Just a Quick Look Around {Bogo}

[Daisy Woods]

They had gotten the news just a few days ago. Hunter was being transferred to the City Central office. It was a wonderful opportunity for him of course, but Daisy was a bit more hesitant about it. Working in the heart of Zootopia was dangerous. More so than at other districts in the area. It worried her. She wanted him to do well of course, but she wanted him to be safe too. It was that concern that led her here. 

She knew where the office was of course. She like to know where nearby police stations where, even if it was several blocks from her home. She had never actually be inside it though. Or really seen it up close for that matter. The building was huge. It was nothing compared to the theatre but it was still big enough to impress her. The entire front of the building with all sorts of mammals coming in and out, going about their business. There were a fair few hauling in criminals, suspects, and other people of interest. After looking around the building itself for a minute or two, Daisy slipped inside through the main door. 

Inside seemed even bigger than the outside. Larger mammals bustled about the place, busy at work. Daisy slipped the hat off her head as she looked around, partially out of respect and politeness and partially to get a better view. The sunglasses stayed on however. The bright florescent lights hurt her eyes and she really couldn't afford any more damage to her eyes. This office was much bigger than where her brother currently worked. The officers were larger as well. 

The officer at the reception wasn't exactly what she expected. It was a fat cheetah. That was... unusually. But who was she to talk about being unusual? She was already getting some glances from animals walking in and out. She made sure to wear her best smile when she walked up to the counter.

After explaining the situation to Officer Clawhauser, he agreed to let her in. But there were conditions; she wasn't allowed to go too far and she had to stay in the main room. She couldn't go anywhere she wasn't supposed to. Since her brother was an officer, she already knew what those places were. Which was fine with her. She wasn't here to search the place. She just wanted to scope the place and maybe talk to someone who could assure her that her brother would be safe while working here.

She gave Clawhauser one last sweet smile before heading further into the building. She looked around as she walked before eventually coming to a stop in the middle of the floor. This really was a nice department, she could tell. While the officers here were a bit bigger than her tastes, they did seem to have a kind of camaraderie between them. At least from what she could see. There was a very good chance that her brother would be perfectly fine and she was just worrying too much. Still, she did have a few questions she wanted to ask. Maybe she ought to go back to the reception and see if the chief would be willing to talk to her, if he had the time that is. What was his name again? She never really watched the news anymore, or the tv at all for that matter. Daisy was sure she heard his name somewhere before. Wasn't it... Officer Bogo or something like that?

[Chief Bogo]

Some of these days were just too long. Paperwork everywhere, everything from transfers to checking official press statements he had to look at so much he just had to get up and walk sometimes. The fitness oriented buffalo was not a fan of desk work for the most part. His focus on papers and writing was short, often leading to a distraction like a phone app to be pulled out. Today's solution was to simply go for a walk around the station. There weren't even children around today to mess with him or tire him out so that he actually wanted easy work to do.

For the most part the station was a calm place to walk around in. With the exceptions of wild suspects or louder officers it wasn't much trouble for Bogo. At least the back area that wasn't normally public was. He'd possibly run into Harrison, who would either have some plan to embarrass him, or actual friendly business to end up discussing. He might have welcomed the big feline today. Of boring police days this was the most unexciting in a long time. Something he didn't really want to change into craziness, but just give him something! Just to be sure that normal people didn't try talking to him, the chief was carrying a file and looking at it as if reading. He might have really been, except he conveniently was not wearing glasses as he did which said he most likely was not truly working while he walked.

White fur in the corner of his eye did catch the buffalo chief's attention. Not a polar bear, or a white wolf. but a deer? The officer stopped for a moment, looking over the mammal and her attire. She must have been lost. She was neither an officer or a criminal. He would know. He recognized most of his officers as actual officers on sight. Criminals were also for the most part recognizable. She might have been a victim or witness, but if she was than he would need words with the officer handling the case. Leaving her to wander back in this area alone... Bogo closed his file and lowered it to his side as he made his way toward the female, unable to avoid the clacking sound of his hooves on the floor of the station.

"Ma'am, may I help you?" The buffalo started with a curious look and trying to reduce his normally tense stance, his tone respectful and fighting a sound of annoyance. "You might have come a little far here. If you needed to make a report, you can do that up front." He added, hoping that might solve the issue. There was no way he could know he was exactly the officer she was looking for.

[Daisy Woods]

While standing there looking around, Daisy kept her ears up, each one taking in sounds like a satellite dish. She was just listening for more information about who her brother would be working with. Some were talking about some of the criminals they brought in, about their personal lives, something about a case- op she better ignore that one. And of course there was the sound of typing and the sound of both paws and hooves as they walked across the polished floor. She was also very aware of the looks she was getting. Part of it she was sure because of how she looked but it was also because of the fact that she, a pedestrian, was standing in the middle of a place she was not supposed to be. She'd seen the looks before. One of the members of her company brought their niece to work since they couldn't find anyone to watch her. But since she was older than the 4 and 5 year olds that sometimes came in with their parents, she'd been met with plenty of strange looks and a number of questions from the senior company members. It was the same here. Lingering glances that told her that she was in the wrong place. No one had approached her yet though. 

Of course, as she was thinking how unusual that was, she heard someone come up behind her and call out to her. When she turned around she was met with the sight of a larger mammals uniform. She only came up to their chest so she got a perfect look of their nice shiny name tag. Bogo. She looked up at the buffalo and gave him a rather nice smile, carving his face into her mind while she looked at him. If her brother was going to be working here, she was going to need to remember what he looked like

"Oh no, I'm not here to make a report. My brother is an officer who's being transferred here very soon." She held out a hoof, ready to give him a good solid hoofshake."My name is Daisy. Do you think you could spare a few minutes for me, Chief Bogo?" Again she gave him one of her sweet smiles. She would understand if he couldn't but surely he could spare a few minutes to answer a few questions from a concerned family member of one of his officers. 

[Chief Bogo]

Bogo looked down at her, his eyes narrowed as he started her down. He closed the folder in his hoof and crossed his large arms over his chest just about after she would have been able to read the name. The chief did not return the smile or any real pleasantries. His face read pure annoyance. Simply done with interaction for the day and he had hardly gotten started yet. The buffalo was just not feeling the patience today. He was already feeling impatient just waiting for her to answer the question and really she was not taking that long at all.

She wasn't here to make a report. She hadn't just wandered in. She wanted to be here. Back in the law enforcement only section of the precinct. Of course she did. The chief glanced down to her hoof. All of his training in public relations kicked in and he uncrossed his arms to give her much more delicate looking hoof a shake for the same of politeness. "I am sure that your brother is a highly capable officer then." He spoke in hopes that his confidence in whatever her brother was capable of would possibly ease her fears as well. Of course that didn't seem to be enough as she requested a few minutes with him. Bogo bit his tongue to tell her off on how busy they were. They really were not that busy... he just didn't want to talk too much.

The chief pulled himself together with a relaxed breath and gave a bit of a nod. "Alright. I can spare a few minutes. But we are busy, so I can't spend all day talking." The buffalo reminded her, but motioned back toward the steps to his office. He was sure she didn't just want to stand in the middle of the station to talk. "I want to be sure my officers and their families feel okay." He assured her. Truly he did want to make sure the families were okay. That was important for him, more than he admitted out loud. Part of being chief was managing the family of his officers and their health. At least it wasn't more paperwork.