Ethan Anderson: A Short Story

It was said that desk duty could be the worst task an officer could endure and for officer Ethan Anderson, there was no exception. He disliked being stuck indoors when he could be out on the street helping or doing something useful, anything other than doing paperwork would have been great. However, as a rookie he had to pay his dues and right now, that meant shutting up and doing these uneventful jobs.

From his desk, he looked up and glanced at the clock, to his dismay he had only been sitting at his desk for two hours, though it felt like longer in his bored state. Breathing in deep he attempted to once again focus on the large amount of paperwork before him. Touching his pen to paper, he began to write his report which detailed a strung out drug addict who was just brought in an hour before. It was Ethan who had booked the woman and unfortunately, that was the extent of his excitement for the day, if one could call it that - At one point during the long booking process she had attempted to spit on him, though thankfully she missed. He should have been mad but instead he felt bad for the woman. …show more content…
"What's up?" Ethan asked once the older cop was near enough to hear. Swarek took a seat on the edge of his desk and looked down at the report Ethan had been filling out seconds before. "Rookie mistake kid." he said, arching a brow at the same time, he must have looked confused because Swarek was quick to elaborate. "Too much detail. No one needs to know the insignificant facts. All you need to write are the important details and be done with it, you keep focusing on the small stuff and you're gonna be here all night. Do yourself a favor and get through paperwork as fast as you