Skip to main content
Orange Peel Soap
$4.99
Oat & Cocoa Butter Soap
$5.99
Ginger Scented Soap
$4.99

*Promotions and stock may vary — click to view current listings.

Ballot Question I Have Been Considering

"under democratic systems of checks and balances, no one should be left to judge him- or herself. The wide-ranging powers and discretion of law enforcement officers and their vital position as gatekeepers of the criminal justice system make it imperative that members of the public have a means of redress if officers abuse their powers and seek protection from scrutiny behind the so-called blue wall of silence. As such, bringing an external, community-based perspective to the problem of law enforcement review will promote positive behavior, ensure greater accountability, and deter malpractice." Source

This is one of the main ideas I have had for a little over a year now and have considered creating a petition and getting signatures to have it placed onto one of the Massachusetts ballot questions.  The idea is to create a oversight committee for each County that deals with reviewing complaints of police officers and misconduct, similar to internal review.  The problem with IR is similar to that of the Catholic Church, it gets hidden and the offender gets moved to somewhere else.  Now with this proposal it will hold police to a tougher standard then a normal citizen.  I am unsure as of yet as to how to choose the Committee members, either make it a new elected position or make it a assignable position, and have the members be chosen from various areas within the Counties.  Feedback or suggestions for more ideas would be greatly appreciated.




Labels:

Comments

Brendan said…
Good luck with the petition
February 14, 2011 at 10:14 PM
eljiru! said…
This is interesting. I think I'll follow you. :)
March 20, 2011 at 9:12 AM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Best Breakdown of What Happened to HBGary

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/02/how-one-security-firm-tracked-anonymousand-paid-a-heavy-price.ars Many of the documents linked or screen captured in this article i have read prior to seeing them in this so i can vouch for the authenticity of them.  Also note that HBGary and Bank of America have tried to claim that some of the documents are faked you should take into account that the other two Firms have made official apologises.  Which guarantees that the data is not faked in a bit and it is just HBGary and Bank of America going into damage control, makes you wonder what are in those Wikileaks files that has Bank of America scared so shit less.
10 comments
Read more

Patriot Act Extended

Recently the Patriot Act has been extended, and some even asking to make it permanent.  As court cases have shown in the past that this act is entirely unconstitutional and pokes holes in 6 of the Bill of Rights.  But one thing that i did notice over the last few weeks is the Government advising everyone through the media that the US Terror Threat Level is at the highest it has been since 9/11.  Seems to me as this is some classic scare tactics to convince people that this extension of this unconstitutional act is for their own good.  I am sure later on it will be claimed that because it was extended it kept everyone safe, and i am not entirely sure that it has kept us safe for the almost past 10 years.  Seems that the recent statement by the FBI conducted searches of 40 individuals in its investigation of Anonymous's Internet sit-ins of corporate websites.  Many make the argument of "If you have nothing to hide then this doesn't hurt you".  But to m...
14 comments
Read more

MBArainrot: The Credential That Trains You to Speak PowerPoint

MBArainrot: The Credential That Trains You to Speak PowerPoint The MBA used to be marketed as a passport to greatness. Pay a six-figure tuition bill, endure two years of jargon seminars, and you too could join the ranks of “leaders of tomorrow.” What it actually delivers is MBArainrot , a kind of corporate brain infection where creativity dies, buzzwords multiply, and people convince themselves that slide decks are strategy. The Sacred Case Study The beating heart of the MBA is the case study, which is basically adult fanfiction for executives. Students sit around dissecting “what Jeff Bezos should have done in 1999,” as if they are one clever sentence away from unlocking the secret to Amazon. Spoiler: the secret was luck, timing, and ruthless logistics, not a color-coded SWOT chart. Frameworks for Everything, Solutions for Nothing MBAs love frameworks the way toddlers love Legos. Porter’s Five Forces, BCG matrices, Lean Six Sigma you name it, they’ll slap it on a problem until the pro...
Post a Comment
Read more