Today was a pretty full day. Spent pretty much the whole day assisting my buddy Sandy Huffaker on his photo shoot for the
San Diego Sherriff's Department. Started the day at the county jail downtown. Great bunch of people working there. Have to give a shout out to Michelle for being our tour guide and facilitator at the facility. It was an interesting place to be in as an observer watching all of the faces behind bars and glass. Faces staring out at you, some with indignation, some with fear and uncertainty, others seemingly with a look of bewilderment. Wondering how they ended up there. The highlight of the morning was watching the TAC team suit up to confront an unruly inmate. Exciting and surreal at the same time. Like watching a Discovery Channel documentary but in real life.
In the afternoon we made it into the east county. Our first stop was the
SAR (Search and Rescue) beagles. Adorable little beagles trained to sniff out victims and help to rescue civilians. Great shots of Sandy photographing them.
After a quick portrait session we made our way into the
ASTREA hangar with all of the helicopters, got some great shots of the bomb squad and their robots as well as helicopters touching down on the airstrip.
Picked up some great shots of the
SWAT guys jumping off a helicopter skiff and took a great ride on a helicopter with a great crew of guys.
Finished the day at the
crime lab. Drove to the most non-descript building in the middle of San Diego and found a CSI lovers paradise. The folks at the crime lab were a real pleasure to watch and Sandy got some amazing shots in a lot of great places. Testing for
blood on a knife, looking for
latent prints, and matching casings and bullets in the
ballistics lab. 
All in all was a great day spent helping out a good friend. More like this to come I hope, and more photos too.
In the afternoon we made it into the east county. Our first stop was the SAR (Search and Rescue) beagles. Adorable little beagles trained to sniff out victims and help to rescue civilians. Great shots of Sandy photographing them.
After a quick portrait session we made our way into the ASTREA hangar with all of the helicopters, got some great shots of the bomb squad and their robots as well as helicopters touching down on the airstrip.
Picked up some great shots of the SWAT guys jumping off a helicopter skiff and took a great ride on a helicopter with a great crew of guys.
Finished the day at the crime lab. Drove to the most non-descript building in the middle of San Diego and found a CSI lovers paradise. The folks at the crime lab were a real pleasure to watch and Sandy got some amazing shots in a lot of great places. Testing for blood on a knife, looking for latent prints, and matching casings and bullets in the ballistics lab. 
All in all was a great day spent helping out a good friend. More like this to come I hope, and more photos too.
3 comments:
That's amazing, awesome behind the scenes looks, they could use that for recruitment.
Very cool photos, RL! What an exciting life you lead!!!
Ronnie man,
The blog looks great, especially since I'm in there!. You forgot to mention how my car smelled like roasted almonds after a long, gaseous day.
Look forward to seeing ,more posts.
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