In the circle, a middle-aged man wearing a security uniform was scolding a middle-aged woman. On the metal fence next to him, a woman had her hands behind her back. Hu Pingtao finally squeezed in and saw the woman at a glance.

He was handcuffed and firmly fixed to the railing.

He was slightly startled and suddenly understood the content of the curse he just heard.

"What happened? Why are you cuffing people?"

Hu Pingtao stepped forward quickly, walked to the side of the woman, tugged on the handcuffs hard, and found that they were very firm. He suddenly became angry, turned to the man and woman who were arguing in the field, and shouted: "Who is this?"

Did it?"

"It's me!" The middle-aged man in a security uniform hurriedly replied. His face was serious and his voice was extremely loud.

Seeing this, Hu Pingtao felt a little unsure. He tentatively asked: "Where did you get the handcuffs?"

"Allotted by the company." The man answered readily.

Hearing these words, Hu Pingtao frowned, suppressed the anger in his heart, and asked again: "Who gave you the power to arrest people and handcuff them?"

The man was stunned, subconsciously raised his hand and pointed at the woman who was handcuffed to the railing, and replied: "It's her fault! If she doesn't run around, why should I embarrass her?"

Hu Pingtao was too lazy to tell the security guard and went straight to the procedure: "Take out your ID card."

Seeing the unkind expression on his face, the middle-aged man was a little unsure and hesitated: "I didn't bring my ID card..."

"Then tell me your ID number." Hu Pingtao opened the transcript and turned to the middle-aged woman who was arguing with him: "And yours, please tell me your name and show your ID card."

The man's name is Zheng Guangqi and the woman's name is Zhang Yaya.

After registering the names of both parties, Hu Pingtao pointed sideways at the woman leaning against the railing and said to Zheng Guangqi: "Hurry up and let her go."

"Why?" Zheng Guangqi's reaction was fierce and completely beyond Hu Pingtao's expectation.

"She deliberately caused trouble in front of our company."

"I tried to persuade her for a long time to no avail. She wouldn't listen to anything she said anyway."

"To deal with someone like her, you have to be direct and cruel to scare her!"

Zheng Guangqi spoke through gritted teeth and waved his fist vigorously, as if he was his sworn enemy.

Long Xu couldn't stand listening anymore. He walked up to Zheng Guangqi, frowned and said, "We'll talk about this later. Let me go first."

Hu Pingtao's attitude was very serious: "I tell you, you have no right to handcuff people. This is illegal."

Zheng Guangqi was a little confused: "Why did I break the law? According to you, she deliberately disrupted order. Is it wrong for me to arrest her?"

Hu Pingtao asked coldly: "Do you have a law enforcement certificate? Who gave you the power to enforce the law?"

"I'm a security guard!" Zheng Guangqi pointed to the entrance of the building on the sidewalk next to him and argued fiercely: "The company has arranged for me to maintain order here. This is my job. I must..."

Hu Pingtao interrupted him unceremoniously: "Okay, there's no need to say this. I'm ordering him to be released now. Hurry up."

Zheng Guangqi is the kind of stubborn person with a single-minded mind: "I won't let go...what authority do you have to let me do this? And you also order...Who do you think you are?"

Hu Pingtao and Long Xu looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.

I have seen axes before, but I have never seen such axes.

After thinking for a moment, Hu Pingtao quickly organized his words: "You understand, you are a security guard, not a police officer."

Zheng Guangqi's answer was full of shock: "The security guard is the police! There is no difference."

Hu Pingtao couldn't find anything to say for a while after being retorted. It took five seconds before the anger in his heart spread to his face: "Who told your security guard is the police?"

Zheng Guangqi pointed to the uniforms on his body and said plausibly: "We all wear similar clothes, and the nature of our work is also the same. We are all responsible for managing people."

Long Xu was anxious: "Who told you this? You...what are you thinking in your mind?"

Hu Pingtao raised his hand to stop Long Xu: "I finally figured it out. It's useless no matter how much you tell him."

After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the entrance of the building next to him.

When it was first developed, it was positioned as an office building. After it was completed, few companies moved in. In desperation, the owner of the building had no choice but to rent it to a hotel and restructure the building into apartments.

The economy has been in recession in recent years, and the apartment industry has not been easy to do. Both renters and owners can only make ends meet. But in terms of safety, the building management is still very good. Hu Pingtao quickly found the security department

, the officer on duty called the security captain according to his request.

After chatting for a few words, the other party quickly understood what Hu Pingtao meant and followed him outside the building.

"Zheng Guangqi, what are you doing? Let him go quickly." The security captain, a middle-aged strong man, ordered hurriedly.

Zheng Guangqi had a look of reluctance on his face and explained: "Captain, you don't know, this woman is not a good person! She used to run around in front of our company and cut in line. Many people accused her."

The security captain waved his hand impatiently: "Don't say those useless things. I want you to let him go! Do you hear me? Now, immediately, immediately!"

Zheng Guangqi stood there without moving, looking at Hu Pingtao with doubtful and hostile eyes, and then turned his attention to the security captain: "Captain, don't listen to them. I guess this policeman knows the woman, and they are colluding with each other. They obviously

They are in the same group."

These words made Hu Pingtao laugh and cry.

