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Six Months After It’s Release, AP Gives Microsoft Windows Vista A Report Card: Does Not Play Well With Others, Disrupts Class By Talking Too Much, And Is Distracted By Shiny Things Instead Of Performing Scheduled Tasks
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON (Awesome title from link at www.fark.com )- Chris Pirillo leaned away from his webcam and pointed to his printer/scanner/fax machine, which stopped scanning and faxing after he installed Microsoft Corp.’s new Windows Vista operating system.
“I can’t live in Vista if the software that I use in my life for productivity does not work,” said Pirillo, in the third minute of a 52-minute video he posted on YouTube.
Nearly six months after it launched, gripes over what doesn’t work with Vista continue, eclipsing positive buzz over the program’s improved desktop search, graphics and security.
NEAR!!.......
YNCInc (doh!!) gives theSam!! his reportCard 4yrs after leaving theVillage!!
-He plays well with Others,
-Listens to others too much, in fact, taking Copious notes and using no less than (2)two microCassette recorders.
-Is easily distracted by cute, Hot VillageChixxx!! and is also distracted by offerings of food and the watching of tv,
-Prone to temper tantrums for not being invited to Village!! drinking parties and confiscates all theAlcohol & Drugs, taking theParty back to his place, erhh.. If only to document theEvidence and keep some in storage!!
theVillage!!, IllAskya, 2007,
theMenthol!!VillageCouncilman, Tom TukaLuk peeking into theVPSO's office as theOfficer Keyboards, Mouses his way through his latest Military CD game.
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Logan County Sheriff Wallace Whittaker And Deputy David Kitchens Crash,
Describe Mysterious Unseen Force Causing Wreck
LOGAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY – Logan County Sheriff Wallace Whittaker says he doesn’t know what happened when his 2003 Ford Crown Victoria slid off the road and flipped Tuesday afternoon.
Whittaker and one of his deputies. David Kitchens, were responding to a accident with injuries out U.S. 79 South when the rear end of his cruiser began to slide, causing the car to leave the roadway. “I really can’t say what happened because I have never seen a car act that way before,” said Whittaker, who compared it to someone “Pitting” the car and just taking their hand and moving it.
NEAR!!........
"Yeah.. yah..
It happened just like that!! exlaimed theVPSO.
I was sitting outside theVillage!! in theCrownVictoria awaiting theArrivals of certain individuals.
After some time waiting, (2) two SnowMachiners approached then continued past me upon theMented Rd.
I got into theCV and followed theSnowMachiners, my car speed was 40mph to 50mph and as I rounded a curve theCV started to "fishTail" 5 to 6 times then Spun to theRight.
I leaned to my Right, closed my eyes and hung onto theSteeringWheel tightly.
Suddenly, it was over and theCV was still.
I ended up spinning twice and sliding into theDitch beside theMented Rd, facing theDirection I was driving, just.... move over 10 feet into theDitch.
theDeepSnow had cushioned theCV from any damage, and theCV was retrieved from theSnow the next day.
End report.
Yeah..
It was like, that one time VillageChick!! Emmie sidled up to theCV listening to her CD player and herHip (which was dancing to musice at theTime of Impact) struck theCV with such force as to move it to theRight (2) two feet and caused theAirBags!! to Deploy.
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A Virtual Anal-Probe Of Police And Others In Law Enforcement
Nutcase Lee County Florida Deputy Sheriff Matthew Kindermann,
Already On Probation For False Arrests, Fired After Crazed Late Night High Speed Chase Through Residential Neighborhood, Woman’s Backyard, And Through Her Fence
LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA - A woman woke up to find a Lee County deputy involved in a high speed chase driving right through her yard. Officials with the sheriff’s office say that wild scene ended up getting him kicked off the force.
According to an Internal Affairs report, Deputy Matthew Kindermann had been chasing the suspect at speeds of more than 70 miles an hour through a residential neighborhood on June 5.
When the suspect reached a dead end, he turned into Luella Hasty’s backyard to escape - but Kindermann followed.
That’s when Hasty says she got the shock of her life.
It was 1:30 in the morning, but Hasty was still awake at her home on New York Avenue.
“I was by the window watching TV,” said Hasty.
Near.....
Granma Dory still hasn't forgiven me for wrecking her foodCache.
Nor has theVillage!! forgotten that Incident either, and thesubsequentReport to explain it all, lives in theDisc copies that I keep Available to me.
I've already talked about this in earlier Blogs, but will further comment thus....
After I had started to patrol theVillage!! in theDuty Truck, some kids would hop in and ride for a bit-playing with theRadio, chat a bit, and then hop out when I drove by whereever!! it was that they wanted to be.
then theGirls!! got in theVehicle and life would never be the same after that.
