...city is located in Los Angeles County California. With a population of 36,664. Here’s some background on the City of Bell’s City Council members and perpetrators. Robert Rizzo hired as City Manager in September 1994 is the accused as master mine behind the fraud. Angela Spaccia, Assistant City Manager hired in March 2003 is considered to be second in command to Robert Rizzo. Randy Adams, City of Bell Police Chief. Oscar Hernandez, Mayor for the City of Bell. City Council members who were part of the fraud are George Cole, George Mirabal, Luis Artiga and Victor Bello. Fraud Detection: In 2010 two Los Angeles Times reporters were investigating possible malfeasance in Maywood California. During their investigation they revealed that the Bell City Council members were receiving extremely large salaries. These salaries were the highest in the United States. According to our textbook Fraud Examination 4e, the fraud triangle examines the potential, opportunity, and rationalization to commit fraud. The above concepts will be used to exam the fraud perpetrated by City of Bell Chief Administrative officer Richard Rizzo, his Assistant CAO Angela Spaccia and the members of Bell’s City Council. The charges allege the officials misappropriated more than $5.5 million, including being paid for phantom meetings. The fact that the CAO for all intent and purposes had complete control and discretion of all administrative functions. Gave him access to the necessary documents and accounts to...
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...Police should wear body cameras at all times when they are present on the job. If a policeman is wearing a camera the person being approached will feel safer. Police will act in a better manner when the cameras are recording and attached to their uniforms. I agree that an officer should have the camera mounted on his uniform because we can see everything that happens.Police should wear body cameras because it reduces the force they will use, the camera provides efficient evidence in criminal prosecutions, and helps chiefs recognize a officers behavior. First of all , police should wear body cameras because the officer is less likely to use force and the interaction is changed between the police and a civilian because both are recorded. The University of Cambridge studies found that the use of force dropped by fifty percent when cameras are recording. Cops when encountering a civilian acts civilized and does not abuse his power because he knows everything is being recorded and he can not lie. In a previous situation the officer , George Zimmerman encountered a teenager , Trayvon Martin and killed him. There was not a camera on the police and there were no witnesses , so the policeman concluded a story. That is why there should be a camera on any officer that is on duty so he can not commit murder and deceive his way out of it. Police will not be Taylor 2 able to get off as easily as before and they...
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...be extremely demanding. The three foremost areas of criminal justice include the police, courts, and corrections. As an administrator overseeing the police department would be indeed the hardest of the three. Within a police department the chief of police would be the top administrator and in command of administrating the departments policies to officers, detectives, and supporting staff. This paper will discuss the roles of a chief of police and the negative and positive aspects he or she may endure. As an administrator of a police department, the requirements are more than just ensuring the officers follow the policies of that department. It requires the individual to be knowledgeable of federal and state laws, budgets, and public relations and must be able to communicate in a competent fashion in a written and oral manner and be a critical thinker. Other challenges a chief of police can face are ensuring the officers are well trained and have the proper equipment to do his or her job while out on patrol. A chief of police must be an ethical individual and an unbiased individual. Not fulfilling these requirements could result in a crisis situation within the department. The police department is not the only place a crisis can occur when the chief of police is not fulfilling his or her job as described in the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The public tends to demand the chief of police to provide professional and cost-effective services while keeping criminal activity...
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...freedom to utilize action or judgment to make these decisions. In law enforcement, police professionals are trained to be able to face any task or situation by utilizing good judgment and making sound decisions alone or with little or no supervision. This is the heart of police discretion ( The Rynard Law Firm, 2007). Discretion is the quality of having or showing discernment or good judgment within certain legal bounds (Merriam-Webster, 2012). Although regular routines and protocols should be followed by officers to make sure that they abide by the law as well as enforce the law, often situations arise that force officers to decide or act according to their own judgment. Even though the Chiefs of police are not in the field, they still have to use discretion in making very important decision that affects the department and the community as a whole. In the DC Sniper case, Chief of Police Charles A. Moose use discretion in the investigation by deciding what information should be shared with the public. As the Chief of Police one of his most important duties is to reassure the public of their safety. While trying to keep the public informed without causing panic, Chief Moose limited the details of the investigation in order not to alert the snipers. With this being one of the most tumultuous killing sprees within the DC, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) area, crucial decisions were made by Chief Moose in an effort to save lives. At the crime scene of the eighth victim a tarot...
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...The chief of police in a large city government describes the problem of getting his officers to do paperwork. Officers enjoy working with the public and apprehending criminals, not sitting at a desk. The paperwork is boring, but can make the difference in convictions. The chief has no financial rewards (budget crunch) and promotions are determined by seniority, not the quality of paperwork. Officers were trained to perform street work, not fill out forms. Arrests, not paperwork, get noticed. Conviction success is due to too many factors to be a performance criterions. 1. What performance problem is the captain trying to correct? The main problem in this case is poor police reporting of incidents, as well as the resulting lost cases in court. 2. Use the MARS model of individual behavior and performance to diagnose the possible causes of the unacceptable behavior. Motivation. There are several facts that suggest that the poor paperwork is due to lack of motivation. First, officers come into this profession because they want to work with the public and catch criminals, not sit in an office filling out reports. Thus, the paperwork task does not fulfill their needs for personal growth. Second, social rewards (praise, recognition) result from the outside activities, not paperwork. Third, financial rewards do not encourage people to do paperwork. Promotions are based on seniority , so they motivate officers to stay with the force, not to complete paperwork. Competitions...
