While I found everything at the Police Awareness Day event at the Owensboro Police Department interesting, I believe I was most fascinated by the Hazardous Device Unit. You know, the Bomb Squad.

Now, don't go getting the wrong idea. I was fascinated because of the WIDE variety of explosives that these guys have to deal with. A little TOO wide, if you ask me.

But, that's the way it is.

Seriously, what piqued my interest the most about this unit was the robot they use when they, naturally, can't get to close to a situation, if you know what I mean.

And the guys in HDU were more than happy to show me how it worked:

 

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