California Highway Patrol

Blake Burton Comp II 11/16/2014 In 2002 alone, large state and local law enforcement agencies, those with 100 or more officers, received more than 26,000 citizen complaints about officers’ use of force. Among those complaints only eight percent had sufficient evidence of the allegation to justify disciplinary action against the subject officer (U.S. Department of Justice). These incidents occur frequently but what truly happens is never very clear. Witness reports don’t hold up with evidence, the

life. Soto, a Mexican-American man, grew up with a lot of negative experiences. His youth is expressed in his poems where he shares past struggles in hopes of ending racism. Gary Soto was born on the 12th of April, in 1952. He grew up in Fresno, California right across the street from a pickle factory. Unfortunately for Soto, “his parents were Mexican-American laborers, and his father was killed in an industrial accident when Soto was five” (Biography in Context). This tragedy, in combination with

from Burbank, California for testing. In order to do this, a box was built around the A-12 and put on a semi truck. The box was so big that the path in front of the truck had to be cleared. Trees and signs had to be removed so the truck would fit down the road. The state highway patrol had to escort the truck to Area 51. They highway patrolman were not told what was in the box but they were assured it was not weapons(“Area 51”). Once the convoy made it to Area 51, the highway patrol was released because

The Riverside County Sheriff Department hosted Coffee with a Cop, Wednesday, March 15 at the Albertsons Starbucks. Joined by Blythe’s local police department, California Highway Patrol and U.S. Dept. of Interim Bureau of Land Management, deputies and officers met with no agenda or written speech, but simply came out to reach the locals. Working together to help bridge the gap between residents’ feeling comfortable enough to approach officers, General Manager of Albertsons, Mel Culp and District

responsible for mainly enforcing the laws on highways outside of communities Take the California Highway Patrol these officers assist motorists, clear traffic scene, help aid in emergency situations, and also sometimes help aid local law enforcement agencies in apprehending suspects. State police officers are also responsible for crimes that do not fall under local jurisdiction of other agencies. Jurisdiction can be one road between two towns or in-between a major highway (Reid, 2014). State police are the

The Bridge Between Suicide and Life, a speech given by Kevin Briggs, draws the audience into Kevin’s impactful job of patrolling the southern end of the Golden Gate bridge from suicide attempts. Kevin Briggs is a California Highway Patrol officer who has stopped more than 200 people from jumping off the Golden Gate bridge. Kevin shares many emotional stories that vary from saving individuals who later go onto inspiring others, heart wrenching moments of his failures, and insightful knowledge of the

According to the most recent assessment done by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, based on random roadside checks, found that 16.3% of all drivers nationwide at night were on various legal and illegal impairing drugs, and half of them were high on marijuana. (( Haerens, Margaret, and Lynn M. Zott. Medical Marijuana. Detroit: Greenhaven, 2013. Print. )) Page 158 California the first state to legalize it in 1996, (("23 Legal Medical Marijuana States and DC

8, 2016, the usage of recreational marijuana in the state of California had officially become legal for use by adults over the age of 21. Although the Department of Justice under President Obama does not prosecute most individuals and businesses following state and local marijuana laws, both medical and recreational marijuana are technically illegal under federal law. Proposition 64 only made recreational marijuana legal in California state law. The reason for this is because there are both extensive

of crime rates than Caucasians. African Americans makes up thirteen percent of the countries total population; however they also make up thirty-one percent of all of the arrests. “... analysts say, [police] stop many more blacks and Hispanics on highways and on city streets then they do whites” (“Crime and Race”). Do the police target these minority races merely on race? Analysts not only believe the idea of racial profiling, they refute it. They consider the fact that these races commit more crimes

born in northern California in 1945. His father was a navy sailor during World War Two. Friends of his father described him as a very funny, comical man prior to his service. Once he returned he had changed personalities becoming solemn, and tense. Post-traumatic stress disorder was not diagnosable at that point in time. Looking back, my father believes he may have had PTSD. His mother was a stay at home mom until he was in his teens. She began working for the California Highway Patrol as a secretary