One girls Mom, whom lived in theCity!!, would often call myOffice and especially whenEver!! she was fighting with herVillage!! boyfriend, (whom had custody of and had theDaughter!! in question living in his house)
Would insist that I take Protective Custody of theGirl for a few hours until she had come out to theVillage!! to retrieve her Daughter.
Wanting to do theRight thing and follow Orders from an Villagefemale, I got involved in that Episode.
After driving around talking with theYoungGirl!! about what was going on with herDad & Mom,
I got theImpression that there was really noAbuse & Neglect on either Parents part in theIssue at hand. There was just a lot of "heSaid / sheSaid!!" going on and theGirl!! wasn't in any trouble at all.
In fact, I let her go back to hanging out with herFriends and pretty much knew where she was all nightLong.
LOL
I still see a scared little girl of 12yrs riding with me.
A lot of girls get oral with biting their fingernails, fingers, fixating on gum or if their hair is long enough-twirling thePonyTail ends and sucking on that.
I still see their Eyes, all theGirls!! I had to contact in theVillage!!
theColors range from Black, brown, lightBrown almost Caramel colored to Hazel and Gray flecked eyes.
One girl even had blue eyes and Blondehair yet she was Native!!
Other episodes with theGirls!! in question involve "theMakeOver"ing of certain classmates that really didn't want a makeOver to begin with.
One event involved theRestraining of Hands-n-Feet!!, the stripping of clothesOFF and theDonning of newDuds.
even I was impressed by theResults of one MakeOver.
Where one shy quiet Gurl who never talked to anyone and dressed plainly was suddenly flagging me down and sobbing her story to me,
*sigh*
She looked cute in her black jeans, capri pants, a simpleWhite T, cordJacket and her usualPonyTail was sweptUp off her face and neck. She never ever dressed that way.
FormerHairStylist that I am, was impressed with theUpDo.
No less than 3Granma's, 5Parents, 10VillageGirls, 4schoolTeachers and 2SledDogs were involved in that Drama.
My involvement in all these Events (before my time at theVPSO Academy) was due to theLetter to theVPSO's, theRedFox story that I had found in theVPSO office when I had arrived in theVillage!! just months before.
I knew that to pay attention to theLittleThings now would open the door for when theImportantThings needed addressing.
And certainly, this one YoungLady among certain Other of herPeers were also quick to help me later on during times when I needed leads, information in theVillage!! and they were only helpful because SomeBody paid attention to them.
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10 Year Old Gets Probation For Stealing Car, High-Speed Police Chase And Crash, Driving Without A License, Talking His Way Onto Airline Flights From Washington To Texas (Not That There Was Much Else They Could Do To Him…)
TACOMA, WASHINGTON - A 10-year-old boy who stole a car, led police on a high-speed chase and talked his way onto two Southwest Airlines flights has a chance to keep his record clean after a judge gave him probation.
Pierce County Superior Court Judge John McCarthy found Semaj Booker guilty Wednesday of second-degree car theft, attempting to elude police and driving without a license. But if the boy puts in his best effort at school, pays back the woman whose car he stole, doesn’t get behind the wheel for the next year and complies with other conditions, his conviction will be vacated.
“We hope that he’s successful and that we never see him again,” prosecutor Fred Wist said.
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Only in Alaska could a little Toddler get onto an airplane and travel hours from his Village, hop off theFlight and wander around a small community for hours before people realized that he wasn't one of theirs and his family/homeVillage!! was contacted.
This really happened a few years ago.
Out in theVillage!! when theMail plane comes, a lot of people can be present at theLandingStrip!! when theSmall aircraft flies in and lands,
It's passengers hopping out from an Inbound flight-eager to be home, and thePilot offloading Mail and other smallCargo from thePlane to turn around and load up New Passengers & small cargo.
theAirCraft can be singleEngine 4seat Cessna's, PiperCubs on up to the12 seat dualEngine skyChiefs and toteCaravans
And a small 4 yr old boy got onto an plane, flew to a neighboring Village and when he got there, everyone realized that he wasn't "theirs".
Ooops!!!
So thePilot flies theBoy!! back to his home Village theNext day.
As for theLittleBoy talked about in Earlier VillageTales!! postings.
theTinyBoy found at theDayCare and no one claimed him,
"send more Cheerios & Milk!!" was one hasty message from YVC to it's Villages drew no responses at all.
Well, that was years ago and we are pleased to say that "lilMikey" is doing ok in school here in theCity.
He's got B average grades, loves his iPod, he carries his SkateBoard yearRound and is perhaps theOnly boarder that can glide theIce as easy as concrete.
