5/9/2023 0 Comments Hello transcriberI slept by day and typed by night, utilizing my in-between hours to write another novel that would ultimately go nowhere. and left before most people punched in for the morning, the only trace of my having been there a stack of perfectly typed reports and completed arrest paperwork. I was a nameless, bodiless thing who stole into the police department at 10 p.m. In the days and weeks that transpired as I transcribed case after case-suspects in interview rooms, search warrants, homicide investigations, cell phone logs and more-I realized something: I had become the proverbial fly on the wall. Suddenly, I knew every bad thing that happened before it hit the news. Sometimes prescription pills made their way into the mix. In my two years of having lived in that industrial Wisconsin city, I’d been oblivious to the underground economy that flourished there, the biggest players being heroin and crack cocaine. Those two words welcomed me into a world I’d never been privy to before-a world rife with death and derelicts and drugs. This suspended belief percolated within me even as I applied, tested, interviewed, got hired, and sat down to type my first report. When I first read the job description for a police transcriber, I could hardly believe it was legit. All hired candidates will be required to swear an oath of confidentiality. Must not be emotionally affected by violent or traumatic reports. Must have typing speed of 55 words per minute.
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