Makati City, Philippines

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We all pile into the cruiser and head toward the hospital.

There is a suspect at the Ospital Ng Makati that they are going to check on.

We then arrive and walk into the secured area of the Ospital.

They tell me that I can take pics inside but I opt not too. The suspect has been stabbed and beaten up. He's wrapped in a sheet and sitting in a wheelchair.

He's a young man with tatoos on each arm. I can see stitches in his chest. He's eyes are blood red and there's dried blood outside of his ears. He might have been an asskicker last night but today he's a pretty slow mover.

I stand for a minute or two while they attempt to talk to the guy and take a few photos of him with their camera.

The ranking officer talks briefly to the doctor and then we're out of there.

Interesting in a way, yes but this is real life for sure.

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This was just a lucky shot. It's a Porshe 911. One doesn't see a large number of these here in the Philippine.

There was a pinoy driving it but this was the best shot that I could get as we were moving in the cruiser.

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This is the biggest fire station in the Philippines, the Makati Central Station.

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Most of the equipment is old by American standards but compared to the rest of Luzon, it's much better.

We we're running out of time and I didn't have time to get a thousand pictures of the trucks like I normally do.

Most of them are from the late 80s and early 90s.

There are newer trucks in Binondo and I've seen them. They are Chinese and seem to have the same features. As far as stations go though, this is the biggest.

I've also seen the results of a recent fire in a high rise building. The buildings must have their own fire suppression systems or fire hoses because there just aren't enough fire trucks to effectively respond to fires in time to prevent them from destroying an entire building.

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This is the Makati Central Police Station. It's the building in the background with the blue windows.

It seemed like a good idea to leave the camera off in the station but I did get to roam around for a few mintues.

There is a thriving lockup there, both male and female. The female prisoners seemed happy to see me and waved enthusiastically.

The chief of police has an office here but I did not have the chance to meet him.

I was allowed into some of the offices while the cops were gathering paperwork. There was a number of women police officers at the station. Officers in the same uniform as the guys that I was hanging with.

I've not seen any women PNPs up to this point.

No one at the station had an M4 hanging off an tac sling.

Sidenote: I was told that the security for the Main Station was done by outside agencies, not PNP. That seemed strange but that's what I was told.

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Here's a clip from the inside of the cruiser. We are near the station at this point.

The PNP may be the cops here but they are not feared. Respected, yes. Feared, no.While there were not people flipping birds or gesturing the cruiser, people were passing us on bikes and cars.

I suppose traffic control would be a different situation.

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Many of the previous descriptions were rushed. There are a lot of typos and details that I'd like to add.

The edit feature is often only available for a few hours and I don't have the time now to change them anyway.

There are some important indoor online activities that demand my attention now.

My next post here might not be until the first of the month.

Thanks to all of you that visit the thread. See you then.