His new mother loves him and his siblings get along with him too,
his new Dad leaves for theSlope to work 3-6 months and doesn't mind theExtra responsibility.
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and lastly.....NEAR!!
It's easy to poke fun of LEO's, on a daily basis I hear others talk and joke about various things and lately, at least 2yrs straight, no one has anything good to say about LEO's.
I'm saddened by this. Because as a whole, theLEO's protect our Society at home while our Military protects our Society at abroad / away from home.
Yes, some bad people end up in Uniform and do outrageous things, criminal things and get caught, put behind bars. and this is good.
But LEO's are only human like you and me.
I've seen them, I've been one of them too way out there in theVillage!!
And I still see a few on a social basis,
they chafe at my recent Postings of my time spent working at the local Airport but can understand thePoints ofView that I have regarding Complacency, lack of Compassion for thePeople we serve & people we serve WITH and other issues that we LEO's inevitably face on theJob regarding pretty much Everything!!
Make no mistake,
there is a ThinBlueLine.
We former and othersCurrent serve and hold that TBL.
It is strong and clearly visible throughOut theNation today, we LEO's in and out of uniform hold that Line and in so doing we help hold Civilization in place.
We will do it all costs both personal and Professional for in theEnd.
We took an Oath to Defend our Country from all enemies, both Foreign & Domestic.
To us, we handle theDomestic aspect of this work and heavy is theBurden we share with otherLEO's.
You have to be one to Understand,
You have to be one in order to fully criticize one iota about this Way of Life and of Peers and fellow Officers.
B 1 2 no 1
and yet we are Everything to All.
People don't realize the humble facts that we LEO's are human,
we dress ourselves, we eat, we sleep, we laugh and cry.
we have family and friends, enemies too,
Just recently theSpouse of an cityAgencyOfficer was talking with me.
She said that she worried now, when she didn't really worry before, about thePossibility of not seeing her husband again when he walked out theDoor headed off to work.
it seems that theLocal and National news is getting worse and Man doesn't respect Man anymore.
More assaults, murders, rapes, are on theRise and various Police Agencys are scrambling to fill their ranks and all this news just bothers her.
it bothers me too but I told her that her husband has theBest training in theState. For he too went to theAcademy that I attended and as a plus,
he being an Local Officer, he has theBacking of his Peers because they are just MINUTES away if he needs help.
Contrast that luxery with our VPSO's and Village Police Officers that serve out in theBush!!
We / they have NO backup, have to wait Hours / Days for LEO response and often no one in their Villages helps them do theWork,
such officers are made out to be theBadGuys-n-Gals and that doesn't really help out theOfficer's esteem much,
but by and large, we LEO's Bush & City serving can take such abuse and keep on working because there was / is something in our Nature that brought us TO this work to begin with.
My ladyfriend continued talking to me and said that this oneAgency I recently wrote about handles just ONE (1) aspect of theLEO work and never ever had to do theThings that I did when I was out in theVillages!!
I concurred, I relented my stand a bit, but still maintained that when day to day contact with otherOfficers: be they Security or other city & govt officers in Uniform, that common courtesy applies to these and ALL officers,
and not to just Equally badged, uniformed, armed and equipped Officers.
Especially in todays day and age, we LEO's need to rely more upon each other than ever before.
And professional friendships, professional courtesies and acknowledgment is something that no selfRespecting LEO or Security Officer should ignore. These rules apply to all Officers of any agency & stripe.
I maintain that when being a friend once, you should keep it up ever after no matter whom else may be watching,
case in point, that one day at theAirport my one Officer friend was walking / talking with some Manager type. An superior of hers and she ignored me.
No big deal at all, but I'm just saying.
Because as a Minority I am attuned to theDiscrimination and Bigotry around me and even when others (that might inadvertently display such actions) do it without realizing it.
I am just mature enough to disregard much of what goes on and life goes on without me!!
But this oneGirl acted like I wasn't there at all, and I could tell by the way she was walking next to theMan in uniform, that she was listening to him talk, keeping at his Side respectfully and her body was turned a little to face him.
I've learned much over 3 decades of actively observing People to know that much more went on behind theScenes than what I write about.
And I only talk about day to day interActions, various OfficePolitics and theLittle Cliques that every Group has of any profession and industry.
I see that in theLEO line of work, us Officers should rely more upon our Peers for help, guidance, social venues and when necessary-for criticism.
For no one but US knows theDynamics behind the work we do.
