"Then I expect you to support me in the standard I'm accustomed to," he answered without missing a beat, "and I get to nag you. I might actually be getting the better end of the deal here. It's a good thing that I don't feel threatened by my feminine side."
Derek snorted. "I'm sure the director will love to become our vetting agent. We could create a vetting position, give it to someone we know shouldn't be on the field. That might take some work from us." He looked at the one page he had printed out. "The problem I see, even with a vetting agent, is that we have no way of knowing which team is best suited until we investigate. It's a catch 22."
He leaned back. "I'm going to suggest something unthinkable. At home any FBI unit would have back up from local law enforcement, plus federal agencies. We don't do everything ourselves. Right now, the cases are so few, we're mostly doing separate training. What if we work the cases together? Anything routine, like interviewing doctors, coroners, simple witness, my team covers; anything that might involve more dangerous work you guys cover. We might avoid a repeat of Burke. This way, when we get a new case, we both get a report, and we assign jobs together, and as more people get used to actually doing things and hopefully we get more cases, we do get a vetting agent."