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    Luís Alberto Urrea uses the allegory of “desolation” in the book The Devils Highway, A True Story to illustrate life as well as death on the Devils Highway in the border region. The book accomplishes this through his usage of the word. The word “desolation” is defined as a state of complete emptiness or destruction. Often, the word does not appear, when this is the case, the illustration shifts to life. Morton W. Bloomfield described allegory by stating that it allows for the significance of a work

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    In The Distance Between Us, Reyna Grande describes of her life, how she came to this country with difficulties. Grande was young that it was really hard for her to understand the circumstances that were happening to her and her family. The relationship between the two passages is the different directions, but their purpose is similar. The purpose of the two passages explains the struggle of how a family from a different country is going to survive without any help. The first excerpt, ‘Mi Mama Mi

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    Patrol Officers are not assigned a case to try and solve. In most major cities police departments have enough personal to cover every aspect of a crime, however, the role of the patrol officer during investigations has increased. On page 23, in the book, under the patrol officer as an investigator, it mentions that the role of the patrol officer has been limited, however, as time continues that same role seem to increase. The role of the patrol officer has taken over some of the same responsibilities

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    Interview with Chief McDuffie Chief, McDuffie Cummings Jr is the Director of Police and Public Safety at UNC Pembroke McDuffie has worked with the UNCP Police Department for about 25 years. Chief McDuffie first started working for the UNCP police in 1992 and worked his way through the ranks to his current position as chief of police. Chief McDuffie has been the Chief of police at UNCP for approximately 9 years. Additionally, Chief McDuffie has had a role in homeland security since its inception

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    On November 4, 2016 I was fortunate enough to interview Sergeant Dave Vitera. He was born in Nebraska and has lived here in this state for all of his life. He has three children, two that are in college. Sergeant Vitera is an investigator for the Grand Island Police Department. He says that ever since he was a little kid he would always stand up for the underdog. He has always had a great sense from right and wrong. When he went to the University of Kearney at Nebraska he took criminal justice electives

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    by xenophobia and hardline immigration preferences. Distaste for illegals and desire for a return to solid borders rocketed now-President Donald Trump into the White House. European elections have also been heavily influence by the anti-immigration wave (Marine le Pen, for instance, campaigned on grounds similar to those of Trump in France, and did so successfully). In general, however,

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    because he is brave, and courageous. He also shows the traits of a hero, because he is strong and doesn’t give up. Finally, he shows the traits of a hero, because he overcame the obstacle of being stabbed, and losing his job. “Five years ago, Highway Patrol Officer Dane Norem was stabbed seven times while stopping a suicide on State Road 91 in Riverside” (Kelman). Even though he saw that the man had a knife he intervened, and stopped him from jumping. This alone should prove that Dane Norem is a brave

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    Field Operations Bureau 1800 Hour Shift Patrol - Company C (AUGUST) 2016 - Monthly Summary J.JIMENEZ /P409 COMPSTAT Activity How did we aggressively address the COMPSTAT crime patterns and persons of interest during the month? Activity Number Persons of Interest Contacted Persons of Interest Arrested Felony Narcotics Arrest Weapons Arrest Gang Members Arrested Gang Cards Fatality Reduction Strategy Violation Citations Red Light 0 Stop Sign 0 Speeding 6 Arrests Blood Warrants

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    Understandingly, patrol officers are usually more involved in the security of the crime scene than in collecting evidence from it. More often than not, this is left within the ambit of the investigative officers. Therefore, the suggestion by the author that they should be

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    Immigration policy and foreign policy are in many ways interlinked, as they are often used to meet goals in one another’s policy areas. Together, they are used to enhance the safety of our citizens, making this topic particularly important. Immigration is specifically linked to our foreign policy efforts with underdeveloped countries (Keely 1978). To fully understand one policy area, you must understand aspects of the other. Thus, one should consider these relationships when analyzing and evaluating

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