Luke and his friend arrived at the examination venue, but found that there were only the two of them and a police inspector in charge of the exam in the room.
When the two came in, the inspector immediately handed out the test papers and yawned: "Hey, I didn't sleep well last night. I'm going to have a cup of coffee and I'll be back in an hour to collect the papers."
As he said this, he placed a document in his hand on the table not far from the two of them and walked out the door.
Seeing this, Luke quickly said, “Sir, just give us half an hour.”
The inspector stopped and looked at Luke for a moment, then suddenly laughed: "Not bad, Detective Luke Coulson, you are indeed a good student with both good character and good academic performance. I'll come back to collect the papers in half an hour."
After the inspector left, Selina looked at Luke.
Luke shrugged. "Well, I underestimated Chief Brad's influence, but we probably won't need that."
He nodded towards the test paper, feeling a little amused.
He was basically certain that this book must contain the answers to the test questions, and the one hour mentioned by the police inspector was obviously for them to look up the book.
Of course, open-book exams cannot be called cheating.
The Los Angeles Police Department can have open-book examinations for detectives if they want, and other police departments have no control over that.
It was a pity that Luke had done so much preparation.
The two were too lazy to look for the answers to the test questions in the document, so they simply scanned the test paper with their plain glasses, and the question bank attached to the glasses listed the answers to each question one by one.
All the two of them need to do is copy the answers projected in the plain glasses.
Luke also reminded Selina: "Don't copy everything. It's enough to get a "good" grade if you get 20% of the questions wrong."
Selina paused, ashamed: "If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten it."
Luke chuckled: "This isn't a college entrance exam. If "passing" doesn't make us look like we don't understand the rules and regulations, then we can make a few mistakes."
It took them more than ten minutes to copy the questions.
Luke was familiar with the procedure and completed the paper perfectly, making it look just like a normal exam.
I got all the easy questions right and intentionally got part of the most difficult questions wrong, and completed the task in five minutes.
The rest of the time he was reminding Selina what she did wrong.
It would be quite embarrassing if two people made the same mistake.
After sitting and chatting for a few more minutes, the police inspector came back, took the two test papers, glanced through them, nodded and said, "Well, you can go. The test results will be out in a week."
He was making sure that the two of them would not fail to even copy and paste, in which case they would have to retake the test.
This kind of invigilation is too boring, he doesn't want to invigilate twice.
After coming out, the two went to find Dustin and told him that they had passed the detective exam.
Dustin gestured to close the door before asking, "How have you considered that matter?"
What he was talking about, of course, was the fact that the two of them followed him to New York to take up the post.
It is now early September, and the October deadline is not far away.
Luke shrugged. "Of course we'll go. But we won't be patrolmen in the past, right?"
He doesn't care about salary or position. If his position is low, he doesn't need to meddle in other people's affairs.
But the patrolman has to patrol the area every day and has no flexible time, which he can't stand.
Dustin shook his head decisively: "How is that possible? It would be such a waste if I asked you to be patrolmen."
Not only is your ability wasted, but my feelings are also wasted! He muttered in his heart.
In order to drag Luke and the other two over, he made a lot of efforts and even had two private talks with Director Brad. Only then did he resolve the issue of Luke and the other two's past treatment.
However, he was unsure of Luke's opinion, so he asked tentatively, "In the past, or as a detective?"
Luke laughed. "Of course. I'm only good at fighting, not being a sergeant."
Dustin hesitated, but still explained it bluntly: "Because Elsa is going there too, and I only have one sheriff position."
Luke said nothing, but just pretended to listen attentively.
Dustin: "I only have four people available to go to New York this time. The director does not plan to bring low-level personnel with him, but I need you..."
Luke was embarrassed and raised his hand to signal: "Boss, don't be so exaggerated. It's good enough to be a detective. I didn't think of competing with Elsa for the position."
He really couldn't stand Dustin, a middle-aged man, explaining with a constipated expression and saying things like "I need you".
Dustin paid close attention to his expression, and seeing that he really didn't seem to be being polite, he nodded and said, "That's good. When you go there, you may be assigned to the detective bureau directly under the headquarters. Elsa will be there too, but she may not be your superior."
Luke chuckled, "Elsa is willing?"
Dustin sighed, "I know that Elsa and you have a good understanding, and it will be much more convenient for you to handle cases together. But the police station over there is not opened by Chief Brad, so it is impossible to arrange all the positions in advance."
At this point, his tone became serious: "But I promise that within half a year at most, you can go to any department you want."
Luke nodded directly: "That's fine, everything is up to you. By the way, Boss, can I take the assigned car with me?"
Dustin wondered, "Why?"
He knew that Luke was rich, so there was no need for him to keep that ordinary car.
Luke chuckled and said, "I modified that car. The cost of the modification is much more expensive than the car itself."
Dustin was speechless for a moment before nodding: "Okay, I'll ask the logistics department to put your car on the list of used cars for auction this month, and you can buy it yourself. Well, don't give too little money."
Luke didn't care: "I'll bid on it as if it were a new car that had just been modified."
Dustin nodded in satisfaction.
This is the best way, as people won’t accuse you of reselling police property.
Finally, he asked, "It's settled. The offer from the New York Police Department will be sent to you at the end of September. Do you need a vacation?"
He asked this because he wanted to leave time for the two of them to deal with their personal matters.
Luke thought about it and nodded, "Okay, we will start the handover procedures in the next few days and then officially leave."
You can earn a lot of points while working, but there are many things that need to be dealt with before leaving, so it is more convenient to have a vacation.
After saying this, the two said goodbye and left.
Sitting in the car, Selina smacked her lips and said, "Chief Brad is really amazing. The location was already prepared before we even got there."
He was able to place people in place before he even took office, which fully proves that Commissioner Brad has considerable power in the New York Police Department.
Of course, this is because Dustin and Luke have a very close relationship, and he doesn't want the two of them to have a rift with him because of the salary issue in the new job, so he made it clear in advance.
In the next few days, Luke and his colleague stopped taking new cases and handed over the cases on hand to other colleagues one after another, and then began the most leisurely vacation time in a year.