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Inside this issue: President’s message Malware/Spyware Safety 1 2 March’s meeting Editor’s Rambling Our Daily Bread 2 3, 4 5 WWW Resources Funnies & Facts AAPE Annual Seminar Info 5 5, 6 7 Ammunition Safety Corporate member ads 8 9 Preservation of Evidence 10 AAPE merchandise 11 Calendar, Tid-Bits Details... Association Page 12 13 14 Promoting Professionalism in Evidence Management since 1992 LOCK & KEY SPRING EDITION 2014 Presidents message Hello all, I hope everyone is doing well. I have been struggling with a topic for this column. This is generally not a problem for me, as I usually have something to say. I guess Ill just share some of my recent thoughts. Valentines Day has just passed as I am writing this and Valentines is the day we celebrate the loved ones in our lives. My wife is out of town helping care for her mother who took a fall and broke her arm. My wife was surprised to learn how far her mothers mental state has slipped. My mother-in-laws doctor seems to feel that her decline in mental clarity came from a combina- tion of factors that include an emotional trauma many years ago and choles- terol build-up in her blood vessels. It is amazing to me that everyday issues like these can affect the quality of our later years. This has led me to think about how we treat our loved ones and ourselves. We are all busy in our lives and I suspect everyone has the same problems I do; taking care of ourselves and finding the time to show our families and friends that we care. One of my New Years resolutions is to reconnect with friends, since I have put those relationships on the back burner for the last few years due to return- ing to school. Some of these friends are considering early retirement and I decided to start gathering the information I need to make a decision about this for myself. There are a lot of things I would like to accomplish while I am still able and the combination of my mother-in-laws health, the friends who have passed in the last couple of years, and the thought of retirement have me thinking about my future. I dont want to start a new career at this point in my life and in this economy, so if I dont decide to retire, I guess I will have to tough it out. There are some interesting rumors making their rounds. These include the possibility of the National Institute of Standards and Technology wanting to update the guidelines for Forensic Science Labs in addition to their recent work on DNA preservation (http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.7928), finger- printing (http://www.nist.gov/customcf/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=910745), and forensic science (http://www.nist.gov/forensics/osacplan.cfm). These along with the FBIs interest in rapid DNA testing (http://wwwhttp:// www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/instant-dna-analysis-coming-soon/) and the Massachusetts State Police Lab storing DNA profiles that are not allowed in the database (http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/state-hits-crime- lab-on-dna-cache/) show there is still much to learn about our field. If the federal government gets more involved in evidence submission and storage, how will that affect us? I hope to see you at the March meeting in Maricopa. Bob [email protected]

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Inside this issue: President’s message

Malware/Spyware Safety

1

2

March’s meeting

Editor’s Rambling

Our Daily Bread

2

3, 4

5

WWW Resources

Funnies & Facts

AAPE Annual Seminar Info

5

5, 6

7

Ammunition Safety

Corporate member ads

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9

Preservation of Evidence 10

AAPE merchandise 11

Calendar, Tid-Bits

Details...

Association Page

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Promoting Professional i sm in Ev idence Management s ince 1992

