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slight smile came across his face. Looking past Keegan, Gilbert’s face became serious again. Keegan looked over his shoulder, curious to see what had distracted the veteran cop. Keegan saw Cathy Quinn walking into the precinct; her gear in one hand and her uniforms—direct from the dry cleaners—in the other. Keegan had sat with Quinn for the majority of the past couple of weeks at training and had been happy to learn that she was going to the same command that he was. Her red hair was once again restricted in a tight bun.
    “Hey, Cathy,” offered Keegan.
    “Oh, hey, Timmy.” Keegan was sure her green eyes lit up a bit when he’d said hello. “Oh my God, what time did you get here?” she asked. “I was sure that I’d be the first one here.”
    Before Keegan had a chance to respond, Gilbert spoke. “Officer, are you going down to the ladies locker room?”
    After Quinn acknowledged that she was, Gilbert continued, “Just wait for one second.”
    From behind the desk, Gilbert quickly flicked on a switch to what was clearly a surveillance camera. “Do me a favor. There’s an officer in the locker room, her name is Brenda. She was supposed to be up here fifteen minutes ago.” Gilbert pointed at the monitor, although neither Keegan nor Quinn could see it. “She’s sitting on a bench in the third row reading a magazine. Tell her to get up here right away.” He motioned back at the monitor again. “Would you look at this, for God sake? She doesn’t even have her gun belt on yet. Tell her to hurry, please.”
    Quinn agreed and headed down to the locker room. Gilbert looked back at Keegan. He smiled to himself. “I’m sorry rookie, what’d you want?”
    “Today’s my first day. I just wanted to know where I’m supposed to go.”
    Gilbert pointed to a large room across from the desk area. “Normally, you wait for your sergeant right there. That’s the muster room . That’s where you’ll have roll call every day.”
    Keegan began to walk away, “Thanks.”
    “Hold on rookie. Since you’re here even before your sergeant, come around the desk and grab the training log for him.” Gilbert pointed to a set of drawers behind the desk. “It’s in the second drawer from the top.”
    Keegan walked around the desk as instructed to retrieve the training log. He glanced at the surveillance camera to reveal three men sitting on a bench in the holding cell. He was a bit confused, but grabbed the log without another word. As Keegan exited the desk area, the stairway door flew open. A female officer emerged, her gun belt slung over her shoulder with a magazine in her hand.
    Brenda , decided Keegan.
    The female officer broke out into a fit of laughter as she walked over to Officer Gilbert offering him a high five. “You had to see her Bernie; she was looking all around for the cameras. She couldn’t even look me in the eye when she told me to come upstairs. She was too busy scanning the locker room.”
    Gilbert returned her high five, and a huge grin lit up his face. “That’s great, Brenda! The rookies fall for it every time.”
    “I wouldn’t be surprised if she tries to get dressed inside of her locker,” added the female officer, her face red from the laughter.
    Keegan silently chuckled to himself as he walked into the muster room.
    Rookie hazing; I should’ve known.
     
    Being the first one there, Keegan decided to examine the pin maps and wanted posters hanging on the walls. He set his gear down on a chair in the first of the six rows of blue plastic chairs and put the training log on the Sergeant’s podium in the front of the room. Keegan saw a shoe shine machine in the corner of the room next to the bathrooms and decided to put a coat of polish on his boots. When the shine finally met his expectations, Keegan studied the pin maps. They gave a breakdown of the serious crimes in the precinct by the time of day and the location where they had been committed. Next to the pin maps were assorted wanted