The following is a copy of the IC briefing from 12/22/2013. I think I edited out all the background chatter, if not ignore it. Please feel free to post replies, but IC replies only (great way to add your two cents if you couldn't physically be at the briefing). I will respond to them IC'ly here as well. Thanks.

[11:03] Isobel Warren (clairestevens) slurps down the remainder of her lukewarm coffee just in time for the meeting to start. Which was perfect timing as her bladder was now screaming for attention.

[11:03] Cosmeja enters the conferenceroom and nods a greeting to the group of Officers

[17:12] Skye Weaver (skye.herriat) sucked in a deep breath, then she strolled on into the conference room, her attention immediately snagged by Jack standing there. She offered him a sly smirk, then Skye turned and headed over to the chair in between the rookie officer and Ann. She grabbed her chair and scooted up a bit, then Skye aimed a playful, but hard kick for Ann's leg.

[11:05] Jack Hartigan (caleb.harcassle) walked into the briefing room, his eyes scanning the officers that has assembled. At first he didn't say anything, just took up position at the front of the room near the bulletin boards, dropping a few things down onto the conference table. His hand reached to the projector remote on the table and turned the thing on, stepping aside so people weren't staring at Jack shadow show and could see the images. "Alright ladies and gents, let's get this show on the road. We have a lot to cover today, so bear with me. Hopefully you are all feeling a little better after the events of last weekend, at least physically. I know what happened has taken it's toll, but it's time to start getting back on those streets, and reminding this city who in fact controls it." He would pause for a moment and point to the cops in the room, "and for those who weren't sure the answer is us," nodding and flashing a quick smirk. "I want to get us started by introducing the new brothers and sisters in arms here... we'll talk about how
[11:05] Jack Hartigan (caleb.harcassle): our rebuilding is going... for those still injured we have some help from a concerned citizen... and then finally... I know what you all want to talk about... our response to last weekend." Jack would pause there to give everyone a chance to mull over what he had said.

[11:05] Cosmeja nods

[11:07] Isobel Warren (clairestevens) takes out her notebook and pen, looking at the lieutenant attentively.. She'd fiddle with her ponytail form time to time.

[11:07] Rocky (rockybalbrouh) watched Jack come in, and start getting right to business. He liked that in someone he followed. As he spoke of showing who owned the streets, he looked over to Autumn briefly, smirking as he thought of the extremely eventful morning the two had without taking five steps from the Grind. He remained quiet though, just offering Jack a single nod, his face moving back to a cold concentrated stare.

[11:08] Autumn Davis (vixen825) would give a quick, affirming nod as the meeting started, eyes focused on Jack as he spoke, only quickly glancing to Rocky with a little smirk.

[11:09] Morgan Story (klaudia.kinsella) looks idly at the projector images and the man presenting them who she knew only from reputation since she was usually here at the elbow of dead o' clock. She noisily takes out a tin of altoids and pops a mint into her mouth offering it out to the people around her while she listens.

[11:09] Will Rock (thewilliamrockefeller) takes a good draw from his coffee swill. That coffee maker must have lead in it. Hearing the senior officer talk about the takeover of the PD last week would give Will pause. He wasn't even in Hathian yet but he had read all about it in the papers. Retribution is what he anticipated was about to dealt. He wanted to be one of the dealers.

[11:09] Angel Moonshadow (angellynne.moonshadow) grins at Will and notices Cosmeja make it in time, giving her a wink and resting her hand on her duty belt to listen as Jack comes in......she listened to his words and nodded, rubbing her bandaged arm and glad to hear that plans were on the table for some payback, having gang bangers running the show had scared the shit out of some citizens, let alone the cost to the family here....the balance of power had to be put back in their hands

[11:10] Lilith (xxamanexx) crosses her arms, looking around, she watched as jack walked in and began his talk. she then focused her attention on jack when he began talking about last week, she was fortunate enough to not have anything done to her....though the same can't be said for the rest of the others, she shrugged and listened carefully

[17:15] Ann Stone (tequilastone) sips from her hot cup of coffee as she listens to Hartigan, nodding whenever he said something she agreed with, frowning whenever he said something she didnt agree with and scowling outright whenever he said something she hated. Luckily there was none of the third option. She turns when her leg gets kicked and she gives Skye a small smirk "You're late" she'd comment and mimes throwing her hot coffee over Skye's chest, not actually doing it, just teasing. She then turns back to examine the assembled officers and then putting her attention back on Hartigan with her small frown back in place

[17:17] JK: arrives late to the meeting, holding onto his side and moves to the back to take a seat. "Sorry for my late arrival." he would say to the others as he sits. "Helped in getting one more Reaper behind bars."

[17:17] Tanner Walker (reddgum) keeps to himself privately mulling over his own mini war with the hooligans that thought they were clever by taking over HPD and killing several officers. His eyes follow JK as he sits. "Banker's hours," he smirks.

