"We're sort of alumni, to put it that way. He was trained as a police officer, and so was I."
"But he was a year ahead of me. When I was selected for police training, he was just in his last six months."
"He was an active member at the police academy..."
Chief Matthew explained every detail of these matters to Mayor Wade, including how he originally had the chance to be assigned to the City Police Department but chose the State Police Department upon the advice of some fellow trainees.
Later, he did quite well. By the time he reached the position of Deputy Police Chief, the Director began to interact with him, bringing him into the real core circle of the State Police Department.
Although Mayor Wade knew this was a... panda-like interest group, he couldn't help but marvel at the madness of these people when the veil was lifted!
Some of their "radicals" often "hunted" on the interstate highway, then pinned the crimes on some infamous highway serial killers.
