Rescuing people held hostage from terrorists requires extremely strong professional capabilities as a basis.
Officials from state and federal governments are here more for politics than to actually solve the problem.
They just want to complete the rescue work as soon as possible, calm down the incident in the shortest possible time, and prevent the situation from developing further out of control.
In short, we must not involve the government!
As for the method of rescue, this is not within their scope of consideration. They represent the government and only care about the results and not the process.
Therefore, officials from the state and federal governments talked a lot at the meeting, which can be summed up in two words.
Be quick! Be good!
Translating these two words is...
I don't care what research plan you use, I just want to solve the problem in the shortest time and see the best results.
The main thing is not to kill the hostages!
They don't care whether the police and special police officers die, because no matter how many people die, the people actually don't care, because in their hearts, the police, who are supported by the people's taxes, should die to protect the people.
People don't care about the death of police officers, and the government naturally doesn't care too much either.
It's like the government never cares about the death of soldiers, it only cares about whether there is enough oil in the oil well after successfully entering the territory of another country.
Federal system of government, capitalist society.
This is how it works!
But if the hostage dies during the rescue, it will be a completely different result. Even if only one hostage dies, the people will believe that the government and the police have failed in their duties, and they will definitely come out for various demonstrations.
In particular, the government, as the highest level of management, will bear most of the public's criticism.
This is unacceptable to the government!
As a veteran policeman with nearly 20 years of experience, Chief Hunter naturally knew the faces of government officials very well. He listened to their requests in one ear and out the other, treating them as nonsense and not hearing them.
With very little information about the terrorists now, who can guarantee that no hostages will be killed during the rescue?
At least Director Hunter doesn’t dare to guarantee it!
Tom, the head of the hostage rescue team from the FBI, saw the "expectations" of state and federal government officials, and wanted to take this opportunity to show off.
He stood up and said: "HRT is the most professional hostage rescue team. We have very rich experience and many successful cases.
If I can be solely responsible for the rescue work, I can give you the best answer in the shortest time, instead of the slow progress like now."
After speaking, Tom also deliberately glanced at Director Hunter, the meaning of which was already obvious.
Tom is an ambitious man, in a sense similar to Long Zhan.
This terrorist kidnapping incident has caused a sensation all over the country. If we can preside over the overall situation and solve the incident perfectly, it will definitely be a great achievement.
Tom's position within the FBI would probably be moved up two or three levels.
Although a failed rescue will cause a lot of trouble, most people will regard it as a trouble and stay away as much as possible.
But for an ambitious person, the higher the risk, the greater the opportunity, so he will take the gamble.
That's what Tom thinks and does.
Faced with Tom's provocation.
Director Hunter's face suddenly fell.
In terms of the FBI's administrative agency level, federal police are indeed one level higher than state police, but don't forget that the United States is a federal system.
State police are only under the control of the local state government and are not subject to any leadership or restriction by the federal police.
Even if you are the FBI!
Even if the FBI can catch state police officers who break the law, it does not have the qualifications to regulate and restrain state police officers.
Not to mention that Tom is just the team leader of one of many action teams, and his job level is that of a senior agent.
In the state police system, Zhang Potian is equivalent to the sergeant in the state police.
Hunter is the official director of the state police department. In terms of police rank and position, there is a big gap between the two.
So what if you're from the federal government?
So what if your HRT is famous overseas and has the highest law enforcement authority?
This is Salt Lake City, Utah, not Washington, which is thousands of kilometers away. Hunter is the police boss here, and he cannot call all the cats and dogs.
Not to mention provocative!
Faced with Tom running wild on his own territory, Chief Hunter immediately showed who was the speaker here and countered in a strong way: "Mr. Tom, don't forget that your job is only to assist the Salt Lake City Police Department."
The meaning of Director Hunter's words is obvious.
This is telling Senior Agent Tom that you are just an outsider here to help, not to be the master. Please position yourself correctly.
"OK, you are right. I hope you can come up with a solution soon. Each team in HRT has a lot of work and we don't have time to stay here all the time."
Tom relied on the fact that he was from "Washington" and counterattacked Director Hunter's counterattack.
On the surface, it seems that he has regressed and given up on the idea of fighting for command, but in fact, he is undermining Director Hunter for occupying the manhole.
Director Hunter is in his 50s, how could he not understand what he was saying?
His face turned darker!
But he had no way to refute. Even if Tom, the senior agent, was not at the same level as him, he couldn't forcefully suppress him.
After all, it has been so long since the incident, and it is a fact that there has been no progress in the rescue.
If you try to suppress Agent Tom forcefully, you will be criticized as saying that Director Hunter is bullying others, which makes him look stingy and immoral.
Therefore, no matter how angry Director Hunter was, there was nothing he could do against the provocative Agent Tom.
Sheriff Richard saw his boss's embarrassment and was annoyed that Tom dared to dictate matters in Salt Lake City. He decided to stand up and vent his anger on his boss's behalf.
Didn't you say we don't have a rescue plan? Then I'll tell you one.
"The negotiators have successfully entered, and the terrorists' purpose for carrying out this kidnapping should be made public soon.
I think our top priority now is to find out the number and weapons of the terrorists and find out their location so that we can formulate a rescue plan."
"Chief Richard."
Agent Tom suddenly interrupted Richard and said with contempt in his eyes: "Everyone knows these things you are talking about. The question now is, how do you get people in to complete these tasks? I need to hear
Action plan, not what you say."
"It's rude to interrupt someone else, Agent Tom."
Sheriff Richard scolded with a sullen expression. He and Agent Tom were at the same level. Even if they were unhappy, there would be no bullying.
Therefore, he was not afraid at all and went through with it.
Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, a federal government official stood up to make peace and said, "Chief Richard, do you have a suitable plan? Tell me and listen."
Agent Tom's original intention was to take advantage of the situation so that he could move his butt higher.
Federal government officials have all spoken out. This is his actual leader, and he can only temporarily suppress his inner thoughts.
Wait for the next suitable opportunity and then come out to benefit yourself.
Seeing that Agent Tom didn't speak any more, Chief Richard could only temporarily put away his anger and spoke out the plan he had thought of before.