The blind crime squad
- 23 Nov 07, 3:43 PM
'ello 'ello 'ello! What's all this, then? Sergeant C. Monkey on patrol, guv'nor, giving you the latest news from Belgium, where the Belgian police force has set up a unit of six to assist in the fight against terrorism, drug-trafficking and organised crime.
Yeah, I know what you're thinking - they're blind! How on earth will they see the terrorists coming?! But that's not their job, you see - nope, they have been recruited into a ground-breaking unit dedicated to listening to phone-tapping evidence and bugged conversations.
As one of the Brussels detectives explains: "Being blind means you have to develop your other senses, so I hear things that for other people simply blend into the background". Crippled Monkey has never heard that one before. Ahem. But this apparently makes these coppers good at picking out individual voices from noisy recordings or, in exceptional cases, working out which car the sound of an engine comes from. Blimey.
So what I want to know from you lot is: considering your particular impairment, what job would you be best suited to doing for the police? Surely there must be openings for every disabled person within our local cop shops? Sounds like a great idea to me ...
Comments
I'd have to say that I would need to follow the example of Sue Thomas F.B.Eye... we can both lipread terrorists plotting their schemes across crowded cafes and busy streets!
The Blind do have keener other senses that have been highten by God. They will do an excellent job as the Blind Squad.
I would like to do UNDERCOVER WORK, cos no one would suspect a cripple being or working for the police. It sounds like a good idea for the blind to do this. I wish other forces could take disabled people on. Oviously not put on the front line, but to work in communications for the police or army.