“Nothing happened, and nothing kept happening.”
Chuck Palahniuk • Haunted
Civil Twilight
“Commissioner, there have been eleven high-profile mob hits in the last three weeks. Three of these assassinations have happened since the reinstatement of the curfew, and the people of Gotham have heard nothing from the police – do you have anything to say?”
Johnny Gelio, commissioner of the Gotham City Police Department looked at the reporter, Vicki Vale, and did a poor job of disguising his scowl.
Where is the Gazette? Johnny wondered, but he moistened his lips with his tongue and gave her the soundbite she wanted:
“I have a lot to say, Miss Vale. But my department is understaffed to the tune of four hundred officers. Underfunding has left a brave but depleted workforce on the brink of not having enough police to fulfill the mission of public safety.
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