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[TITLE]: @@NAMEINITIALS@@PD Blue: Criminal Mind Scene Investigation
[DESCRIPTION] A notorious serial killer known only as "The Dripper" has struck again after a 15-year disappearance--right in the heart of @@CAPITAL@@. However, their first murders occurred in a small town on the opposite side of @@NAME@@, and neither city's police can account for the gap in time and place. Due to the lack of coordination between police departments, the public is calling @@NAME@@'s decentralized approach to criminal investigation into question.
[VALIDITY] low Law Enforcement
[OPTION] "This is an outrage!" says retired @@CAPITAL@@ Police Department officer @@RANDOMNAME@@. "How can we be sure the Dripper just laid low for 15 years? For all we know they could have been killing people all across @@NAME@@ without locals batting an eyelash. Clearly these sorts of investigations are beyond the capabilities of ordinary police. We need a central law enforcement agency to coordinate large-scale investigations and help local law enforcement when they're in over their heads."
[EFFECT] small-town murder mysteries are shadowed by federal agents
[OPTION] Captain @@RANDOMNAME@@ of the @@RANDOMLASTNAME@@ville Police Department argues "Our boys in blue have taken down all sorts of crooks and crazies, no matter how 'clever' they were. We didn't need any help to find the Dripper in our town, and neither should @@CAPITAL@@. Sure, the Dripper got away before we could learn their identity, but they're not our problem anymore. Keep the federal government out of our hair, and let us cops handle our own cases without getting wrapped up in anyone else's."
[EFFECT] @@NAME@@'s local police only learn about crimes in other jurisdictions by hearsay
[OPTION] "The issue isn't coordination, it's technique!" exclaims Dr. @@RANDOMNAME@@, criminologist and mystery novelist. "Sophisticated criminals requires sophisticated investigations. For example, the Dripper's M.O of tainting water coolers with agricultural pesticides every other @@DEMONYM@@ Flag Day suggests a highly obsessive and meticulous personality. Instead of wasting money on a central police or leaving things to clueless flatfoots, we should educated police about the nuances of the criminal mind."
[EFFECT] joining @@NAME@@'s police requires a PhD in psychology
[OPTION] "Can we be so sure the Dripper knows what they're doing?" asks freshman psychology student @@RANDOMNAME@@. "Their behavior is ultimately a product of their environment, upbringing, and 'internal wiring'; things over which they had no control. It's all in the mind. What if we studied and treated troubled individuals instead of letting them go off and hurt people? There may be false positives, but they'll be in good hands at a clinic."
[EFFECT] shy teenagers are sent to insane asylums for "treatment"