Liberty Police, Inc. Reporting Office

[Lee_Redfield]

Sender: Recruit Officer Chase Harlan
Date: 18/01/819
Subject: Patrol #1 Report
Arrests: None
Officers Present: None

+Started my patrol from Mcneil Island having picked up my standard issue Liberator. I then flew into the Colorado system and watched the tradelanes. Nothing to report for Colorado.

+I then entered the New York system and swept the lanes from Fort Bush towards Manhattan. My scanners picked up a ship with an IFF Corsairs Tag. I moved to intercept and alerted Navy vessels in the area, due to the perps ship outclassing mine several times over. A Navy Pilot, Mark Dering responded while quick scans of the suspect revealed him to be Jack.Sparrow. He claimed his IFF transponder was on the fritz since he did not have any ties with Corsairs. Unfortunately, I had to agree with him. For the duration of my patrol, my scanners showed Liberty Navy Vessels as Hostiles, which is documented in my Guncam footage.
The Navy pilot Mark Dering backed up the suspects claims stating his past ties and order me to move along. I complied, but snapped more guncam footage just in case. I found it very suspicous that both were tagged as Hostiles.
Guncam Footage: Link

+Suddenly I recieved a distress call from the LNS Orion under attack by several pirate cruisers. Joining forces with the Navy pilots, we sped to the California system. We could not find said vessels and the Orion was no where to be seen. We did several sweeps and find no evidence of conflict. Either the Orion fought off her attackers or...well. It was during this sweep we came across a Rheinland Military IFF tagged vessel. Myself and the two Navy pilots who responded quickly stopped and figured out it was another IFF transponder malfunction. He was escorted from the system by the Navy and I continued my sweep.
Evidence:Link

+ I then came across a Lane Hacker's vessel piloted by a Craig Fisher. I moved to intercept and found the suspect attached to the lanes leading to Planet Los Angeles. A scan on his cargo hold revealed he had 3 police pilots. I ordered him to release them to my custody and he complied. I proceeded to tell him he was suspected of lane disruption and he citied my lack of evidence. Since I did not witness him disrupt the lane and he did comply with my demands for realeasing the police officers, I did not issue a fine. I did, however, make him leave the system. He set cruise for the New York system instead of complying to leave Liberty. Due to the circumstances of the LNS Orion being missing, I alerted the LNS Cape Horn operating in New York of the suspect and continued my search. (//Please ignore my call for him to be all clear. I pressed the wrong channel button//)
Evidence:Link 1
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+Unfortunately, further sweeps did not find the LNS Orion. The two Navy Pilots with me broke off from the group and I returned to New York and docked on Fort Bush, ending my first patrol.
As I finish this report as a Recruit Officer, I hope I made the correct decisions concerning the issuing of fines that are in keeping with the standards and expectations of Liberty Police Incorporated.