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He lay on the bed watching the news. A DCI with an unusual name was giving an interview about the previous day’s shooting of a ‘local businessman’. He came across well and, somehow, Nicks knew he was looking at a decent, dedicated but very determined man. The DCI, he noted, was wearing an SIB tie. As an ex-Military Policeman himself, he knew the Investigators of the Army’s Special Investigation Branch rarely gave up easily.
The problem for the Army was that when the SIB entered an establishment to investigate some offence or allegation, there was no telling where it all would end. As enquiries unfolded they would follow whatever they found, wherever it went. It was not unusual for them to enter a unit to investigate an assault and come out having uncovered significant fraud, organised thefts of equipment and clothing, minor fuel scams and potentially serious breaches of security. Many considered them an immense nuisance.
Yep, the fact the DCI was ex ‘Branch’ was disconcerting.