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Most likely, she is family of police. Officers don’t trust muggles.

I have police in my family. Every vendor they employ (dry cleaner, tax assistance, plumber, locksmith, etc) comes from recommendations within the policing community. They don’t take a risk to trust strangers.

Weirdly reminiscent of organized crime.

A fingerprint taker told me once that he would never be a street cop because he didn't have family. That exact word, family.

Just an hypothesis: she was planted in the union because it was easier and faster than in the police.

BTW, "The Departed" [1] is a great movie about this topic.

[1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407887/

Maybe, but she might be just a solo entrepreneur. It's not hard to find dark markets if you're technically savvy, even before having the inside knowledge of someone adjacent to/involved with law enforcement.

Check her family relations. It's all about who you _ _ ow.