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<span class="mu-b">”...NINE MONTHS PROBATION!?!”</span>
Your boss holds up his hand, as if to silence you.
<span class="mu-g">”Officer Elmore, you are lucky it wasn't much worse. You assaulted a man in broad daylight-”</span>
<span class="mu-b">”He was attacking a woman with a razor!”</span>
<span class="mu-g">”You. Have. No. Proof! He claimed to be shaving. What's to say he wasn't?”</span>
<span class="mu-b">”Shaving. In an alleyway, with no water or shaving cream, in front of a terrified woman who he claims owes her money. Come on! That's bullshit chief, and you know it!”</span>
<span class="mu-g">”Of course I know it is! That's not the point! The Peace Keepers have a very select set of protocols to be in line with city policies. You can't just take things into your own hands like that, Cheryl. You're lucky the woman corroborated your story. She could have been on Pacelli's payroll as a setup to trap an idealistic young officer, and then we'd really never hear the end of it. They have lawyers you know.”</span>
<span class="mu-b">”So they can just do whatever they want, then, huh? No officer of the law can say anything, we just have to stand there until he actually cuts somebody's face off, right?”</span>
The Chief softens.
<span class="mu-g">”You know that's not what I meant. Listen, Cheryl, you're a good cop. I know you've been working very hard. You're one of the few people to move your way up from level 5 to level 4, that's a huge accomplishment. But if you want to go from level 4 to level 3, it's going to be just as hard. Your record needs to be spotless, you understand? This <span class="mu-i">cannot</span> happen again. I'm appeasing the city by appearing harsh on you, even though everyone here knows you did the right thing to that creep. Alright? Focus on doing your job the right way, by the book, not your own judgment. That's just the way things are. Don't make things worse by trying to be some hero, ok?”</span>