From theBest dressed agencys that drive theLatest vehicles and have theLatest in technology and training with FullWarChests
to theTiniestAgencies and theVillageOfficers that scrimp for every training event and for whom,
every bullet IS theLast when on theRange,
when theBaton in Scabbard just tells you that theDraw/Retention pin has only 200 Extensions left upon it before it breaks-Use Me Wisely!!
Near and Far we LEO's have our issues,
we have our success and our failures too.
We have our joys and triumphs. So please, dear reader.
Don't misunderstand this VPSO whom talks about theGreat and Sacred cows of whatever Industry he comments upon.
I've had my hands upon a few LEO women as Massage practitioner,
I've had my hands entwined in theTresses of a few LEO women as a Stylist too.
In fact, last decade it was an LEO woman that brought me those awful courtPapers in theSalon, TRO's / temp restrainingOrders from an Fiance of mine.
I never personally or professionally knew this LEO lady whom served me CourtPapers that day, but had seen her come to theSalon where I was working in at that time, she was an pleasant woman and very busy too, but found time to relax in an haven that lifted her spirits and helped maintain her beauty.
This LEO quietly took me aside,
she never knew me to be what ever Monster theTRO's painted me to be, but she wished me well and that was so kind of her.
For many of you Readers know that I had a great opportunity ahead of me, when I lived in Seattle. Had the opportunity to get married and begin a new life,
had a great friend at theTime and though we never did anything Sexual or Domestic with each other, after she became disenchanted with me for whatever Reason,
she twisted every good thing that I did, that I was around to fit theMold appropriate enough for theCourts to lawfully apply an Stamp upon me,
thus giving me an TRO and then an 2 yr RO after that.
So pardon me, when I'm approached again by any female.
Especially an equally Beautiful one as an former Fiance and am playfully addressed.
Talked with and treated kindly by, even touched by this one Officer (whom btw is married) and this is an opportunity to Heal. To continue trusting in humanity and to continue having friends.
But my recent Blog griping isn't just a personal loss,
I'm also upset about theProfessional loss too, that Other Security Officer's would lose out on this "turning theColdShoulder" upon them by thePolice agency that
essentially we worked for at theAirport.
By now in life,
I'm battered, bruised, broken, beaten and healed enough,
Mature enough to realize that it's better to look out for theWhole instead of theIndividual / namely myself.
I see that privately discriminating against certain people destroys opportunities that could be enjoyed by people of Both involved cultures / Industrys / groups.
But I have other, much better friends that love me.
They know that I am no abusing person to Warrant an DomesticViolence accusation much-less an CourtCharge.
They know that I am a kind person, one that would help them or anyone in their time of need.
I'm glad that I have such local and National friends.
And no one would ever know about such things going on anywhere I go really, if it weren't for my Honest record keeping and my Voice in Print.
An voice that tells others Near and Far about what I see and what I think.
And I think that near and far stateWide, Alaska has theBest LEO's.
Make no mistake that an ThinBlueLine does not exist. It does.
And those that HOLD it need your support and encouragement. For this Domestic work we do here at home at times is disparaging and a person could lose their soul little by little if not for steady friends to help.
Understand that there also exists, but this Shouldn't be, theSacredBlueThickWallofSilence.
This should not exist but we LEO's that keep our mouths shut each day by Inaction and nonSupport of each other, otherAgency's and of thePublic do piece stone & mortar in place further to build this venerable wall.
This is one thing upon theFace of LawEnforcement that should not ever have existed. But due to some people not having Courage or Integrity to face themselves they don't do anything to act up, Speak up and stop some detrimental practice that eventually harms theGood Citizens of our Nation, State, Cities and Villages.
I do not take lightly theOaths and Vows that I once made and still keep to my friends & family, to Villagers and LEO peers.
They are sacred words to me, and theBreaking of such promises are things to fear.
Because I still adhere to theOldSchool, old Days of when iron Men with even harder hearts, Stronger will and immovable courage would Police themselves & each other.
I talk of theOld criminals, theOld LEO's, the old times when punishment was meted out harshly for nonPerformance and other offenses.
Thats why I cringe at todays headlines and events involving LEO's whom only get a slap on theWrist for Prisonable Offenses and oft times, They should be given an pistol and two bullets at theMost and they should eat theBarrel & pull theTrigger.
The old days are gone, replaced by review boards, counciling letters and perhaps a talking too.
We LEO's live by a different code than most, but we need to enforce such things in our ranks.
Thats what I think.
You don't mistreat your coWorkers or thePublic in bad fashion.
theSam!!
Officer Samuel L Flyinghorse, Hunkpapa Lakota, StandingRock tribe SouthDakota
anchorage, alaska
one of this States Whinest!! if not Nasallist.
