the office building was completed, acting as a mobile squad for the division.

The policemen in the squads are not fixed, mainly because their families are all settled in Binjiang; hence, the department arranges for the policemen to regularly rotate.

The yet-to-be-established Fourth Squad will be located at Yingchuan Port, it’s said that the office building was coordinated with the help from the newly established Development Zone Branch.

After dinner, as usual, Ma Jintao played basketball with a few brothers from the squad.

His home is in the dormitory right behind, playing until sweaty, just right to go back to shower and sleep.

He had just shot a three-pointer when a brother, hands on knees and panting, asked, "Old Ma, heard that Salted Fish is coming back, and the department plans to let him be the squad leader at Yingchuan Port. You’re close with Instructor Chen, you have more insider info, is it true?"

Although Salted Fish has been out for several years and hasn’t really worked in the Water Police Station, everyone in the Water Police Station is familiar with him.

First, most officers came with Political Commissioner Wang from Linghai and knew Salted Fish.

Second, although Salted Fish was learning to sail outside, his dormitory was here, his girlfriend from the Port Supervision Bureau, his sister, brother-in-law frequently visited, and even his parents and in-laws had been here.

Among all present officers, Ma Jintao was definitely the one most familiar with Salted Fish, he took the basketball and sat down, saying: "I only know he’s come back, as for letting him be the squad leader at Yingchuan Port, that’s for the leaders to decide."

"He’s already back?"

"He came by the office yesterday afternoon, Director Zhou and the Political Commissioner talked with him for over an hour. But I didn’t see him, I was doing joint law enforcement on the river then."

"It seems Salted Fish is really going to be the squad leader at Yingchuan Port."

"Are you jealous?"

"If I get regularized, I’m satisfied, I never thought about being an officer. Besides, if I were jealous, it wouldn’t be of Salted Fish. He started as an official staff member, and he’s the closed-door disciple of Xu Sanye, it’s not surprising even if he came to be the Big Commander."

Ma Jintao knew his good brother was speaking his mind, for contract police to be regularized was already pretty good.

To advance and take on leadership roles is impossible; superiors hardly consider it.

This can be seen from the leadership arrangements of various squads.

The leader of the First Squad came from the Patrol Police Team, the instructor from the City Bureau. The leader of the Second Squad came from Homeland Security Team, and the instructor of the Second Squad was previously a policeman at Port District Bureau, the situation for Third Squad was similar...

Out of all division "veterans," only Zhao Hongxing and Chen Zikun were promoted, one from Deputy Captain to Second Company Captain, and one from squad leader to instructor of the Second Company.

While everyone was discussing who was most likely to be the instructor of the Yingchuan Port Squadron, Political Commissioner Wang was in his office talking to Jia Yongqiang, a policeman from Binjiang County Public Security Bureau, who had just transferred over a month ago.

Jia Yongqiang was considered an "old friend" of the Water Police Station, before Director Yu was promoted, he was responsible for one of the several water police offices set up across ship locks along Yanjiang.

He had participated in the "Severe Crackdown on Water" four years ago, and in the recent "Eel Catching Battle," he didn’t miss a single event. It was because of his familiarity with the riverside that the division made every effort to transfer him.

"Political Commissioner Wang, you mean to send me to Yingchuan Port?"

"Just transferred a few days ago, and asking you to go back might indeed be somewhat unreasonable, but there’s no one more suitable than you."

"Political Commissioner Wang, no worries, where isn’t it work, I’m willing to go to Yingchuan Port."

"Don’t be hasty to declare your stance, listen to me first."

Political Commissioner Wang adjusted his glasses, smiled and said, "The situation with the Fourth Squad is different from other squads. First, the squad leader is quite young, only twenty-one this year."

Jia Yongqiang exclaimed: "Twenty-one, only a few years older than my son!"

"So, being the instructor isn’t an easy job, you should be mentally prepared."

Political Commissioner Wang smiled and continued, "Also, the security in the waters of Yingchuan Port in the Yangtze River and Bin Qi River directly affects the security of the development zone which is in full swing construction. Once the Fourth Squad is established, personnel will not rotate for a while, if you go, you must be meticulous and solid in work, ensuring safe construction for the development zone."

Pairing up with a young man barely twenty-one years old, what kind of situation is that?

Jia Yongqiang said bitterly: "Political Commissioner Wang, I obey orders and follow commands if the department sends me to Yingchuan Port, but I can’t be the instructor, please let me be a regular policeman."

"How many years have we known each other?"

"Over three years."

"That’s it then, your abilities are clear to me and Director Zhou, not just being an instructor, even being an Instructor would be suitable."

"Political Commissioner Wang, you’re kidding."

"I’m not joking, nor saying your previous leaders were bad, just that your previous posts were limited."

Political Commissioner Wang pulled out a cigarette, offered one, and continued, "I know what you’re worried about, the upcoming squad leader of the Fourth Squad is very young but not crude."

Jia Yongqiang muttered as he took the cigarette: "Where is there a youth who isn’t spirited?"

"Yes, there is. Salted Fish is one. He has spent four years on ships, including nearly two years as an Apprentice Chief Officer on an ocean-going freighter. He has been to many countries, experienced many big storms and waves. The things he encountered on the endless sea are unimaginable to us."

"Political Commissioner, are you talking about Xu Sanye’s disciple, the Salted Fish from the Yanjiang Police Station?"

"You know?"

"I heard from Ma Jintao and others a few days ago."

"That’s him."

"But he’s not a policeman from our division..."

"This is a secondment for two years."

