 Why didn't Tremaine automatically include the state law enforcement in his investigation?
In his room at the Elsby Commercial Hotel, Tremaine opened his luggage and took out a small tool kit, used a screwdriver to remove the bottom cover plate from the telephone. In a back room Tremaine said, "To everybody but you this is just a visit to the old home town. Tremaine covered the discovery of the powerful unidentified interference on the high-security hyperwave band, the discovery that each transmission produced not one but a pattern of "fixes" on the point of origin. It showed a set of concentric circles, overlapped by a similar group of rings. "The point is this, Jess: we think we've got it narrowed down to this section.
 He's unsure of how serious the investigation is, and he doesn't want them stepping on his toes.
 He thinks the state law enforcement officers are all incredibly rude.  He thinks the state law enforcement officers are all incredibly dumb.  He's unsure of how serious the investigation is, and he doesn't want them stepping on his toes.  He's unsure of how serious the investigation is.