Bad Cop News
Six Months After It’s Release, AP Gives Microsoft Windows Vista A Report Card: Does Not Play Well With Others, Disrupts Class By Talking Too Much, And Is Distracted By Shiny Things Instead Of Performing Scheduled Tasks
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON (Awesome title from link at www.fark.com )- Chris Pirillo leaned away from his webcam and pointed to his printer/scanner/fax machine, which stopped scanning and faxing after he installed Microsoft Corp.’s new Windows Vista operating system.
“I can’t live in Vista if the software that I use in my life for productivity does not work,” said Pirillo, in the third minute of a 52-minute video he posted on YouTube.
Nearly six months after it launched, gripes over what doesn’t work with Vista continue, eclipsing positive buzz over the program’s improved desktop search, graphics and security.
NEAR!!.......
YNCInc (doh!!) gives theSam!! his reportCard 4yrs after leaving theVillage!!
-He plays well with Others,
-Listens to others too much, in fact, taking Copious notes and using no less than (2)two microCassette recorders.
-Is easily distracted by cute, Hot VillageChixxx!! and is also distracted by offerings of food and the watching of tv,
-Prone to temper tantrums for not being invited to Village!! drinking parties and confiscates all theAlcohol & Drugs, taking theParty back to his place, erhh.. If only to document theEvidence and keep some in storage!!
theVillage!!, IllAskya, 2007,
theMenthol!!VillageCouncilman, Tom TukaLuk peeking into theVPSO's office as theOfficer Keyboards, Mouses his way through his latest Military CD game.
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Logan County Sheriff Wallace Whittaker And Deputy David Kitchens Crash,
Describe Mysterious Unseen Force Causing Wreck
LOGAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY – Logan County Sheriff Wallace Whittaker says he doesn’t know what happened when his 2003 Ford Crown Victoria slid off the road and flipped Tuesday afternoon.
Whittaker and one of his deputies. David Kitchens, were responding to a accident with injuries out U.S. 79 South when the rear end of his cruiser began to slide, causing the car to leave the roadway. “I really can’t say what happened because I have never seen a car act that way before,” said Whittaker, who compared it to someone “Pitting” the car and just taking their hand and moving it.
NEAR!!........
"Yeah.. yah..
It happened just like that!! exlaimed theVPSO.
I was sitting outside theVillage!! in theCrownVictoria awaiting theArrivals of certain individuals.
After some time waiting, (2) two SnowMachiners approached then continued past me upon theMented Rd.
I got into theCV and followed theSnowMachiners, my car speed was 40mph to 50mph and as I rounded a curve theCV started to "fishTail" 5 to 6 times then Spun to theRight.
I leaned to my Right, closed my eyes and hung onto theSteeringWheel tightly.
Suddenly, it was over and theCV was still.
I ended up spinning twice and sliding into theDitch beside theMented Rd, facing theDirection I was driving, just.... move over 10 feet into theDitch.
theDeepSnow had cushioned theCV from any damage, and theCV was retrieved from theSnow the next day.
End report.
Yeah..
It was like, that one time VillageChick!! Emmie sidled up to theCV listening to her CD player and herHip (which was dancing to musice at theTime of Impact) struck theCV with such force as to move it to theRight (2) two feet and caused theAirBags!! to Deploy.
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A Virtual Anal-Probe Of Police And Others In Law Enforcement
Nutcase Lee County Florida Deputy Sheriff Matthew Kindermann,
Already On Probation For False Arrests, Fired After Crazed Late Night High Speed Chase Through Residential Neighborhood, Woman’s Backyard, And Through Her Fence
LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA - A woman woke up to find a Lee County deputy involved in a high speed chase driving right through her yard. Officials with the sheriff’s office say that wild scene ended up getting him kicked off the force.
According to an Internal Affairs report, Deputy Matthew Kindermann had been chasing the suspect at speeds of more than 70 miles an hour through a residential neighborhood on June 5.
When the suspect reached a dead end, he turned into Luella Hasty’s backyard to escape - but Kindermann followed.
That’s when Hasty says she got the shock of her life.
It was 1:30 in the morning, but Hasty was still awake at her home on New York Avenue.
“I was by the window watching TV,” said Hasty.
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Granma Dory still hasn't forgiven me for wrecking her foodCache.
Nor has theVillage!! forgotten that Incident either, and thesubsequentReport to explain it all, lives in theDisc copies that I keep Available to me.
I've already talked about this in earlier Blogs, but will further comment thus....
After I had started to patrol theVillage!! in theDuty Truck, some kids would hop in and ride for a bit-playing with theRadio, chat a bit, and then hop out when I drove by whereever!! it was that they wanted to be.
then theGirls!! got in theVehicle and life would never be the same after that.
