North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 677 Good things come in pairs
Jimmy returned to his office and placed the Distinguished Service Medal on the table. This time it was an accident. He had not prepared a display frame. The key was that he had never seen this medal before and did not know what kind of frame to choose. .

Now there is a row of medals and medals on Jimmy's desk. These are proof of his hard work over the past few years and they are hard-won.

Mark and Julia were not in the office, probably out investigating the case. Because of Jimmy's previous training and this long vacation, they were used to handling cases alone. This was not bad, at least Jimmy could relax a little bit.

Putting the certificates and medals back in the drawer, Jimmy left the office again. The administrative leave given by Ruiz had not yet expired, so there was no need to be in such a hurry to come back to work.

In fact, during Jimmy's vacation, Washington DC was very lively, but this liveliness was mainly concentrated at the top and did not radiate to everywhere. Not many people could understand it.

DHS is very passive now. After returning to DC, Agent Raymond reported everything about this operation to the superiors. The death and injury of many agents caught everyone off guard, and the FBI headquarters also learned about this support for DHS. As a result, the SRT team was killed and two injured. After contacting Ruiz and others for confirmation, they received accurate information. This time DHS was embarrassed.

For the senior officials of the FBI, it is natural that they would not like it if the sister departments were too strong. This is because DHS, which was formed after the 911/[-] incident, is this strong department. Because it was merged and reorganized from various agencies and focused on domestic counter-terrorism, it actually took away the powers of the FBI. It has taken a big bite out of the scope, and everyone will be unhappy if it changes. If there are several leadership changes, maybe there will not be so much controversy between them, but it has only been a few years now.

This time there was something that could be brought out publicly to cause trouble, so naturally something had to be done. So just like previous government department adjustments, the FBI teamed up with some people from their superiors, the Justice Department, to start activities to add some shackles to DHS. .

However, DHS is not a freeloader. This time they did not mobilize the National Guard, nor did they arrange DHS special team support immediately. It was their dereliction of duty that caused such losses. There is no way to deny this, so they must find a way first. Make up for it, score some emotional points.

After returning to Washington, DC, Agent Raymond took his superiors to the SRT training base in Buffalo, expressed condolences and gave gifts to the two injured SRT members, and then went there accompanied by SRT Captain Roy. The deceased team member's family expressed condolences to his family, and DHS provided a special subsidy in addition to the FBI pension. Agent Raymond attended his funeral as a DHS representative. Everything was done in a very timely manner. , the problem on SRT's side was solved before others could react.

For the injured and dead DHS agents, they will still compensate them according to the highest standard that their previous levels can achieve, ensuring that these people and their families will not cause too much trouble because of this incident, and at the same time, they will also show their In the eyes of some people, the sincerity is to appease the various integrated departments and first ensure that there will be no internal chaos.

As for the fact that some people at the FBI headquarters teamed up with the Department of Justice and other departments to force the palace to evacuate, these are not things that can be done in a day or two. You can take your time. Major departmental decisions are never made by one person, and DHS is not the same. My political allies have experienced a lot in recent years, so they will not completely fall over on this matter.

When dealing with these matters, they did not forget to stumble the FBI. Their attempt to transfer Jimmy to DHS was a damaging move.

Jimmy's information is not a secret. There are people in DHS who have cooperated with Jimmy before. It is easy to find out his information. But now they can no longer find the CIA information, so all the information found are public FBI information and His previous police information.

Jimmy's information is very eye-catching. Not to mention the 8% or 9% case detection rate, just the people who died in his hands and the kill records can make anyone who reads the information tremble. Their department can There has never been such a murderer. The key is that Jimmy's killing was justified. The OPR department within the FBI has investigated Jimmy once or twice, and never once could they suppress him with solid evidence.

They really hope to get Jimmy over now, but they are all federal agents, but they belong to different departments. They can't force Jimmy to be recruited. Naturally, they can only communicate first, and then Ruiz reminds Jimmy to stay at home. about this matter.