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President’s message Hello all, I hope everyone is doing well. I have been struggling with a topic for this column. This is generally not a problem for me, as I usually have something to say. I guess I’ll just share some of my recent thoughts. Valentine’s Day has just passed as I am writing this and Valentine’s is the day we celebrate the loved ones in our lives. My wife is out of town helping care for her mother who took a fall and broke her arm. My wife was surprised to learn how far her mother’s mental state has slipped. My mother-in-law’s doctor seems to feel that her decline in mental clarity came from a combina-tion of factors that include an emotional trauma many years ago and choles-terol build-up in her blood vessels. It is amazing to me that everyday issues like these can affect the quality of our later years. This has led me to think about how we treat our loved ones and ourselves. We are all busy in our lives and I suspect everyone has the same problems I do; taking care of ourselves and finding the time to show our families and friends that we care. One of my New Year’s resolutions is to reconnect with friends, since I have put those relationships on the back burner for the last few years due to return-ing to school. Some of these friends are considering early retirement and I decided to start gathering the information I need to make a decision about this for myself. There are a lot of things I would like to accomplish while I am still able and the combination of my mother-in-law’s health, the friends who have passed in the last couple of years, and the thought of retirement have me thinking about my future. I don’t want to start a new career at this point in my life and in this economy, so if I don’t decide to retire, I guess I will have to tough it out. There are some interesting rumors making their rounds. These include the possibility of the National Institute of Standards and Technology wanting to update the guidelines for Forensic Science Labs in addition to their recent work on DNA preservation (http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.7928), finger-printing (http://www.nist.gov/customcf/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=910745), and forensic science (http://www.nist.gov/forensics/osacplan.cfm). These along with the FBI’s interest in rapid DNA testing (http://wwwhttp://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/instant-dna-analysis-coming-soon/) and the Massachusetts State Police Lab storing DNA profiles that are not allowed in the database (http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/state-hits-crime-lab-on-dna-cache/) show there is still much to learn about our field. If the federal government gets more involved in evidence submission and storage, how will that affect us? I hope to see you at the March meeting in Maricopa.

Bob [email protected]

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Fake funeral notice can be deadly — for your computer

February 12, 2014

by Colleen Tressler

Consumer Education Specialist

Scam artists are forever trying to trick people into clicking on links

that will download malware to their computers. But the latest scam

takes the tricks to a new low. Scammers are sending bogus emails

with the subject line "funeral notification." The message appears to

be from a legitimate funeral home, offers condolences, and invites

you to click on a link for more information about the upcoming

"celebration of your friend’s life service." But instead of sending you

to the funeral home's website, the link sends you to a foreign domain

where the scammers download malware to your computer.

Malware, short for “malicious software," includes viruses and spy-

ware that get installed on your computer without your consent. These

programs can cause your device to crash and can be used to monitor

and control your online activity. Criminals use malware to steal per-

sonal information, send spam, and commit fraud.

If you get an email about a friend or loved one’s passing, the Federal

Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, says hit

Delete. Don’t click on the link. You may then want to contact the fu-

neral home or family directly to verify the information.

To reduce your risk of downloading unwanted malware and spyware:

Keep your security software updated.

Don't click on any links or open any attachments in emails

unless you know who sent it and what it is.

Download and install software only from websites you know

and trust.

Make sure your browser security setting is high enough to

detect unauthorized downloads.

Use a pop-up blocker and don't click on any links within pop-

ups.

Resist buying software in response to unexpected pop-up

messages or emails, especially ads that claim to have scanned your

computer and detected malware. That's a tactic scammers use to

spread malware.

Back up your data regularly.

For more information on this and other computer inquires please

visit:

www.onguardonline.gov

Thanks to Bob Reddington (Avondale PD) for this article.

The Spring quarterly meeting will be held at:

MARICOPA CITY HALL

45747 W. Madison Ave, Maricopa AZ 85138

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

A "Liberal Paradise" would be a place where everybody has guaranteed

employment, free comprehensive healthcare, free education, free food, free

housing, free clothing, free utilities, and only Law Enforcement has guns.

Believe it or not, such a place does indeed ex-ist; …… It's called

prison.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Maricopa County Sheriff's Office

Phoenix, Arizona

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EDITOR’S RAMBLINGS January 30, 2014

I recently attended a NIBIN’s meeting at the Phoenix PD Crime Lab the other day. (NIBIN is the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network.) During this meeting it was brought to my attention the im-portance in the collection of shell casings from a crime scene and having those scene casings entered into the database within a timely manner. I wanted to inform you, as Property Technicians, that when shell casings from a scene are impounded that we notify the individual in charge of NIBIN entries in your Department. They may or may not know of re-cent activities involving this type of property being impounded. Whether it is “found” or “evidence” in na-ture they should take the time to look into the case and other calls for service within the last 24 – 48 hours. During the meeting a case was discussed involving a MCSO Deputy who was shot and killed in the driveway of his home. Phoenix Police Department with their quick action and teamwork were able to process the scene and the evidence in a short period of time. The Crime Lab personnel were not only able to find DNA** on one of the shell casings, allowing them to develop a partial profile from that DNA, but they were also able to obtain a “hit” in NIBIN that connected that particular casing to another case. That “hit” caused for further investigation which lead the Detectives to a suspect. Buccal swabs were taken from that suspect and were compared to the partial profile which resulted in an arrest. I hope that your NIBIN representative is diligent in their entries of scene casings as well as the test firing of seized firearms that meet the requirements. Agencies that are productive and maintain this diligence will be able to correlate their entries with that of others. Success stories like this and others are the results of team members working hard to bring justice to their City.