One girls Mom, whom lived in theCity!!, would often call myOffice and especially whenEver!! she was fighting with herVillage!! boyfriend, (whom had custody of and had theDaughter!! in question living in his house)
Would insist that I take Protective Custody of theGirl for a few hours until she had come out to theVillage!! to retrieve her Daughter.
Wanting to do theRight thing and follow Orders from an Villagefemale, I got involved in that Episode.
After driving around talking with theYoungGirl!! about what was going on with herDad & Mom,
I got theImpression that there was really noAbuse & Neglect on either Parents part in theIssue at hand. There was just a lot of "heSaid / sheSaid!!" going on and theGirl!! wasn't in any trouble at all.
In fact, I let her go back to hanging out with herFriends and pretty much knew where she was all nightLong.
LOL
I still see a scared little girl of 12yrs riding with me.
A lot of girls get oral with biting their fingernails, fingers, fixating on gum or if their hair is long enough-twirling thePonyTail ends and sucking on that.
I still see their Eyes, all theGirls!! I had to contact in theVillage!!
theColors range from Black, brown, lightBrown almost Caramel colored to Hazel and Gray flecked eyes.
One girl even had blue eyes and Blondehair yet she was Native!!
Other episodes with theGirls!! in question involve "theMakeOver"ing of certain classmates that really didn't want a makeOver to begin with.
One event involved theRestraining of Hands-n-Feet!!, the stripping of clothesOFF and theDonning of newDuds.
even I was impressed by theResults of one MakeOver.
Where one shy quiet Gurl who never talked to anyone and dressed plainly was suddenly flagging me down and sobbing her story to me,
*sigh*
She looked cute in her black jeans, capri pants, a simpleWhite T, cordJacket and her usualPonyTail was sweptUp off her face and neck. She never ever dressed that way.
FormerHairStylist that I am, was impressed with theUpDo.
No less than 3Granma's, 5Parents, 10VillageGirls, 4schoolTeachers and 2SledDogs were involved in that Drama.
My involvement in all these Events (before my time at theVPSO Academy) was due to theLetter to theVPSO's, theRedFox story that I had found in theVPSO office when I had arrived in theVillage!! just months before.
I knew that to pay attention to theLittleThings now would open the door for when theImportantThings needed addressing.
And certainly, this one YoungLady among certain Other of herPeers were also quick to help me later on during times when I needed leads, information in theVillage!! and they were only helpful because SomeBody paid attention to them.
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A Virtual Anal-Probe Of Police And Others In Law Enforcement
10 Year Old Gets Probation For Stealing Car, High-Speed Police Chase And Crash, Driving Without A License, Talking His Way Onto Airline Flights From Washington To Texas (Not That There Was Much Else They Could Do To Him…)
TACOMA, WASHINGTON - A 10-year-old boy who stole a car, led police on a high-speed chase and talked his way onto two Southwest Airlines flights has a chance to keep his record clean after a judge gave him probation.
Pierce County Superior Court Judge John McCarthy found Semaj Booker guilty Wednesday of second-degree car theft, attempting to elude police and driving without a license. But if the boy puts in his best effort at school, pays back the woman whose car he stole, doesn’t get behind the wheel for the next year and complies with other conditions, his conviction will be vacated.
“We hope that he’s successful and that we never see him again,” prosecutor Fred Wist said.
Near!!.......
Only in Alaska could a little Toddler get onto an airplane and travel hours from his Village, hop off theFlight and wander around a small community for hours before people realized that he wasn't one of theirs and his family/homeVillage!! was contacted.
This really happened a few years ago.
Out in theVillage!! when theMail plane comes, a lot of people can be present at theLandingStrip!! when theSmall aircraft flies in and lands,
It's passengers hopping out from an Inbound flight-eager to be home, and thePilot offloading Mail and other smallCargo from thePlane to turn around and load up New Passengers & small cargo.
theAirCraft can be singleEngine 4seat Cessna's, PiperCubs on up to the12 seat dualEngine skyChiefs and toteCaravans
And a small 4 yr old boy got onto an plane, flew to a neighboring Village and when he got there, everyone realized that he wasn't "theirs".
Ooops!!!
So thePilot flies theBoy!! back to his home Village theNext day.
As for theLittleBoy talked about in Earlier VillageTales!! postings.
theTinyBoy found at theDayCare and no one claimed him,
"send more Cheerios & Milk!!" was one hasty message from YVC to it's Villages drew no responses at all.
Well, that was years ago and we are pleased to say that "lilMikey" is doing ok in school here in theCity.
