So before you read this blog I might suggest that you listen to the intro sequence of NCIS, or Law and Order. Because this past week I began my internship with the police department. I honestly have to say it was almost like a scene from a TV show. I can already tell that I will really enjoy this next month of internship.
This week I worked with the KK11 department, they are the main investigators for all violent and sexual based offences. The officers I worked with where great and defiantly improved my time there. So Monday morning I arrived at the police academy by my house to report. I simply signed my contract and headed across town to the station. I showed up and somehow managed to walk right into the department chiefs office, and had a short conversation. Then he introduced me to my "partner/supervisor" who immediately handed me 8 inches of case files to read, that was day 1 and most of day 2.
Wednesday I came in and attended the morning briefing on a new case. Suspicious death of woman. My supervisor asked me if I would like to attend the autopsy. I of course immediately agreed and got ready to head over to the morgue. As I arrived they where prepping the body for the procedure. I'm not sure what the worst part for me was, Maybe the sounds where the worse. A knife being sharpened had never sounded so.... I guess the word is disturbing. The entire procedure took about two hours, a very interesting two hours for me. I would go into more detail but I'm not sure how squeamish my readers are. The one thing I can say was that that sight was actually not that bad. I also counted as a required member of the KK11 team. 2 members of both KK11 and KK33 are required to be in attendance of autopsies along with 4 medical staff and the Staadanwalt (Commonwealth attorney). I can now say that I officially helped with an autopsy.
Thursday I attended a lab with the department to do a test on some clothing from another case. We were using Luminal to determine if there was presence of DNA (Blood specifically) on the clothing. A test that I had scene before and had helped perform, but still interesting to see and assist in in Germany. For those that are not familiar with luminol it is a chemical that glows when it comes in contact with bodily fluids. The image to the left is a luminol lamp also known as a blood powered lamp. The way these work is kinda cool. The lamps are sealed glass containers. of luminol, simply break the tip of the container, cut your finger with the broken glass. As you allow blood to drip in it gives off a blue light.
After an exiting day at the police station I would head home and thanks to a friend Mike spiking a curiosity in Geo-caching I managed to find about 7 caches.
These are just a couple of the cache boxes I found.
Saturday Me and Josh headed down to Dortmund to the Jagt und Hund show. One of the largest hunting shows in Germany. It was a really interesting experience to see the different technology and clothing. I'd almost say that there was not a stand that sold camp, but more suit style clothing.
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| Protesters |
One of the interesting cultural diferences is the acceptance of guns, even at a gun show there not quite sure. For instance all the scopes where mounted on blocks of wood instead of guns. even though the same stand had guns on display.
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| Re-curve Bows |
This was a very interesting booth to me it was all about falconing. They even did a presentation later about how the birds fly and how the hunting works. I actually would like to get into this in the US it would be a fun way to squirrel hunt. I did look into it briefly after the show. There is definitely something that is not easy to get into. It is the most regulated sport in the US.
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| A rack to attach to this little 1 person car. |
Guns in Germany are of course so much rarer than in the US. it is harder to get a permit here. With that they are also 10x more expensive. some of these are more than 4000 USD. However they are well worth it just for the craftsmanship and artistic beauty. Every gun that I saw when I was hunting and that I have seen in the convention are intricately carved and engraved.
Next week I send my time with crime prevention unit.
I'll let yall know how it goes,
Cody A Glick
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