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I was working as a Systems Engineer for a major computer company (3-letter name) and our marketing team had sold a very expensive mainframe computer to an oil refinery. The “MIS Manager” at that plant was someone wholly unqualified for the job, lacking even basic computing skills, and with zero understanding of how computers work in the first place. A few weeks after the installation, I received a call from him, telling me their computer was broken, and that I had to get it fixed immediately. Repeated attempts to get him to tell me what was wrong got me nowhere, so I drove the 60 miles to the refinery to figure out what was wrong.Upon arriving at the plant, I was ushered into the General Manager’s office, where the MIS Manager actually accused us (the 3-letter major computer company) of intentionally sabotaging the performance of the computer so that he (the customer) would have to buy a larger computer to get the work done. I learned that the computer itself was fine, but one of their programs was taking roughly 14 hours to print out a shipping label. This did seem to be totally unacceptable performance, but his claims that the computer was broken were clearly bogus.Maintaining my professionalism, I asked if I could view the program in question – the one that printed the labels. He loudly proclaimed that the program could not possibly be the issue, because they had hired someone away from NASA to do the programming, and had paid him over $100,000 for the program. Therefore, the problem had to be the computer itself. Eventually, the GM ordered the MIS guy to give me a couple of hours access to the software, after which we would re-convene the meeting in the GM’s office to hear my assessment.The application was actually a good bit more involved than just printing labels. It was printing hazardous materials handling instructions (several pages long) for HazMat shipments originating from the plant. This involved various database lookups to obtain the ingredients, their chemical formulae, and finally the handling instructions each for those components. The application itself was written in a very high-level scripting language (REXX, for those of you who know what that is), which I found very surprising, since this type of application would typically be written in a compiled language of some kind, for performance reasons. Then, after looking at the code for only a few minutes, I realized the programmer who wrote it knew very little about programming in general, or about mainframe programming in particular. (I eventually learned that the “NASA contractor” was not actually a computer programmer when he worked there – he was actually a project manager.)After a half-hour reviewing the code, I spent the next 1.5 hours re-writing it, removing obvious performance bottlenecks, and then we tested it. My “quick hack” version took 90 seconds to print a label (vs 14 hours previously). At the follow-up meeting in the GM’s office, I explained what I had done, demonstrated the performance improvement, and stated that I was still extremely dissatisfied with the performance, but it would take more than a 2-hour quick and dirty re-write of the existing code to truly optimize it. The GM was blown away by the results, and was clearly looking at his MIS Manager in a new light.PS - After returning to our office, another gentleman and I re-wrote the application in PL/1 (a compiled language used by the customer’s IT group), and the time to print a label went to under 3 seconds. That’s the version I delivered back to them, with the explanation that a really good programmer could probably achieve even better performance, but this was the best I could do without charging them for the service. The GM was quite happy with the results, whereas the MIS Manager was still claiming that we had rigged the computer to perform poorly so they would have to upgrade to a bigger, more expensive model.By the way, the next time I visited the refinery, the GM introduced me to their new MIS Manager…

It happens, but not all that often. I work with professionals and executives who are rarely in any kind of trouble with the law, but it does happen from time to time. The failures that I run across are usually in the form of dishonesty when writing a resume — omitting a short-term job that didn’t work out, claiming a college degree that wasn’t earned, inflating accomplishments, or claiming someone else’s accomplishments as their own, or covering employment gaps with “consulting” work (OK, fine. Give me references from a few of your clients). It’s just way too easy to check these things, and there are lots of third-party reference checking firms that are really, really good at it.There have been a couple of times when someone who claimed to be a member of Mensa turned out not to have ever been a member at all. It was pretty easy to check since all I have to do is check the member directory, then ask the person to explain why he wasn’t listed there. One even tried to tell me that he “was asked to join” (no, Mensa doesn’t do that), and he “turned them down”.Criminal records, and even driving records, are also sometimes important. One of the strangest was a candidate who was about to be offered a six-figure position that would include a lot of travel and would require the use of a company vehicle. He didn’t think it was important to mention losing his driver’s license due to several DUIs. An he also didn’t think it was important to tell me that his “current” job had ended with his firing several months earlier due to — you guessed it — being involved in a serious accident driving a company vehicle while intoxicated, driving without a license, and leaving the scene of an accident. Sorry. No offer for you.Now and then we see a credit check derail a promising candidate. Whenever access to company funds is a part of the job, it’s important to not have a lot of charge-offs and court judgements on your record. Some otherwise really good candidates have been shot down over just that kind of thing.When it comes to background checks, just remember that honesty is the best policy. Employers can sometimes forgive a mistake or two, but they won’t forgive you trying to lie. If you’re not honest with them from the start, how can they ever trust you on the job?

