CHAPTER 1270: CHAPTER 1197 JIANG YUAN STUDY GROUP

"Good morning."

"Morning!"

Tang Jia greeted everyone, her voice young and charming.

After greeting the passing officers, Tang Jia purposely took out her phone and snapped a photo of Building 9 in front of her.

The newborn yellow sun illuminated the top of the building, making the ordinary small building appear as if it were wearing a crown.

Right next to it was the police dog training center of the Ningtai County Criminal Police Brigade. A few handsome dogs were still lying down to rest, while the trainers and a group of officers hurried in to start their workday.

The Taihe Working Group in Building 9 was also fully staffed and operational. The bodies that had recently drifted in were all sent to the morgue, where the chief forensic doctor, Jiang Yuan, conducted autopsy analyses.

These bodies were previously classified as non-homicidal deaths. However, since the Taihe Working Group was established, even though the cause of death had been determined, Jiang Yuan still needed to take a look at them.

Especially two of the bodies, which still hadn’t been identified, required Jiang Yuan to see if he could provide any clues.

If not, they would be classified as unidentified bodies. After photographic documentation and the waiting period, they would be handed over to the funeral home for cremation according to regulations.

Tang Jia stretched her long legs and briskly went upstairs.

Along the way were familiar colleagues, all sitting in unfamiliar workstations, greeting each other.

"Here, here..." Mu Zhiyang gestured to Tang Jia and said with a smile, "You haven’t been here in a while. You might have forgotten where to sit, right?"

"You’re a local, so it’s different for you." Tang Jia laughed as she sat down and asked, "Do we have any cases?"

"We sure have cases, but no major ones. Commissioner Huang is discussing something with Captain Jiang inside." Mu Zhiyang shrugged and added, "The recent floating bodies are not cases, and it seems there are fewer bodies in the Tai River."

"As long as a floating body case is solved, it will be widely reported in the media. Recently, Captain Jiang has been cracking cases on the Tai River one after another. Those interested in this, whether it’s dumping bodies or murder, probably wouldn’t choose the Tai River as their first option anymore," Tang Jia speculated.

Mu Zhiyang shook his head, "Who would be concerned with this kind of thing all day?"

"Weirdos, those who want to commit murder, and detective novel enthusiasts, there are plenty of them." Tang Jia, who often liaised with the cyber division, spoke of these topics knowledgeably and added, "Some murders happen just on a whim. With our detection rate increasing, the occurrence of murders has actually decreased."

"Of course, they want to commit murder, not commit suicide..."

Just then, the office door in front opened.

Huang Qiangmin and Jiang Yuan emerged together, evidently having finished their discussion.

Huang Qiangmin clapped his hands to draw everyone’s attention and said, "First of all, welcome back the members of Jiang Yuan’s Accumulated Case Team and the Taihe Working Group to Ningtai County."

The crowd applauded in cooperation.

Huang Qiangmin nodded with a smile and said, "I have to say, many officers in Jiang Yuan’s Accumulated Case Team were seconded from other city bureaus, so saying ’back to Ningtai County’ might not be entirely accurate. But in my heart, I consider everyone like family. Actually, I estimate many team members feel the same way..."

Before anyone could react, Huang Qiangmin continued, "I must admit, with the qualifications of our County Criminal Police Team, I never expected to attract so many young talents. Well, Old Meng here also counts as a youthful middle-aged..."

After making a leadership-sanctioned joke, which everyone found amusing, Huang Qiangmin continued, "I believe we have gathered here for one spirit, striving for the same ideal, the same belief... After spending some time together, I’ve noticed many officers have an urgent desire to learn and to improve themselves..."

With this last sentence, Huang Qiangmin introduced the main event of the day.

