I also vote for two because of the color vs. black-and-white issue and the fact that number one seems cut off. R.M.
1 2015-04-29 19:45:52
Re: Amber Eyes will be published soon (26 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
2 2015-02-19 18:05:22
Re: Missing Persons (7 replies, posted in Cop Shop)
If we're going to talk about great advise, my nomination comes from my youth when my father told me that, "When one person calls you a jackass, it's an insult, but when a number of people call you one, look back over your shoulder, you're probably dragging a plow."
The big thing to remember about missing persons is that the officer assigned looks for the person in records. There is very little footwork involved beyond the initial investigation. If you actually find the missing person, all you can do is tell them who is looking for them. You can only tell the reporting person that you found them, unless the missing person is a juvenile, of course. R.M.
3 2015-01-07 15:20:09
Re: Taking a gun (8 replies, posted in Cop Shop)
Under the circumstances described with nothing else to go on I can only say it depends on the department and the relationship or non relationship between the detective and the patrol officer. Generally, the rule would be for the officer to call a supervisor to the scene and hand the can of worms to him. However, once a supervisor is called and official investigation is going to occur. In most departments if the officer and the detective knew each other and the detective had a "good" as opposed to "legal" reason to be there, nothing would happen. Sometimes shortcuts in the legal process are taken because they're necessary. For example, at the time 9-11 occurred there was a computer in the custody of the FBI which laid out the whole attack. However, when the FBI applied for a warrant to search it, they were told there wasn't enough probable cause to do so. As a matter of law, if the agent had looked anyway, it would have been a technical violation of the arrestee's rights and the information found could not have been used against him. It could have been used against the rest of the world and it would have avoided 9-11. The agent chose not to look because it was technically illegal and. therefor, violated FBI policy. What do you think, was that a mistake? BTW, I was accomplished with lockpicks, and used information against arrestees whose rights I didn't violate but which did in fact violate somebody's rights. I also used them to avoid wasting the hours necessary to obtain warrants to search for things that were not there. R.M.
4 2014-12-22 04:03:39
Re: What do the cops want to know? (8 replies, posted in Cop Shop)
The area I worked as a homicide detective had so many shootings in some areas that we literally had to circle, date, and initial the bullet holes in the walls to keep each shooting at the location separate. In areas like that the key was for the detectives to develop relationships with locals on two levels, good guys you could trust and who you never identified to anyone and C. I.'s, confidential informants, who were usually listed in the department/division records to protect the officers involved. All meetings with them were logged and we never met a C. I. alone. However, the best informants were the either the contacts you developed in the neighborhood or volunteers who wanted to get even with someone. R.M.
5 2014-11-20 06:54:46
Re: Points? (7 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Basic)
Okay, I have a question. I published 3 chapters of Reaction time - Hostage on widest not realizing it was a general as it is. How do I change the publishing to Premium and groups only? I tried going through edit and it didn't work. R.M.
6 2014-11-19 17:09:28
Re: Might be a few publishing glitches (6 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Okay, I give. I have no clue what's going on. Apparently I posted the first three chapters of Reaction Time - Hostages on the internet so that no points are accumulated by reviewers. Worse yet, its apparently out on the web floating around. So, after flaying around for two days I thought I had found I could change the way it was posted. For this I was charged 20+ points. However, nothing changed! It's still out there and reviewers still can't get points for their reviews. So, how do I change the settings so that it can be reviewed on the site for points? R.M.
7 2014-11-19 16:36:19
Re: Might be a few publishing glitches (6 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Tell me about it! I still have no clue what's happened to the point system. I've been told by readers that they can and cannot review Reaction Time for points. Others have said there are two versions of the book out there, one for points and one not for points! Then, there seems to be some books restricted to specific groups. Unfortunately, I can't find an understandable explanation of the point system anywhere. R.M.
8 2014-11-15 18:59:49
Re: Welcome (30 replies, posted in Cop Shop)
For J. P. In the fifties the dog would have been quarantined and watched for two weeks, I think it was, since the treatment for rabies was two shots in the stomach which hurt like hell. The wound would have been treated as indicated above. BTW, Honey was known to the Egyptians as an antibiotic as well as the Romans and the Moors.
If you have any old police questions, I did twenty years in L. A., ten as a homicide lieutenant. However, things have changes since then, but I've stayed fairly current . I'm happy to help, but it may take a few days to get back to you.
