...2014 My Lai Massacre The My Lai Massacre happened on March 16, 1968 in the village of My Lai, South Vietnam. The Vietnam war was fought between North and South Vietnam and it was about stopping the spread of Communism, which was greatly feared around the world. Especially in America. Anti-Communist countries like France and America backed South Vietnam the best they could, while countries like China and Russia supported North Vietnam. America fought for eleven years even though the war lasted much longer. In January of 1968, a division of American soldiers called Charlie Company made a base in the Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam. Charlie Company believed that the Quang Ngai Province was full of Vietcong, or North Vietnamese. Earlier in March several Generals fell into a boobie trap, set by the Vietcong, killing one and injuring the others. The division became angered and were encouraged to be aggressive in their next encounter with the enemy. On March 16th, 1968, the 11th Bridge of Charlie Company was airlifted to My Lai Village, under the control of Lieutenant William L. Calley. He believed that the village was a hideout for the Vietcong. Civilians were supposed to be evacuated to safety, although before the operation took place, Captain Eugene Kotouc addressed his troops saying, “Any civilians remaining in the villages would be considered Vietcong or actively sympathetic to the Vietcong,” At 7:22 a.m. on March 16, nine helicopters lifted off for the flight to My Lai...
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...the United States, with both company’s operating results depending on their ability to predict and respond to changes in trends and customer preferences by providing consumers with quality merchandise at competitive prices. Both companies face the same kinds of risks. The answers are in the way they are managed. The retail industry is risky with Target and JC Penney both struggling with issues resulting in lost revenue. Risks faced by companies in the retail industry most likely include competition, marketing, branding, employee/customer retention, supply chain management, financial management, data management and much more. Target suffered from a data breach at the end of 2013 that proved to be costly and they are still subject to investigations and private litigations costing them millions of dollars. JC Penney has suffered from a tarnished image resulting in management transitions and restructuring projects, also costing them millions of dollars. Target is a little different from JC Penney. The first Target stored opened in 1962 and has exploded into one of the largest general merchandise retailers in the United States (Target.com). They specialize in different kinds of stores that include services such as...
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...Every day there is a new crime committed. We tend to believe there is a guilty person and an innocent person. Due to modern technology, we now know the direct truth and can determine who is at fault. In Tallahassee, Florida, a woman being arrested for driving under the influence leads into a traumatic and physical arrest. The article also includes the full arrest caught on the dashboard camera. In this article, the author shows the lack of competency and structure displayed by the Tallahassee Police Department which leaves this investigation open for debate. In the early morning of August 10, 2013, in Tallahassee, Florida, police had arrived at an alcohol-related accident. The suspect involved is a 44-year old female by the name of Christina West. According to the police report, Christina West had crashed her vehicle into a house on Kilkenny Drive. Upon arrival, officers initially performed a field-sobriety test and determined she was intoxicated. West was initially placed under arrest with a driving under the influence (DUI) charge. Video surveillance, from one of the police officer’s dashboard camera, shows the entire arrest, along with the sobriety test performed at the scene, from start to finish. After viewing the footage captured by the dashboard camera, I found the footage to be very disturbing. What started as a routine DUI conviction led to become a violent incident by the Tallahassee Police Department. West performed her sobriety test, as the officer’s...
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...My story begins in Iraq, and it continues today in the United States. My family journeyed here when I was twelve years old. In 2005, we lived in a small, nine-hundred foot house in Al-Adel, Baghdad. Our family room was a jumble of my dad’s electric belongings—an assortment of broken appliances, piles of project reports, and a combination of rivets lying on the ground—alongside a small space for my parents’ bed and three small cribs for my sisters and me. I recall the countless nights I waited by the window for my dad to come home. And the one time he did not, there was a terrorist attack. Terrorist attacks were commonplace, but never had I anticipated that my dad would be a victim. We had no news about my dad. The roads were blocked, cellular...
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...Fraud Schemes and Fraud Investigation Acc 571 Instructor: Dr. Ole Ruankaew Diane Phillips November 22, 2015 Fraud Schemes and Fraud Investigations The problem that organization faces today, are employee fraud. Many organizations feel that long term success of any company comes from the quality of their employees and workers loyalty. While during my research, I discovery that Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Inc. has shown that organization have lost five percent of their annual revenue each year because of employee fraud. Every organization needs to have a plan in places for fraud detention. In preventing fraud in the work place, a good strategy for any organization is to implement internal control. These are plans; programs and procedures put in place to safe guard the company assets, and ensure the integrity of its accounting records. As prevention fraud is much easier than recovering losses after a fraud has been committed. This study will focus on the case of Stanford Financial Group Company fraud in which Robert Allen Stanford, chairman of Stanford International Bank (SIB), was involved in a Ponzi scheme. Stanford was convicted of orchestrating a 20-year investment fraud scheme in which he misappropriated $7 billion form SIB to finance his personal businesses. The Stanford Financial Group claimed to have pulled in retail, wealthy and commercial investors from 136 countries on six continents. Lopez and Kuhrt was aware of what Stanford ...
