Personal news, good and bad

Link, posted a couple days ago

http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6130-0.html?forumID=50&threadID=172227&messageID=1900565

I'm so sorry to hear this. I think the media route mentioned in the end of that thread is a good way to go. I hope this works its way out without the drama of a trial and all that. And, as you so selflessly pointed out, that this girl can continue to move forward "clean".

Evie

was threaten to go to the media, thereby embarrassing just about everybody in law enforcement in lehigh county, especially those who are elected, like judges, magistrates, and DA's. Plus, there has recently been a lot of press about the high cost of police pensions in Allentown, where I live, and now the question would be, exactly what are our taxes paying for if the police are being paid to ignore criminal offenses in the face of overwhelming evidence and repeated calls for action. Whatever happened to the oath to Protect and Serve?

...... their being re-active rather than pro-active. They'd be as busy as bees if somebody was killed. (Maybe, depending on whom.)

And if your Good Samaritan action had not involved one of the darling "minors". For goodness sakes, Steven! You scared the innocent little fellow. Don't you know that minors are incapable of committing adult crimes until they're 18 years old? Arrrgh! Apparently, in your county, a person cannot protect his property from those "good little boys that society made." Double arrgh!

And everybody wonders why people are afraid to get involved!

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I am mystified by the behavior of local officials in the light of video tape evidence you say you provided.

I can say that I worked sometimes with local county sheriffs office special drug task forces when I worked with kids in lock up in WV. The task forces receive special funding every year to continue their efforts... funding often contingent on their past performance. I wonder if this might be the jurisdiction of gang crime units (with Allentown between Philly and NYC I'm sure you have some local task force coverage) or even State police?

If your involved in the security business then you and/or your lawyer might use your contacts to see if there are special teams in the area that might be better suited to pursue this matter. It may not help your case but might be of assistance to your neighbors daughter.

Good Luck
grim

and I think I know part of the reason why.

I'll try to find some links.

They have never considered me to be "one of them," as it were and consider my work to be "pissing in their pool." Up to 6 months ago I was working as a fugitive recovery agent, going after bail skips and prison escapees. According to the US Supreme Court, re Taylor v. Taintor, this is a law enforcement function and those who engage in it are law enforcement agents.

According to a recent ruling by the PA Supreme Court, again I'll try to find some links, Sheriff's and their deputies are not law enforcement and cannot perform criminal investigative actions such as wiretaps as a result. The majority opinion of the court is that Sheriff's and their deputies have no more law enforcement authority than a private citizen, and a private citizen cannot be considered any type of law enforcement.

By the same token, I and those like me, are commonly viewed in the same light as vigilantes and other undesirables, and any attempt to help is viewed as poking my nose into something I shouldn't or stepping on the wrong turf.

This is not true of all law enforcement. In Allentown and New Jersey, we have been told by the police that if we need backup, don't call them, because we shouldn't be in the law enforcement game at all. In Philadelphia, and particularly Chester Township, the reverse is true. We've been told not to hesitate to call because we also enforce the law and are therefore "brother officers" no matter who we work for.

Sadly, not everyone is as eager to help or be helped.

no one wins when everyone gets protective of their turf and forgets why they are doing the job. I always had the advantage of being "requested" to help the cops in the local area but I did get flack sometimes from distant jurisdictions when tipping them off to alleged perps or juvenal runaways. They viewed me as a pain in the butt social worker when they didn't need me (sometimes I was ) and their best friend when they did.

The neighbors daughter... does she have a PO? Or even getting her rehab involved might help your situation. Didn't mean to be preaching to the choir if you thought of this already.

Your in a tuff spot... hang in there and good luck.

grim

She does have a PO, and a mentor, and she keeps in touch with her counselors from rehab.

And some more news.

The police arrested someone in front of my house about 20 minutes ago, I didn't get to see who, but from the back it looked like someone with blonde hair so it could've been Hoodrat. I heard a commotion and looked out to see someone being taken down, and noted that my car and that of my neighbor's mother had been egged. I tried to inquire about more info but was told this was a police matter, get out of the way, and go back in my house.

I've emailed my attorney, of course, since my car was one of the ones egged, he should be able to shake loose some info that the police aren't currently willing to share, sometime tomorrow of course.

and I looked outside and from the looks of the car, I told my wife it was probably going to be a process server (and it was) I had already got two separate subpoenas for this case before this one so I knew it would be coming soon. I explained to my wife what that guy did for a living and suggested it would be interesting but she thought otherwise. Good luck. Too bad guys like "The Dog" muck it up for you guys.

but then the dog was convicted of armed robbery and murder, which makes everyone in the business look bad.

I left that line of work about 6 months ago when I saw myself becoming someone I didn't want to be. I walked in with my boss and my assigned partner on a horrific scene that is best left undescribed. It still gives me nightmares. Anyway, though it bothered my quite badly, it apparently didn't bother my boss or partner. They told me that they'd seen that sort of thing so often that it was routine, and that once I'd seen it often enough it wouldn't bother me anymore either.

As much as I can't imagine it not bothering me, I don't want to chance it occurring. I believe that a part of being human is to be bothered by certain things. They are meant to horrify, so that people won't want it to occur. To lose that, is to lose a very important part of one's humanity.

So I left that line of work, to hold a full time position in security, and a part time position in private investigation. And I'm usually much happier for it.

I was looking for

http://www.aopc.org/opposting/supreme/out/j-47-2005mo.pdf

this one is regarding Sheriff's and their deputies not qualifying as law enforcement, you'll need some version of the acrobat reader to view. If you don't have it, I hope you're not on dial up as it will take hours to download, which is part of the reason this took so long to get the link here. There were several postings off the PA Supreme Court site that it could've been, but I needed the reader to check them.

directly about the general public. It's talking about who the police want to help. If you aren't on their list, forget it.