[17:18] Skye Weaver (skye.herriat) tilted her head back and stared up at Jack, keeping her arms loosely folded in her lap. She too would nod every now and then, but for not she kept quiet. She would speak at the end if she had anything to add. She glanced over at Ann, then Skye made a face at her. "Bite me," she whispered, then she looked over at JK as he came in. Skye couldn't help but smile a bit. The blond leaned back in her chair, then she gazed over at Jack again.

[11:11] Jack Hartigan (caleb.harcassle) grabbed the first folder on his desk, "alright then, warm welcome to the newbies. Officer William Rock, Officer Sais Gartner... I think that's Sais... pronounced like the Uncle from that show... anyways... Officer Sefi... umm..not even going to try and pronounce this last name... Officer Godric Masters, Officer Aura Lyric, Officer Rocky... again not going to attempt this last name, Officer Autumn Davis, Officer Vivienne Dracus, and last but certainly not least, Officer Elizabeth Dailey." Let's hear a warm welcome for the folks brave enough to put this badge on. Please reach out to assist these folks with getting their feet wet, show them exactly how we expect an officer with a badge in this city to operate." Jack would close the folder and toss it on the table starting a new pile, "and also be sure to congratulate newly promoted Detective Grace Robertson and Nico Capriotti on their assignments to Investigations," his lips curling into a smile, "guess they couldn't cut it actually having to work for a
[11:11] Jack Hartigan (caleb.harcassle): living right?" Jack would chuckle to show he was merely teasing, and start a soft round of applause for the new rookies and the promotions before adding at the very end. "Let's also bid farewell to former Officer Lance Latash, who has retired from police work."

[11:14] Rocky (rockybalbrouh) would take one of the offered altoids from Morgan giving her a smile, his big fingers probably knocking a couple out as he tried to grab one of the little mints and pop it in his mouth. Hearing Jack announce his name, with well, a lot of others he put his hands together giving a hand to the fellow rooks and the promotions, and hell just everyone a few times before going back to being quiet, just listening. He nodded at mention of assistance, though he was a bit worried if his soggy feet hadn't even gotten wet yet!

[11:15] Isobel Warren (clairestevens) doodles a caricature of Will in her notebook, exaggerating his sunglasses and haircut. She gets a bit lost in her work and looks up, flipping the page quickly and nodding to the lieutenant to show she was listening.

[11:15] Will Rock (thewilliamrockefeller) always hated clapping for stuff but joined in with the senior officer to welcome everyone including himself. Looking around at his fellow Officers he made a promise that he wasn't going to let them get hurt if he could help it. He hoped they all had it them to protect his six should he need it as well. The meeting reminded him of the pre flight briefings during the war. Shit was about to get real in Hathian.

[11:16] Autumn Davis (vixen825)'s face was a bit blank at the moment as she thought about last weekend, her mind stuck on the fact that her sister was involved just made her stomach churn. As names were rattled off, she'd give a small applause before refolding her arms and going silent.

[11:17] Angel Moonshadow (angellynne.moonshadow) slapped her thigh to add to the applause for the new folks,, not wanting to pull her stitches as she looked around the fresh faces "yeah welcome to the party all you crazy fucks, the only one in town with doughnuts and shit coffee"

[11:17] Cosmeja stays calm, crosses her legs and looks down by the memorys of what she saw during the takeback of the station.

[17:18] Sais Cynbel (sanosuke.gartner) would observe the room and see how this department handled everything watching Jack and listening to what he would say about how we control Hathian and remember what the crazy bitch had said earlier about over running the police and watches as JK takes a seat across from him grinning "She put up a good fight didn't she?" Assuming he was talking about The strung out Reaper at Lou's that tried robbing him.

[17:21] Ann Stone (tequilastone) looks around to JK when he enters and biting her bottom lip with worry at the mention of the Reaper, hoping it wasnt Esme. Sure they were broken up and all but it was pretty much habit for Ann to worry about her by now. She hides her worry by turning to smirk at Skye and nodding "Sure" and leaning over, baring her teeth and making it look like she was going to try and bite Skye in the face. Or make out with her. But at the last minute she turns away and just grins, showing that she wasnt always a stick up the ass bore. Her attention gets turned back to Hartigan and she chuckles softly at his comments about detectives, clapping quietly whenever it was needed

[17:23] Nico Capriotti (hadrian.silverfall) had been leaning quietly against the wall, listening.... he would turn toward Jack with a smirk as he made the comment about working for a living, barely managing to keep himself from firing back a comment.

[17:25] Skye Weaver (skye.herriat) moved her hands up on the desk...or one hand and one cast, rather. She would give little golf claps for the new officers and detectives since she couldn't clap like she normally would. But when she heard that jab about detectives, she shot Jack a dirty look and tilted her chin up with a stuck up little "Hmph." She stayed there in that position, but when she saw Ann leaning over to her, Skye just about reached up and flicked her nose before Ann leaned away again. She sighed, then she leaned over and propped her head up on her hands, going quiet again.