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...Warrant Planning & Procedures Officer Trusler in a veteran Red Team member and knows what is expected in regards to this area of his assignment. He planned in excess of 28 search warrant operations during this rating period. Officer Trusler understands what is needed in a search warrant entry plan and what areas are likely to cause problems or concerns. He plans for these problem areas and informs me of them early in his planning phase. The following are examples of Officer Trusler's job knowledge in this area: Report# 16-1719 occurred at 921 S. Roanoke. This incident involved a search warrant for the Special Investigations Unit who was searching for heroin, marijuana and firearms. The targets of the investigation were career criminals, had violent criminal histories, were known to be armed and were confirmed members of the Gangster Disciples criminal street gang. Officer Trusler completed an operations plan that included...
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...CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction The property development industry is considered one of the major industries contributing significant growth to socio-economic development in Malaysia, as it constitutes an important element of Malaysian economy. The economics of Malaysia has experienced rapid growth with thousands of houses are built every year to fulfill the demand of rising population and economy activities. According to tradingseconomics.com (2011), Malaysia has been undertaking a sustainable economy growth throughout decades, with GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth of 1.17 percent from 2000 until 2011, achieving an historical high of 5.90 percent in September 2009. Property developers found the potential in property development in Malaysia fascinating due to geographical reality of Malaysia, which provides great opportunity and potential to the housing industry. It is essential to distinguish the factors that affect housing construction costs in Malaysia with the aim of minimizing the construction costs, besides of discovering actions to reduce the high cost of housing. Various authors and the ways to develop alternative building materials to produce cheaper and durable homes have discussed the latter severally. 1 1.2 Background Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (REHDA), the main governmental body responsible in property development industry in Malaysia, has initiated on 13 October 2000. This organization plays an important role in...
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...South Vietnamese civilians near the border of North Vietnam. On 16 March 1968, Charlie Company of the United States Army invaded the Son My region of South Vietnam because, according to the commanding officer Lieutenant William Calley, and...
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...it touches everyone's life at some point. One legend that has caused decades of speculation is the legend of Bigfoot. The legend of Bigfoot has become widely popular in North America. It has even spawned similar legends told in other parts of the world. While most legends are told and brushed off as simply crazy stories, the legend of Bigfoot has caused much debate and investigation into the truth behind the stories of the giant ape-like animal. Many scientists have studied the supposed evidence of Bigfoot and the stories that have been told about the creature. For years, the research into the existence of Bigfoot has gone on with no conclusive evidence being found to prove the existence or non-existence of such an animal. As the questions remain, the legend of Bigfoot lives on and continues to grow from year to year. The stories and evidence provided in this paper are all from David Jenkins’ personal collection and experiences. David Jenkins was my zoology teacher in tenth grade, my biology teacher in eleventh grade, and finally my marine biology teacher my senior year. Mr. Jenkins has gone to church with my family and I since I can remember. He is a science teacher by trade, but is also a legitimate Bigfoot researcher and is affiliated with the Bigfoot Field Research Organization. When I spoke to Mr. Jenkins in May 2013, that I would be writing a research paper on the subject of Bigfoot, he was more than pleased to help me. BIGFOOT: LEGEND OR FACT? 3 ...
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...I was wearing my black BDU pants, black Pasadena PD polo shirt and my black outer vest. My vest has a “Police” patch and a “Pasadena Police” soft badge Velcro to the front. I also have a large “Police” velcro patch on the rear of my outer vest. We were also in a marked police unit (#31). Officer Armendariz and I were conducting extra service to “Club 54” located at 54 E. Colorado Boulevard. Our police unit’s overhead emergency lights were activated. We observed two males, later identified as Suspect #1 Jonathan Lineses and Suspect #2 Mike Ordaz in a physical fight with one another on the southwest corner of Colorado Boulevard and Raymond Avenue. The suspects were punching each other with their fists. Officer Armendariz and I exited our patrol unit in order to contact the two suspects. I observed that the two suspects continued fighting as they knocked over a large metal city trash can at the above location. The suspects then fell onto the sidewalk, were they continued punching each other with their fist. I attempted to activate my body worn camera as I exited our police unit, but later determine it was not activated during the above...
