"Hm." Books, huh? Geddoe was still very behind on what constituted good literature around here. He would consider the request, though. "Your people on the police force are capable. I'm sure they'll manage to stumble through somehow. I'll stay on the informant line, though, just in case." His good eye narrowed in a sly smirk. "After all, situations still arise in which someone less bound to a code of conduct would better serve to handle it."

The police would suffer for the loss of Jack, though. Geddoe could only privately hope that someone, import or not, was as intelligent and tactical as the man they would have to replace. Then again, a few major bungles might prove to the world just what they lost when they chose to get rid of Jack Bauer.