[11:18] Jack Hartigan (caleb.harcassle) let the applause and the musings between each other settle down before reaching down for the next folder, opening it up and continuing, like all of this had been pre set before even walking into the room. "Alrighty... station updates. Good news. We are almost back to 100% in terms of infrastructure and build. Construction crews wrapped up the last of the repairs on Friday evening. IT is working to get all our systems restored and expect full capacity by next week. We've lost a lot of records for older warrants, luckily the more recent ones were able to be retreived. That's a blessing in disguise folks. Let's make sure the warrants aren't going unchecked. The armory has been replenished with standard issue 9mm ammunition and .40 smith and wesson rounds. If you're using something else... on your own for now." Jack took a quick pause just to gain his breath, pressed a button and brought up an image of a police cruiser ((if you wanna see it you can cam to the north parking lot)), "Cruisers... many of the
[11:18] Jack Hartigan (caleb.harcassle): cruisers have been damaged and are starting to wear. What little cash we had left, we had them fixed up as best as possible, new paint jobs slapped on them, or in the case of a few lucky officers," pointing to himself now, "bought brand new ones. See me for cruiser assignments if you have a license. And finally... new patrol routes. Single officer patrols are still permitted. If you are on a single officer patrol, you must be wearing an external ballistic vest and you must stick to Hathian Highway and Main St. unless in a vehicle. These aret he most heavily populated streets, better chance to get backup quickly if you should need it." Like before, he closed the file folder and tossed it onto the new stack.

[11:18] Morgan Story (klaudia.kinsella) rattles her mints as a kind of gimpy applause but her show of enthusiasm was rather brief, amusement playing at her features as she watches big sausage fingers knock some mints to the floor one of them rolling up to bump against Hartigan's foot. She clears her throat pasting on an attentive expression instead of laughing and continues to listen.

[11:18] Lilith (xxamanexx) clapped her hands for the newcomers, though she wondered why her name wasn't mentioned, maybe it was because she was forgotten about, or maybe it was because she has been here for quite a while now. she considered the latter and thought she deserved a damn promotion. laughing a bit to herself at that thought

[11:21] Will Rock (thewilliamrockefeller) tosses his coffee cup in the trash and continues to listen.

[11:24] Angel Moonshadow (angellynne.moonshadow) was glad to hear the armoury had been restocked and made a mental note to go refill her magazines later. The surprise alliance between the gangs had really shaken up just how much they might need to protect themselves and from how many....

[17:27] JK: would give a light clap when Jack announces the new officers and nods. He then moves his hand back to his side and winces a bit and looks to Jack with his own smirk. "I got shot again, but only a small scratch. Nothing a few bandages and pain killers won't hurt."

[17:28] Sais Cynbel (sanosuke.gartner) sat back silently watching as al the Officers mingled with each other. After all they have probably all known each other for quite awhile and after all Rookie officers, or what Sais remembers calling boots or probies usually didn't always last. Sais would just have to prove his worth.

[17:29] Ann Stone (tequilastone) takes another drink from her coffee and she lounges back in her chair a little, tapping a foot on the floor and trying to not think about how she wishes she was on patrol. She huffs and rubs her nose from where it was flicked by Skye, reaching an arm around and behind her to try and playfully give her ponytail a gentle tug

[17:30] Tanner Walker (reddgum) stifled a yawn. His paycheck was already thin enough - he wasn't about to be paying for a vehicle permit to drive around town. He let out a half snort when Jack mentioned 'restrictions' on foot patrols. He'd already spotted several rookies wandering the mean streets of Reaper controlled territory.

[11:24] Jack Hartigan (caleb.harcassle) grabbed the next folder, flipping it open, "alright then, moving on. After the events of last weekend we've seen a variety of reactions from the citizens. Many scared we can't protect them," which made Jack chuckle a bit, "some angry, some worried, and some concerned." I know a lot of you have sustained some serious injuries. That doesn't go away over night folks. We're all bad asses, let's make no mistake. Most have some past that we're not eager to share, most of us can karate chop an elephant in half," again chuckling, "at least in our dreams, but we're only human. We have a very generous offer on behalf of a student at CU studying physical therapy. Perry Keahi, will be donating her time to help you folks get back on your feet one hundred percent. She'll work out of the station when needed, so I highly suggest making an appointment with her." Jack would hand out her information so they could call her directly. ((Please make an effort if you were hurt on the job to at least meet up with her once, it
[11:24] Jack Hartigan (caleb.harcassle): makes for great cross group rp and there's a deeper storyline involved than just someone doing physical therapy. Her display name is Perry Keahi so should be easy to find her.)) That was quick, and again, another folder on the old stack.

