Nearly missed a day! But Sherlock is now asleep (he is currently bunched up in a tiny corner of his bed, asleep on his face, in a right tangle of arms and legs. I don't know how he can sleep like that!) John is looking like he might drop off at any minute. And I'm still annoyingly awake.
Tomorrow I have to try and write my appraisal, catch up on the latest paperwork, files, and try to get a bit further on a few cases.
I think it's amazing how forensically aware gangs are these days, and it's making life very difficult as an investigator.
What would you guys do if you'd shot someone, to try to destroy/hide evidence?
There's also doubtless ACPO reports and best practice recommendations stacking up. It can be hard to keep up with the cutting edge of evidence gathering/forensics when we're busy.
And there's talk of running some sort of course, as an SIO, for first responders, on identifying categories of death, and acting accordingly...because I've got so much free time to do that!
My head will be alphabet soup with all the acronyms by the end of tomorrow.
This is, of course, if no one gets murdered...
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I can't even begin to tell you how much I envy the young's ability to sleep any place, any time, any where, any how.
Hope you all manage to get some sleep
Lancs. Anon
right now I'd take information on how to hide evidence of murder but I'm guessing you're not for giving it ;-)
Good luck with all you have to do tomorrow and with getting some sleep tonight. :-)
You keep messing with my hair, that's what's making me sleepy
Lancs. - I can sleep pretty much anywhere, if forced to. But if I slept in the positions he tangles himself into I wouldn't be able to walk for a week.
AnonyBob - ha, well, it is interesting to hear what you lot think about things like murders... been in the job too long, me, so I think like a copper too much.
Danger - right, it's hair-messing that's making you tired, not the fact it's midnight....
Is it really? I wasn't paying attention.
seen as you're not going to tell me how to get away with murder Greg I guess I better try and sleep off my murderous intentions before morning ;-)
mmm. 'tis.
Yeah, Anony, probably better that way in the long run.
to try to destroy/hide evidence
I remember thinking a long time ago after watching some film or other that I'd definitely wear a hair net if I ever set out to kill someone...
Bed?
...can't imagine you in a hair net.
Yeah, bed.
Well I wouldn't shoot someone in the first place; too messy and traceable. But if I did, I'd dig out the bullet and possibly try to obscure the entry wound.
Obviously the gun would be in the deepest part of the Thames asap...
Other than the usual, no fingerprints, etc. that's all I've got...
what about forensic evidence on your clothes and skin from discharging the weapon, non-Criminal Anon (And everyone else, indeed.)
And would you scrabble about at the scene and try to pick up all the casings? Or would you run asap?
Two very good reasons why I would never shoot anyone!
I doubt I'd think of either. Clothes could be washed but I guess casings would have fingerprints...
I'd probably start by wearing used clothing and shoes, and then make sure they got tossed or burned as soon as possible. Don't know if it would work - does used clothing in the UK have that distinct "Goodwill" aroma that is so common here?
Sleep sounds good. I hope you both get some soon. Tangled with each other, mayhap?
rsf
Yeah, and you've got to get to and from your crime scene, meet your victim, check for surveillance...if you carry a phone, it could be traced... there's lots to think about. And yet some of them almost manage it...
Hm, well I don't generally carry a phone, but CCTV could prove my (hypothetical) downfall! I read somewhere we're the most surveilled country in the world; dunno if its' true?
Is murdering someone in the buff a possibility? Because that way there's definitely no clothing to trace, you just take a shower and the evidence is down the drain.
Or, if the person is someone who works in a place where blood is common. Doctors, nurses, vets, butchers. It would be very easy to hide a lot of blood if you work in that kind of field.
As for getting rid of the evidence, I probably wouldn't use a gun, too traceable. If I did, though, I wouldn't take the casings with me, too easy to find. I would probably try to dump them in the Thames or bury them or put them in a skip. If one wasn't available, the nearest patch of bushes or roses. Anyplace out of the ordinary that would make it hard to spot them.
If I was going to stab someone I would use an ice cycle. That way the evidence would melt and leave no traces. Don't think that would be too easy to do in regular London, though.
Sorry, I'm not very imaginative, lol. I hope your day isn't as hectic as it sounds!
