Open Source Software
The key to low cost applications for Officers
and Small Agencies
Depending on whom you talk to, open-source software is a welcome replacement for expensive commercial software or an out-of-control threat to information technology departments and data security. Some organizations embrace freely distributed programs with a near-religious zeal, but others avoid any code that lacks liability if a problem arises.
No wonder government chief information officers struggle to find open source’s proper niche in their IT operations.
Fortunately, as open-source technologies mature and gain mainstream acceptance, many prevailing but incorrect assumptions about their pros and cons are dissolving. And with those new insights come more effective policies for adopting open source and acquiring it with the same controls as commercial software. (Federal Computer Week 1/23/2008).
OpenOffice.org 2 contains all the office software you need, in one single package. You don't have to worry which version to install: one installation program provides everything. The installation also includes features which some expensive rivals do not - for example, the ability to create .pdf files when you want to guarantee what the recipient sees on their computer. There is also a growing range of extensions: additional features that any developer can provide. OpenOffice.org releases release software several times a year so you can take advantage of new features as quickly as possible.
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Calc - MS Excel type spreadsheet
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Draw - MS Visio type charting application
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
Friday, September 3, 2010
Teen Texts Mont. Sheriff to Buy Pot
HELENA, Mont. --
General rule of thumb: when looking to buy marijuana, don't text the sheriff. Authorities said a Helena teen sent out a text message last week in search of pot, but instead of contacting the drug dealer, he hit a wrong number and inadvertently sent the message to Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton.
The text read, "Hey Dawg, do you have a $20 I can buy right now?"
Dutton told the Helena Independent Record he initially thought it was a joke, but he quickly realized it was a real request for drugs. He responded to the text, and a detective pretending to be the dealer organized a meeting with the boy last Wednesday.
The detective spotted two teenage boys and a man at the arranged meeting spot and called the number three times to make sure he had the right person. Dutton said when the detective showed the teens his badge, their faces turned white and their knees began to wobble. One of the boys even fainted.
The man in the group turned out to be the father of one of the teens, and no citations were issued after the parents of both boys got involved.
"Trying to buy drugs is a crime, but it's probably worse that they had to face their parents," Dutton said.
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General rule of thumb: when looking to buy marijuana, don't text the sheriff. Authorities said a Helena teen sent out a text message last week in search of pot, but instead of contacting the drug dealer, he hit a wrong number and inadvertently sent the message to Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton.
The text read, "Hey Dawg, do you have a $20 I can buy right now?"
Dutton told the Helena Independent Record he initially thought it was a joke, but he quickly realized it was a real request for drugs. He responded to the text, and a detective pretending to be the dealer organized a meeting with the boy last Wednesday.
The detective spotted two teenage boys and a man at the arranged meeting spot and called the number three times to make sure he had the right person. Dutton said when the detective showed the teens his badge, their faces turned white and their knees began to wobble. One of the boys even fainted.
The man in the group turned out to be the father of one of the teens, and no citations were issued after the parents of both boys got involved.
"Trying to buy drugs is a crime, but it's probably worse that they had to face their parents," Dutton said.
We attempt to provide information from publically available sources for our users. For more free tools and information visit our website at http://www.cdpinfo.com/
Retired Wis. Cops Allowed to Carry Weapons
MILWAUKEE --
Retired Milwaukee police officers now have the right to carry a concealed weapon.
The Fire and Police Commission on Thursday night unanimously approved a plan for the Police Department to certify its retirees.
Any qualified citizen can get a permit to carry a concealed weapon in 48 states, so many retired police officers in Milwaukee believe they should be allowed to also.
"I'd like to be able to defend myself. Right now, I don't have that right. So, right now, the only people carrying guns right now are police officers and the criminals," retired Milwaukee police Sgt. Wray Young said.
Young said fellow retirees have been waiting for six years for this request from Milwaukee's police chief to be approved.
The Wisconsin Anti Violence Effort told 12 News "Based on the evidence, we don't think there are benefits. However, we recognize that retired police officers have a different level of training and accountability, and that brings us some comfort."
The officers would have to take a refresher firearms course, qualify on the range and pay a $100 annual fee.
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Retired Milwaukee police officers now have the right to carry a concealed weapon.
The Fire and Police Commission on Thursday night unanimously approved a plan for the Police Department to certify its retirees.
Any qualified citizen can get a permit to carry a concealed weapon in 48 states, so many retired police officers in Milwaukee believe they should be allowed to also.
"I'd like to be able to defend myself. Right now, I don't have that right. So, right now, the only people carrying guns right now are police officers and the criminals," retired Milwaukee police Sgt. Wray Young said.
Young said fellow retirees have been waiting for six years for this request from Milwaukee's police chief to be approved.
The Wisconsin Anti Violence Effort told 12 News "Based on the evidence, we don't think there are benefits. However, we recognize that retired police officers have a different level of training and accountability, and that brings us some comfort."
The officers would have to take a refresher firearms course, qualify on the range and pay a $100 annual fee.