He's got B average grades, loves his iPod, he carries his SkateBoard yearRound and is perhaps theOnly boarder that can glide theIce as easy as concrete.
His new mother loves him and his siblings get along with him too,
his new Dad leaves for theSlope to work 3-6 months and doesn't mind theExtra responsibility.
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and lastly.....NEAR!!
It's easy to poke fun of LEO's, on a daily basis I hear others talk and joke about various things and lately, at least 2yrs straight, no one has anything good to say about LEO's.
I'm saddened by this. Because as a whole, theLEO's protect our Society at home while our Military protects our Society at abroad / away from home.
Yes, some bad people end up in Uniform and do outrageous things, criminal things and get caught, put behind bars. and this is good.
But LEO's are only human like you and me.
I've seen them, I've been one of them too way out there in theVillage!!
And I still see a few on a social basis,
they chafe at my recent Postings of my time spent working at the local Airport but can understand thePoints ofView that I have regarding Complacency, lack of Compassion for thePeople we serve & people we serve WITH and other issues that we LEO's inevitably face on theJob regarding pretty much Everything!!
Make no mistake,
there is a ThinBlueLine.
We former and othersCurrent serve and hold that TBL.
It is strong and clearly visible throughOut theNation today, we LEO's in and out of uniform hold that Line and in so doing we help hold Civilization in place.
We will do it all costs both personal and Professional for in theEnd.
We took an Oath to Defend our Country from all enemies, both Foreign & Domestic.
To us, we handle theDomestic aspect of this work and heavy is theBurden we share with otherLEO's.
You have to be one to Understand,
You have to be one in order to fully criticize one iota about this Way of Life and of Peers and fellow Officers.
B 1 2 no 1
and yet we are Everything to All.
People don't realize the humble facts that we LEO's are human,
we dress ourselves, we eat, we sleep, we laugh and cry.
we have family and friends, enemies too,
Just recently theSpouse of an cityAgencyOfficer was talking with me.
She said that she worried now, when she didn't really worry before, about thePossibility of not seeing her husband again when he walked out theDoor headed off to work.
it seems that theLocal and National news is getting worse and Man doesn't respect Man anymore.
More assaults, murders, rapes, are on theRise and various Police Agencys are scrambling to fill their ranks and all this news just bothers her.
it bothers me too but I told her that her husband has theBest training in theState. For he too went to theAcademy that I attended and as a plus,
he being an Local Officer, he has theBacking of his Peers because they are just MINUTES away if he needs help.
Contrast that luxery with our VPSO's and Village Police Officers that serve out in theBush!!
We / they have NO backup, have to wait Hours / Days for LEO response and often no one in their Villages helps them do theWork,
such officers are made out to be theBadGuys-n-Gals and that doesn't really help out theOfficer's esteem much,
but by and large, we LEO's Bush & City serving can take such abuse and keep on working because there was / is something in our Nature that brought us TO this work to begin with.
My ladyfriend continued talking to me and said that this oneAgency I recently wrote about handles just ONE (1) aspect of theLEO work and never ever had to do theThings that I did when I was out in theVillages!!
I concurred, I relented my stand a bit, but still maintained that when day to day contact with otherOfficers: be they Security or other city & govt officers in Uniform, that common courtesy applies to these and ALL officers,
and not to just Equally badged, uniformed, armed and equipped Officers.
Especially in todays day and age, we LEO's need to rely more upon each other than ever before.
And professional friendships, professional courtesies and acknowledgment is something that no selfRespecting LEO or Security Officer should ignore. These rules apply to all Officers of any agency & stripe.
I maintain that when being a friend once, you should keep it up ever after no matter whom else may be watching,
case in point, that one day at theAirport my one Officer friend was walking / talking with some Manager type. An superior of hers and she ignored me.
No big deal at all, but I'm just saying.
Because as a Minority I am attuned to theDiscrimination and Bigotry around me and even when others (that might inadvertently display such actions) do it without realizing it.
I am just mature enough to disregard much of what goes on and life goes on without me!!
But this oneGirl acted like I wasn't there at all, and I could tell by the way she was walking next to theMan in uniform, that she was listening to him talk, keeping at his Side respectfully and her body was turned a little to face him.
I've learned much over 3 decades of actively observing People to know that much more went on behind theScenes than what I write about.
And I only talk about day to day interActions, various OfficePolitics and theLittle Cliques that every Group has of any profession and industry.
I see that in theLEO line of work, us Officers should rely more upon our Peers for help, guidance, social venues and when necessary-for criticism.
For no one but US knows theDynamics behind the work we do.
