She checked whether another communications channel had supplied the update.
A supervisor-to-dispatch telephone entry appeared, but the attached details were incomplete.
Claire frowned.
She replayed the original complaint.
Then she checked the time again.
The location had changed two minutes after the initial report.
She printed the audit summary and carried it to the communications floor supervisor.
"I think we need to preserve this."
The supervisor looked at the paper.
"Why?"
"The address change doesn't match the caller's information."
He frowned.
"Could be a simple correction."
"Maybe. But the system shows a supervisory update, and I can't find the source."
The supervisor took the pages.
"Who accessed the record?"
Claire pointed.
"The account belongs to Lieutenant Weller."
The supervisor stared at the name.
Then toward the communications floor.
"Are you sure?"
"I'm sure that's the account recorded. I don't know who was physically using it."
He nodded slowly.
"That's an important distinction."
Claire agreed.
He looked at the pages again.
Then said, "Make an incident preservation request."
She returned to her workstation.
Within minutes, the relevant logs and associated communications were placed under an administrative preservation hold.
The action would later become crucial.
Because someone was already asking questions about whether the records could be corrected after the fact.
Lieutenant Grant Weller learned about the incident while standing in the kitchen of his suburban home.
He had been making lunch when his phone rang.
Derek Mason's name appeared.
Weller answered impatiently.
"What?"
"Lieutenant, we have a problem."
Weller listened as Derek described the confrontation.
The toy gun.
The homeowner.
The arriving investigator.
The oversight director's identity.
With every sentence, Weller's expression grew more rigid.
When Derek finished, there was a long silence.
Then Weller said, "Tell me exactly what you said to him."
Derek hesitated.
"Which part?"
"All of it."
Derek began explaining.
Weller interrupted twice.
He wanted to know whether Marcus had physically resisted.
Whether any arrest had occurred.
Whether Derek had activated his body camera.
Whether he had drawn his actual firearm.
And whether witnesses had recorded the encounter.
When Derek mentioned the teenager, Weller swore.
Then he lowered his voice.
"Listen carefully. Don't make any statements outside the formal process."
Derek sounded frightened.