**An interesting side note here as well. It has been said time and time again that shell casings do not pro-duce any latent prints or DNA. With that being said the shell casings that were collected from the above case had DNA, unfortunately it was very little and did not meet CODIS eligibility. Questions that were asked: Did the shell casing hit the suspect? Did the suspect “shed” more DNA than other individuals? or Did the lab just get lucky? Tests were conducted at the Phoenix Crime Lab with some fascinating results. The experiment was de-signed to determine if there is the ability to obtain DNA profiles from fired casings. Variables were taken into consideration as well. These variables were: The amount of time passed until the collection of DNA, Whether or not latent print processing was conducted beforehand, casing verses a live round, the types of metals and calibers, and finally the amount of casings that were collect. Two shooters were placed in a controlled environment. Using factory sealed ammunition only the shooters handled the ammunition. Various types of ammunition were fired and collected and during this process was examined at different time intervals (casings were processed for DNA immediately, another set after two hours, then another set after four hours, and finally another after eighteen hours).

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The samples were processed through typical DNA testing, some with latent print processing while others without. Once the experiment was completed it was found that DNA can be retrieved from shell casings. “-The sensitivity of DNA testing has increased and we have been able to retrieve low-levels of DNA from fired casings. However the DNA results from the study indicate that while levels of DNA are being observed, they are not interpretable nor do they yield a profile in many cases. This means casings will still be evaluat-ed on a case by case basis by the case evaluation team as to their analysis with a focus on best evidence. If the casings are the best evidence or there is very little other evidence in a case, we will process the casings for prints and DNA. -Based on the sensitivity study conducted, there seems to be greater results collected in terms of DNA from casings when they are first latent print processed. Therefore all casings should be latent print processed prior to DNA collection. Please do not have Crime Scene Response personnel swab the casings at the scene. - All types of calibers and various metal rounds were used in the sensitivity study. We were able to get some DNA results from all the various types of casings. When submitting casings to be processed, do not worry about the types of metals or calibers being a factor. -In light of these results, casings will be examined again in the future as our DNA technology changes and perhaps may allow us to retrieve more DNA results. -If a case agent every has any questions, needs more information, or would like to speak with someone in regards to casings and its relation to a case please contact the crime lab DNA supervisor, Kelley Merwin at 602-262-6197.” – Debra Richards, Forensic Scientist: City of Phoenix Crime Laboratory Jason M. El Mirage P.D. If you have a topic that you would like to have discussed or have articles you would like to submit, please send to:

[email protected]

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HB2371 AAPE Sponsored bill on unclaimed property: http://www.azleg.gov/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=2371&Session_Id=107 Department of Health Services comments on medical marijuana: http://www.azdhs.gov/prop203/ Find your state legislator, or what district you live in: www.azleg.gov And click on “How do I Find My Legislators”. Find Arizona Revised Statutes at : http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ArizonaRevisedStatutes.asp Find City Municipal Codes at : www.municode.com/library/clientlisting.aspx?stateid=3 Find the Arizona Association for Property & Evidence at: http://208.106.133.174/ Find the International Association of Property & Evidence at: http://www.iape.org Find the Arizona State Retirement System at: www.azasrs.gov Find the Arizona Public Safety Retirement System at: http://www.psprs.com/ Arizona Emergency Information Network http://www.azein.gov/azein/default.aspx What else would you like to see here? E-mail me at [email protected] Jason M.