Huang Qiangmin looked at Jiang Yuan and said, "Given this, combined with the recent low pressure for solving cases, after discussing with Jiang Yuan, we’ve decided to hold a training session. The training session will focus mainly on the members of Jiang Yuan’s Accumulated Case Team, but members from brother units are also welcome to enroll. The training will be led by Jiang Yuan personally, teaching some of our common case-solving techniques and introducing some uncommon case-solving methods, among other things... Additionally, the training will be conducted alongside real cases, so participants need to be active-duty officers..."

As Huang Qiangmin explained the details, the officers below began to discuss quietly.

Learning and training are very familiar modes for the police, with no shortage in any unit. Especially for city-level brigades and police units, various training sessions each year tend to fill the schedule. The front-line teams mainly participate in rotations.

This includes essential political education, as well as various law enforcement training, physical fitness training, and various position skills. Then there are all kinds of technical demonstrations and training sessions.

For example, forensic detection in earlier years, to be effective, first required introducing fingerprint and footprint extraction and rules to police officers at all levels, and the same went for bloodstains and DNA. Nowadays, it’s about teaching how to extract video surveillance, especially basic IT operations.

At the very least, they need to know how to move the host computer, search USB flash drives and other storage devices, and those a bit more skilled can follow network cables and routers to find all network devices under the same router, like a phone hidden in a couch crease, or a different brand surprisingly connected to the same company next door. Lastly, care should be taken not to let the suspect delete or format the data right in front of them.

Besides this, various internet companies are also developing various police equipment. Common ones, like devices from the 360 series, can directly extract data from phones, analyze keywords in various chat apps, and check various map and booking apps. At such times, the trainers often come from the software companies that developed these devices.

The members of Jiang Yuan’s Accumulated Case Team, who have been around him for years, not only see his operations but often participate in them, though few have received systematic training.

Most of the police officers willing to join the Cold Case Squad are extremely interested in solving cases.

When Huang Qiangmin finished explaining the details, the officers couldn’t wait to start signing up.

Huang Qiangmin welcomed everyone, saying, "So from now on, we’ll focus on the training session, specifically hosted by Jiang Yuan. I think people from other cities and counties might also be interested, so I’ll make a few calls. If anyone wants to join, we’ll learn together."

The group of detectives present looked at Huang Qiangmin with knowing smiles; most of them were free labor, already aware of Huang Qiangmin’s intentions.

Jiang Yuan didn’t need to worry about these matters. Seeing that Huang Qiangmin had finished speaking, he said, "We’ll take it step by step. Today, since no members from other units are here yet, I’d like to introduce some content about forensic botany. This way, we can better protect and collect related evidence in the cases to come."

Pausing for a moment, Jiang Yuan continued, "As for the basic applications of forensic botany, everyone should be familiar with them. We’ll start from practical considerations, examining how to correctly operate on cases, so we can use forensic botany in the future."

Finishing his speech, Jiang Yuan turned his head to Wang Chuanxing and said, "Call the Criminal Police Team and the county’s police stations. For any new cases that haven’t undergone scene investigation yet, report them here. Also, gather details of unsolved cases from the past few days. I’ll pick some, and we can try applying forensic botany to them."

Wang Chuanxing hesitated for a moment and said, "The recent cases are probably all minor ones, like theft. Some might only involve a few hundred or a thousand yuan’s worth..."

"There are no small or large cases; they’re all practice. Solving a minor case worth a few hundred yuan is still a good achievement." Jiang Yuan finished speaking and pulled over a whiteboard, ready to start the training immediately.

Tang Jia quickly stepped forward to help.

Wang Chuanxing turned on his computer, pen in one hand and typing with the other, and began making calls.

After a while, the list in front of Wang Chuanxing began to grow longer.

"10.7 Burglary Case."

"Wangji Town Theft Case."

"Laptop Theft at the First People’s Hospital."

"Convenience Store Smoking and Alcohol Theft Case."

Seeing these low-key names, Wang Chuanxing felt as if he were watching a napalm bomb turning a roast duck into a sizzling, oily mess.