From theBest dressed agencys that drive theLatest vehicles and have theLatest in technology and training with FullWarChests
to theTiniestAgencies and theVillageOfficers that scrimp for every training event and for whom,
every bullet IS theLast when on theRange,
when theBaton in Scabbard just tells you that theDraw/Retention pin has only 200 Extensions left upon it before it breaks-Use Me Wisely!!
Near and Far we LEO's have our issues,
we have our success and our failures too.
We have our joys and triumphs. So please, dear reader.
Don't misunderstand this VPSO whom talks about theGreat and Sacred cows of whatever Industry he comments upon.
I've had my hands upon a few LEO women as Massage practitioner,
I've had my hands entwined in theTresses of a few LEO women as a Stylist too.
In fact, last decade it was an LEO woman that brought me those awful courtPapers in theSalon, TRO's / temp restrainingOrders from an Fiance of mine.
I never personally or professionally knew this LEO lady whom served me CourtPapers that day, but had seen her come to theSalon where I was working in at that time, she was an pleasant woman and very busy too, but found time to relax in an haven that lifted her spirits and helped maintain her beauty.
This LEO quietly took me aside,
she never knew me to be what ever Monster theTRO's painted me to be, but she wished me well and that was so kind of her.
For many of you Readers know that I had a great opportunity ahead of me, when I lived in Seattle. Had the opportunity to get married and begin a new life,
had a great friend at theTime and though we never did anything Sexual or Domestic with each other, after she became disenchanted with me for whatever Reason,
she twisted every good thing that I did, that I was around to fit theMold appropriate enough for theCourts to lawfully apply an Stamp upon me,
thus giving me an TRO and then an 2 yr RO after that.
So pardon me, when I'm approached again by any female.
Especially an equally Beautiful one as an former Fiance and am playfully addressed.
Talked with and treated kindly by, even touched by this one Officer (whom btw is married) and this is an opportunity to Heal. To continue trusting in humanity and to continue having friends.
But my recent Blog griping isn't just a personal loss,
I'm also upset about theProfessional loss too, that Other Security Officer's would lose out on this "turning theColdShoulder" upon them by thePolice agency that
essentially we worked for at theAirport.
By now in life,
I'm battered, bruised, broken, beaten and healed enough,
Mature enough to realize that it's better to look out for theWhole instead of theIndividual / namely myself.
I see that privately discriminating against certain people destroys opportunities that could be enjoyed by people of Both involved cultures / Industrys / groups.
But I have other, much better friends that love me.
They know that I am no abusing person to Warrant an DomesticViolence accusation much-less an CourtCharge.
They know that I am a kind person, one that would help them or anyone in their time of need.
I'm glad that I have such local and National friends.
And no one would ever know about such things going on anywhere I go really, if it weren't for my Honest record keeping and my Voice in Print.
An voice that tells others Near and Far about what I see and what I think.
And I think that near and far stateWide, Alaska has theBest LEO's.
Make no mistake that an ThinBlueLine does not exist. It does.
And those that HOLD it need your support and encouragement. For this Domestic work we do here at home at times is disparaging and a person could lose their soul little by little if not for steady friends to help.
Understand that there also exists, but this Shouldn't be, theSacredBlueThickWallofSilence.
This should not exist but we LEO's that keep our mouths shut each day by Inaction and nonSupport of each other, otherAgency's and of thePublic do piece stone & mortar in place further to build this venerable wall.
This is one thing upon theFace of LawEnforcement that should not ever have existed. But due to some people not having Courage or Integrity to face themselves they don't do anything to act up, Speak up and stop some detrimental practice that eventually harms theGood Citizens of our Nation, State, Cities and Villages.
I do not take lightly theOaths and Vows that I once made and still keep to my friends & family, to Villagers and LEO peers.
They are sacred words to me, and theBreaking of such promises are things to fear.
Because I still adhere to theOldSchool, old Days of when iron Men with even harder hearts, Stronger will and immovable courage would Police themselves & each other.
I talk of theOld criminals, theOld LEO's, the old times when punishment was meted out harshly for nonPerformance and other offenses.
Thats why I cringe at todays headlines and events involving LEO's whom only get a slap on theWrist for Prisonable Offenses and oft times, They should be given an pistol and two bullets at theMost and they should eat theBarrel & pull theTrigger.
The old days are gone, replaced by review boards, counciling letters and perhaps a talking too.
We LEO's live by a different code than most, but we need to enforce such things in our ranks.
Thats what I think.
You don't mistreat your coWorkers or thePublic in bad fashion.
theSam!!
Officer Samuel L Flyinghorse, Hunkpapa Lakota, StandingRock tribe SouthDakota
anchorage, alaska
one of this States Whinest!! if not Nasallist.
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