[11:27] Rocky (rockybalbrouh) listened to Jack's speaking of the generosity from this, Perry. Raising a brow he gave a silent nod, thinking to himself he ought to bring up something of his own to him when the time was right. Given the event of the past weekend and just in general, it couldn't hurt for him to offer. Besides his thoughts he just remained quiet, rolling the altoid against his teeth a few times quietly.

[11:28] Angel Moonshadow (angellynne.moonshadow) smiles to hear one of the citizen's was willing to help them instead of spit as they walked past, it was nice to occasionally feel appreciated for the shit they had to take on this job and she made a note of the name, only too willing to make an appointment and hoped the girl was good at those deep tissue massages or some shit...she could do with some pampering and smellies after all the shit that had gone down

[11:30] Morgan Story (klaudia.kinsella) lifts a brow as she listens crunching her mint between her teeth and playing with another one between her fingertips, expression far away for a moment but she doesn't say anything... just listening.

[17:34] Skye Weaver (skye.herriat)'s lips quirked to the side as she listened to Jack mention cruisers and all that. Skye's old one had taken the most damage recently after being crashed into the Gein. RIP, cruiser. She began twiddling her thumbs as she listened to the patrolling, something she felt she didn't have to worry too much about since she's not in that division anymore. When she felt a tug on her ponytail, Skye sucked in a gasp. then she attempted to reach over and pull at Ann's as well. But as soon as Jack started talking again, she straightened right up and pressed her lips together. Her pale eyes floated down to the cast on her arm, then she shook her head and wrapped her left hand around it before reaching for the information Jack passed out. Skye read over it, then she pulled out her phone and copied the information down just in case.

[17:35] JK: looks over the papers that Jack shows then next, the one of the therapist and nods having recognized the girl from passing before. "I know it will make Doe feel better that I'm taking other possibilities to heal up fast." he chuckles a bit. Jk also notices what Skye and Ann were doing across from him and couldn't help but chuckle just a bit from it.

[17:36] Ann Stone (tequilastone) furrows her brow lightly as she hears the name, getting that serious thinking look as she tries to remember where it was from. She takes the information and memorizes it, making a mental note to run a check on it later since she was always hungry for information. She gasps quietly when her ponytails is also tugged on, turning to smirk and hiss at Skye "Shhh this is serious stuff" and she turns back to face Hartigan, a more somber expression and not wanting to screw around anymore, stick firmly back in place inside of her anus

[11:30] Jack Hartigan (caleb.harcassle) grabbed the last folder and looked at it a second, then shook his head and tossed it on the pile. "I know the reason why most of you are here." There was the trademark Hartigan smirk. "You want to know what we're doing in response to last weekends complete violation of our house." His head nodded, "well let me tell you. It's not just one response folks." Jack would begin pacing in front of the room, the projector changing to show images of the various gangs. "One coordinated strike does nothing. They lick their wounds and they come back. Nooo.. Nooo. If you want to kill a cancer like this... you hit again... and again... and again.Strike everywhere at once you risk not striking hard enough and failing, or striking too hard and killing the body." He paused letting his analogy sink in. "No, we will strike at them one at a time. But before that... before we even consider dragging a Queen, a Reject, a Crow, a Reaper through the streets... we need to remind the people in this city that we're in charge. That
[11:30] Jack Hartigan (caleb.harcassle): being affiliated with these gangs won't do them any good. They need to be afraid of the gangs, but more so... afraid of what we'll do to them if they are seen with them." By now he was back in the center of the room and staring out to the officers. "So here it is. Effective immediately, all gang colors are to be confiscated on sight. Arrest them for whatever you can make stick, but I want the rag. Any citizen found aiding and ebedding a gang member arrest them for such. Screw citations, bring their ass in. Let them spend 12 hours in a cell and see if they want to do it again. ID checks. No Hathian Highway business is safe. You are police officers... you have the RIGHT... THE DUTY... to find out who is standing on your streets. They give you lip, cite them for loitering. This works only one way folks... you stay on the streets... out of the station... and you keep the pressure alive. While we start this first stage approach, command is going to put together a plan to hit the first gang in the upcoming
[11:30] Jack Hartigan (caleb.harcassle): weeks." He paused a moment... "Any questions?"

[11:30] Will Rock (thewilliamrockefeller) fiddles with his vest straps before adjusting his duty belt a bit. He really needed to drop a deuce at some point today. No way was he going to do that downstairs as weird shit happen in that locker room. Perhaps he would find a smurf house at the construction site while on patrol later. He made a mental note to get some shit paper before he headed out on patrol. "Nope no questions here Officer Hartigan."

[11:32] Isobel Warren (clairestevens) shakes her head, indicating she has no questions of the material presented.

[11:33] Rocky (rockybalbrouh) just simply smiled big, thinking of how much he would like to drag a few certain gang members back after that weekend. Slamming his fist on his vest one time he shook his head. "Not a question regarding this.. Not a damn one." he smiled, letting out a relieved breath. Oh what the citizens were in store for.