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...An example of Police Corruption, the case of NYPD Kelvin Jones “To protect and serve” are words that the N.Y.P.D. in New York City lived for, after all, there have been call the finest in the whole country and perhaps in the world. For all accounts since its beginning the N.Y.P.D. had achieve a great deal of recognition in lowering the crime in NYC, and for keeping the City safe. Even Sir Robert Peel would have been proud. However, some may argue that several of “N.Y. finest” as they are known, only protecting their own interest and often caught with their hands in the proverbial honey pot. Hence, a badge and a gun do not make an officer above the law, as I intend to demonstrate in this paper. Exhibit: A- The case against NYPD Kelvin Jones, charges: Corruption. Life was good for officer Kelvin Jones, he drove a BMW, wore expensive clothes, owned a condo, and financed his girlfriend Spanish studies in South America, all with an officer’s salary. Back in 2003, Kelvin Jones who was originally from the island of Granada, went to college and graduated with a degree in criminal justice, was registered as media guide as “hard hitter with a good nose for the football” (Hays, 2012). On his application Jones listed his criminal degree, and according to Michael Orozco, Jones defense, Jones went to work for the intelligence Division “right out the academy.” Or though, Jones itself did not confirm or declined the information. Even though, is a well-known practice that at times...
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...the crime rate because they were just seen as public service figures, but when seen talking with people in the neighborhoods often or doing foot patrols it gave the impression that the neighborhood had a firm stance on crime. My own community is too secluded and small to utilize community policing but there are areas within my town which have a community watch program which is a good example of how this system is used today. 2. Q: What are the four main functions of the local police? Describe each function has to what the police do and how it helps the citizens. The four functions are: Law enforcement- Law enforcement is the most commonly thought of aspect when asked what an officer does. These duties include testifying in court, investigating a crime, routine traffic stops and many other duties. This function serves to protect people in a community and punish criminals. Order maintenance and peacekeeping - Order maintenance and peacekeeping includes duties such as breaking up a fight, stopping a domestic dispute before it goes too far or even patrolling a local community street festival. This function is very important because it serves to stop a crime before it happens. Service - Service duties may include taking a senior citizen who is unable to drive to a doctor’s appointment or possibly killing a snake on someone’s property. In my opinion these duties serve to form a bond between a citizen and a police officer by assuring they are not only around to punish people but...
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...U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Reducing Fear of Crime Strategies for Police Gary Cordner Reducing Fear of Crime Strategies for Police Gary Cordner Kutztown University January 2010 This project was supported by Grant Number 2003-CK-WX-K049 awarded by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions contained herein are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. References to specific agencies, companies, products, or services should not be considered an endorsement by the authors or the U.S. Department of Justice. Rather, the references are illustrations to supplement discussion of the issues. The Internet references cited in this publication were valid as of July 2009. Given that URLs and web sites are in constant flux, neither the authors nor the COPS Office can vouch for their current validity. Letter from the Director Dear Colleagues, Fear of crime has an incredibly corrosive effect on individuals and entire communities. This issue is of great concern to all of us in law enforcement. Fear negatively shapes all aspects of the quality of life of America’s communities. The COPS Office recognizes that people not only need to be safe, but they also need to feel safe. Treating both of these issues as two parts of a greater whole is a critical aspect of community policing. That...
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...Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. 1) Ernst and Young was acting as the independent auditor for Lehman and not as consultant. Therefore, I do not feel that Ernst and Young had a direct responsibility in being involved with the developmental process of the Repo 105 accounting policy. The party who would be labile for implementing Repo 105 would be management and not the independent auditors. AU 110 discuses responsibilities and functions of the independent auditor, it clearly states how management is in charge of creating accounting policies and not the external auditors. The role of the auditor would come in after the accounting policies have been made by management, it would be there job to evaluate the policies that were set in place and to make evaluations on whether or not everything complied with GAAP, that no illegal accounting tactics were being used, and that due diligence...
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...Television, the Desensitizer We do not have to watch television for very long to realize that violence is a common theme on a variety of shows. It can be found almost everywhere, including daytime talk shows and so-called sports entertainment programs. These programs may be defined as entertainment but they do more harm than good when we consider the effects that watching violent programming has on viewers. When we observe how these programs can influence behavior, especially among younger viewers, we should seriously consider setting standards for violence on television. One type of programming that is especially offensive is daytime talk shows, such as Jerry Springer. The individuals on these shows are characterized by shameless displays of emotional and physical abuse almost daily. These shows hype their guests into a frenzy and the guests know what type of behavior is expected from them. Husbands and wives yell and scream at each other and angry or jilted lovers push and shove each other on stage. While most of us are able to discern between the real world and that of fiction, fantasy, or Jerry Springer, some of us are not. The result of watching this type of program repeatedly is desensitization. In other words, the more people watch these types of programs, they more they will think that the behavior depicted on these shows is acceptable. Studies conducted by the University of California at Los Angeles Television Monitoring Project Part indicate that...
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