Warning: In addition to mild scenes of bondage, S&M and implied sexuality, this story contains regional humor and situations of political satire, which may disagree with your own views. Bear in mind it is just a story.
~ Chapter 1 ~
Our tale begins just a few weeks after the first one, Hobbs County Justice, finished off. Not that much happened in-between that time and this. Things don't normally move too fast in Hobbs County. Those in charge preferred it that way. But after Police Chief Barrett got called into the mayor's office, there was nothing but change and most of it involved stirring up the women folk in the worst possible way.
The Chief plopped into a chair in front of the mayor's desk. Sometimes he liked to prop his boots on the edge of the desk, just to show the mayor who was boss around these parts, but the mayor seemed especially irritable. "So, what's eatin' at ya, Dick?"
Mayor Dick Doge, was a career politician, the very stereotype of small town politicians all those stories are usually based on. "I'll tell ya, Chief, your department is causing problems. Y'all went too far."
Barrett wasn't especially concerned. "How so?"
Dodge's eyes began to squint. A sure sign he was right serious about something or hatching some big "fund raising" scheme. The only way to say for sure, was if he rubbed his hands together, then it was about getting more campaign contributions. Since he didn't, it must be something solemn.
"Seems like word got out, you boys been sexually abusing some of your female arrestees."
"You mean to them fancy suits in Washington? They're nothing to fret about."
"No. It's them dang New York liberals. Some lady lawyer by the name of something like 'All Red' is gonna be coming down here, with news reporters and camera crews and the like, looking into the way we do things."
"All Red, you say? Is she some kind of commie agitator?"
"She's eviler than a commie. She says women's got rights. Legal rights. Any woman in the county gets a beef with men folk and there she is."
"What? Women got rights? We gave 'em the vote back in 1920. What more do they want?"
"She's saying we can't abuse ones we arrest, least without due process and only a little bit even then."
"This is just bullshit. We get to decide how we do things here in Hobbs."
The mayor went on to explain the potential political fire storm that was brewing, if the Hobbs County Police Department didn't make some changes and right fast, too.
"Things need to get smoothed out. I'm making another run for governor and I've enough troubles without alienating a bunch of lady voters."
It was true. Mayor Dick Dodge had made a very ill-fated attempt at higher office in the last election. Unfortunately, his entire campaign broke down early on and voters who saw his name on the ballot couldn't stop from laughing long enough to mark the X in his box. He'd received exactly zero votes. Even his wife had to admit she was too embarrassed to even go to the polls on Election Day.
But, that was two years ago. He'd gotten new serious glasses and had a brand new populous slogan for his campaign, "You can't regulate stupid."
As mayor, he'd managed to remove any county regulations that might keep people from harming themselves or others. "It is a founding principle that Americans have the right to be as stupid as they choose to be. Who is government to say stupid people can't do anything they want?" he'd stated in a speech that galvanized his base and covered his own ass as far as other politicians calling him extremely stupid.
Dodge had championed the county move to allow toxic waste storage inside nursery schools and hoped to make it a national issue. "Sure, it's stupid to have five years old kids playing next to poisonous sludge, but if the industry demands it and people are employed, we can't regulate that kind of stupid. It's up to the market to decide." That logic was hard to argue with and Dodge was on a roll toward the governor's mansion, generating millions of dollars into his campaign coffers.
Mayor Dodge firmly grabbed Chief Barrett by both shoulders and said. "One thing I'll tell ya, old Dick Dodge is a vengeful sum-bitch. You fuck up my shot as governor, I'll live to fuck you over, real bad."
By the time Barrett returned to the station house, he looked white as a sheet. "Leland, Cletus, Fields, y'all get into my office, right away," he shouted over the speaker.
Cetus grinned while appearing to stare off into space, his usual expression, as the chief sat and mapped out their strategy. "Looks like we're gonna have to hire some female police officers to show we know women's got rights."
"Who says that?" asked Leland as he squinted suspiciously.
"Some lady lawyer named of All Red. She's a coming into town and we've got to prove we treat women the same as men."
"Why don't we just arrest her and bring her back here for our special brand of Hobbs County justice?" asked black officer in Fields. His erection was clearly growing at the thought of having at another lady lawyer.
Shaking his head, Barrett slid a picture of a lady lawyer All Red across the table for his team of lawmen to see. "Do any of you boys want to be the one to put the bag over her head? That's the only way any of you would be able to keep a hard-on going."
"My God," shouted Cletus as he held the picture up close, "That's the biggest boner killer I've seen in years."
"My prick's gone into hiding in witness protection." admitted black cop Fields.
"Sorry, boys, our only solution are to hire a few females to work as cops. They can handle the speed trap down on highway #6. What's more, we have to pay them as much as we pay men."
"What would they do with that kind of money? There're only so many shoes they can buy themselves," said Leland.
"It's some weird idea of equality. I'm sure it's a passing fad, but for now we have to go along," said the Chief as he chugged a bottle of Maalox.
Leland's eyes narrowed into slits. "Where are we gonna find women who wants to be cops. It's hard work. I only get to sleep two or three hours a day on this job. They'd want to be off shopping or cooking or gossiping after a couple of hours."
"Let's start with your wife in Tempe. She's always looking for something to do. Maybe being on patrol would keep her out of trouble." Barrett rubbed the perspiration from his thick mustache and glared at Leland. Tempe had been a problem for years, but being the wife of a cop, there wasn't much anyone could do to stop her. This made sense, in a Hobbs County kind of way.
~ Chapter 2 ~
"Let me get this straight. Chief Barrett wants me to lead a police squad when I've always been the bad girl of this here country?" Tempe asked when Leland told her the news at home that night. She sniffed Leland's breath to see he'd been drinking.
"Yeah, that's right, baby. He knows he can't punish you, cause you're married to a lawman. He figures the best way to calm ya down is to hire you." Leland said with a big full tooth grin.