Upon arrival back from training to serve our country, National guardsmen find their cars wrecked, with things stolen from them, or stolen. 26 cars had smashed windows, and while only one was stolen, the thieves left more than clear evidence that they had attempted to steal others. A specific officer, Private Jeremy Vaught, who had just returned from his National Guard duty, came home to find his car not in the place in which he had left it. Unlike last time, when his car was actually stolen, he was luckier. ... Although they still managed to take the radio and the amp out of the car. ...

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If this is passed who will be next, car manufacturers, toy companies? ... This is as analogous as suing a car manufacturer for the fact that a car got travelers to their destination. Should a car manufacturer be sued every time a person drives drunk and kills someone? If we are to sue the gun manufacturer, why not the car manufacturer? ...

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Proposal for Community Policing There are many reasons why we should go to community policing. Even if it is a very costly project you have to remember that you get what you pay for in this world. Instead of sending stormtroopers into a neighborhood where they know nothing about the people tha...

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This accident occurred on Saturday, 21st April 2012, at early morning around 4am in busy street of king cross and the victim came across in stolen car and his age was just 14 years old. ... He tried to escape the moment from police but failed and police chased him, he also drove his stolen car into public footpath then back into street where collided with a taxi. After collided with taxi police officer took matter into his hand and fired multiple shoots into his vehicle and realising that there were five more passenger inside the car in that moment. ...

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The officers chased the African American couple that was speeding away from them and fired 137 shots at their car. ... Russell had sped past the headquarters of Cleveland police when the car backfired. ... This shows that the officers failed to ascertain whether it was truly gunshots before launching the car hunt. ... The crack pipe found in the car might been the one they used to abuse drugs. ... Cleveland police headquarters should have ascertained if the backfiring of the car was actually gunshots before calling for a car chase. ...

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Opportunistic Versus Profit Motivated Theft Car thieves are referred to as either opportunistic or profit seeking. While car theft by profit-seeking thieves is a growing issue, majority of car thefts are opportunistic and committed by non-professionals, commonly juveniles between the ages of 12-14 (Australian Institute of Criminology, n.d.). ... Profit-motivated theft refers to the stealing of the car itself or parts of the car with the intention of gaining a profit by reselling the car or car parts illegally. ... Increasing the use of CCTV in working areas and car parks to cover more of the a...

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The stings on TV where the guy acting drunk parks his car on the street, leaves the keys in the car and staggers off. Criminals immediately jump in the car, start it and attempt to take off. The sting car usually has a kill switch and the car stops in the middle of the street and the car thieves are arrested. Merely making the car available to steal is NOT entrapment. 3. ...

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In June, Bonnie and Clyde again left in a stolen car for Rustin, Louisiana. ... While stealing the car, the pair felt it was better to take the undertaker who was named Mr. ... Bonnie was pinned beneath a stolen car after they failed to realize that a bridge was out and crashed in a farm. ... While Bonnie and Clyde were driving Hamer stepped out into the road and stopped the car. When Clyde and Bonnie reached for their weapons Hamer and his officers unloaded 167 rounds into the side of the car, their bodies were shredded from the fifty rounds that hit the car, most going in one side and exi...

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There are now nearly 132,000 police officers on patrol countrywide, the highest number since 1976 Government campaigns to reduce car crime have also been very successful, with car thefts reducing by 14% in the past year. ... I want Johannesburg to be the sort of place where pensioners can feel safe walking the streets after dark, where we can leave our homes or cars without fear of theft or vandalism, where a Saturday night out doesn't end in a street brawl. ... Above all, it is up to us, as a community to send a clear message to burglars, vandals, graffiti artists, c...

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It is not wrong to ride in a stolen car if you had no prior knowledge that the automobile that you are currently situated in was stolen. So if you had no knowledge that a car was stolen and you decided to ride in that car then you are innocent. Esperanza and the other individuals committed a crime by riding in the Cadillac because they had irrefutable knowledge that the car was indeed stolen. ...

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A clear example of this is how the police dealt with Coalhouse's (an African-American) car. Not only did they make the car dirty and torn, they also defecated on it, too. Now, it is fairly obvious that only reason that the cops damaged Coalhouse's car like they did is because of his skin color. ... The reason Coalhouse had done this despicable deed is in protest of what had been done to his car and the murder of his fiancée. ... The police and Coalhouse and his gang have a bitter stand off that lasts until Coalhouse gives himself up on a few conditions: his followers (gang) ar...

