Drug @ MindSay

by Andrew Hawkes, Author of "Secrets of Successful Highway Drug Interdiction"

In today’s drug smuggling world, highway drug traffickers are constantly attempting to think of new an innovative ways to conceal their contraband from law enforcement. Little do they realize that the same methods they come up with have been being used for decades by their predecessors. Through thousands of narcotic interdiction arrests by skilled interdiction officers all over the country, we have learned many of these traits and characteristics. Below, I have outlined ten popular techniques that highway drug traffickers attempt to use in hopes that they will successfully get their dope to their destination. By familiarizing yourself with some of these tips, you too can increase your interdiction success. Keep in mind you must always have probable cause to stop a vehicle.

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http://www.police-writers.com/articles/hawkes_ten_indicators.html

A fast update of a bit of everything. 

1.  I have started getting my mail on an every other day biases!  My moms is sooo proud of me!  I started because I was waiting for checks to come in for the kids and various First Communion presents from all the family and "pagany" friends that sent to them.  Now I am waiting on my checks to come in.  So now that I have gotten in the habit we can start actually "writting".  Craftywench dear, I need you to email us full addy and your mini me's name and your name again.  DeLaney said she won't promise any decent letters (they just got done with proper letter writing at school so she is burnt out) but she will write!

2.  I was very upset with my TKD Academy instructor Monday and ran into Aj's wife yesterday and told her why.  It looks like my cousin's wife has been talking and the owner/instructor is beleiving every word she has to say about me.  Which is funny as hell cause the stuck up bitch doesn't KNOW me, doesn't talk to me outside of saying hi, and thinks I am "white trash" cause I don't dress in brand name clothes.  Carrie is upset over this cause she had to deal with my cousin's wife talking shit about her last year.  AJ is going to talk to me Friday cause he is worried that after we get our black belt at the end of this year beginning of next year instead of stickign around that we will leave the Academy.  AJ knows that I don't put up with this type of shit but I am also not going to play highschool bull shit games, I'll call the instructor and cousin's wife out and be dayumed any family fall out.

3.  After 7 years (i though it was 5 until my moms counted back) I actually took myself to my hair stylist and got my hair colored.  The kdis and I got our hair cut Wensday or Thrusday last week and I splurged on hair color yesterday.  I think I look kick ass hot with my new do.  The bottom half of my hair is a purply reddish brown and the upper layers are reddish brown.  So when I put my sides up you can see the purple and when I actually blow dry curl my bangs you can see it also!  My hair stylist instead of charging me for my length which at the moment is short and thickness of my hair (usually takes a lot of dye for my hair even when short) she charged me just for shortness for two different dyes even though the bottom dye she used a full bottle of it she said!  I was very happy over not paying close to 100 for my dye like normal!  It was closer to 50!

4.  I don't know if I told you all about the plan I had in plotting progress but I started it.  At the end of May when my kdis get out of school, instead of taking them on their first camping trip, they will be staying with Pappo and Mammo (Unless daddy is home those two days) while Mommy is bettering herself.  I registered for 1 of 6 classes to start my certificate/licensing process to become a Certified and eventually Licensed Drug/Alchohal (sp?  can't ever spell that word) Counselor!  The total amoutn of classes is $1300.00 but you only pay for the class your taking.  And if the class that is scheduled doesn't fit in your schedule you just wait for the next one to be listed, it doesn't hurt you!  It is through the Lincoln Medical Center and a program called TAP out of Lincoln.  The series of classes are held every 6 months.  Sometimes on the Western/Central parts of the state and the other times on the Eastern/Central part of the state.  Right now they are in the Western/Central parts of the state but I am going down to a weekend class in Lincoln the day my kdis get out of school for the first class.  I have NOT told Randy yet, because Randy told NOW would come up with a way to sabatoge my plans and he wouldn't even realize it.  Once it comes closer I will inform him and he will get over it.  My parents and my sister (and one friend) are stepping to the plate to help with the kids especially when it comes to the week long classes coming up.  After I do the classes I have to intern at 1 of 4 places near me or try to get on at the IHS out paitent clinic.  Once I get that over with I can get licensed and work anyplace in NE as a counselor.  I am going to hold out for the IHS Drug/Booze Dependency Unit to be up and operational to get on with the Tribe/Gov't.  They are in the process of building it now right next to the new IHS hospital my moms works at!

5.  My garden is tilled and my onions planted.  I have to find my other seed to get the other cold weather seeds in, my herb garden needs one more tillign and then I can plant that, and Coltin's room is about done with the fixing of cracks so I can paint!

6.  Randy has been an ass lately so when he is home this week we will hash that out.

Over all life has been good.  I even wrote gwydionjim a letter while he is at boot camp.  He might even get another one here when I mail out the last of the kids' thank you cards for all their First Communion Presents!  Yes I make my kids do snail mail thank yous!

Can changes in life circumstances, such as being employed, living with a wife or girlfriend, or modifying alcohol or drug use, alter the crime patterns of convicted adult male felons? This question was the focus of a study conducted for the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), which sought to understand the relationship between adult patterns of criminal behavior and relatively short- term changes in work, family, and other social situations.

