What brings you out this way? "I'd like to make my phone call," Naomi said. Dodd nodded at Pruitt. "Process her." He turned back toward his office.
Pruitt slid a desk phone across the counter and unlocked one cuff attaching the other to a ring bolted to the counter's edge. "One call." Naomi picked up the receiver. She did not look up the number. She dialed the direct mobile line of Constance Marlowe, deputy assistant director, who had been at her desk in Atlanta since noon and who answered before the second ring had finished.
"Marlowe." "Constance, it's Naomi." She kept her eyes on Shepherd who was leaning against the far wall with his arms crossed and the expression of a man who has already decided what the outcome is. A single beat. Then, where are you?
Harlow County Sheriff's Department. I've been detained following a stop on Route 9. No legal basis, Warrantless vehicle search on a fabricated probable cause claim. Charged with disorderly conduct. The arresting officer is Shepherd Grant.
Badge number visible on his uniform. His partner is Deputy K Slater. Presiding officer appears to be Sheriff Terrence Dodd. Shepherd snorted from across the room. Listen to this.
Badge numbers and everything. "Are you injured?" Constance asked. Her voice had dropped to the frequency Naomi associated with her at her most focused and her most dangerous. Not seriously.
Document the restraint marks when I'm out. She paused half a beat. Constance, I need the task force activated. Full Atlanta field office deployment. Emergency warrant covering all departmental records, dispatch logs, body camera data, server backups, physical files going back at least three years.
I want everything preserved before they realize what they have in custody and start making decisions about what to delete. "Already moving," Constance said. And the sound of efficient typing was audible through the line. Call the U.S. Attorney.
Have Georgia State Patrol notified for perimeter support. And Constance, I want this building locked down properly. Nothing leaves. "ETA 30 minutes. Sit tight, Director."