"Even veteran officers who have seen numerous accidents were very unsettled by this."

She might have felt embarrassed telling that to one of the more veteran officers.

He was far too veteran an officer to show fear or even be disconcerted.

"I've never lost a man," the veteran officer told the new one.

Many veteran officers in the force are now beginning to believe it can be controlled with enough resources.

"He's a tough piece of work," said a veteran officer.

Russian news organizations reported that the veteran officer had refused the new job and would retire.

Now the rain resumed, heavier than before, but the veteran officer did not move.

The veteran officer wished he could just go and fight the thinking machines in a direct battle, but it wasn't going to happen that way.

"They'll give it a try," a veteran officer said of his colleagues.