We attempt to provide information from publically available sources for our users. For more free tools and information visit our website at http://www.cdpinfo.com/
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Latest and greatest social media site. They pay you to be a member
Calling all working the internet.
We read daily about how great you can do working Facebook and Myspace to promote your business, Well here's a new one to add to the list.
Fairly new with over 8000 plus users who log on several times a day.
Allow you to sell your product or provide your business information
Allow you to start user groups on any subject.
Plus they pay you to be a member....
Check it out, you'll be glad you did.
Charlie
cphelan@cdpinfo.com
We read daily about how great you can do working Facebook and Myspace to promote your business, Well here's a new one to add to the list.
Fairly new with over 8000 plus users who log on several times a day.
Allow you to sell your product or provide your business information
Allow you to start user groups on any subject.
Plus they pay you to be a member....
Check it out, you'll be glad you did.
Charlie
cphelan@cdpinfo.com
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Windows Live at work
This file created with Windows Live Writer
This is a test to check the usability of this program to create software for my customers.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Stimulus Check Promise Lures Florida Fugitives
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. --
Several dozen local fugitives were arrested when they showed up to the War Auditorium Memorial this week, thinking they were going to receive stimulus money.
The marquee outside the War Memorial Auditorium said that a group called the “South Florida Stimulus Coalition” was holding its two-day seminar on Wednesday and Thursday. But only a select few were invited to attend: those with outstanding arrest warrants.
Fort Lauderdale police sent a letter in the mail to several fugitives, saying they were chosen to receive $653 in stimulus money to help boost the economy. The letter had an official seal and came from the fictional "South Florida Stimulus Coalition." Police set up the phony organization to lure the suspects.
"These are individuals who are running away from the law, and it was done in a manner where they came to us freely," said Sgt. Frank Sousa of the Fort Lauderdale Police Department.
Local 10’s Roger Lohse went undercover himself and videotaped the police as they conducted their stimulus sting. One after one, the fugitives pulled in and two police officers in yellow shirts directed them into the parking lot. At the front door, the fugitives handed over their identification to an undercover officer. Not long after he led them inside, officers handcuffed them and shuttled them out the back door to a waiting police cruiser.
Lohse used a home video camera to shoot the arrests and he kept his distance so he wouldn’t blow the officers' cover.
One man was so excited to get his money he ran up to the front door of the auditorium, without realizing the officers on the other side were going to arrest him. A few minutes later, Lohse videotaped him coming out the back door in handcuffs.
Another man brought his whole family along to collect. Detectives had to tell a third man that his girlfriend would not be coming back outside.
More than 100 people responded to the letter and set up appointments to pick up their checks. Police made a total of 76 arrests over the two days of the operation.
Source Officer.Com
Several dozen local fugitives were arrested when they showed up to the War Auditorium Memorial this week, thinking they were going to receive stimulus money.
The marquee outside the War Memorial Auditorium said that a group called the “South Florida Stimulus Coalition” was holding its two-day seminar on Wednesday and Thursday. But only a select few were invited to attend: those with outstanding arrest warrants.
Fort Lauderdale police sent a letter in the mail to several fugitives, saying they were chosen to receive $653 in stimulus money to help boost the economy. The letter had an official seal and came from the fictional "South Florida Stimulus Coalition." Police set up the phony organization to lure the suspects.
"These are individuals who are running away from the law, and it was done in a manner where they came to us freely," said Sgt. Frank Sousa of the Fort Lauderdale Police Department.
Local 10’s Roger Lohse went undercover himself and videotaped the police as they conducted their stimulus sting. One after one, the fugitives pulled in and two police officers in yellow shirts directed them into the parking lot. At the front door, the fugitives handed over their identification to an undercover officer. Not long after he led them inside, officers handcuffed them and shuttled them out the back door to a waiting police cruiser.
Lohse used a home video camera to shoot the arrests and he kept his distance so he wouldn’t blow the officers' cover.
One man was so excited to get his money he ran up to the front door of the auditorium, without realizing the officers on the other side were going to arrest him. A few minutes later, Lohse videotaped him coming out the back door in handcuffs.
Another man brought his whole family along to collect. Detectives had to tell a third man that his girlfriend would not be coming back outside.
More than 100 people responded to the letter and set up appointments to pick up their checks. Police made a total of 76 arrests over the two days of the operation.
Source Officer.Com
Law Eliminates NYPD Stop-Frisk Database
NEW YORK --
Gov. David Paterson signed legislation Friday that eliminates a database of thousands of people stopped and frisked by New York City police without facing charges, calling the practice "not a policy for a democracy."
Paterson signed the law over vehement objections of New York City's mayor and police commissioner, who said the city was losing a key crime-fighting tool.
But the governor said the policy that targets criminals won't be affected by eliminating a database of people who were stopped, then released.
"This law does not in any way tamper with our stop-and-frisk policies," Paterson said. "What it does is it disallows the use of personal data of innocent people who have not done anything wrong. ... That is not a policy for a democracy."
Critics have said information from such stops, mainly of blacks and Latinos who are innocent, can lead to future police suspicion and surveillance. Police say the database helped to solve crimes, including anti-gay and anti-Hispanic bias attacks.