This is going to vary by state. Florida, for instance, has one of the nation's toughest public records laws. FS 119 and the state's constitution presume everything is public record unless a statutory exception exists. A demand for production of police records is made to the custodian of those records, defined as anyone in possession. An exception can be claimed for an "open" case. Police, however, can be required to demonstrate the existence of "an ongoing investigation which is continuing with a reasonable, good faith anticipation of securing an arrest or prosecution in the foreseeable future." Section 119.011(3)(d)2. Referencing Rick Bruno's answer, in Florida there are no "requests" for public records. They are demands for production. And if a cop happens to have that record in his desk drawer, it's mine. No written form is required. Demands may be made verbally, and most often are. Police may not ask your name or question your purpose  for demanding the record. It's fair to say cops aren't all that fond of the law as contained in FS 119. But that's what it is. The law. Under Florida's statutory definition of "ongoing investigation," police would likely have a difficult time convincing a judge that "a reasonable, good faith anticipation of securing an arrest or prosecution in the foreseeable future" suddenly exists in a murder case that has otherwise languished for five years. Which doesn't mean they won't try. Before making your demand for production, research your state's open records laws. Know where you stand, what the law requires and allows, and all available remedies.

One thing that shocked me when I attended an Ivy League school is the tolerance and encouragement for faculty plagiarism.Before I attended Ivy League graduate school, I believed that higher values of morality existed in the Ivory Towers. I believed that the most brilliant minds knew and acted to preserve what is good, right and true. I know better, now.I attended Yale University Graduate School from 1990–1993. I was shocked that my advisor, Hazel Carby, was allowed to send an unauthorized copy of my original scholarship to her friend at UCLA. The friend actually performed my work at the same conference I did in front of witnesses.The UCLA professor planned to do my work for her Yale Faculty Job Talk, too. A job talk is required for an application to teach at the university. She had to change her talk at the last minute because I had filed a report with an Assistant Dean of the Yale Graduate School, whose name I’ve forgotten, my other advisor, Robert Stepto, and my program Chairman, Gerald Jaynes.After that, I wrote an elaborate Fellowship Application to Harvard University. I didn’t know that Hazel Carby and Henry Louis Gates were friends.He stole my fellowship application ideas and gave them to a Motown family connection, Brent Edwards, currently plagiarizing at Columbia University.By the time Brent got in to Harvard to start working on my Fellowship book outline, I got in Complit at UMass, and out of the Ivy League grapevine. I was determined to keep trying, although I had been blackballed.Since I came in to UMass knowing exactly what I was doing, I had already ordered the one single solitary copy of microfiche in the United States with newspapers published by in France by African Diaspora journalists from the period between WW I and WW II.I was struggling to translate the newspapers without Harvard translators when a request from the now closed Central Repository Library in Illinois that had lent me the only copy of the microfiche sent me a demand to return it because another person wanted it.I was the first person in history to ever ask for that research material. Now, there’s a rush on it?Respecting the gift of a library to society, after talking to library representatives, I sent back the microfiche along with 50.00 USD and my written request for duplication of the material.Months later, they reported the microfiche was missing! They hadn’t had a chance to duplicate it before it went missing!It remained missing for six years or so, until the summer before Brent Edwards released his book using my outline and research materials as his guide.Before I attended an Ivy League School, I thought plagiarism was something for poor students doomed to lives as failures. Before I attended an Ivy League School, I had job prospects and a fine reputation, now, not so much.

