Cops and Robbers [Concluded]

[johnhughthom]

The Gotham City Times

April 5th 2012

Keystone Cops?

Arnold Spelvin

Farce in Gotham last night as Shift C GCPD were unable to patrol our city as the tyres had been slashed on all their vehicles. The officer manning the car park had phoned in sick and the security cameras were under repair so the perpetrator walked right in and out. We were unable to contact Lieutenant Hamaguchi for a comment on this embarrassing incident.

Lawyer slain in botched robbery.
Arnold Goldsmith

News has only just reached us of another Lawyer mugged in Downtown. Bob Newman, 37, was knifed in the throat and killed for the contents of his wallet. A GCPD officer was on the scene in minutes, but the assailant managed to escape. More details tomorrow.

Old lady mugger a free man.
Kellie Bright

The suspected mugger arrested last night by GCPD has been freed, due to lack of evidence. Francesco Squillaci (Winston Hughes), 40, was released after less than an hour of questioning.



Phase 4 begins. 48 hours for orders.

[Winston Hughes]

Hello. This game looks like really good fun. Are you still accepting sign-ups for the Gotham PD?

[Askthepizzaguy]

Hello. This game looks like really good fun. Are you still accepting sign-ups for the Gotham PD?

Har har har.

I'm putting a tail on you. You're not going anywhere.

[johnhughthom]

Still waiting on some orders, I'll get on to the results and write up as soon as I get them.

edit: actually waiting on lot's of orders, thought Stildawn had sent team orders again, but he hasn't (as Renata is back in charge I'm guessing). I think a 24 hour extension would be best.

[Renata]

Thanks, and sorry.

The game at TWC is in its last day; once that one's finally done (and the weekend over) I'll be back to normal here. I'm almost ready to send PMs, though.

[johnhughthom]

Round over, hopefully less than 8 hours for the night phase, I normally have a lot of it done this stage but not this phase.

[johnhughthom]

The Gotham City Times

April 6th 2012

Breakthrough in lawyer murder probe.

Arnold Goldsmith

GCPD last night confirmed they had recovered the car they believe was used by the murdered of Bob Newman a few nights ago. He was surprised by a quick thinking GCPD officer and fled the scene leaving his car behind. It had been left a few blocks away, which was why it wasn't discovered earlier. Extensive questioing of people working in the area brought the connection.

Police car damaged after zoo mugging.
Kellie Bright

A mother of four was mugged in Gotham Zoo yesterday, her four year old son was injured in the attack. As the assailant fled the scene he rammed a GCPD patrol car on the scene responding to the crime, the officer was unhurt.


Phase five begins 48 hours for orders.

[johnhughthom]

Round over, I have a lot of pms to go through so I may need the 24 hours for this night phase.

[johnhughthom]

The Gotham City Times

April 7th 2012

Panucci body not found.

Arnold Spelvin

As the clean up at the Panucci compound draws to a close the body of Alberto Panucci has still not been identified. The fear that the suspected mafia don may have escaped is growing within GCPD. Commisioner Gordon's remains have not been identified either, and the claim from some quarters that GCPD was under the control of Panucci has been growing in recent days.

Arrest in Gotham Heights probe.
Kellie Bright

Police investigating the recent spate of crime in Gotham Heights have arrested a suspect. A woman walking her dog was mugged last night, luckily police were on the scene almost immediately and the perpetrator was apprehended. Residents of Gotham Heights had expressed their concern at the lack of police presence in recent days so surely this will go some way to appeasing them.

[johnhughthom]

Phase six begins, 48 hours for orders.

[johnhughthom]

I have a free spot on the robbers team as somebody has asked to be replaced.


GCPD personnel are not eligible...

edit: Oh yeah, pm me if you are interested.

[johnhughthom]

It seems there are quite a few people busy this weekend, so this phase will be extended until 2pm BST Tuesday.

[johnhughthom]

Round over, I have to go into work for a few hours, supposed to be a day off, so may take most of the day to get the writeup/pms done.

[johnhughthom]

I started to go through my pms to do the end of round and it appears I only have one order from the robbers. I'll extend until I get some orders I can use, the round would be pointless without them.

[johnhughthom]

Robber orders in, phase over. I'll get onto the write up and results as quick as I can.

[johnhughthom]

The Gotham City Times

April 8th 2012

Gotham Heights crawler being questioned.

Kellie Bright

The man suspected of being behind the spate of crimes in Gotham Heights in recent days is still behind bars at GCPD. While he hasn't been officially charged with anything yet, police are confident they have enough to get a conviction. No comment was made over claimed links to a number of attacks on lawyers in the Downtown area of Gotham.

Meanwhile, strange tales of blackmail have been drifting out of GCPD in recent days....



Phase 7 begins, 48 hours for orders.

[Renata]

PMs cleared.

[Askthepizzaguy]

You need a bigger box, Renata. It's always full.

I'd contact Ser Clegane and ask for a bigger box; let him know that you're involved in several forum-based games which require constant private messaging. They were kind enough to grant me more space when i asked.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Okay, anyone want to give me orders, suggestions, or go on patrol with me?

[johnhughthom]

Sooooo. Anybody still playing? Less than an hour left in the phase and I haven't received a single order. 24 hour extension.

[Renata]

Sorry. :( I need Stildawn to take over for this phase or everyone to coordinate their own actions. Or ATPG, if he's still game, to put together a list for me in a single PM I can forward.

I'm going to be very busy this weekend.

[Beefy187]

Sorry JHT. Was busy last night.
I will send my orders in ASAP, and will change it if I receive a command.

[Askthepizzaguy]

I must admit, this game is throwing me a bit. I'm not sure exactly what to do and throwing darts at the map hasn't yielded much so far. I don't know enough about the specialized cop roles to be of much help there, I don't have a whole lot of time to take a lead role in this one, though I'm certainly willing to discuss and send in orders. I just can't haul more than my weight this time, folks.

I will need more from my mates in order to be more effective.

If I don't hear from anyone by morning, I'm going to toss another dart at the map and go on patrol.

[Renata]

We have someone in custody who needs questioning by detective or higher.

Detective or higher can also do undercover patrol (or talking to informants, if they're given money to do so). I've already spoken with Seon, but everyone else is free (minus whoever questions our suspect).

I'm not sure what there is on hand for Skooma to do, but he can figure that out himself.

I'm not sure if there are any pending witnesses to question. I don't think so, right? So everyone just spread out.

It's not that complicated, I just can't handle sending all the PMs.

[Seon]

Sigh. I will deal with interrogation.

[Renata]

Nah, you do the other thing we discussed. Flax or Stildawn or I should do the interrogation.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Send both Flax and Stildawn the order to do so, one of them will respond.

I'll randomly patrol somewhere, though backup would be nice because I'm still convinced there's criminals out to get me. If the Internal Affairs nonsense were actually real, there'd be no "fiber evidence" to analyze and someone would have come in here and kicked me out of the force already.

I continue to believe it's all a farce, in which case, I've made some powerful enemies.

Someone cover my butt!

[Chimpyang]

I'll come patrol with you.

[Askthepizzaguy]

I'll come patrol with you.

Just send an order to Winston Hughthom that you'll be my backup dancer.

[B-Wing]

We should probably move this conversation to the GCPD thread. I think it's intended for discussion; this one's mainly for updates.