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They were pulled from their car, cuffed, and separated into two patrol cars while their vehicle was searched. ... He was pulled from his car, thrown to the ground, pepper sprayed and arrested. ... Items such as nervousness, out of state plates, rental cars, inability to make eye contact, lack of drivers license or insurance information, fast food wrappers, plates from key border states like Arizona and New Mexico, conflicting answers to questions involving origin and destination and maps. ...

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Dressed in police uniforms they got in their stolen police car and approached the garage, playing the part of police on a raid. Moran took off after he saw the police car, not wanting to be part of the raid. ... When leaving to "policemen" in trench coats put their hands up and walk to the police car. ...

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In a car that they stole, officers found a prescription bottle filled by Clyde's aunt and they left fingerprints. ... Bonnie and Clyde waited in the car. When a police car drove by, Bonnie and Clyde left quickly, leaving Henry behind. ... Ivan led Bonnie and Clyde into a trap as six police men started to open fire until their car stopped. ... When the word of their killing got out people swarmed the ambushed car. ...

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The policeman asked him to move the car on several occasions but Fagan refused. Because Fagan that the car was on the policeman's foot he had the necessary mens rea. The actus reus was the act of putting the car on the policeman's foot. ...

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Car sales clerks have often done it. There are people who have terrible credit and they cannot get a car. Sales clerks have been known to request an under-the-table fee, plus your down payment, and in return, you can leave the lot with the car you desire. ...

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According to Ted Drane, "In the US a person is 34 times more likely to die in a car accident than be killed in a firearms-related accident" (56). Even though people know the dangers of being in a car, they are allowed to make that choice. ... Even though it is a proven fact that more people are hurt in car accidents than are harmed by gun accidents, no one is suggesting that people should not be allowed to drive in cars. ...

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In our example of the neutralization theory in regard to this crime, Matt has stolen a car, and when it comes time for him to "pay the piper", or face the effects of his criminal act, more than likely, he will use some sort of neutralization technique to justify his actions. ... As a delinquent youth, Matt comes from a lower class family, therefore, he could state that he stole the car because he needed it more than the owner. ...

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What Cops See and Know Criminal investigators have numerous responsibilities when conducting investigations such as following certain procedures and overcoming obstacles to obtain crucial evidence. Jackall describes how officers are required to write a report and research a case. However, Jac...

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When patrolling the streets, the police stop cars for traffic violations, and sometimes engage in undercover operations if they think is suspicious of more serious crimes such as drug trafficking or prostitution. ... Moreover, minorities were detained for longer periods of time per stop than whites, and were 80% of those whose cars were searched after being stopped.7 Showing the similar statistic to the previous two, a study of traffic stops on the New Jersey Turnpike found that 46% of those stopped were black, although only 13.5% of the cars on the road had a black driver or passenger and alt...

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This is usually occurring on street corners, or out of the windows of cars. ... The trouble eventually subsided after about three to four hours but it needed over ten police cars and vans along with the police helicopter to bring peace once again in to the neighbourhood. ... The cars go speeding away, normally with the police on their tails and what follows can only be described as a dangerous, life-risking race between both the criminals and the police. ...

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An over-the-shoulder shot, revealing that Henry is in fact watching the mob and shows a car pulling outside. ... A tilt-shot is used to look up at Frankie Carbone, stepping out of the car, from his expensive looking shoes, up to his face – giving the cliche impression that the character is someone of importance. ... The arrangement of everything that appears in the framing, including costumes – characters expensive clothing; props – the Cadillac, a very American car which helps establish a time period; lighting – (in this scene) the road lights and lighting from people&...

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In sociology one of the first things I've learned, is that people are born without culture or the knowledge of what's right and wrong. Through the early years of a person life, he or she is taught or influenced by the people closes to them: parents, friends, and their community. Without the proper k...

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Thao changes in a big way from the start of the movie to the end of the movie for the better. because at the start Thao was spiraling down into a deep, dark chasm, but he managed to find a way to dig himself out, because at the start he was trying to get in his cousins gang and they wanted him to steal a car to get in so he tried to steal Walts 1972 gran Torino but he failed. so then the gang kept on persisting that he join their gang but he didn't. but because he tried to steal Walts car to make up for the crime his family made him work for Walt and that's when he started to dig him...

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Some of these activities for example are walking down the street with someone the police consider to be a gang member or riding in the car with them, waving at cars, having a marker in your possession, or being with someone who has liquor with them in public. ...

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