The Guardian

the way they think and feel. This is the reason it takes so long getting them on a path of recovery. The damage is long term and often times permanent.
    Well, he would do his best. He would keep things on an even track, and turn over all information that he could acquire to Halloway and Griffin.
    As he rode along, he thought back to the recovery of the three girls held at Jack Gorman’s place. It would be awhile before the case would come to trial. He knew that they had enough against him to put him away for a very, very long time.
    In the mean time, there would be other monsters to deal with. He would just pick them out of the pack, find them and deal with them one at a time.

Chapter 103
    It had been well over three weeks. Halloway and Griffin had been going about things as usual. There were attempted kidnappings of kids right off the street. It was fortunate however that none of them were successful. Kids were becoming more and more aware of the predators that were out there. The sad thing was the fact the kids themselves were becoming more responsible than the parents.
    The school district wasn’t really getting any better either. Their biggest step was the consideration of allowing teachers to carry firearms. The increasing number of arrests of school kids carrying weapons on campus was amazing. Not only were the teachers being paid disgustingly low salaries, they were forced to deal with overcrowding, student violence and worse. These child predators should probably fear being shot by the ones they are trying to grab. It was not surprising to hear of fourth grade students being caught carrying guns to school.
    Their silent partner, The Guardian, was still out there doing his thing. Keeping a low profile was what he seemed to be doing best. Halloway wanted to put all of the responsibility of the arrest of Jack Gorman on him. However, due to the ever revolving political arena, that wasn’t going to happen.
    With the newly elected sheriff out to make an impression, he was adamant that his officers get all the credit. After all, this was a high profile case and they couldn’t have some vigilante who was technically wanted by the law upstaging the LVPD. It would make the department look bad. They were barely into the New Year and they already had their first officer involved shooting. Officers had been called to a domestic violence call. The husband had exited the house wielding a large butcher knife. Some witnesses say the man wasn’t threatening at all. Others say he lunged at the police officers. Either way they gunned him down. With all of the officers who were on scene firing at once, there was no way he had a chance. It was one butcher knife against all those guns.
    This was a serious political issue. For one thing, the coroner’s inquests were being questioned. Since 1976 when the inquests had begun, out of over 150 officer involved shootings there had been only one death found criminal. In that case, the grand jury never did indict. It’s fair to say that these inquests are too easy on the police officers. They should be held accountable. However, there also are those who feel that with the job they do, the risks they take, all is fair. The odds aren’t good though. A 17 year old, a murder suspect had gotten out of a police cruiser and was running away. His hands handcuffed behind him, he was shot in the back and killed. A mentally ill man, whose family said was harmless was shot and killed by police at his home. A man blocking traffic with his vehicle, loud music booming from his speakers was shot and killed after a series of unexplained events. This list goes on. Well, the verdict is still out. Las Vegas is an ever growing city with too many illegal immigrants moving in from Mexico where guns and violence are a major way of life. The Guardian didn’t want to be a judge on that panel.
    As to the physical abuse received by the suspect, Jack Gorman, this Guardian fellow would surely get the blame for that. After all, there was enough news coverage of police involved shootings and death by tasers. They surely didn’t need that on top of it all. Not to mention that it would hurt their case if there were any indications that his officers had acted out of line.
    The investigation into the problems at Child Welfare Offices would not be resolved for some time. That too would be an ongoing situation. There was no quick, sure fire remedy for any of it. No one would willingly accept responsibility. The