Chapter 739 The Bystander Effect
Jack explained briefly, "Everyone here is in a hurry, and most people don't pay too much attention to things that have nothing to do with them. 'The Bystander Effect' 'has been most reflected in this city."
The so-called "bystander effect" can also be called the "diffusion of responsibility effect", which is a sociological psychological phenomenon that refers to situations in emergencies. , because of the presence of bystanders, the sense of individual responsibility in the group is weakened.
To put it bluntly, when a victim appears, because everyone is watching, everyone expects others to come forward, which causes everyone to retreat.
The best way to break this effect is for someone to step forward, break the silence, guide bystanders to join in, or designate a responsible individual.
For example, when Jack attended the police academy training, the instructor clearly told him that when he needed help, such as when a police officer fell to the ground or was rescuing others alone, the most important thing to do was not to shout for help in a general way, but to Appoint one person and tell him what to do.
For example, "Hey, the guy with glasses over there, call 911!" instead of yelling "Who's going to help?"
"It seems like even when I'm not here, you can You didn't waste your studies." Rossi praised with a smile.
"Have you done ballistic comparisons on previous cases?" Emily asked Danny.
Danny put his hands on his hips as usual and nodded when he heard this, "After I took over, I handed it over to the CSI laboratory for expediting. As soon as the results came out, the public opinion was boiling. The murder weapons of the four previous cases were confirmed. It’s the same pistol, but the gun number is not matched.”
Suddenly, he looked at the subway entrance in surprise and saw an old man walking down the stairs, walking towards him accompanied by his younger brother James Regan. Who else could this be but his grandfather Henry Regan.
"Grandpa, why are you here?"
"Today's news made some memories that I thought were long gone resurface, so I wanted to come and see the scene, but I didn't expect that I would be there. I actually saw an old friend here.”
Henry Regan smiled and refused to accompany him to the subway station. His grandson, who was still wearing a patrol uniform, supported him and opened his arms to give Rosie a hug.
“How many years have we not seen each other, David? Ten years or seven years?”
"It's only been five years. You old guy looks in good health." Rossi seemed to be very familiar with the former NYPD chief, and the two patted each other's backs enthusiastically.
“I don’t know why, but my body has gotten better in the past two years than before. My heart doesn’t hurt anymore, and my legs and feet are more flexible.” Old Henry opened his arms and spun around in a circle, showing off his “flexibility” "The figure.
"Anyway, I'm glad to see you again." Rossi's eyes were a little sad when he saw his old friend, and he didn't know if he was thinking of the past years.
In fact, strictly speaking, he and old Henry are still a generation apart. If they really want to be friends with each other, Jack will probably invite Detective Hunter or old CIA Joe Mason.
But the two parties should not know each other, otherwise when Joe Mason was in trouble, there would be no need for Jack to take action.
After seeing the body covered with white cloth on the ground, the smile on the old man's face gradually disappeared, and finally he sighed, "This scene seems familiar, David."
"Do you mean 'Son of Sam'? ?" Rossi obviously understood why he was here. "Yes, I was just an ordinary police detective at that time, but it seems that this time the situation is even worse." Old Henry said, looking up at the dilapidated surveillance camera on the pillar, and cursed in a low voice. One sentence.
“Bullshit privacy bill, this thing should be installed on all the streets of New York.”
In fact, since 911, cameras on the streets of New York have been It is increasing, but it is different from the previous life. In this world of American TV series, the influence of a certain eastern power comes and goes. This has led to the mysterious disappearance of some originally well-known surveillance system companies.
This is one of the reasons why Jack previously believed that he still had enough time to deal with the plot of "Person of Interest". There is a lack of high-quality and low-cost cameras and surveillance solution suppliers. The streets in New York City today only have 600,000 or 800,000 pixels, and many even There is only a garbage camera with 300,000 pixels, and the artificial intelligence program called "machine" is nothing more than a highly myopic person no matter how awesome it is.
Only in areas considered vulnerable to terrorist attacks, such as Times Square, Wall Street, and the Empire State Building, high-end Eagle Eye cameras will be installed to guard the city from a distance.
“I doubt this very much.” Jack lit up the screen of his mobile phone. Garcia had found the surveillance video at the time of the crime and sent it to his mobile phone as before.
"Pay attention, this is the murderer. He got out of the car with the crowd." Jack pointed to the guy wearing a black hoodie who was marked in the video.
Emily understood what he meant immediately, "This guy lowered his head consciously when he got out of the car, indicating that he knew the location of the surveillance camera very well."
"Are you saying that this guy is different from the 'Son of Sam' back then? He was premeditated and the attack location was not completely random?" Old Henry raised his eyebrows.
“I’m not sure about this, but it’s obvious that he visited the site beforehand, knew the location of each camera, and deliberately chose an easy-to-carry pistol. I can only say that this guy knew what he was doing. What?”
Jack also just received the first four case files yesterday. Because they occurred in different police stations, they were treated as ordinary shooting cases, and the police detectives responsible were also different.
Some police detectives are extremely serious and responsible, and have all the evidence from the interview transcripts to the scene, while others are negligent and many materials are still waiting to be supplemented. However, the most intuitive thing is the surveillance at the time of three of the crimes. Video.
He watched these three surveillance videos many times. Each time, a blurry figure wearing a hoodie passed in front of the camera, and then the victim fell to the ground. There was a subway at the location of the incident. The entrance, the street and the intersection where people come and go.
In one section, the picture quality was so poor that he had to slow down frame by frame to see clearly the moment when the opponent shot.
"Although Rossi had not yet become an FBI when Son of Sam was active, I read the notes he made when he later visited David Berkowitz in prison. To be honest, except As for randomly attacking passers-by, I can't find anything else in common between the two."
Hearing what Jack said, Old Henry's expression became even more sad, "It sounds like it's worse this time, Berkowitz. The targets are dating couples or young and beautiful women, but this time it is an indiscriminate attack.
If everyone could be a target, it is unimaginable how the panic will spread. I hope to deal with this. Everyone on the case is fully committed to not letting the days when people lived in fear for a whole year happen again."
"I promise you, old man!" Rossi said seriously.
(End of this chapter)