Remember The Good Old Days –

Remember The Good Old Days –

Back in the day when all U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) Command Special Agents (SA) wore suits each and every day and night they were on duty, do any of you remember damaging or destroying your suits at crime scenes?

What did you do to get that suit cleaned, repaired, or replaced?

Were you issued the gold colored zip up coverall crime scene suit that was anti-suit, since we had to put that gold thing on over our suits and that gold thing did more to destroy a suit than anything else.

The gold coverall when zipped up kept fingerprint powder and other substances off our suits, but the suit kept all the heat inside the suit, we sweated, the suit sweated, it was a mess. 

If we did not wear the gold anti-suit we might not be able to get reimbursed for damage to our day-to-day suits. Those suits cost money, we had to have a suit for every day of the week, and the loss of even one suit was expensive.

Every time I tried to get reimbursed for damage to clothing I was told the damage was not covered or I would have to submit to the Army Staff Judge Advocate (SJA) and not CID for cleaning, repair, or replacement cost. Tried requesting reimbursement several times in the late 1970s, I am still waiting on a reply in 2014.

Just another moment from those Good Old Days – Smiling.