law enforcement

On December 11, 1995 a mother with high blood pressure is told her blood pressure has sky-rocketed and will not come down. She is sent to a bigger hospital where the doctors perform an emergency cesearean. Baby AJ was born two months premature and weighed only 2 lbs. Because of his size he is not capable of crying like a normal-sized baby. The mother is unable to touch or hold him.  Read More »

Last May I attended a seminar at our local police department given by a retired police chief of a nearby city and our local police department. "Joe" now has moved onto our district attorney's office and spends a great deal of time investigating scam and fraud cases. He also educates and trains law enforcement officers to prepare them to handle these rapidly increasing crimes.  Read More »

What do you get when you cross under-educated individuals with a corrupt justice system?.....CHAOS! As my husband awaits his next court date I am beginning to understand just how corrupt our system really is and why certain things have occured. Something is amiss at least in our community's system.  Read More »

A blog I wrote upon reading the foxnews.com article on Friday, June, 2008

I can't even begin to tell you how disgusted, angry, and heartbroken I am right now.
Please read this news article:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,366104,00.html

I have to face the reality of John's death every day. His picture is on my wall. Memories of him are on my street and in my workplace.  Read More »

Part 1 is here.

PART 2

The police were condensing everything into boxes and loading this stuff into one of their own trucks.

“There’s so much here to pack up,” complained one officer.

“Well if I’d known you were coming, I could’ve prepared better,” I said, half rebellious and half joking.  Read More »

Note: This entry ended up being a bit long so it has been cut into two entries. The next entry will be posted later today.  Read More »

A crime novelist, Patricia Cornwell, recently made a donation to John Jay College of Criminal Justice in the generous amount of one million dollars. In an interview with the associated press, at which she discussed her motivations for the donation, she was asked at some point a question about mistakes she had seen made by law enforcement at crime scenes.  Read More »

The widely popular actress Katharine Hepburn once said, “Without discipline, there is no life at all.” It’s like a child sitting before a coloring book. If the child opens the book to see no lines, he will not have a standard to achieve. How can the child color within the lines when the lines do not exist?  Read More »