[11:34] Autumn Davis (vixen825)'s eyes widened as Jack went into detail about how to handle things. Her main concern was, what if someone found out her sister was a gang banger? That could be ugly. She'd fidget nervously in the corner, shaking her head. "No questions Sir." Staying out on the streets wasn't an issue anymore. Her confidence was slowly beginning to develop, as she had proved this morning.

[11:34] Morgan Story (klaudia.kinsella) cocks her head to one side and considers. "You know..." She drawls out tapping her nails against the table. "I cited one yesterday for loitering, he got in my face, called me a bitch, threatened to bring his lawyer down here and sue, yadda yadda yadda... I think the cits are forgetting their manners." She remarks, it wasn't really a question per say but she was pointing out what she had seen, no one seemed much afraid these days.

[11:35] Angel Moonshadow (angellynne.moonshadow) listened to Jack reveal the strategy and nodded "right behind you LT, no colours and no fucking mercy"...Angel wanted to put it right out there, she was not the gentle Officer she had sometimes been painted as, at least not anymore....sure she would tend towards by-the-book instead of a boot to the head down an alleyway, but after the attack on the station, the attack on her friends and colleagues, even the rule of law itself then there had to be a hard response and Angel wanted to make it clear she was not going to shy away from that...it was time to stand up and be counted to counter the threat from these scum and get the HPD back in charge

[11:35] Lilith (xxamanexx) nods her head and smiles hearing jacks speech, she did have a question. though she would reserve it for later. finally something was going to be done. and this was the perfect oppurtunity to give those gangbangers what they derserve, she thought

[11:37] Jack Hartigan (caleb.harcassle) nodded as people declined to ask any question, but Morgan's statement brought a smirk to his lips. "Ahhh... yes... you'll get that a lot in this time.. the assholes who think they're above our law." His hand reached to his belt, pulling up the asp baton, and a quick flick of the wrist it fully extended. "Sounds like you had some dick who was obstructing justice," the baton just spinning, "and then posturing up on you officer. When a civilian postures up, that's a threat and threats," his voice calm but the asp baton slammed into the conference table, "are put down quick and without question. Next time arrest him."

[11:37] Cosmeja stays calm all the time, watching Hartigan and the Rookies as well... which could mean she is a fuckn bad hard ass... or just a lousy shy pussy

[11:39] Morgan Story (klaudia.kinsella) hides a small smile just lifting two fingers to her brow to tip off a little salute, "yessir." She had been ever so slightly unsure how much she could get away with but now that she had been given the checkered flag she knows where they stand... behind her. Clicking the mint case shut to stuff back into her pocket.

[11:39] Jack Hartigan (caleb.harcassle): ((just as a disclaimer: Remember to use fair posting rules and what not, just don't dive bomb gang members who have rags on, approach, post seeing the rag, give them an opportunity to respond, etc,etc, etc. We all know the rules - but we just want to make sure we don't get caught up in our own bad assery. It's all supposed to be fun for everyone))

[11:40] Rocky (rockybalbrouh) cleared his throat a bit as he leaned forward. "The car patrol, when you find me ready, I have a rig set up for it. I would like to ask about the gang colors.. which colors we should be looking for since a lot of us are new to Hathian. " he added in quickly. ((annd understood!))

[11:41] Jack Hartigan (caleb.harcassle) glanced over to Rocky, "sure thing Rock... you get out of the probie stage, I'll see about getting you assigned a cruiser. Colors? Easy... yellow and green are the big two... Reapers and Rejects... or Rejects and Reapers... it's one way or the other. Crows... they tend dress like they are in some freak show circus, so be a little bit more careful with them. The Red Queens... well... they don't fly colors, but they usually are the least discreet."

[11:42] Morgan Story (klaudia.kinsella) lifts a finger. "Eh, don't the Rejects wear black bands with red and skulls? That's what I've seen. Green and yellow are Reapers."

[11:43] Jack Hartigan (caleb.harcassle) snaps his fingers, "bingo! Good catch Officer"

[11:43] Jack Hartigan (caleb.harcassle) chuckled, "they keep you in the office too long you start forgetting stuff"

[11:44] Autumn Davis (vixen825) slowly lifted her hand "Um sir? I'd like to point out that the Queens carry a playing card somewhere on their person. A queen of hearts. My sis...uh. Someone I ran into has one."

[11:44] Jack Hartigan (caleb.harcassle) nodded his head, "alright, that's good intel Davis... good reason for id checks and pat downs if you ask me."

[11:45] Morgan Story (klaudia.kinsella) grins and pulls over a pad of paper sketching out the symbol she's seen on the Reject bands to pass around. "Looks like this sort of, shitty skull with bat wings, that's Rejects." She's dealt with them too many times not to know it by heart. "The higher ups have a gold stripe on their bands too."

