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This past weekend I camped with the Boy Scouts. On Saturday several classes were organized, including a hike to find the lost village. As we hiked off the property and towards private property, the Assistant Scout Master leading the hike stopped our group just within the entrance to the property, and just after we passed two parked trucks. He indicated …
Quietly eating dinner tonight with my family, the waiter came to our table and asked if we own a certain vehicle in their parking lot. I could tell before he even came over this wasn’t going to be good news. The waiter told us someone just struck our vehicle in the lot, and then drove away, leaving our damaged vehicle …
Responding to emergency calls, I have seen a great deal over the last fourteen years since starting my second career working on an ambulance. Recently we responded to a vehicle full of occupants that had rolled several times. All the occupants were safely out of the vehicle and suffered little to no injuries. Why this particular outcome – all the …
In studying why embezzlements and similar crimes seem to be growing in both size and frequency, I have been looking for other societal indicators to see if the problem is bigger than simply thieving individuals rationalizing their thefts. One indicator of society I have been monitoring over the last few months is motorists’ compliance with red light traffic signals. The …
Life can be stressful. Preventing and investigating fraud can be very frustrating, adding to the stress of life. Every once in a while I come across something that simply takes me away and makes me laugh (out loud even), and reminds me of what is most important in life – my health, my family, my friends, and the health of …