Mar 3rd, 2012 Dallas TX – Police are pushing for a second charge against Deion Sanders for a domestic dispute that occurred between himself and his estranged wife last month.
Police officials along with the Collin County District Attorney’s office are pushing for misdemeanor criminal mischief against the 44-year-old ex-football star.
Sanders told the police the following about the incident:
Pilar, and her friend Diana Boswell attacked him in the bedroom of the Prosper mansion that the divorcing couple still shares.
Originally, Pilar was arrested for suspicion of misdemeanor family assault. Upon further investigation charges for simple assault were waged against Sanders and Boswell.
The new charges against Sanders are apparently in connection with his attempt to destroy a cell phone with which Boswell had recorded the incident.
Peter Schulte, Pilar’s attorney said:
“We believe that he destroyed the property of another to conceal the evidence,”
He also added that the phone’s memory card was recovered and turned over to authorities for further investigation.
For those interested in pursuing police officer jobs, in this article we’ll take a closer look at police officer salary figures, as well as the job growth outlook for this career. It is always a great idea to figure out how much money you can make along with the future demand expected in regards to careers you are thinking about pursuing before actually pursuing those careers. This information can help you to decide if the career is “worth” pursuing and how long it could potentially take you to pay back students loans based on the pay you will be earning once you land a job.
Career Outlook
Employment for police officers and detectives combined is expected to grow around 7% between the years of 2010 to 2020. In comparison to all other jobs occupations across the Unites States this is roughly half of what is expected; as the total growth for all occupations across the United States is expected to be around 14%. Although demand for new officers remains high, tight budgets and budget cuts will mean less jobs; and therefore as a result there will be higher competition amongst those competing for these job openings.
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March 23, 2012 – John J. O’brien former probation commissioner along with two of his former top assistants have been indicted.
U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz said:
“This is a very serious matter,”
“We’ve just indicted three former state public officials who were supposed to be working on behalf of this Commonwealth and who were engaged in criminal activity.’’
O’brien and along with his assistants Elizabeth V. Tavares and William H. Burke III allegedly were giving jobs to allies of legislators along with friends in order to increase their budget and for other “perks”.
The indictment includes 26 examples of hiring decisions that were politically influenced. The 3 are accused of running a hiring process where thousands of people were hired that were not nearly qualified as they should have been, and had nearly no chance of landing the job if it weren’t for the scheme in place. O’brien was responsible for selecting the winning candidates for open job positions before the hiring process for the position had even begun.
According to the Boston Herald:
“In fact … O’Brien routinely selected the name or names of a ‘preferred’ candidate for each position from the sponsor lists and provided those names to the defendants Tavares and Burke and other members of the interview panels,”
“The trio then ensured the “sponsored” candidates received the highest score in the final round of interviews before falsifying the scoring sheets, according to prosecutors.”
It’s really unfortunate that there would have been plenty of candidates who worked hard to obtain the proper credentials yet had no chance of ever being hired during these phony job interviews.
Let us know how you feel about this incident, and what do you think would be a proper punishment for those involved?
March 3, 2012 – The state of Florida is trying to reel in expenses pertaining to their prison system to the tune of $79 million for this last quarter of their fiscal year. The need to cut budgets means that some offenders will be receiving less probation officer visits through June of this year. Only those under intensive supervised probation will be receiving their standard visits.
Offenders who are on parole for less serious offenses; like house arrest for example will be receiving bi-weekly visits instead of weekly visits. The state hopes to save around $400k in expensive by employing this new model for this last quarter of the year.
In response to many concerns the agency had the following to say:
Public safety is the first and primary consideration before any adjustments are made.
However, if a modification has been made, those probationers will continue to be monitored in other ways. Due to security, the department cannot discuss further specifics as it relates to our processes as we oversee and monitor probationers.
It seems the plan to save money could backfire if offenders on probation were to break their probation due to less supervision and end up in prison. Besides helping offenders become productive members of society once again; probation helps to relieve the financial burden of incarcerating all offenders.
February 14, 2012 Pennsylvania, PA – There was an article posted today in the The Times Leader where a county in Pennsylvania was found to have some of the lowest caseloads yet some of the highest paid probation officers in the entire state. This fact in itself made for an very interesting article; for the purposes of this article I thought the probation officer salary and caseload information was interesting.