[11:45] Angel Moonshadow (angellynne.moonshadow) listened to Rocky and Jack and piped in "the Crows use blades not guns, but don't be fooled by that, the fuckers can be just as dangerous and they don't listen to reason" she held up her bandaged arm to ram home the point "but all of these gang bangers are potentially armed in one way or the other, use caution and don't be afraid to call for back up, cus if you see those fuckers texting that is probably exactly what they are doing"

[11:46] Rocky (rockybalbrouh) smirked and nodded to Jack, turning to Autumn with a nod. "Yeah, that Amber we had in here is always carrying one. Usually a garter around their thighs with a red queen." he said, looking to Angel and nodding. "The crows are not to be taken lightly.. after the experience we all had with them.." he shook his head a bit. "We will show them who is boss though." he added firmly.

[11:47] Jack Hartigan (caleb.harcassle) nodded again at Angel's comment, "exactly... you know the old saying folks... you can't outrun a motorola... so use those radios." Jack would scan the room again, "we'll be putting together assaults as Lt. Susser's teams bring us the intel. I know you're all eager to strike them fast and hard, but let her teams do the leg work. We need the intel to up to speed, and they'll be putting that together I'm certain."

[11:48] Autumn Davis (vixen825) felt a twinge of guilt for telling them how to identify the girls her sister calls family, and felt even worse when Rocky used her name. She'd just give a nod to confirm it and remain silent in her corner.

[11:48] Will Rock (thewilliamrockefeller) thinks to himself if he sees a bandanna of any color that individuals going to give it up for some black and blue. Turning to Autumn as she spoke he would catch the Sis remark and make a mental note to check into that further. Will loved to play cards and he wanted to know more about these Queens. The Crow description gave him pause and he couldn't wait to find out more about that as well. "It sounds like Hathian has a whole cast of interesting characters."

[11:50] Jack Hartigan (caleb.harcassle) nodded to Will, "don't you know it Officer." He would clear his throat and address the crowd again, "that's the official briefing folks, if you still have questions I'm here to answer them, but any of you antsy to head out are free to do so"

[11:50] Morgan Story (klaudia.kinsella) starts writing down notes about the gangs she's less familiar with - a frown creasing her brow. "All right so we're just bringing these fuckers in for everything right? Right down to jay walking?"

[11:50] Jack Hartigan (caleb.harcassle) leaned back against the wall, "find something... I'm certain there isn't a crime they haven't committed, or won't commit when you get in their face"

[17:40] Tanner Walker (reddgum) smirked, a smile growing wider on his face. "So, we're suspending Habeus Corpus and the 4th ammendment - sweet," he chuckled. Indeed, he'd skirted the constitutional rights with a few twists and turns himself. Now that there was administrative support, god help those bitches.

[17:41] JK: smirks when Jack ges down to the nitty gritty of what they will be doing to start for retaliations. "It's like an old saying," JK speaks up. "They break one of our arms, we take one of their eyes. That way they know if they try it again, they'll go blind." He smirks again then when Jack asks for questions, JK raises his hand up and waits to be acknowledged.

[17:42] Skye Weaver (skye.herriat) just scoffed and rolled her eyes at Ann, then she leaned back and held her arms behind her head. She glanced over towards JK, then Tanner, a dark smile appearing on her face. She then looked back up at Jack, that dark smile remaining there on those lips. She would be all for this once she got her head screwed back on..kind of right. "I, for one, can't wait to get my hands on a Queen," she murmured. "They kind of messed up my face. I plan on returning the favor." She had a lot of scars on her pale face now, the most recent being on her forehead and her right cheek.

[17:42] Jack Hartigan (caleb.harcassle) shrugged his shoulders, leaning back against the board, "oh I'm sorry... i thought we were doing what needed to be done to keep the streets in line... guess I'll leave that for the grownups." While that may have been exactly what they were doing, Jack preferred to be a little more discreet when possible, preferring to hint at things rather than just say.

[17:44] Ann Stone (tequilastone) is silent and simply frowning as she listens to Hartigan talk about how they were planning on putting all the gangers on a rape train, sighing gently under her breath. Once Hartigan is done Ann is silent, wondering if this was a question fit for the current company. In the end she decides to voice her concerns and speaks without raising her hand "Sir you really think this will work? We all know that no matter what we do they wont stop. Thanks to the efforts of several officers to see that the gangers are nice and pissed off we probably wont be able to get them to just stop" she looks across to tanner and she shoots him an icy glare, her shades being the only things stopping him from getting frozen, also giving a glare to Skye

[17:47] Jack Hartigan (caleb.harcassle) would nod to both JK and Skye, "that's pretty much the sentiment, make sure they know exactly what to expect if they ever try this bullshit again in our city." His gaze shifted to Ann, "well Stone, I had really wanted to buy them all puppies and redo the cell block with french doors and 1000 count egyptian cotton sheets," his gaze fixing on her and his voice rising just below a yell, "but the fact that there's no more money in our budget because they fucked up our station and nearly killed a half dozen police officers but a kink in that armor! So yes... yes... I think we shove a rod up their ass sideways so far it fucking sticks out their ears will send a clear message." His eyes rolled and he looked back to the group.

