Jimmy drove back to the office, tonight's mission hadn't gone as planned, yet duty still continued, especially on Christmas Eve. The largest trouble stemmed from bars and nightclubs around New York. NYPD colleagues had arranged for a significant number of officers to work the night shift across the city to handle various incidents; the FBI would be contacted only for major cases.
Jimmy was watching TV in the office, yes, just watching TV—the 24-hour news was rolling. Sometimes, one had to admit that television stations really had quick access to information: a large number of paparazzi and freelance journalists roamed the city, usually the earliest witnesses at crime scenes, capturing footage to sell to television stations, sometimes even before the police had confirmed information, TV stations were already broadcasting live scenes.
