Touch Too Much
Touch of Gray, Book Three
Leia Howard
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The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.
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eBook ISBN: B0852RCZTB
Cover design by: MatYan
DEDICATION
Thank you to Veronica and Cole for the beta reads. As always, mistakes are my own.
Contents
Title Page
Copyright
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
EPILOGUE
WORLD OF TOUCH OF GRAY
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
CHAPTER ONE
“Welcome, everyone, to our last preparatory meeting for the upcoming new Psycept Police Divisional training. I appreciate you giving up a large portion of your Saturday morning for this. This is the first time we’ve all met together as the full group and I’m going to do a brief roll call for the record.
“First up, our Psycept Police Division in Albuquerque. We have Sheriff Helki, sub-chief of Bosque region, and Lt. Setimika who is newly arrived to lead the Psycept Division. We also have the three unit sergeants Sully Randolph, Alicia Tamez, and our newest addition Catori along with Divisional assistant extraordinaire Mark.
“In our central police headquarters in Wir-Kiva, we have Police Chief Yanaba, Head Police Instructor Sgt. Hototo, and Lead Trainer Kaliska who will be conducting the classroom instruction.
“Finally, from my palatial home office, I’m Gray, the project manager and host of this video conference. We’re devoting two hours to this call and we have a lot to cover, so I propose we begin.
“The first agenda topic is an overview of the four-week schedule, so we’re sure everyone knows what days and weeks they will be in attendance. Each week has three days of training, Monday through Wednesday. Week one is Sully and Lt. Setimika, week two will have Sgts. Tamez and Catori for the week, and week three will be Sheriff Helki and Chief Yanaba. Also, because Wednesdays has country of origin training, there will be some sergeants, lieutenants, or chiefs that require additional training on the country featured that day. Week four will be a relief for Trainer Kaliska as she won’t have to travel down here and she also won’t have to put up with y’all anymore, it’ll be completely new detectives and officers.”
“Gray, if I were not so diplomatic, I would say I am greatly anticipating week four. Having guests in training is nice, but what is that saying about visitors and fish?”
“Kaliska, you said it and I agree. Also, we really appreciate your willingness to come down to Albuquerque for the first three weeks and conduct training here for our existing detectives and officers in the division. It’s easier to have one or two people to travel here than sixty plus people travel up there. The training itself also makes sure everyone’s information is consistent and up to date, and it fosters team building by sending them through with their new units. Chief Yanaba and Sgt. Hototo, we also thank you for agreeing to come here. Mark, can you take us through the setup?”
“Sure, Gray. Each week will consist of fifteen detectives and forty-five officers. In addition, we’ll have our two leaders per week and visitors on Wednesdays. We’re using a large capacity meeting room and the computers requisitioned for the new hires. Once the third week of training is complete, we’ll move the equipment to the empty desks in the Psycept Police Division to await the arrival of the new graduates coming from Wir-Kiva.”
“Great planning with the resources, Mark. Instructor Kaliska, can you take us through the first two days of Psycept Police training? Please highlight any considerations you’re making for the fact that the first three weeks are existing Psycept Police.”
“Happily, Gray. I have uploaded the full training schedule that will be used for new detectives or officers. We will follow the same topics for the retrain, let me point out how I will tailor the information for existing police units.
“Our first day is very similar to the old Psycept training and seeing that much of this is a retread of information, some info will be reviewed in an interactive quiz session. I will divide the trainees into teams and have a trivia game to spark their competitive nature. However, since it has been several years since many were originally trained for the Psycept unit and the GT has added new settlements in the meantime, discussion of the seven Psycept settlements will be more formal.
“Finally, I will cover the new divisional setup with no adjustments for prior training. With the Psycept unit increasing to a full division including a unit’s worth of new detectives and officers being added, plus a third sergeant and new lieutenant, the restructuring of smaller units, and how cases are assigned changing, I want to cover the full scope of this new Division. This is merely a topic expansion of the changes the sergeants have prepared their people for.
“Monday afternoon will be devoted to Psycept categories,” Kaliska continues. “We will discuss all and highlight examples when the police may work with each category on a case. For new hires, over half of the time will be spent on TouchVoyants since they handle the majority of Psycept cases that involve police investigation. For the retraining, I will have them break into smaller groups and create an FAQ or pamphlet about each of the seven categories then present their results.
“Day two is the nitty gritty, Psycept database and police procedures. Looking at the agenda, I will quickly list the specifics for the retrains. Psycept database assignments, their main screen will now display the cases grouped by country rather than the Psycept. I will show them how to drill down
