Crime and Asparagus: Police Director “Captivates” Listeners in the Monastery

By Anke Mücke: Burglaries, the grandparent scam, and a short fuse – these were the ingredients with which guest speaker Nicola Simon, head of the Emsland/Grafschaft Bentheim Police Department, recently spiced up the opening of the 20th asparagus banquet of the Nordhorn/Lingen Lions Club Monday Society at Frenswegen Monastery. The police director had promised a "ride through the police department" in advance and delivered on her promise in front …