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It's 2:07 am and I have no idea if this makes the least bit of sense. 962 words.

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"Thank you kindly, Elaine"

"Any time. Just. . . don't say where you got it, okay?"

"Understood."

* * * * * *
--Let's see. . .

Official uniformed PHOTO

FINGERPRINTS

STATISTICS:

Name: S. . .
--'S." . . .Stewart? Samuel? Sean?
--Steven -- not Steve, oh please, Lord, not another Steve. . .

Hair: dk. Blond

Eyes: Blue

Height: 5' 10.5"

Weight: 159

Marital status: ~~Married~~
Divorced
--Ah.

Religion:
--Can they ask that here? Didn't think they could ask that.
~~Roman Catholic~~
~~Roman Ca~~
None

Cadet Leadership Award
--Really.
Marksman Certificate
--Really?

Assigned 15th Precinct, May, 1988.

CITATION, September 1988:
"Officer entered premises under fire, became separated from partner, received bullet wound in left thigh…"
--Ouch.
"…rescuing 7 year old child."
--Oh, good work. Good, fine work.

March 1989 - Recommended for Citation by senior officer Samuel Franklin, for exemplary work on. . ..
--Hmm. Apprehended. . .murder. . .police officer. . .Botrelle. Must remember that. Botrelle.
Denied. Received internal commendation from Captain Morell.

Associate's Degree, Northwestern University, Criminal Justice, February, 1990.

Reassigned to 15th Precinct Detective division, March, 1990 per recommendation of S. Franklin

CITATION, December 1990:
"Officer held off three armed suspects in jewelry story robbery, saving four unarmed civilians single-handedly. . ."
--Brave. He's brave.
--Well, I knew that already.

REPRIMAND, January 1991
--Punched a suspect? Oh, dear.
"During hearing, Det. Sgt. Sam Franklin offered mitigating circumstances, resulting in no further action being taken against Detective. . ."
--Franklin again.

MEMO
From the desk of Lt. Gus Flaubert:
"July 8, 1991. SRK now partnering with Melina, not Franklin."
--Why?

TRANSFER REQUEST -- approved
Transfer, 21st Precinct, November 1991
--What precipitated that, I wonder?

REPRIMAND, January, 1992
--Fighting with fellow officer. . .!
--Officers, plural?

MEDICAL REPORT: Paul Schuman, PhD
. . .Required visits….Officer reported as ordered. . .

MEMO
From the Desk of Lt. Vincent A. Giancarlo:
"Gonna try partnering him with Jeff Roland. Markowitz won't take him and I can’t do it to Janie."
--Doesn't play well with others.

TRANSFER REQUEST -- approved
Transfer, 13th Precinct, April 1993.
--Why have you moved around so much?

CITATION, September, 1993:
"Alone, detective faced down and apprehended Jarvis, Mulraney and Evans, escapees from Joliet, all serving life-sentences for the Dunningham murders."

Addendum: "Deserves the citation, but had to reprimand him for leaving his partner and going it alone again. Have no idea who to partner him with any more, now that RV and he had that fight and MO'B is retiring."—BO'F

Promotion, Detective, First Grade, September 1993

REPRIMAND, January 1994 ". . .Reckless. . .dangerous. . .no thought to personal-–"
--Were you trying to get yourself killed?
Recommended: Psychiatric. . .
--Again?

MEDICAL REPORT, Paul Schuman, PhD. . .
--I really shouldn't be reading. . .
. . .depression, due to personal. . .
. . .divorce. . .
. . .patient uncooperative. . .
--Uncooperative. THERE's a surprise.

Leave of absence, June 1994
--??
". . .while undercover posing as a drug dealer, acquired information and evidence resulting in the arrest of four top-level heroin distributors working the Great Lakes area. In order to protect his identity as a drug user and dealer, and to prevent the killing of his partner, the detective was forced to. . ."
--No. No, no. God.

MEDICAL REPORT
Medical clearance July 1994
--Too soon. They released you too soon.

Recommended for Citation by Lt. Brendan O'Flaherty
Denied

MEMO
From the desk of Captain Ronald Marshall:
"Are you nuts? This guy needs a leash, not another citation, Bren."

TRANSFER REQUEST -- approved
Transferred, 18th Precinct, July 1994
--Fifteen months in the same place. A record.

MEMO
From the Desk of Lt. Howard Greenspan:
"Have advised the detective that his behavior towards the Assistant State's Attorney is unacceptable and will not be tolerated, and that if I receive another complaint from her office that she is being harassed I will take disciplinary action that may result in a demotion or cessation of employment for the detective. He assures me he will observe the restraining order fully."
--What on earth. . . he was stalking an ASA?

--October, 1994, Change of partner. . .
--May, 1995, Change of partner. . .
--July 1995, TRANSFER REQUEST – denied. . .
--November 1995, TRANSFER REQUEST – denied. . .
--May, 1996, TRANSFER REQUEST – denied
--September, 1996 –
REFER TO CPD HEADQUARTERS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS OFFICER.
--Oh. Dear.

* * * * *

"C'mon, Elaine. Consider me begging. I could make it up to you, say Friday--"

"--Forget it."

"I gotta see it. It's part of my job."

"I doubt that."

"Please. . .pretty please with sugar and uh, you know, those sprinkle things on it, that look kinda like ants. . .?

"Jeez. Okay, okay. Just don't tell anyone."

"My lips are sealed. Think about the Ballroom, okay?"

"When you are the last breathing man on earth."

"Hey, I can wait. Gimme."

* * * * *

--Let's see. . .

Official photograph
--Yeah, okay, so he's good looking. I knew that already. I knew that. So what?

STATISTICS
Name. . .age. . .weight. . .height. . .
--Hah! Knew it, I knew I had a half-inch on him!

Citations, commendations, reprimands. . .
--Whatever, yadda yadda, blah blah blah.

Inu. . .Inu. . .Tuktoy. . .Tuktoyu. . .
--Freak.

". . .on the trail of the killers of his father, and has remained. . ."
--Major freak.

. . .wolf. . .
--Major, MAJOR freak.

. . .Girard, Frobisher, Thatcher, Metcalfe, diamonds. . .

--Wait a minute, wait one freakin'—

-- !!!!!!

--Holy crap. Vecchio SHOT him?

--No, shit. It's ME. Me, Vecchio. I shot him. Gotta remember that.

--Damn it.

--. . .Well, this should be interesting.

* * * * *

--Darn it.

--. . .Well, this should be interesting.