Burglars

"Burglars don't leave their fingerprints at the scene as often as many suppose, because experienced burglars often wear gloves. There are typically many fingerprints, but few of the perpetrators. The responding officer or investigator should make a careful search of likely places, and collect those he can for later screening.""Suspicious activities are:Anyone going door to door. This may be a legitimate business or canvasser, but it may also be a burglar seeking unoccupied homes. Anyone going to the rear of houses. Any loitering stranger. This may be a burglar, drug dealer, or sex offender. Vehicles driving through the area repeatedly. Unexplained occupied parked vehicles. Unfamiliar vehicles backed into a neighbor's garage or carport. This may be a burglar loading up with the household goods, especially if this happens while the occupant isn't home."

This is what Burt said.

11-13 JH TP

11. If a taxpayer receives a free tour from a travel agency, they must include
the ___as income
1. I put FMV.
2. Out of pocket expense.
3. Length
4. Place
12. Select the taxes that are allowed as Itemized Deductions on Schedule A:
1. Real estate taxes, foreign taxes, federal excise taxes.
2. Sales taxes, personal property taxes, stamp taxes.
3. State income taxes, personal property taxes.
4. State income taxes, federal excise taxes, RE taxes. I put #4
13. Anton and his wife have been US citizens and are filing a joint return. They
have a daughter Cindy. In which of the following situations does Cindy not meet
the Citizen or Resident Tax for dependency.
1. She was born in Japan.
2. She lived with Marie in Denmark all year while Anton lived in the U.S.
3. She is actually their adopted daughter who lived them all year, but she is not
a US citizen or resident.
4. Cindy meets the test in all of the above situations. I put #4

Parking

"Most cities have too few parking spaces for the number of cars who need (or want) them, so competition is fierce. If you must park in the center of town regularly, you'll find hordes of meter maids and police officers waiting to pounce on your car the moment you walk away, just waiting for the flag to pop up.

One way to avoid a ticket is to leave the hood up, as if you had a breakdown. This may fool some police officers. Another common trick is to put an old parking ticket under your windshield wiper before you walk away. (This ploy may fool a young police officer just out of the academy, but don't count on it working with experienced patrol officers)."

This is what Victor said.

Score

"The lie score, which estimates the truthfulness of your answers, is crucial to determining whether you pass or fail the test. The answers you give to questions dealing with minor problems and failings add up to determine your lie score. Some questions will ask whether you ever get headaches, argue with your wife, tell lies, or think about committing a crime. Try to paint a believable picture of yourself with answers....You can even admit to having thought about committing a minor crime at one time or another, but never admit to having thought about doing a major crime, such as rape or robbery. If you admit to that, you'll find it counts heavily against you.

The lie score is often expressed as a percentage value. If you deny more than 25% of the minor points, psychologists assume that you are being deceptive. The higher percentage you get on the deception scale, the less likely that your other answers are truthful, according to the psychologists."

This is what Victor said.

Covert

There are several types of covert investigations. Some depend on a person who does not appear to be an interrogator teasing information from the subject while he's unaware that he's being questioned.

One is the fake employment candidate. During interviews, candidates wait in an anteroom to be called. One returns from the 'interview,' sits down next to another and says: 'Boy, that was rough! They asked me if I used drugs.I didn't admit anything. Are you going to tell them?'...

Another type of covert interrogator is the fake friend or sympathizer. The person, who may be an acquaintance, fellow employee, or neighbor, sidles up to you and tries to get you to reveal information useful to the investigation. By pretending sympathy, this type of interrogator can break down the barriers that people normally have, and obtain damaging information.

The undercover cellmate is another variant on the theme. A police officer poses as a suspect, and gets to share a cell with you. Like the genuine criminal cellmate who trades information for deals, the undercover officer will pump you for information. The chances of this happening in the future are greater, now that a court decision (Illinois vs. Perkins) had ruled that it's not necessary for an undercover police officer to give a suspect a 'Miranda' warning under such circumstances. The decision went on to explain that, although 'Miranda' prohibits coercion, it allows deceiving a suspect by use of a fake prisoner. The suspect is not protected against the consequences of boasting about his crimes to people he thinks are fellow felons."

This is what Jack said.

Students

"Students come to understand that much of the 'knowledge' that they are required to be exposed to and 'learn' will be shortly forgotten,and they often think that much of what is presented will have little use to them either now or in the future...

And then when they are caught cheating, they almost inevitably hear that all toooften repeated charge that- 'Well, you realize that the only one you are cheatingis yourself.' They know full well that if they do not remember or know the Spanish grammar, or the algebra equation, that this will probably hav every little(if any) effect on their later work and lives. They have had just enough experienceto allow them to come to the conclusion that most of what one 'learns' (memorizes)in school, no matter how important this might seem to be, is shortly forgotten anyhow,and that they can always look it up if they need this information at a later time,provided they have learned how to do this.

Students, recognizing the good grade and diploma are what is really valuable to them, will often not hesitate to cheat in order to obtain those 'primary 'goods'which the teachers and schools are really selling."

This is what Thomas said.

County

"Perhaps your mother was the sort who raised you by the old adage, 'If you can't say something nice about someone, then don't say anything at all.'Mine was.

But...say something nice about cops?

It's difficult to say anything even coldly polite about the slinking spies andtrigger-happy thugs who make up the police force. I shall not. Accept this guarantee:the policeman is not your friend.

Neither is your county sheriff your friend. Neverthless, I shall endeavor to saysomething, if not nice, at least polite about the sheriff. For the sheriff is the most tolerable of an intolerable bunch. If in this imperfect world, we must endure police, let us leave the limited police power we allow at the level and in the office of county sheriffs.

The sheriff is both less intrustive and less odious than the fed because the sheriff has roots. He is part of the county over which he presiides...The sheriff wants to be reelected...."the office of sheriff is an ancient one, with roots in Anglo-Sacon tribes. Hence, it is a link to the organic tradition of freehodlders, the common law, and militias...Still, sheriffs are ultimately cops. Therefore, not all sheriffs are good. They never have been. Remember the Sheriff of Nottingham?"

This is what Ned said.