Working with a youngster barely in his twenties was headache-inducing enough, let alone thinking that the Salted Fish was Xu Sanye’s disciple made Jia Yongqiang even more troubled.

Political Commissioner Wang actually had no suitable person to pair with Salted Fish and thought of Jia Yongqiang. Seizing the opportunity, he said: "After taking your posts, you need to take care of both, the Yangtze River and Bin Qi River; if necessary, you may request assistance from the Development Zone Branch."

"Political Commissioner..."

"Let me finish."

The expression on Political Commissioner Wang’s face became serious, and he continued: "As for personnel, the bureau’s party committee decided to assign four police officers and four members of the Cooperative Defense Team from various squads. The bureau will provide you a jeep to solve the transportation on land. We are also giving you vessel #004, so you cannot complain about lacking law enforcement ships."

Other squads include up to five people, including the squad leader and the instructor.

And the soon-to-be-formed Fourth Squad, including the squad leader and myself forced into this coaching role, shockingly has six police officers and four members of the Cooperative Defense Team.

Thinking about the booming construction in the Development Zone and how Yingchuan Port looked like a massive construction site, Jia Yongqiang felt it necessary to strengthen the Fourth Squad.

The key issue was that the squad leader was too young, and thinking about working together with such a young lad was embarrassing.

Jia Yongqiang didn’t know what to say when Political Commissioner Wang mentioned with a laugh: "Salted Fish went back to Linghai this morning to see his brother; he will definitely return before the sun sets. You are not busy today, don’t rush off. Let’s have dinner together tonight and get acquainted."

"Dinner?"

"Director Feng from the Port Supervision Bureau said it’s to welcome Salted Fish back, but actually, he is trying to poach from the Binjiang Water Police. But it’s not like Salted Fish is something he can just poach away, so this meal doesn’t cost anything."

"The Port Supervision Bureau wants to poach Salted Fish!"

Jia Yongqiang could hardly believe his ears.

Smiling, Political Commissioner Wang explained: "It’s apples and oranges for those outside our field. In their eyes, Salted Fish has just been a shipman for the past four years, but these four years were really hard for him. Counting three years at the Shipping School, he now has seven years of maritime experience and is currently a Chief Officer of ocean-going vessels over two thousand gross tonnes. Moreover, his certification covers unlimited navigation, not just coastal or nearshore waters."

In his over a month since officially transferring here, Jia Yongqiang had collaborated with Port Supervision on law enforcement multiple times, and he wasn’t completely ignorant about the Port Supervision Bureau.

Hearing this from Political Commissioner Wang, he couldn’t help but ask, "If Salted Fish does not return to work and continues being a seaman, won’t his salary be very high?"

"Of course, after getting his certification, several shipping companies approached him. One company specializing in dispatching seamen offered him a high monthly salary of $2000 US Dollars, but he was unmoved and said he would return."

"Giving up such a high salary to come back to the police isn’t easy. However, having been running ships for so many years, could his police skills be rusty, and also he has never attended a police academy..."

"Salted Fish wasn’t merely learning to steer ships."

Political Commissioner Wang opened a file cabinet, pulled out a file bag, and gently placed a stack of documents in front of him.

Unaware until seeing it, Jia Yongqiang was startled.

It turned out that Xu Sanye’s disciple hadn’t left the police system during the last four years.

Salted Fish first served as an undercover onboard police on a passenger ship for a year.

In the following year, as an investigator, the Marine Police Bureau’s Criminal Investigation Department stationed him consecutively on four freighters.

Although he was later dispatched to foreign-leased ships by the freight company, given he was part of a "half-team" dispatch including seventeen senior crew members and sailors, and it wasn’t appropriate to have a Political Commissioner on foreign ships, Salted Fish took on the role of a Political Commissioner for more than a year.

The seventeen members who went out together also returned together, nobody violated the laws of the country they were in, and none stayed abroad unlawly.

In the recent four years, he participated in capturing six fugitives, confiscated two firearms, uncovered three smuggling cases, one illegal immigration case, and was awarded third-level merit once and commended four times by the East Sea Shipping Public Security Bureau!

Seeing Jia Yongqiang’s shocked expression, Political Commissioner Wang smiled, opened a drawer, and took out a photo: "Salted Fish was colleagues with the ’shoulder pole model’ for a year, so you don’t need to worry about not getting along with him. I have watched him grow up; he truly is a good kid and will definitely respect you."

While Salted Fish had worked with the famous shoulder pole model, he was further mentored by Xu Sanye.

Jia Yongqiang had seen Xu Sanye assisting in Fishery Administration law enforcement more than once since officially transferring to the Water Police Station over a month ago, and he had also heard young colleagues mention Xu Sanye more than once.

Jia Yongqiang knew very well how wild Xu Sanye could be and could even imagine how wild Xu Sanye’s closed-door disciple must be.

But at this point, there was no turning back.

Already transferred to the Water Police Station, it was impossible to transfer back, and as long as he was in the Water Police Station, he had to follow organizational arrangements.

Finding no other way, Jia Yongqiang had to stiffen his resolve and said: "Political Commissioner, rest assured, I will also respect Captain Xian. I promise I won’t use seniority to prevail over him."

"Captain Xian sounds weird; how about Captain Yu."

"..."

"Don’t look at me like that. I’m not joking with you. From now on, just call him Captain Yu." Political Commissioner Wang thought it amusing and lit a cigarette, laughing: "President Yu, Director Yu, Commissioner Yu, Captain Yu... That sounds like the Water Police Station, and it is also a tradition in our division."

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PS: The original plan was from the 9th to energetically post three updates a day, but then I caught a cold again, so please excuse me, dear readers.