Long Xu raised his hand to his forehead.

Cui Wen felt speechless.

The security captain's eyes were twitching. He took three steps at a time and quickly came to Zheng Guangqi. Without any explanation, he put his hand into his pocket, took out the key, turned around, ran to the metal railing, and unlocked the middle-aged woman's handcuffs.

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Hu Pingtao followed the first principle of mediation and asked the woman: "Why did you have a dispute?"

Next to her, Zhang Yaya, who had registered her name before, rushed to answer: "We live nearby and came here to buy groceries in the morning. I heard that the sauce-flavored pancakes in this store are delicious, so I planned to buy some to try. But there were too many people in line.

There was a queue from the entrance of the store to here. It happened to rain a little at that time, so we ran to the lobby to take shelter from the rain. When we came out, the crowd was in chaos."

As she spoke, she pointed at Zheng Guangqi and said, "This security guard is really mentally ill. He handcuffed my sister without saying a word."

Hu Pingtao listened patiently and asked patiently: "Tell me carefully, what was the chaos at that time?"

Zhang Yaya explained: "It's raining, so everyone must take shelter. As soon as it rains, the people in the queue are in chaos. People at the back all rush to the front. It was so noisy that the owner of the bakery couldn't control it. There was a person in front.

The small eaves can protect us from the rain, but more than a dozen people were squeezed in. We were at the back and had no choice but to run into the building next door."

"As soon as we entered, he came over and asked us to get out." Zhang Yaya got angry when she talked about this. She glared at Zheng Guangqi: "Who wouldn't encounter some difficulties when going out? Besides, we just went in to hide from the rain and be exposed to the cold weather.

We stood around the house for a while and then left, but he just couldn't make sense and even took out a stick to beat us."

Hu Pingtao asked: "Stick? What kind of stick?"

Zhang Yaya pointed to Zheng Guangqi's short-handled police self-defense stick hanging sideways behind his back: "That's it."

Hu Pingtao's expression became more and more serious.

Zheng Guangqi didn't think he had done anything wrong. He shouted at Zhang Yaya: "I work as a security guard, and this is my job. The company does not allow outsiders to come in, so of course I will kick you out."

Zhang Yaya said angrily: "We are either coming in to cause damage, or we are hiding from the heavy rain. Are you worried?"

Zheng Guangqi's face showed a bit of ruthlessness: "I don't care who you are, the King of Heaven, or whoever you are. In short, if you say you can't enter, you can't enter. You must come in, and I will arrest you...otherwise you won't know how powerful it is."

Long Xu suddenly raised his voice: "Enough! What authority do you have to arrest people? And handcuff them? Who do you think you are?"

Zheng Guangqi was stunned: "I..."

Seeing this, Hu Pingtao turned to the security captain standing aside, frowned and asked: "Security guards also have security rules. Why doesn't your company do on-the-job training when hiring people?"

The security captain knew the stakes here. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and explained quickly: "It's done, training must be done!"

Hu Pingtao pointed sideways at Zheng Guangqi and asked seriously: "Then what happened to him? Who gave him the power to arrest people at will? And he also used handcuffs?"

The security captain was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, but he couldn't explain it for a while: "This... this..."

Hu Pingtao's expression became more and more grim: "According to Article 36 of the People's Police Law: the police logo, uniforms, police equipment, and certificates of the People's Police are exclusive to the People's Police, and other individuals and organizations are not allowed to possess or use them.

Anyone who illegally possesses or uses police signs, uniforms, police equipment, or documents will be detained by the public security organs for a period of not more than fifteen days or given a warning."

"Look at you, you have handcuffs and batons. Let me ask you, where did these things come from?"

In fact, Hu Pingtao's question was a bit redundant.

Although batons and handcuffs are control instruments, people nowadays are very courageous and will sell anything as long as they can make money.

Let’s talk about handcuffs! There are many online shopping merchants, and as long as you are willing to spend money, there are various styles of handcuffs.

The word "police use" is the key point, and businesses have too many ways to avoid this taboo. Some people are making a fuss about materials: plastic, alloy, galvanized, and even wood... In short, the production materials are absolutely

It won't be the same. Even if someone reports it, the merchant will still have a reasonable excuse - what I sell is a toy, not real police handcuffs.

The other thing is the style. Pink girl model, black Batman model, red chariot model... Anyway, just add some corner materials, hexagons, circles, building block patterns, and some even add various fairy tale ingredients to complete the look.

Snow White's eyes were hollowed out, and her whole head was used as handcuffs.

Regulatory authorities are cleaning up illegal merchants every year and have also announced reporting hotlines. However, every time they are inspected, merchants have various reasons to show that their products do not violate regulations.

Over time, the regulatory authorities have turned a blind eye. Anyway, as long as they are not exactly the same as police equipment, security companies also have needs in this area. To put it bluntly, this is a bottom line that no one mentions and no one cares about. Both parties

Just stick to the rules, as long as you don't touch the red line.

But like now, the behavior of arresting people directly with handcuffs is completely different.

Hu Pingtao said coldly to the security captain: "Call your company leader and ask him to come over quickly. Also, prepare the information about this person (Zheng Guangqi). We will take him away now and return to the police station for processing.

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To be continued...