Hunter reviewed the video footage from the past few days. He noticed that officers and other civilian workers were departing from an unseen location. While he didn’t have eyes on the actual door, he noticed that some workers would enter the front of the precinct, then exit from the rear of the building in an alleyway of some kind.

Perfect cover.

Hunter drove by the Milford Police Station to get a feel for the place. Several officers were gathered in front of the precinct, many of them talking, smoking, or drinking coffee. He parked in an alley behind the hardware store. The precinct was just one block up and another alleyway over. He gathered his pole-climbing tools, then headed toward the adjacent side alley.

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Hunter looked like any other telecommunications line worker. No one even gave him a second glance as he climbed the telephone pole and mounted a wireless camera. He concealed himself behind a junction box. Once he was satisfied that the camera wouldn’t be easily noticed, he gathered his equipment, checked the camera’s feed, and left the area. Hunter now had eyes on the back exit.

Hunter received an alert from the webpage tracker code he installed. The Milford court docket had changed; it appeared that Nigel now had a court date. A quick check of the online court docket revealed the courthouse and judge. The room wasn’t sealed, which meant that anyone could visit the hearing. Hunter was planning on attending.