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Miranda v. Arizona (1966), you're cutting it rather close.....
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How successful were they?GG needed officers to do S&R for firearms tossed in various lakes and ponds of the city
How successful were they?
Having done several S&Rs in makes with silty bottoms, I have to admit my success rate has not been stellar. I would think a firearm dropped in such an environment would sink into silt immediately and be invisible in the horrible visibility. Of course, on TV detective shows, they find the guns in a few minutes.
Wow! You have my admiration.When I do a recovery dive, I pretty much just close my eyes, because they don't help. At least around here, visibility is always 0. Like really 0. Part of our procedure is digging into the bottom. It's really not hard finding things underwater if you approach it right, and my team has a very good track record. We've found guns, people, parts of people, jewelry, keys, safes, fake fingernails, etc.
Once we had a call to find four guns (3 long and a pistol). We found three of the four guns, and reported that the last gun was not there. We took some crap for that until the last gun turned up a couple of weeks later at another (connected) residence. It had never been in the water.
On another call, there was literally 10'-12' of silt. One of the weirdest dives I've ever done, kept ending up IN the bottom and had to keep "climbing" out. Still found our target.
How successful were they?
Having done several S&Rs in lakes with silty bottoms, I have to admit my success rate has not been stellar. I would think a firearm dropped in such an environment would sink into silt immediately and be invisible in the horrible visibility. Of course, on TV detective shows, they find the guns in a few minutes.