[17:48] JK: doesn't get called out as his hand was held up, so JK decides to chime in after Ann. "And do we have something planned for our lack of commanders? With Bliour putting her papers in, the only one we have right now is the Commissioner cause no offense to our esteemed Capt. Stoneage." JK put is a hint of sarcasm when he says Stoneage's name. "He isn't around enough to properly command us. I've also heard rumors that our old Chief has been seen lurking around in town again. Should that be something we should be concerned about?"

[17:49] Skye Weaver (skye.herriat) had to stop herself from rolling her eyes when she heard Ann. They'd bonded down there in the cells and in the hospital. She didn't want to screw that up. "Then what do you suggest we do, Stone?" she asked her. "How are we going to get them to stop without giving them some of their own medicine?" When Jack rose his voice, Skye cringed a bit, then she turned away from him and stared over at the far wall. "I've seen people talking about Andel sightings," she added in to what JK said.

[17:51] Ann Stone (tequilastone) frowns heavily and shakes her head at Hartigan "I'm not saying we treat them like royalty sir. I'm just suggesting that maybe we should stop giving them reasons to hate us. Because thats all we're doing. They dont fear us, they hate us" she looks around to Skye and frowns before turning back "Or what? We hit them and they hit back?" she takes a deep breath and says to Skye "Maybe if we didnt rape them and beat them and fucking murder them they wouldnt do the same to us" she tries to stop herself but she's too far gone, however she would nod her head in agreement with JK "We need a better leader than Stoneage, are you up for being promoted to Captain sir?" she'd ask Hartigan, not liking him but he didnt seem to be the worst they could have

[17:54] Jack Hartigan (caleb.harcassle) had missed the detectives hand, but once he heard him speaking, turned to address JK, "yes... command structure has shifted some. At the current time we are operating under Commissioner Taov. Captain Stoneage will be in charge of day to day. For the detectives, you'll report to Lieutenant Susser for all you need and for patrol you'll report to me. It's business as usual, minus a few extra pins on collars. Use your chain of command." Nodding he looked over to Skye again, "The Andel sightings are rumors. I just want to remind everyone, while I regard the man highly, it's unfortunate that I must remind us all, he is no longer affiliated with the Hathian Police Department... and I don't see that changing." The grinding of Jack's teeth might be audible to those sitting up front as Stone chimed in again. He took a deep breath, he needed it when dealing with her. "Stone... let me make this clear. If you can't get behind this department and it's initiatives, you can resign anytime. Fuck.. I'll even buy you a bus
[17:54] Jack Hartigan (caleb.harcassle): ticket out of town. Some day you're gonna have to wake up and get a fucking clue. The assignments stand. You see a gang banger flying any colors, you fucking haul them in, and I wanna know about each and every one of them. You see a citizen helping them, haul them in too. Fucking squeeze until there is no life left in these blood suckers, that's how we win this war."

[17:56] Tanner Walker (reddgum) shook his head. Clearly there was very little discipline and if Officer Stone thought Stoneaids would play paddy-cakes with civilians, she was horribly mistaken. "This isn't a social experiement - these are hardened criminals who just walked in and took a shit in your bed and fucked your sister. You either take it back to them, Officer Stone, or you can expect them to come play in our home again. You have to make it hard, fast and severe, or they'll think us weak and rightfully so."

[17:57] Jack Hartigan (caleb.harcassle) nodded along with Tanner, "that's right... Mr. 4th ammendment has got the right mindset."

[17:59] JK: nods to Jack's response to his question then looks over to Ann. "I understand where you're coming from Ann. I've had some affiliations with a gang member or two when I thought I could trust them as a friend. But after the incident, and seeing one person in particular show no emotion when one of ours was killed right in front of me. An old man who was simply living out whatever life he had left, that changes things for me. All of the gangs were in on this and that's something we can't ignore. Especially those of us who have families they'll need o protect them from."

[18:00] Skye Weaver (skye.herriat) sucked in a deep breath at what Ann said, then she closed her eyes and slowly let it out. She turned back around and opened her eyes again. She listened to everyone as they spoke, then she turned to Ann and gave her a frown. "Ann, that sort of policing is a fantasy here. I know from personal experience that criminals don't care if you're nice to them. I tried to be nice when I was a rookie and I got kidnapped and beaten because they thought I was weak. I don't care about 'It makes you no different than them' shit. They hit us hard, and I plan on hitting them harder. Speaking of which." Skye turned around and pointed a Jack. "I still need to discuss a plan with you." Skye leaned back in her chair, then she pulled out her cellphone again.