For many who visit this website the information being looked for is more in regards to salary and caseload information because many are contemplating whether or not they would like to pursue a career in probation. With that being said let’s take a look at some of the data that was available in the article which I think many who are interested in pursuing this career may find interesting.
For starters probation officers in the adult division were earning an average salary of $53,544 per year; this number was the fourth highest for all counties in Pennsylvania (65 counties in total). For those working in juvenile probation, they were earning an average salary of $56,732 annually.
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What is a bailiff? In this career profile we will examine the bailiff job description which includes educational requirements, training, bailiff duties and responsibilities, along with the job’s salary information. Bailiffs are responsible for maintaining courtroom safety and order. Bailiffs are also known as court officer, marshals and are law enforcement officers. If this career interests you, then please read on as we will provide you with more information regarding this profession.
The duties of a bailiff vary depending on their location, but often include assisting judges, enforcing courtroom rules, delivering court documents, and protecting jury members from outside contact during trials. In general bailiffs provide courthouse security.
Bailiffs are also responsible for swearing in witnesses, and ensuring the courtroom is stocked with all necessary supplies, and items. Bailiffs are responsible for being the one in the courtroom who enforces court orders as well as exercises judicial mandates. Transportation of prisoners from the jail or penitentiary to the courthouse where the trial will be held the accused is also a task which the bailiff undertakes.
Bailiff Educational Requirements and Training
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You may be curious to know how posting bail works. You’ve probably seen plenty of movies and television programs where the judge announces “Bail to be set at $50,000”. The defendant appears to not really be sure of what is going on, and then looks at his attorney for some sort of explanation or advice. Then in the next scene you see the defendant walking free, awaiting his trial, and perhaps you’re thinking “where do people come up with that much money?” After all, how many people have $50,000 sitting in their bank account, how was he/she able to afford that?
How Bail Works
With this being said we can now take a closer look at how posting bail works and how people are able to come up with these large sums of money, so they can enjoy their freedom up until their scheduled trial date. Bail works in that the court holds the sum of money in question until the defendant shows up for his trial date and through the duration of the proceedings. The goal is to set the bail amount at a level which is high enough that the defendant will not leave the country, hide out, or not show up for court; or else forfeit this sum of money. Once the proceedings have been completed, the defendant is either found innocent, and let free, or found guilty and put in jail; at this point the defendant is no longer a “flight risk”, and therefore the bail money can be returned. “Flight risk” meaning the defendant may try to leave the country, or hide out in order to avoid showing up to court to be possibly found guilt and placed in jail.
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January 1, 2012 Frankfort, KY – Recently roughly 1,000 convicts in Kentucky were able to leave prison early due to a change in the state law. The Department of Corrections reported the cost to house a prisoner was roughly around $21k per year in the state of Kentucky. However, the cost to have a parole officer supervise someone on parole or probation only costs the state around $1,000 per year.
In addition to the savings that will be had from having released these offenders from jail it is still unknown what the savings will be in regards to the changed legislation which will put certain offenders on probation instead of being put in prison.
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January 1, 2012 – A park ranger was fatally shot at Mount Rainier National Park in the state of Washington following a traffic stop on New Year’s day. The national park was shutdown as dozens of authorities entered the park to search for the gunman over the rugged and snowy park terrain.
Ed Troyer who is the Pierce county sheriff said a 24 year old named Benjamin Colton Barnes was a “strong person of interest” in the shooting of Margaret Anderson the park ranger. A spokesperson for the park explained that Barnes is an Iraq war veteran. Troyer said park authorities found a vehicle which belonged to Barnes and it contained body armor and weapons.
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December 31, 2011 – In more and more counties across the United States probation officers are being asked to setup shop in local schools to help ensure those students on probation stay in school, and abide by the rules.
One of the newer counties in the Unites States to employ this model is that of DeKalb County in the state of Georgia. The program was implemented in 2010. Probation officers are often offered offices and also patrol the campus on foot.
In the case of schools in Dekalb, probation officers drop by and visit the school on average about 3 days a week. Roughly 15 probation officers participate, and monitor 386 students who have been placed on probation for offenses ranging from minor to more serious.
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