It is widely believed that criminal behavior is the result of a basic propensity that is established early on and persists throughout life, and that changing life circumstances in adulthood are unlikely to alter this criminal propensity. Others have theorized that short-term factors such as getting fired from a job, quarreling with a wife or girlfriend, or abusing alcohol or drugs may be important catalysts in adult patterns of criminal behavior. The researchers conducted indepth interviews with convicted felons and analyzed month-to-month changes in offending and life circumstances to understand change in adult criminal behavior. The results strongly demonstrate that social events during adulthood are related to crime.

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http://www.ncjrs.gov/txtfiles/Adultpat.txt

February 3, 2008 (San Dimas, CA) Police-Writers.com is a website that lists state and local police officers who have written books.  The website added three authors: Mathew Cubbler; John Savino; and, Bobby Acklin.

Matthew Cubbler joined the Collegeville Police Department (Pennsylvania) in June 2006. His law enforcement career began in 1994 when he joined the Royersford Borough Police Department.  In 1996, he moved to the West Pottsgrove Township Police Department, and then in 2002, after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 he became a Federal Air Marshal.  As a member of the Collegeville Police Department, Matthew Cubbler was one of the original members of the regional Chester-Montgomery Emergency Response Team. He has served as the Team's training and firearms instructor as well as an assistant team leader. Additionally, he is a United States Army Gulf War Veteran; having served as an intelligence analyst from 1989 to 1993.  Matthew Cubbler is the author of A Brother's Love: A Memoir.

According to the description of A Brother's Love: A Memoir, “One’s role models in life are often found in the unexpected. The person who is our confidant and hero, or role model, may well be a teacher, parent, sibling, or friend who is appreciated too late. For me, my role model was my brother, Andy, who died too soon, at the age of twenty-one. Andy’s story and my own as it unfolds will tell the tale of two brothers who were each others’ best friend. We had a childhood filled with love, joy, laughter, and sadness. Unfortunately for me, I was so busy being my “brother’s keeper” that I never realized the phenomenal human being my brother, had become.

John Savino has been a member of the New York City Police Department since 1982. His career has spanned all aspects of law enforcement, beginning with a short assignment as a uniformed police officer and quick advancement to the Narcotics Division. His investigative skills began developing while assigned to the Manhattan North Narcotics Division. This assignment also helped develop his ability to talk with people from all walks of life, as he worked in an “undercover” capacity buying narcotics in Manhattan.

For the last 15 years he has been assigned to the Manhattan Special Victims Squad, where he investigates reports of Child Abuse and any Sexual Assault occurring in the Borough of Manhattan. While assigned to the Special Victims Squad, he has risen to the prestigious rank of 1st Grade Detective. Detective John Savino has been involved in thousands of investigations of rape and sexual assault, and has been the lead investigator in many successful serial rape and pattern investigations.  John O. Savino is the co-author of the Rape Investigations Handbook.

According to the description of the Rape Investigation Handbook, This work addresses specific investigative and forensic processes related to sex crimes for those who work in law enforcement, the defense community, or in the private sector. It is an unprecedented collaborative work -- the first working manual for sex crime investigators, written by sex crime investigators and forensic scientists. The key feature of this work is a thorough overview of the investigative and forensic processes related to sex crime investigation. It takes the reader through investigative and forensic processes in a logical sequence, showing how investigations of rape and sexual assault can and should be conducted from start to finish.”

A nine year veteran of the Kansas City Kansas Police Department, Former Police Officer Bobby Acklin II authored Ass Backwards: A Black Police Officers Hatred for Inner City Criminals and Their Enablers under the pseudonym   “Kodiack.”  According to Kodiak’s bio, he earned “multiple honors of valor for saving the lives of others in need. Kodiack was very outspoken against African Americans who perpetuate inner-city racial stereo types, and turned his 9 years with the police force into a critical analysis of police ethics and inner city crime. Prior service in the military, and graduation from college shaped Kodiack's world into a logical, serious, but humorous event, thus publishing an auto-biography titled Ass Backwards.”

According to the book description of Ass Backwards: A Black Police Officers Hatred for Inner City Criminals and Their Enablers, “Much like a hibernating bear, author "Kodiack" awakens after thirty-five years to accept his role as the underdog and heed his calling to condemn irresponsible black leaders who encourage the slave mentality in black communities.”

Police-Writers.com now hosts 839 police officers (representing 382 police departments) and their 1772 law enforcement books in 32 categories, there are also listings of United States federal law enforcement employees turned authors, international police officers who have written books and civilian police personnel who have written books.

I just wanted to send you a quick note to let you know about my new work from home job. We work with a group of local doctors and dentists offering a dental/optical plan that runs less than $7 a week for the entire family. The plan also includes a FREE cell phone and FREE monthly minutes. I thought you might be interested in details… call toll free at 1-877-482-3729 . Call By Friday to be eligible for the FREE cell phone promotion!

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