[18:02] Charlie Feld was late, but understandably so, dealing with informants and whatnot. He stepped into that conference room and gave a slight nod of his head to Jack, moving to make his way around hte back of the room as he heard JK's comment about affiliations, "I want to make something clear... your frindships with these fucking assholes is going to ruin your god damn careers... all of you." He stated rather bluntly, "I'm already getting reports that one you fucking idiots is talking to the gangs, the Reapers specifically, telling them they need to lay low. I find out which one of you cocksuckers is running your mouths I'll fucking arrest you like the piece of trash you are." He would state, his voice flat.. low, deep and graveled. He wouldn't even bother to look around the room at that point, merely pressed a shoulder into the wall and hoisted his coffee up up for a slow sip of that dark magical elixer.

[18:02] Jack Hartigan (caleb.harcassle) looked over to JK, "of course... I think that's exactly the point... we have families to worry about. This is the best course of action." His gaze jumped over to Skye as she mentioned a plan she wanted to discuss with him nodding, "yeah no problem. Stick around afterwards and we can talk about it."

[18:03] Ann Stone (tequilastone) rubs the bridge of her nose in frustration and she finally decides to voice a point she'd kept to herself "During the takeover not one of them laid a finger on me. Aside from a few punches when I tried to get free they left me alone, just issuing threats or trying to hurt my feelings. Maybe I'm wrong but I think its because none of them had any gripes with me. They were busy hurting the officers that had tormented them or even driven them to crime" she lets that out and then turns and gives Hartigan a small nod "Yes sir, I'm mad at them too and I'll bring them in whenever I get the chance" and at the comment of her resigning Ann has to fight to not smirk as she replies "And I'm not going anywhere sir, I know you'd miss me" she turns and gives JK a momentary frown before she nods "An officer that was rumored to have raped several non gang affiliated citizens? Although I'll admit that not all the criminals are like this, I'm sure some are just assholes that cant be reasoned with" she then turns to face
[18:03] Ann Stone (tequilastone): Skye and scowls angrily "Oh yeah? And hows that been working out for you guys? This little reign of terror has been going on for god damned years and nothing has changed. Maybe we need to adapt and change" but she realizes that isnt going to happen and she just raises her hands in defeat "But...I'm in the minority here so just do whatever you guys do I guess" she turns back to Hartigan and adds "I think you deserve Captaincy sir"

[18:04] Jack Hartigan (caleb.harcassle) nodded as Charlie entered and just started clapping, a little smirk developing on his lips, "and if anyone comes into this station under Sergeant Feld's suspicions of aiding a known gang member... don't think the fact you work for me will save you. I will crucify you in the middle of the street for everyone to see, gang and police alike."

[18:07] JK: attention moves right to Charlie when he arrives. He knew out of all of them, Charlie was probably taking things the worst after what he's been through. Even Doe was worried about the manto the point that aside from JK himself, Doe only mentioned his name on her concerned list. hat was serious. Once Charlie settled himself in, he gives the man a slight nod of the head then looks back jack and the group to see if anything else was going to be mentioned in this meeting.

[18:07] Jack Hartigan (caleb.harcassle) was grinding his teeth again as Stone tried to link a corralation between her lack of injuries and her approach to the gangs. "Yeah... that's one possibility Corporal, it certainly is. Maybe you're soo kind and professional to them, that while they were killing an innocent woman, while they murdered a rookie cop, and while they executed an old man, maybe you're kindness," Jack's shoulders shrugging and him clearly mocking her, "maybe they were just like... Oh My God... It's Stone... we can't hurt her, she's amazing." He scoffed a moment, shaking his head, "or maybe they were just to pre-occupied fucking up everybody else that gives a shit and does anything to stop them. Those people leave... that only leaves the sorry ass officers that won't do shit to right the wrongs here." Jack again shook his head mumbling, "please.. .no endorsements... not sure that's an election I can win."
[18:08] Jack Hartigan (caleb.harcassle) adds, "anyways... those who wish to head back out there, thank you for your time... stay safe on the streets."

[18:10] Skye Weaver (skye.herriat)'s eyes flicked over to Charlie when he walked in, and as he spoke, her face darkened in red. Skye had a deal with Cymbal, the woman who killed his ex. For a moment, Skye felt a cold chill of fear run down her spine. She swallowed, then she looked back up at Jack. "Okay," she murmured, then she returned her attention over to Ann. She opened her mouth to speak, only to pause when she heard Jack again...maybe it's time to cut this little deal with Cym off, because she really did not want that happening. She sucked in another deep breath, then she continued on with Ann. "It just doesn't work that way, Ann. Besides, they've interfered with my personal life. I'm not letting that go." When Jack announced that the meeting was over, Skye pushed herself out of her chair and made her way over to him.