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...shop, and began to sing and play his tambourine. The tailor was amused with the antics of the fellow, and thought he would take him home to divert his wife. The hunchback having agreed to his proposal, the tailor closed his shop and they set off together. When they reached the house they found the table ready laid for supper, and in a very few minutes all three were sitting before a beautiful fish which the tailor's wife had cooked with her own hands. But unluckily, the hunchback happened to swallow a large bone, and, in spite of all the tailor and his wife could do to help him, died of suffocation in an instant. Besides being very sorry for the poor man, the tailor and his wife were very much frightened on their own account, for if the police came to hear of it the worthy couple ran the risk of being thrown into prison for wilful murder. In order to prevent this dreadful calamity they both set about inventing some plan which would throw suspicion on some one else, and at last they made up their minds that they could do no better than select a Jewish doctor who lived close by as the author of the crime. So the tailor picked up the hunchback by his head while his wife took his feet and p. 188 carried him to the doctor's house. Then they knocked at the door, which opened straight on to a steep staircase. A servant soon appeared, feeling her way down the dark staircase and inquired what they...
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...McAlister 1 Daniel McAlister Dr. Gaines Writing 101 10 April 2013 Along The Mountain Pass I remember it was a cold December evening. Thick storm clouds covered the night sky. The absence of any light, from the moon or stars, allowed the darkness to suck me into its cold, damp, chilling shroud of fear. The brisk, icy frost that hit my throat each time I inhaled was quickly soothed by the warm, moist air that would escape from my lungs, like a cloud of smoke, as I exhaled. “I knew I shouldn’t have served Mr. Sanford those last few drinks,” I said to myself that night, as I walked to my car. I had not been expecting the weather to turn so bad. Mr. Sanford was a 72 year old retired Navy Master Chief. He once told me that since the age of 13 there had not been a day that went by when he did not drink. He was kindly referred to by his drinking buddies as, “a salty dog.” Most nights, Mr. Sanford had no problems getting himself home safely. It was just a couple of miles down the road from the bar to his driveway. But that night was different. I recall sitting in my car after work allowing the engine to warm up. As I sat there, I started thinking about all of the statistics I had just learned a couple of months earlier, when my fellow co-workers and I had attended an alcohol training class. It was required of us by the state liquor board in order to continue working as bartenders. In 2008, 46 percent of all car crashes, in the state of Colorado, involving one participant with a...
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...stubs. He looked like the end product of a 3 night hangover after spring break. Ignoring his appearance, he headed into the shower and soon emerged looking 5 years younger. Throwing on his clothes and pocket up his gun and NYPD badge, he emerged into the early morning bustle of New York City. After consuming his usual coffee and donut ‘Breakfast’ he hailed a taxi and after a few minutes he was at the New York Police Department. “Jack Talbott!” and a warm smile and handshake came from Police Chief Ezra Collig. Jack acknowledged him and was shown to the chief’s office. “Come here boy, it’s really important, hell, it’s dire business, dangerous to say the least.” Said chief Collig woefully. The look on Jack’s face could show that he was intrigued about it. “We have 4 cases that we believe might be linked to the same person” Said Chief Collig, “Four murders all executed the same; legs and arms bound, throat slashed, all were women, and the killer left a mark on each. They were a combination of lines. We have no idea what those are for. See the trend Talbott?” Jack agreed, “Yes Chief.” Collig continued, “The person’s motive for doing such things? We have no idea. I suppose you know your case now.” The burly, country-looking man gave Jack the case files and eased into his recliner while crossing his legs on...
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...AGAINST POLICE LABOR UNIONS ARE EXAMINED. ARGUMENTS THAT POLICE UNIONS ARE ILLEGAL, COMPROMISE THE NEUTRALITY OF OFFICERS, NEGATE PROFESSIONALIZATION, AND POLITICIZE POLICE ARE APPRAISED. Abstract: THE ARGUMENT THAT POLICE ADMINISTRATORS HAVE UTILIZED POPULAR ANTI-UNION MISCONCEPTIONS TO LEGITIMIZE THEIR OPPOSITION TO UNIONS IS CONSIDERED BY THE AUTHOR TO HAVE SOME VALIDITY. IN ANSWER TO THE CHARGE THAT UNIONS ARE ILLEGAL, THE AUTHOR POINTS OUT THAT MEMBERSHIP IN AND THE ACTIVITIES OF UNIONS ARE RAPIDLY BECOMING ACCEPTABLE BY STATUTE OR CASE LAW. FURTHER, IT IS POINTED OUT THAT STRIKES OR OTHER FORMS OF WORK STOPPAGES COULD WELL BE ORGANIZED BY ANY POLICE FRATERNAL OR BENEVOLENT ORGANIZATION, NOT ONLY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF UNION AFFILIATION. AGAINST THE CHARGE THAT UNION AFFILIATION WOULD UNDERMINE POLICE NEUTRALITY, THE AUTHOR REASONS THAT AN OFFICER'S NEUTRALITY WILL BE COMPROMISED BY A UNION ONLY WHERE HE OR SHE IS NOT INSTILLED WITH THE IMPORTANCE OF PERFORMING LAW ENFORCEMENT DUTIES. IT IS ARGUED THAT THE CAUSE OF POLICE PROFESSIONALIZATION WILL NOT BE UNDERMINED BY UNION OPERATIONS, BECAUSE, IT IS SAID, UNIONS OPERATE ON THE LOCAL LEVEL OF ECONOMIC NEEDS WHILE PROFESSIONALIZATION OPERATES ON THE NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL PLACE OF OCCUPATIONAL INTERESTS. THE AUTHOR CONSIDERS THAT ALL POLICE ORGANIZATIONS, WHETHER UNION OR UNAFFILIATED ARE INVOLVED IN PARTISAN POLITICS. THE AUTHOR ACKNOWLEDGES THAT UNION AFFILIATION WOULD CREATE ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS FOR THE POLICE CHIEF...
