Wednesday, October 31, 2012

WRITERS POLICE ACADEMY - DIVING

THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DIVE TEAM PUT ON A DEMONSTRATION
AT THE YMCA POOL .








NORTH CAROLINA WATER IS MURKY AND THEY CAN'T SEE UNDERWATER, SO SEARCHES ARE DONE BY FEEL.







UNFORTUNATELY, MOST CASES ARE NOT SEARCHES, BUT RECOVERIES.


THE UNDERWATER BODY BAG HAS SMALL HOLES TO RELEASE THE WATER, YET HANG ON TO ANY ITEMS THAT MIGHT BE ON THE BODY



THE DIVERS WERE GREAT & ANSWERED EVERY SINGLE QUESTION

WHAT A TEAM!



Sunday, October 28, 2012

WRITERS POLICE ACADEMY - MARCIA CLARK

GUEST SPEAKER MARCIA CLARK WAS FANTASTIC!


SHE HAS A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR - REFERRING TO THE TRIAL
"THAT SHALL NOT BE NAMED"!

MARCIA DETAILED A STEP BY STEP OVERVIEW OF A COURT CASE FROM START TO FINISH.  GREAT MATERIAL.









Thursday, October 25, 2012

WRITERS POLICE ACADEMY - EMS

EMS




WE GOT TO RIDE IN THE BACK OF AN AMBULANCE





CRAMPED QUARTERS!







OF COURSE, THEY PUT US TO WORK
(APPARENTLY, NOBODY GETS A FREE RIDE)






THE PATIENT LIVED ANYWAY!!








Sunday, October 21, 2012

WRITERS POLICE ACADEMY - JOY

WE RECONNECTED WITH OLD FRIENDS



JOY & HER DADDY, MATT









JOY SEARCHED FOR LOST OBJECTS




SHE ALSO SEARCHED FOR DRUGS






SCORE!!








GREAT JOB, JOY!!


Wednesday, October 17, 2012

WRITERS POLICE ACADEMY - SIRCHIE LAB

SIRCHIE LAB CLASSROOM


SPLAT...


DAVE PAULY CAPTIVATED US WITH BLOODSTAIN SPLATTER ANALYSIS WHILE ROBERT SKIFF HAD US GET OUR HANDS DIRTY PERFORMING A PRESUMPTIVE BLOOD TEST.



YES, IT WAS BLOOD!

HUMAN?  NOT SURE - BUT DEFINITELY BLOOD!


(ACTUALLY, IT'S KINDA DISTURBING TO PONDER - THERE WERE A LOT OF KITS - WHERE'D IT ALL COME FROM?)



Saturday, October 13, 2012

WRITERS POLICE ACADEMY - PARKING LOT

A PARKING LOT FULL OF CRIME

PICTURE THIS:

EVERY POLICE DEPARTMENT YOU COULD IMAGINE
ALL IN ONE PLACE -








HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRUCK...

GREENSBORO COPS...

GUILFORD COUNTY COPS...

SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT...

MOTORCYCLE COPS...


ATV COPS...







DIVE SQUAD...


CANINE UNITS...









UNMARKED CARS...









FIRE DEPARTMENT...




AMBULANCE...







ALL THE BIG TOYS, ALL IN ONE PLACE...


INFORMATIONAL OVERLOAD!!!






Tuesday, October 9, 2012

WRITERS POLICE ACADEMY - JAWS OF LIFE


THE JAWS OF LIFE







ONE OF THE FIRST DEMONSTRATIONS AT THE ACADEMY WAS "THE JAWS OF LIFE"

OF COURSE, THAT'S A LAYMAN'S TERMINOLOGY - THE FIREMEN CALL IT "THE HURST"


WE WATCHED A CAR GO FROM THIS:





WAIT FOR IT...






WAIT FOR IT...



(I think there's a "how many firemen does it take to..."  joke in there somewhere
but I'm not going to go for the cheap laugh!)


TO THIS:




IN UNDER 15 MINUTES!!!


THESE GUYS WERE AWESOME.