| FORENSIC SEARCH AND RECOVERY |
| JUST BECAUSE AN AREA IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED TO BE AN ACTIVE CRIME SCENE, DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE ISN'T STILL A GREAT DEAL OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE TO BE FOUND RELATED TO A PARTICULAR CRIME OR TRAGEDY. THIS IS DUE TO MANY REASONS. NOTABLY THE FACT THAT OFTEN TIMES A PARTICULAR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY LACKS THE FUNDING TO CARRY OUT THE LONG-TERM SEARCH AND RECOVERY OPERATION THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATION POSSIBLE. IT'S NOT THE FAULT OF THE AGENCY , BUT RATHER THE FACT THAT THERE ARE ONLY SO MANY RESOURCES AVAILABLE, AND A GREAT MANY CASES TO BE ATTENDED TO. THE SAME IS TRUE FOR AREAS WHERE THINGS HAVE BEEN LOST OR RUMORED TO BE LOST. INCLUDING MISSING PERSONS. THERE OFTEN JUST ISN'T THE ABILITY TO SEARCH ENDLESSLY FOR SOMEONE OR SOMETHING MISSING OR PRESUMED DEAD. IT'S NOT HARD TO IMAGINE THAT AFTER AN EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH OF LAND AND NEARBY SEA, OFTEN TIMES THERE COMES A POINT WHERE THE SEARCH IS CALLED OFF, DEAD BODY OR NOT. THIS IS WHERE WE COME INTO THE PICTURE. WITH TEAMS PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED, AND EQUIPMENT THAT RIVALS AND EXCEEDS THAT USED BY EMS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE THE SEARCH TO THE NEXT HIGHER LEVEL AND THEN SOME. OUR SPECIAL TEAMS ARE TRAINED BY SOME OF THE SAME PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING FOR LOCAL AND REGIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS. IN FACT SOME OF OUR SPEC-OPS TEAM MEMBERS ARE CURRENTLY ACTIVE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BADGE, TRAINING REGULARLY WITH BOTH OUR TEAMS AND THOSE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WELL. THIS BENEFITS US IN TWO WAYS. FIRST WE ARE TRAINED BY THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS, AND SECOND, IF IN FACT WE DISCOVER SOMETHING EVIDENCIARY, OUR CHAIN OF COLLECTION PROTOCOL IS EXACTLY LIKE THAT OF THE AGENCY WE REFER THE CASE TO. OUR TEAMS ARE STAFFED BY MANY SPECIALISTS IN THEIR OWN FIELDS. PHYSICIANS, FORENSIC SCIENTISTS AND PROFESSIONAL SEARCH AND SALVAGE DIVERS WORK IN UNISON TO RETRIEVE EVIDENCE RELATING TO CURRENT CASES AND CASES OF OLD, MANY OF WHICH ARE CONNECTED TO HISTORY AND FOLK LORE. RECENTLY WE PERFORMED AN INVESTIGATION ON A BODY OF WATER RUMORED TO BE THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF MANY MOBSTERS, WHO HAD BEEN SENT TO THEIR DEATH'S WEARING CEMENT SHOES. IN THE YEARS FOLLOWING THESE RUMORED DEATHS MANY PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED SEEING APPARITIONS WALKING THE LAKE'S SHORE LINE, AND IN TYPICAL GHOST-STORY FASHION HAVE ATTRIBUTED THESE SIGHTINGS TO THE MOBSTER'S GHOSTS. TO DISPEL OR PERHAPS PROVE THESE RUMORS, WE FIELDED A TEAM OF SEVENTEEN FORENSIC SEARCH AND RECOVERY DIVERS IN A TWO DAY SEARCH OF THE ENTIRE LAKE'S BOTTOM. THE RESULTS? NO MOBSTERS, AND NO CEMENT SHOES EITHER. BUT WE DID LEARN SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT ABOUT THAT LAKE THAT DAY. IT'S HOME TO A HELL OF A LOT OF ALLIGATORS! IN ADDITION TO OUR FORENSIC DIVISION AND THEIR SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE BEHIND THE RUMORS, WE PERFORM ANOTHER ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SERVICE IN AREAS OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA. WORKING WITH COUNTY AUTHORITIES AND EMS, WE PERFORM UNDERWATER VEHICLE EXTRACTIONS. IN DOING SO, SPECIALIZED MEMBERS OF OUR TEAMS ARE CALLED OUT AT ALL TIMES OF THE NIGHT, IN ALL KINDS OR WEATHER, TO PULL VEHICLES TO THE SURFACE THAT HAVE BEEN ACCIDENTALLY DRIVEN INTO THE WATER, OFTEN TIMES WITH GRAVE RESULTS. THE LINK TO THIS SPECIAL SUNKEN-AUTO EXTRACTION PAGE IS BELOW |
