The Escape of Prisoner 614 Page #2

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of actual crime,

which is always omnipresent.

What, what, what

Deputy Hayford means to say

is um, we, uh,

we just, um,

don't have the reports.

We don't have the

reports for the crimes,

which there were

a lot of crimes.

That's correct.

That's right.

You know, I was

playing coy earlier.

I didn't wanna toot my own horn,

but truth be told,

we've made so many arrests,

you know, that the boxes

of records were piling up

and becoming cumbersome

around the office.

I mean, there must've

been, I lost count,

so we went ahead and

shipped those up north,

- just north of Albany.

- Yeah.

- Was it?

- Yeah.

- That's where it was.

- Yeah.

And, here's the kicker, sir.

When they got there, the whole

thing was ravaged by fire.

Everything gone,

all of it, just burnt up.

Typical, late firemen.

Well, don't throw

them under the bus.

Mmm.

Well, now,

now let me be clear here.

See, your duty is

to serve and protect

the good people of

Shandaken, right?

And the way we show that we

are serving and protecting

the good people of Shandaken,

is arrests and convictions.

Now, now, my budget

is controlled

by a bunch of son of a b*tch

politicians up in Albany

and you know what

they really like?

- Money.

- [Jim] Prostitutes.

Results.

And when they don't see results,

well, they, they reduce

my budget

and I just don't like

having my budget reduced.

Mm-mm.

Now, wearing that badge

is a privilege

and goddamn it, your arrest

records reflect poorly

on every man who's had

the honor of pinning that

to his uniform.

So effective immediately,

your employment

at the Shandaken sheriff's

department is terminated.

I'm gonna need your badges

and your firearms.

[leather squeaking]

[Thurman] Easy.

There you go.

Someone from human

resources up in Albany

will contact you about

your pensions presently.

- [gun dropping in drawer]

- [drawer slamming]

You got till the end of the day

to clear out your

personal effects.

Now, if you'll excuse me,

I'm due in Kingston.

[door slamming]

What are you doing?

Packing up.

You just wanna quit?

We didn't quit, Thurman,

we got fired.

Let me ask you something, Jim.

If we're not deputies,

then what the hell are we?

We're nothing.

Wrong, we're worse

than nothing.

We're civilians.

[phone ringing]

Shandaken sheriff's department.

[Arthur] I need to

speak to the sheriff,

- post-haste.

- Who's calling?

This is Warden Arthur B. Cox,

Adirondack County Correctional.

Well, I'm sorry, Warden.

Sheriff's got a

deposition in Kingston.

If you wait a couple hours,

you're likely

to reach him

at the courthouse.

No, no, no.

Can't wait.

Is there a deputy on duty?

Yes, sir, two deputies

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