Free Corps Justice Boxed Set: Books 1-3: Back to War, Council of Patriots, Prime Asset by C. G. Cooper Page A

cautiously asked what they would
do with the situation without giving away the details like
location, etcetera. The cops basically said that unless they were
allowed to build the case from the ground up or catch the ring
red-handed, there’s not much they could do.
     
    BRIAN : But
that’s bullshit! They’re here to protect us from that kind of
stuff.
     
    CAL : I
know. But remember that in order to live in a democracy like we
have in this country, certain laws must be in place to protect
individual freedom and avoid abuse of that freedom.
     
    BRIAN (confused): Alright, so you’re telling me that your dad just
sat on the intel and did nothing?
     
    CAL (smiling): That’s the opposite of what he did.
     
    BRIAN : You
gonna tell me or just sit there with that cheesy grin on your
face?
     
    CAL : I know
I don’t have to say this to you but I will anyways: you can’t say
anything about what you see around here to anyone outside SSI. Oh,
and don’t go telling Travis what I’ve told you. I don’t think he’d
care, considering who you are, but I don’t want him to think I’ve
been running my mouth.
     
    BRIAN : Who
do you think I am? I know how to keep my mouth shut.
     
    CAL : OK. So
my Dad ordered the team to wait until the original mission was
over. He didn’t want to tip off the ring leaders. Once the first
job was finished, the team covertly rounded up all the ringleaders
and made them get caught.
     
    BRIAN : What
do you mean MADE them get caught?
     
    CAL : Some
of our top snoopers caught the guys, tranquilized them and set them
all up in one of their vans in a park down the street. The team
loaded the criminals with some booze and their own dope so it
looked like they’d passed out after a little partying. They loaded
all the drugs and weapon stash in the back of the van so when the
cops were anonymously tipped off, the drug dealers and pimps woke
up to a slew of cops yelling at them to come out with their hands
up and get on the ground. I heard the whole thing was pretty
funny.
     
    BRIAN : What
about the slaves they had in the house?
     
    CAL : For
their own safety, they were knocked out too and a minor fire was
set. Just enough for the alarm system to alert the fire department.
When the fire department busted in and searched the house, they
found the girls locked in a back room.
     
    BRIAN : I
still don’t see why the cops couldn’t have just knocked down the
door and swept the place.
     
    CAL : That
sounds easy but think about those raids you did with your Marines
over in Iraq. Did you ever like going into a situation not knowing
what you were gonna get? Who knew what those guys would’ve done to
the local cops busting down the door? The way our team did it, no
one was hurt and the criminals were dealt with.
     
    Brian still didn’t look totally
convinced.
     
    CAL : Are
you really so naïve to think that the police can do anything they
want? Come on, doc. You’ve seen the shitty things people do in this
world.
     
    BRIAN : I
know. I guess I never really thought about it that much until now.
It’s like the cops are handcuffed from doing their duty. Reminds me
of those times in Iraq when the Rules of Engagement kept my Marines
from killing bad guys.
     
    CAL (nodding): Exactly. If they don’t do things by the book these
good cops that don’t get paid squat could lose their jobs. The
law’s made it to where police hesitate because they’re worried
about getting in trouble.
     
    BRIAN :
Yeah. Last week I saw that some cop was getting sued by a guy who
got shot while robbing a bank. The cop shot him AFTER the guy shot
one of the tellers and refused to give up. It’s
bullshit.
     
    CAL : Yep.
That’s where Corps Justice comes in.
     
    BRIAN :
Explain that.
     
    CAL : Like I
told you before, my Dad lived and breathed the Marine Corps way. It
was my fault he got out of the Corps, but you could never take the
Corps out of him. That, mixed with his moral sense of right and
wrong, made him adopt his