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...t’s not easy to miss the conceit in “Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros.” Because of the penchant of Filipino cinema for tearjerkers and comedies tackling the travails, joys and puppy loves of adolescents and teenagers, it seems only a matter of time for our film artists to do more of the same but with a certain refocusing: if straight children could fall in love with adults, why not gay kids? In Maxi, writer Michiko Yamamoto, director Aureus Solito, and producer Raymond Lee have found a character so appealing, so irresistible that they could never go wrong with the movie. And as played by young actor Nathan Lopez, the character is incredibly charismatic. It helps that despite his prettiness, Lopez plays the 12-year-old princess without affectation but with a freshness that could only come from the fact that he’s straight. It could not have been otherwise since Maxi lives in a straight, sordid world. His father (played brilliantly by Soliman Cruz) is a petty thief; he has passed on the trade to Maxi’s “brusko” brothers, Bogs (Neil Ryan Sese) and Boy (Ping Medina). Maxi doesn’t quite become Boney to this family of Clydes since he has stopped schooling in order to keep house and fill it with the scents of his merry cooking and the grace and charm of his presence. He becomes their Ma Barker minus the advanced years, the menacing scowl, and the trigger-happy machine gun. When Maxi is rescued from neighborhood thugs by a kind rookie cop, Victor, (J.R. Valentin), he switches...
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...Symbolism in Theater and Cinema Arts 100 Daniel Jacobson What if I never saw the movie Jaws? Would I still feel the same way about sharks and the ocean? These are some of the questions I feel a lot of people can ask themselves after they have seen Jaws. What does this mean? Can the shark in Jaws represent or symbolize something more than just being a hungry shark? I remember watching Jaws as a kid, as you can imagine I was pretty scared. I think I was eleven at the time, and was living in San Diego. So going to the beach looking for seashells and swimming in the water was a regular thing to me, not after that movie! It wasn't till I was an adult that I truly was able to enjoy or appreciate Jaws as a movie. I love the ocean and have been snorkeling, spearfishing, and even swimming with sharks. And there is always that feeling in the back of your mind that at any moment something is going to sneak up behind you or come up from the dark water below you and attack. So where did that fear come from? Ive never been bitten by a shark so why would I be afraid of them? So what does the shark represent or symbolize, if anything other than a shark? I believe that the shark in jaws symbolizes the shear element of fear. You can see how the director captures this element when in “monster mode” by looking at the fear on each victim's face from the sharks point of view. The ocean is so foreign to us. Dark water, animals that are bigger, stronger than us and can swim faster than us....
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...the desirability of one position over another [are] not controlling” Wilcoxon v 3M, 235 Mich App 347, 364, 597 NW2d 250 (1999). Adverse action includes termination, demotion, and failure to hire or promote. Wolff v Automobile Club, 194 Mich App 6, 16, 486 NW2d 75 (1992). A reassignment or transfer that does not result in any adverse consequences, such as loss of salary and benefits or change in job location, or title, does not constitute an adverse action. Swystun v Farmington Sch Dist, No 235812, 2003 Mich App LEXIS 438 (Feb 21, 2003) (Unpublished); Cherry v Thermo Electron Corp, 800 F Supp 508 (ED Mich 1992). In the case at hand, Mr. Nesbitt did not suffer a material adverse employment action when he was not promoted to Chief of Police of Deputy Chief because no action was taken by the Defendants to change his job responsibilities from what they already were; he was not terminated, his pay did not decrease, and he still had the title of Sergeant. His impression that he was more qualified than the other, younger candidates is not enough. He just simply didn’t receive a promotion for which he was not qualified. Mr. Nesbitt claims that Deputy Ortiz changed his schedule to the afternoon shift in an effort to discriminate against him due to his age. Mr. Nesbitt was a low producing officer. Other low producing officers were likewise required to attend command meetings with Deputy Ortiz and faced the possibility of schedule changes and patrol tape reviews if productivity did not...
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