As asked of me specifically;The others are right, you will likely need a lawyer. But to answer your question, there is a response form to respond to a restraining order or order of protection. Worst case the form is available at the courthouse where your hearing is set to be heard in, typically at the appropriate clerk's window, which may vary, so ask any of the clerk's when you get there.You only have so many days to respond, and it will specify in the paperwork.You will also have to appear in court on the date your hearing is scheduled.Most courts have a department that will help you respond to forms at no cost. I figure you are asking because you can't afford an attorney which is completely understandable.The problem is that if you aren't represented and the other person is successful in getting a temporary restraining order made permanent in the hearing you will not be allowed at any of the places the petitioner goes, without risking arrest.I hope this helps.Not given as legal advice-

It’s great that you asked. The answer is NO. Also, whatever you are doing with this person, STOP!Bloody hell, how many of these “I need your money to see you sweetheart” scammers are there? It’s probably that or someone totally misunderstood something.All military paperwork is free! However, whether their commander or other sort of boss will let them return or not depends on the nature of duty, deployment terms, and other conditions. They can’t just leave on a whim, that would be desertion and it’s (sorry I don’t know how it works in America) probably punishable by firing (as in termination of job) or FIRING (as in execution)!!!Soldiers are generally paid enough to fly commercial back to home country.Do not give these people any money or any contact information! If you pay him, you’ll probably get a receipt from Nigeria and nothing else.

Let me guess, you've been contacted via email by somebody you’ve never met. they've told you a story about being a deployed soldier. At some stage in the dialogue they’ve told you about some kind of emotional drama, sick relative/kid etc. They tell you that because they are in a dangerous part of the world with no facilities they need you to fill in a leave application for them. Some part of this process will inevitably involve you having to pay some money on their behalf. The money will need to be paid via ‘Western Union’. Since you havent had much involvement with the military in the past you dont understand and are tempted to help out this poor soldier. they promise to pay you back once they get back from war.if this sounds familiar you are being scammed. There is no soldier just an online criminal trying to steal your money. If you send any money via Western Union it is gone, straight into the pockets of the scammer. you cant get it back, it is not traceable, this is why scammers love Western Union. They aernt going to pay you back, once they have your money you will only hear from them again if they think they can double down and squeeze more money out of you.Leave applications need to be completed by soldiers themselves. They are normally approved by their unit chain of command. If there is a problem the soldier’s commander will summon them internally to resolve the issue. This is all part of the fun of being a unit commander!! If the leave is not urgent they will wait for a convenient time during a rotation etc to work out the problems, if the leave is urgent (dying parent/spouse/kid etc) they will literally get that soldier out of an operational area ASAP. Operational requirements come first but it would need to be something unthinkable to prevent the Army giving immediate emergency leave to somebody to visit their dying kid in hospital etc.The process used by the scammers is known as ‘Advance fee fraud’ and if you want to read about the funny things people do to scam the scammers have a read over on The largest scambaiting community on the planet!

The time limit for a police investigation is two years for misdemeanors and typically five years on felonies.

The investigative process is a progression of activities or steps moving from evidence gathering tasks, to information analysis, to theory development and validation, to forming reasonable ground to believe, and finally to the arrest and charge of a suspect.

The criminal investigation process aims to gather evidence lawfully, justly and in accordance with the rights of victims, the accused, and society. It involves powers of police to detain suspects, interrogate and to search and seize property, through the appropriate use of warrants and other legal means.

Police Investigations: Law Enforcement Observations Police officers are trained to observe and notice details. They will note the position of weapons, blood stains, clothing, weather and any other detail that might explain the crime or the criminal behavior.

Keep a purpose in mind. ... Collect the information regarding the investigation. ... Arrange the information into different sections. ... Mind the tone and language. ... Consider the length. ... Keep it simple. ... State accurate facts. ... Stick to the point.