Do you find all the police procedural shows frustrating for giving away your secrets? Or are the shows fake enough that it doesn't really matter. I know that the things I happen to know about TV usually gets wrong so maybe they're getting your stuff wrong too.
piplover - murdering people in the buff might sort out the clothes bit, but you might find it difficult to blend in with the general population on your way to and from the crime. Either that or say to your proposed victim "please wait while I take my clothes off".
Actually, showering/washing isn't very likely to remove all the gunshot residue. Although it will remove a good deal of it.
Kholly - not really, I mean, criminals are getting cleverer as fast as the scientists are, in terms of avoiding what the scientists can detect, but most criminals, happily, just aren't very bright still :)
I've never had a victim stabbed with an icicle. I can't imagine quite how that would work... you'd need to try to keep the ice fairly sharp, which would be very hard, as the thin edges would melt, and the amount of force needed to stab someone is quite high, I think it would snap.
Is there anything worse than trying to write your own review?
Is that standard practice then, writing your own appraisal? Just seems a bit, em, odd!
Well, not just me! I don't get to just write 'Lestrade is great' and submit it :)
I have to write one on my own performance, and then my DCI also writes one. It's meant to check I'm not delusional, I think, or something. Anyway, obviously, ideally they're not too different, but it would be nice if his was helpful...sometimes they're not. At all.
Anyway, getting there with it.
It works much the same way in teaching. People set targets that they then mostly don't think about for 11 months and three weeks - most common question asked in October: 'You don't have a copy of my targets do you? I can't quite seem to find my copy...' Certainly in a lot of schools it's like some big, unfunny pantomime!
Hope you soon get it finished!
Hah! I was wondering but that makes sense I guess!
In what way are his unhelpful? Vague or buzzwordy or just he can't be arsed?
Not just his, in general - they're bad if they don't tell you anything you wrote in your own one :)
Or yeah, if they're full of buzzwords or just...don't really mean much. Lots of words, very little information...
Can I copy yours when you've done? I need to write one by Tuesday and haven't made a start.
And how to phrase my bad points in a positive light? Or shall I just say I get very grumpy when dealing with idiots and have too much work to do?
I've been saved from it by a dead body. S, won't have it finished sorry.
You are strict in regards to deadlines and try to motivate others to conform to your same high standards?
Yes I write a lot of these too
That sounds stupid, you just shouldn't do them.
Sounds like your day got a bit more interesting Greg! here's hoping its not too horrid or complicated a case.
I hate writing my own performance review things too. I hope the dead body is interesting, but readily solvable.
rsf
Be a littlw late home, not much.
You had a nice day, John and Sherlock?
You alright Greg?
Yeah, sorry, wrecked my phone earlier.
Changed it for a new one now. And on the way home.
(phone comment was if you were worried because I wasn't logged in.)
Well yes I was actually so thanks :-)
Glad you're ok and on your way home :-)
What happened to the phone?
Dropped it down the toilet. Don't ask.
All right. I really want to though...
Well, it's not very exciting... dropped it...got it out, it didn't work, got issued a new one...
I thought maybe you were in hot pursuit of a criminal. Near a toilet.
Nothing so exciting, although plenty of people have been providing reasons what I might have been getting up to.
All more interesting than the truth I assume?
Oh yes. And then working out ways you'd kill me.
Kill you for what?
The interesting things I'd been getting up to in toilets...
...Sometimes I really question the intelligence of the people you work with.
Yeah, they should know I'm too much of a romantic to be showing my date a good time in a grubby toilet.
Most of them have known you longer than I have! They ought to know better.
Sorry. The things you have to put up with make me so angry sometimes.
Oh, you must've heard way worse in the army, surely? Isn't homophobia practically a hobby for most squaddies?
Most of it's fairly good humoured that I get.
good humoured homophobia is still bloody homophobia :-(
You really shouldn't have to put up with it!
Yeah, I know. And occasionally feel bad that I don't do anything about it.
bollocks to that!
don't you dare feel bad about not doing anything about it its not responsiblity to stop it someone who isn't the (I hate the word) victim of it should be sorting it.
Oh, you must've heard way worse in the army, surely?
Yeah...but also no, because it wasn't directed at you.
Teasing about dropping your phone into a toilet is likely to have some element of "naughty things people get up to in toilets" attached. But at least its teasing with "you belong to John Watson" attached, so that's something.
Ah, well, thanks. And that's really nice - seriously. But I'm fine.
AnonyBob - you're brilliant, you make me laugh - in the best way. Thank you.
glad to be of service ;-)
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