Alcohol During Childcare

"He’s drinking!" Ms Kovac exclaims desperately while speaking with the operations manager of Kurtz Detective Agency Hamburg. "He’s drinking and picking up my little one! And then he drives her around half of Hamburg while drunk! And I don’t even know where he’s going – he won’t tell me his address! He drinks and then does who knows what with my daughter!"

 

The private detectives at Kurtz Investigations Hamburg are familiar with such cases. Much is often exaggerated due to the emotional strain on all involved, yet there is rarely not at least a kernel of truth behind such concerns. Our Hamburg detectives therefore readily agree to support Ms Kovac in her matter. The operations manager attempts to calm her and explains objectively how best to proceed. An observation with two Hamburg investigators is arranged for the next child handover.

 

As soon as the target person leaves the client’s residence with the daughter, the private detectives of Kurtz Detective Agency Hamburg immediately follow the target vehicle. Due to the dense Hamburg traffic, large distances cannot be maintained, allowing the investigators to repeatedly observe hand movements of the target person, which they discuss via radio communication:

 

• "What is he doing all the time? Is he scratching his face?"

• "No, he keeps raising an object to his mouth. Can only be a bottle."

• "Pull up alongside him at the next junction and take a closer look!"

 

No sooner said than done: during a red light phase, the investigator positions his vehicle directly next to the target vehicle. The Hamburg detective is able to observe and discreetly document via an in-car camera how the target person drinks from a bottle of Jägermeister. As the target person looks around, the investigator from Kurtz Investigations Hamburg is “compromised”:

 

• "I’m pulling out, he looked me straight in the eyes. You’ll have to stay on him alone."

 

The fact that our Hamburg investigator must withdraw from the surveillance is not in vain, as his observation constitutes strong evidence supporting the client’s initial suspicion. The only question is whether the judge would admit this evidence. Consequently, the remaining investigator from Kurtz Detective Agency Hamburg decides to continue the observation and receives support from operations in the form of an uncompromised colleague.

 

In advance, the client had indicated that the target person runs a pizzeria and frequently spends time in fellow restaurateurs’ establishments. This proves to be the case, and the detectives of Kurtz Investigations Hamburg are able to document how the target person takes the daughter from restaurant to restaurant, consuming two to three shots each time.

 

Although the driving behaviour of the target person does not appear impaired, the conduct is nevertheless unlawful and extremely negligent, as documented by the observations of the Hamburg detectives of Kurtz Detective Agency Hamburg.

 

When Ms Kovac learns of the circumstances, she is shocked. Ultimately, however, the evidence gathered by Kurtz Investigations Hamburg leads to her being granted sole custody, and her daughter is now safe and protected.