Hungarian Law Enforcement presentation during the Career Tour youth exchange

Many young people who want to work as law enforcers are insecure about their decision, they are not sure if they have the physical and mental strength that working such a dangerous job. Also, a lot of young people are likely to consume illegal substances, the most common one being marijuana. For an example, a survey in Hungary in 2010 showed that 14% of the people aged from 15 to 17 have tried cannabis at least once. To help the young hesitating to work as police officers, as well as help the confused teenagers who might try illegal substances, the Hungarian police department in Nyiregyhaza held a presentation during the Career Tour youth exchange.

First of all, the Hungarian elite units demonstrated the power of the K-9 dog. A small amount of cannabis was “hidden” in the wheel of an old car and the dog’s mission was to locate it. Before going into action, the dog was put on a ~90 meters distance from the car. It took the dog less than 20 seconds to find the marijuana, well hidden in the rim of the wheel. The police officers proceeded to remove the marijuana from the wheel. 

When the cannabis was found, the police demonstrated the dog’s ability to attack the suspect in the case of an attempted escape. After applying protection to the arm the “suspect” got about 60 meters away from the dog. It took the dog about 3 seconds to catch up and while doing so it precisely lunged itself to the “suspect’s” arm from an impressive distance of 4 meters. I don’t think anybody will be attempting to run from such a threat after seeing this demonstration.

The police then showed us the tools they’d use to investigate the crime scene. This kit contained everything you’d need to get every drop of information in the case of a traffic accident, overdose, murder and much more.
 

We went inside the Human-Net foundation building where the Hungarian law enforcement showed us their most commonly used weaponry. This included a police baton, a tactical shield that sees action in both shootings and riots, two different handguns most commonly used by regular police officers, an automatic rifle for serious situations and middle-ranged combat, a shotgun not seldom used when the battle is expected to be in close quarters , an SMG with a magazine that holds 30 bullets and a Dragunov sniper used in very exceptional situations.
  

They also explained the drug movement and it’s availability on the streets. Drugs aren’t originally produced in Hungary, most of the time they come to the country from the Balkans or from Germany. You must know how to protect yourself from drugs because you can find them very easy and very cheap in Hungary, cannabis can be found for a price as low as 1000 HUF (about 3€), while you can get ecstasy for a price of 2000 HUF / 3000 HUF (about 6€ / 10€). The large quantity and low prices means that knowing to identify these substances and knowing how to avoid them is a must.

We all walked out of the building better informed about the drug laws in Hungary and about the effects drugs have on our organisms, as well as about the effort it really takes to be a special unit or a detective that puts his/her life in danger for the greater good of the society and the country.