Todays training went well but was interrupted, like it often is, by a real callout. Thankfully it wasnt an emergency call but a call to recover some guns.
We finish what we were doing, went for lunch and headed up to the north end of the county to Bayview on Lake Pend Oreille. We were near the most eastern docks in the photo. http://terraservice.net/image.aspx?T=1&S=11&Z=11&X=1334&Y=13286&W=1
The whole lake or most of it:
http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=17&Z=11&X=20&Y=207&W=1
We meet up with the detective handling the case, a female Sgt. from our department. She briefs us on the extent of the domestic that placed the male half in jail on felony charges.
So we have some fresh footprints leading down to one of several docks in the area. The female victim in the case shows us where he likes to go and sit so we start the search a little to the west and cover a wide area. A tight search isnt needed and neither are lines. Visibility is well in excess of 100 in any direction.
On the first pass nothing. The second pass, nothing. On the third pass an object that had been freshly deposited on the bottom was discovered. The diver brings the item to the dock as he finished his pass and shows it to the detective. He is cracking up and she says Ill go ask her if its hers. So off to the victim she goes. She asks if it hers. At first its denial but after a woman to woman chat we get to the bottom of the mystery. While turning several shades of beet red she admits to it being hers.
That was the only one of the items we recovered and it was still fresh enough that the batteries hadnt even died yet.
All in all it was a good day and the diving was just great.
At least funny.
Gary D.
We finish what we were doing, went for lunch and headed up to the north end of the county to Bayview on Lake Pend Oreille. We were near the most eastern docks in the photo. http://terraservice.net/image.aspx?T=1&S=11&Z=11&X=1334&Y=13286&W=1
The whole lake or most of it:
http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=17&Z=11&X=20&Y=207&W=1
We meet up with the detective handling the case, a female Sgt. from our department. She briefs us on the extent of the domestic that placed the male half in jail on felony charges.
So we have some fresh footprints leading down to one of several docks in the area. The female victim in the case shows us where he likes to go and sit so we start the search a little to the west and cover a wide area. A tight search isnt needed and neither are lines. Visibility is well in excess of 100 in any direction.
On the first pass nothing. The second pass, nothing. On the third pass an object that had been freshly deposited on the bottom was discovered. The diver brings the item to the dock as he finished his pass and shows it to the detective. He is cracking up and she says Ill go ask her if its hers. So off to the victim she goes. She asks if it hers. At first its denial but after a woman to woman chat we get to the bottom of the mystery. While turning several shades of beet red she admits to it being hers.
That was the only one of the items we recovered and it was still fresh enough that the batteries hadnt even died yet.
All in all it was a good day and the diving was just great.
At least funny.Gary D.