People at the FBI headquarters naturally know about Jimmy. If nothing else, he solved the hijacking case alone after 911/[-] and became a designated study case in the textbook of Quantico Academy. This is enough to overwhelm a group of senior agents, and even more What's more, there have been many terrorist attack-level cases solved by Jimmy. His name is also very well-known in the headquarters. However, because of ethnic issues and departmental interests, no one in the management will take the initiative to transfer him to the headquarters or give him High level positions.

Once again, the FBI is a very conservative agency. They can take the initiative to increase the number of minorities for the sake of face, but the top management has always remained white-dominated.

Now DHS wants to come to the FBI to recruit an important person. Naturally, some people disagree. At the same time, because of the attraction of the competition itself, they also consider keeping Jimmy around and keep an eye on it. This is why they designated Johnson. The doctor gives Jimmy a psychological evaluation.

The matter was not complicated, but there were many people involved this time. In order to ensure that Jimmy stayed in Manhattan, Dave and the others also did a lot of things.

The Former FBI Agents Association is not a pheasant association. They award medals to active agents, which is a big deal within the association. Moreover, Jimmy also received a high-level medal, which can be used to publish news to expand the influence of the publicity news, even for special reasons. There is no way that there are only two spectators in such a shabby place.

This is the result of discussions between Dave and Hughes. Even within the association, the matter of awarding Jimmy a medal needs to be postponed before notifying others, and cannot be done with great fanfare.

Jimmy didn't know much about these things, but his vacation became very long, lasting nearly two weeks before he received a call from Ruiz and was ready to go back to work.

The long vacation made Jimmy almost sick at home. He understood what Ruiz's arrangement was for, so he stayed at home very honestly during this time.Reading, watching TV, buying groceries and cooking. Because he was so bored, he even bought a lunch box for Nia and made a lunch for her to take to the police station. There was no need to eat takeout at noon.

Of course, he must be the one to cook dinner. The highlight is a menu change. During this period, his cooking skills have become a little better. Anyway, he has a lot of time. He checked many dishes online and found them for dinner. Nia He can be considered blessed, even showing some signs of gaining weight.

But it's not without good news. Regarding the issue of children, Nia also agreed. She went back to Kevin's house several times during this period, but she didn't let Jimmy come with her. She should have discussed this issue with Kevin and his wife. So thanks to the efforts of Jimmy and Nia, some of the gadgets in the drawer are basically out of work recently. As for when they will be used, it depends on subsequent efforts.

In any case, Jimmy still hopes that he can have offspring, but he has been deliberately using condoms in the past few years here. After all, there is no guarantee. Now that he is married, he naturally hopes to have children as soon as possible.The reason for his uneasiness is actually that this future child has been targeted, and he doesn't know what to do next.

But these are things that he will have to worry about in the future. As long as he pays attention, at least no one can force his child. In this regard, he at least still has a choice.After getting up in the morning and making breakfast, and kissing Nia goodbye, Jimmy took the sandwich and bag and left the house. When he arrived at the office, no one else had come yet. Jimmy first took out the display frame prepared in the bag and put the Excellent Exhibition of the Former Agents Association The service medal was packed and placed on the table. After clearing the table, he got up to clean the tea set.

Mark and Julia arrived at the office on time and were a little surprised to see Jimmy already there. The main reason was that Jimmy had spent so little time in the office in the past two months. First he was on a honeymoon, and then he was on a business trip to cooperate with DHS on cases. After another two weeks of administrative leave, all the things in their team were piled on Mark and Julia, which made them both very nervous and busy. As special agents, they dealt with the needs of senior agents and even supervisory agents. things to do.

Jimmy invited the two of them to sit down and drink tea together, and chatted about their recent work. It was considered a morning meeting of the group.

Although Jimmy was away, the two of them also successfully solved a murder case, which was a great harvest. Especially Julia, this time it was entirely due to her keen awareness of the abnormalities in the surveillance, and then found out from the blurry images. The whereabouts of the suspect, and then the two of them successfully found the suspect's location through hard visits and investigations, and the subsequent arrest was much simpler.