"Albany has robbed us of a great crime-fighting tool, one that saved lives," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said in a statement. "Without it, there will be, inevitably, killers and other criminals who won't be captured as quickly, or perhaps ever."
Paterson said he had met with Kelly and spoken to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but had not been persuaded that the database protects the city from crime.
"Civil justice, and I think common sense, would suggest that those who are questioned and not even accused of crimes be protected from any further stigma or suspicion," Paterson said.
He signed the bill at a press conference with the bill's sponsors and supporters including the city's public advocate, Bill de Blasio.
"Today's reform of the stop and frisk database reaffirms a basic value of this country. The government cannot keep tabs on people who have done nothing wrong," de Blasio said.
Donna Liberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, praised Paterson for signing the legislation.
"Innocent people stopped by the police for doing nothing more than going to school, work or the subway should not become permanent criminal suspects," said Liberman. "By signing this bill, the Paterson administration has put itself on the right side of history and leaves an important legacy in support of civil rights, civil liberties and common sense."
In his sponsor's memo, Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, D-Brooklyn, said that in 2009, the New York Police Department stopped 574,304 people, nearly 90 percent of them people of color, and nine out of 10 were released without any further legal action. Data show 2.5 million stops since 2005.
Sen. Eric Adams, a Brooklyn Democrat and former NYPD captain who sponsored the bill, said Friday the bill would protect innocent people from being targeted by police, especially minorities.
"Our fear is not to have our sons (be) victims of aggressive criminal behavior, but we also don't want our children to be victims of aggressive police behavior," Adams said.
The automated database, believed to be the only one in the country, grew out of a law requiring police to keep details such as age and race on anyone they stop, and it was envisioned as a way to safeguard civil rights.
The law, enacted in 2001, required the police department to turn information over to lawmakers every quarter. It was aimed at uncovering whether police were disproportionately stopping black and Hispanic men. But police also indefinitely hold on to addresses and names of people stopped - information not required by the law.
The bill, which takes effect immediately, would not prohibit police from entering into an electronic database generic identifiers, such as gender, race and location of the stop.
Source Officer.Com
Gov. David Paterson signed legislation Friday that eliminates a database of thousands of people stopped and frisked by New York City police without facing charges, calling the practice "not a policy for a democracy."
Paterson signed the law over vehement objections of New York City's mayor and police commissioner, who said the city was losing a key crime-fighting tool.
But the governor said the policy that targets criminals won't be affected by eliminating a database of people who were stopped, then released.
"This law does not in any way tamper with our stop-and-frisk policies," Paterson said. "What it does is it disallows the use of personal data of innocent people who have not done anything wrong. ... That is not a policy for a democracy."
Critics have said information from such stops, mainly of blacks and Latinos who are innocent, can lead to future police suspicion and surveillance. Police say the database helped to solve crimes, including anti-gay and anti-Hispanic bias attacks.
"Albany has robbed us of a great crime-fighting tool, one that saved lives," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said in a statement. "Without it, there will be, inevitably, killers and other criminals who won't be captured as quickly, or perhaps ever."
Paterson said he had met with Kelly and spoken to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but had not been persuaded that the database protects the city from crime.
"Civil justice, and I think common sense, would suggest that those who are questioned and not even accused of crimes be protected from any further stigma or suspicion," Paterson said.
He signed the bill at a press conference with the bill's sponsors and supporters including the city's public advocate, Bill de Blasio.
"Today's reform of the stop and frisk database reaffirms a basic value of this country. The government cannot keep tabs on people who have done nothing wrong," de Blasio said.
Donna Liberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, praised Paterson for signing the legislation.
"Innocent people stopped by the police for doing nothing more than going to school, work or the subway should not become permanent criminal suspects," said Liberman. "By signing this bill, the Paterson administration has put itself on the right side of history and leaves an important legacy in support of civil rights, civil liberties and common sense."
In his sponsor's memo, Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, D-Brooklyn, said that in 2009, the New York Police Department stopped 574,304 people, nearly 90 percent of them people of color, and nine out of 10 were released without any further legal action. Data show 2.5 million stops since 2005.
Sen. Eric Adams, a Brooklyn Democrat and former NYPD captain who sponsored the bill, said Friday the bill would protect innocent people from being targeted by police, especially minorities.
"Our fear is not to have our sons (be) victims of aggressive criminal behavior, but we also don't want our children to be victims of aggressive police behavior," Adams said.
The automated database, believed to be the only one in the country, grew out of a law requiring police to keep details such as age and race on anyone they stop, and it was envisioned as a way to safeguard civil rights.
The law, enacted in 2001, required the police department to turn information over to lawmakers every quarter. It was aimed at uncovering whether police were disproportionately stopping black and Hispanic men. But police also indefinitely hold on to addresses and names of people stopped - information not required by the law.
The bill, which takes effect immediately, would not prohibit police from entering into an electronic database generic identifiers, such as gender, race and location of the stop.
Source Officer.Com
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