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Cassiebsg, the missing scout was mentioned in Chapter 6:

"The victim is Daniel Wiseman, the guy from California whose blood we found on the shredded material. Single guy, no kids. From what we've been able to gather in the short time since we found his remains, he worked as some kind of freelance location scout for various Hollywood productions. He was staying at an AirBNB not far from the graveyard where his body was found. We searched his room and found some documentation linking him to what appears to be the same production as the other victims, but unfortunately the place was in a ransacked state when we arrived so the... ugh... killer probably made off with a lot of the important stuff to cover their tracks

[POTENTIAL SOLUTION]

Someone should immediately interrogate Flannagan about
the film project and whether the place were the explosion occurred
was the place where the film team stayed and where the film was
to be made as well as its theme
EDIT: In case no information is gained neither from a visit in Alphabet City nor
from Mr. Flanagan, I suggest we send the remaining crew to POTENTIAL SOLUTION:
Silver Creek

Oooofff....
Well, I guess we have saved the film team, but sacrificed Sergeant Pangborn.
I wonder if there had been an opportunity to get hold of aK-9 dog, but I am quite sure
that Pangborn had thought of it beforehand.
Now we're after the killer and the clue seems to be found in the second paragraph of the note.
As Kastchey proposed, it could be Silver Creek (my bones do not creak), but it might as well
be Tweener's Way( I am not old ) related to the word "Tween".
We should interrogate Flannagan to get more information about the film project.
We have three officers left and a killer about, so what should we do now ?
EDIT: Officer Heltenjon, interesting idea, we should follow your suggestion.

P.S.: That was a narrative masterpiece, JackPutter ! I admit I was very nervous reading it slowly line by line....

Thanks Officer Heltenjon, now let's pray for the best ...

Yeah, do it !

Okay Office Heltenjon,
Give it a potential solution ! Whom shall we send ?

Hey, we have three possible locations now.
One for the killer and actually TWO for the filmteam:
The production site AND their AirBnB.
EDIT: I can hardly believe how long it took us to not find SCHAALBURG until Officer Hunt finally got it.
Actually, it was so easy that we should have found it right away and therefore it might be a trap.
So we have a staff of four : White and Collins are a well-proven team, I believe they should stick together.
That makes it even harder, I think we cannot afford to miss a shot.
Chief, please cancel my previous POTENTIAL SOLUTION until we come up with a better plan.

Officer Laura Hunt,
That‘s brilliant, nobody but you have seen that
But what now ?

I believe that we have four officers and Pangborn.....

OMG, hope I didn‘t mess it up ...
You have a fertile imagination:-)

[POTENTIAL SOLUTION]

Ok, Officer Mkennedy, let's make it a POTENTIAL SOLUTION together!
Chief, let's send Team 1 to Smither's Industrial Complex and Team 2 to Silver Creek
We should make one team with officers White and Collins and the other one with officers Leland and Ullman.
We know that Ullman is the best driver, so depending upon the locations, i let you decide who will
be Team 1 and Team 2.
Let's pray we don't fail ......

[A]

I believe we should shake some action NOW
For the first paragraph: My top candidate would be Smither's Industrial Complex, see explanation above
For the second paragraph, it would be Silver Creek, as explained by Kastchey. Tweener's way would be an alternative,
but I'm afraid that if we fail at one location, we won't be able to catch the killer AND save the film team.
Creek from"Creak" is similar to Cunningham Centre from"Center"
For the numbers : I think it's only the ACAB ( All Cops Are Bastards) insult,
they also appear in a sequence.
Before I make it a POTENTIAL SOLUTION, I would like to have my colleagues' approval, unless someone
comes up with a better theory....

Now if that isn't a broad hint ...
I just don't see any clue in "shacabgzrubl" except ACAB,
so this might be the only message/insult as far as the numbers are concerned,
thus giving the numbers no further meaning
Come on colleagues, wake up from your desks !!!!

I am afraid that the numbers are the red herring ....

I was thinking about GPS coordinates in Degrees, Minutes and Seconds format 2x(3x2), ->12 numbers,
but somehow it doesn't fit  (looked up the coordinates for New York )...
Chief, could we have rough coordinates for Silver Creek and Smither's Industrial Complex ?
EDIT: Forget it, my mistake, we would need 24 numbers , 12 for each location

Excellent, Kastchey !
Do you see a similar context in the first paragraph?
Edit : I am not old : Tween is a word for kid or adolescent
There’ s Tweener’s Way, but it appears in the second paragraph
We must be absolutely sure so that we catch the criminal
AND save the film crew
EDIT:"by twisting, distilling, and contorting it for the masses" in the first paragraph:
Twisting, distilling, and contorting are industrial (for the masses) processes
Could this be a clue leading to Smither's Industrial Complex ?

Having a pile of A4 papers here scribbled with letters and numbers I believe
that this is a case for native speakers
Sentences like "My bones are not old" , I have pieces left " etc. surely contain a clue,
let alone the "fox over the lazy dog".
I find NO pattern using the numbers.....
I AM A LOSER

That's bad news :-(
But Chief, just to make sure that the 12 letter theory is wrong, could we send the whole unit to Sheldonville?
I still haven't given up on this. Hope you agree !

I guess you are right and this might be the finale with a crisp
riddle worth a finale
I just wanted to make sure that the double trouble 12 letter theory
is the solution, if it‘s not ( which I fear ) it will not be so easy to solve it

[POTENTIAL SOLUTION]

I am still convinced that the solution to the sought location has to do with the 12 numbers
and a corresponding 12 letter location. The "Double Trouble " still makes me think that it
might be POTENTIAL SOLUTION Margaret Anne Penitentiary
I'd suggest we send a full squad there, if nothing shows up there, the only place left according to the 12 letter theory would be Sheldonville.