The morning meeting didn't last long. After Jimmy learned about their recent work, he let them continue their work. He also left the office and didn't come back for a while. He always wanted to say hello to Ruiz and the others. , just think of it as traditional workplace etiquette.

What he didn't expect was that Ruiz gave him a surprise, "Jimmy, get ready and go to Washington DC in two days. There is a medal ceremony at DHS for you."

Jimmy looked at Ruiz in surprise: "Are you going to be awarded a medal again? Why? Didn't they already refuse to come?"

Ruiz: "I'm not transferring you here. It's just for the last case. It can be regarded as compensation. They just informed me yesterday that this is the invitation that Dave sent over in the morning."

Jimmy: "They don't have any other requirements, right?"

Ruiz: "At least not yet. Just be careful not to say the wrong thing."

Jimmy: "OK, I understand."

It seems that this case is completely over, otherwise Jimmy would not be awarded a medal. You must know that they are people from different systems, and they must have reached a conclusion before doing so.That's fine. After this matter is over, Jimmy no longer has to worry about someone trying to poach him.

The DHS medal ceremony was relatively grand. This time, not only Jimmy was awarded the medal, but Agent Raymond and another agent were also present.

Jimmy received the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Medal of Excellence, which is awarded to individuals who have outstanding performance and made significant contributions in the field of homeland security. Agent Raymond received the Department of Homeland Security Medal, which is awarded to individuals within the department to protect the country. It is an individual medal for outstanding performance in security. Another agent received the Outstanding Service Medal. Three different medals for three people. This is considered special treatment.

After the awarding ceremony, Jimmy and Raymond chatted for a while, asked them about their follow-up, and then returned to New York smoothly. It was a good thing that nothing special happened.

Note:
Someone was curious about the treatment of GS14 in the previous picture, so I will add some information here.

The U.S. government generally adopts a three-level position system for classification, namely, Executive Schedule (literally translated as administrative advancement, abbreviated as ES) and Senior Executive Service/Senior Level (literally translated as senior executive). /Advanced level, abbreviated as SES/SL), third-class general level (General Schedule, literally translated as ordinary advanced level, abbreviated as GS).The first and second ranks are senior leadership positions.In addition, the federal government also has worker positions (Blue-Collar), which are usually manual jobs such as porters, installation workers and craftsmen, and are paid using the Federal Wage System (FWS).

The general grades of government employees are divided into 15 grades, and each grade is divided into 10 steps. Among them, GS-1 is the lowest grade and GS-15 is the highest. The 10 steps in each grade are also gradually based on years. There are generally age requirements for upgrades and upgrades.

根据最新GS数据，2023年，GS-1从24464到30608，GS-2从27508到34619，以此类推，GS-14从116393到151308。

The starting level of an FBI agent is GS11/12, and GS13/14 is a senior agent. At the supervisory agent level, the position level and salary level are not strictly one-to-one correspondence. Agents at the same level may also belong to different GS grade.

FBI agents also receive a series of subsidies such as mobility subsidies, overtime pay, performance bonuses, regional subsidies, etc. when they go out to handle cases. In addition, there are also some benefits, such as medical insurance, pension plans, and education subsidies, so every Everyone's income will vary.

I didn't list Jimmy's monthly income in detail in the novel. It's too complicated. Currently, he is set to be GS-13, with an annual salary of about 10-11. Subsidies and the like are too troublesome and I won't calculate them. It's a big difference. Just bad.

另外补充一下，联邦雇员薪资等级和军队的军官职级是基本对应的，但是并不是严格对应统一的，GS1-4对应士兵的E1-4，GS5-6对应士官的E5-E9，GS7-11对应尉官O1-3，GS12-15对应校官O4-6，高级行政人员SES对应O7-10。

These are basic knowledge. Understanding these is good for understanding certain plots. It will not be explained clearly in the text later.

　I have an impromptu trip to Suzhou today and will probably come back in the evening. I originally planned to make a replacement during the day. I'll see if I have time to deal with it on Sunday.At least I'm sure it should be able to update normally.I wish everyone has crabs to eat!
　　
　
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