Well, my friend, our company is not really a company, we are a police department with the difference that we don't do police work, but logistics and facility management for the police. And yes, we are important I believe ;)
A !BEER has to be cold and a !COFFEEA has to be hot to taste good and not !DERANGED 😉
Wow, that is so interesting sir johannpiber! Do you have anything in common with the regular police like any kind of uniforms or training?
I never wanted to tell that to anybody, because all my life long when I have told anybody that I am a policeman they didn't stop to ask questions about anything. So I keep this mostly for myself.
Yes, I am a policeman since 1985, when I have been at the police school in Krumpendorf where I am still working - not at the police school, but in the logistic department ... and No, I didn't lie to you when I said that I hate weapons, because I really don't like my gun and I only shoot because I have to train a few times a year.
After police school I have chosen to not go on the streets, but do office work, because police works as everybody knows it and patroling on the streets is not my thing.
So I do have a uniform and a gun, but I wear this uniform only a few times a month when I have a nightshift and have to guard our barracks.
FYI: Until 2005 we were called "Gendarmerie" and then we merged with the "Polizei" (= police). The Gendarmerie was in duty for all roads and villages and towns - countryside. The Polizei was only in the bigger towns. Now we are everywhere ... and before you ask I have to tell you that the Gendarmerie was the better police, because we have learned more and were better trained ;)
Take care my friend - stay safe and healthy :)
Wow, very interesting sir johannpiber! So actually you and Mrs. J. are both in law enforcement. Just different aspects of it.
People are strange when it comes to police but I have always respected them, we need them to keep order even though the bad ones ruin the reputations of the rest of them.
What barracks are there to guard? Is that barracks in the complex of buildings where you work?
What kind of gun do you have?
My wife does not wear uniform and during the working hours I am her boss - at least I try to, but it is as it is at home I say something and hope she listens to me ;)
We do also have a few bad policemen, but most are good guys like me ;)
Yes, I mean the buildings with a high fence around - this is called "Kaserne" in German and I have found only this English translation.
I knew you would ask - I have a Glock 17 :)
lol...so the Missus tries to listen to you at work but at home...forget it! lol.
So, the barracks and many other buildings are in the same complex as your office building and then there are other complexes around the country?
Oh I love the Glock 17! I have that as my main sidearm unless I'm carrying my Colt sixshooter. But of course, what other type of gun would you have? lol..I learned a few years ago that Glocks were made in Austria and I thought.."where? lol...I don't know of anything that is made in Austria, where IS Austria anyway? lol."
I know there are Glock USA models made here and we make the slides, barrel and frame here. You guys make the best handguns in the world!
She says she tries to, but I don't believe her ... she does her work very well though ;) lol
My office is in the building in the lower right corner
The main Base of Glock is in Ferlach, south of Klagenfurt
Although I know that you are making fun:
Everybody who has not known Austria before should know Austria by now, because we have been one of the first countries which started the lockdown and we will be one of the first countries which will say that it is over for us ;)
I still don't like guns ;)
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Howdy tonight sir johannpiber! I know you still don't like guns but you appreciate the skill in making such a fine machine right?
Those images with the picture of your office building is so cool! Thanks for sending that. I have a great more understanding of the layout now. That is alot of buildings if all of those in that big square framed by those 4 roads are all yours.
I should have marked the zoomed version too ;)
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