Asian Spice Rub for Fish or Chicken: Mix together: 1/4 cup each ground ginger, ground white pepper, and anise seeds. Add 2 tablespoons each red pepper flakes, ground cinnamon, and ground cloves. - Chris Schlesinger & John Willoughby, License to Grill

Barbeque Chicken Burgers: 2 to 2-1/2 cups shredded cooked chicken 1 1/2 cups barbeque sauce 1/2 tablespoon chili powder 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1 tablespoon honey mustard (or 1 table-spoon mustard plus 1/4 teaspoon honey) 1 1/2 cups shredded coleslaw mix 4 small whole-wheat sandwich buns Lettuce, pickles, onions (optional) 1. Combine chicken, barbeque sauce, chili

powder, Worcestershire sauce and honey mustard in a microwave-safe bowl. Mi-crowave on high for 5 minutes. Stir in the coleslaw mix.

2. Top the bun with equal portions of chicken mixture, add lettuce, pickles and onions, if desired.

Cookie Crazy: The Oreo, that fa-mous sandwich-style cookie, has been around for over 60 years. The largest markets for the cookie are The United States, China, Venezuela, and Canada, in that order.

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Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha

Life is too short for a half-rack.

- Mike Mills

Food plus fire equals good.

- Bobby Flay

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Fortune Cookie Sayings: When you look down, all you see is dirt, so keep

looking up.

Patton On Leadership: #9. Determination— Patton ordered that the Third Army would continue its advance across France during August—September 1945, no

matter what. When the tanks started running out of gas, one tank would drain the fuel from the rest in its platoon, and when that tank ran out of gas, the crew was to get out and walk. A large part of leadership is stubborn determination, a certain single-mindedness. If you want progress, you must rule out all the excuses that impede progress. Patton focused on advancing across Europe and would accept no excuse for hesitation or delay. Based on the best-selling book by Alan Axelrod: Patton on Leadership: Strategic Lessons For Corporate Warfare

Arizona State Flag Meaning:

The five pointed copper star represents cop-per industry. The rays of the sun symbolize Arizona as a western state. There are 13 red and gold rays that represent the original 13 colonies. The red and gold colors represent

the Spanish influence of Coronado. The state colors of red and blue are also included in the

flag which was adopted in 1917.

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ARIZONA ASSOCIATION FOR PROPERTY & EVIDENCE

21ST

ANNUAL SEMINAR

Two day Property and Evidence Training Seminar June 12th & 13th, 2014

Prescott Resort and Conference Center 1500 East Highway 69

Prescott, Arizona 86302

Instruction on: Keeping Yourself Safe Collecting and Releasing Evidence : Det. Doug Lynch - Surprise PD

Evidence & Cadaver Detection & Water Recovery Evidence and Storage: Southwest Rescue Dogs Inc. Tracy Kranz Marana PD

The Trial: Jodi Arias Det. Steve Flores Mesa PD

Digital Photographing & Storage: Crime Scene Specialist Phoenix PD Group Discussion on New and Changed Arizona Laws: How do they affect us and how are we handling them.

Seminar Cost

$150 AAPE Members $200 Non-Members

Also includes: Lunch on Thursday Daily Door Prizes Vendor Displays

Rooms are available at the Prescott Resort at a special $60/night rate, if made by May 11th , 2014. . When calling for reservations, let them know

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Huston - A bizarre mishap in the basement of the Harris County Criminal Justice Center Friday morning yielded a minor injury to a Harris County deputy. “a deputy was transferring an evidence bag. It dropped. A bullet in the bag exploded. I won’t say fired, be-cause it didn’t come from a gun. It just exploded. It grazed the deputy,” Alan Bernstein, Director of Public Affairs for the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, said. The slight ankle wound was treated on the spot. “ It can happen; something like this isn’t common, no, but it can happen,” Alfredo Perez, a U.S. Deputy Marshal, said. A very similar incident happened in Sacramento, California, in Aug. 2010. An evidence clerk was slightly injured in similar circumstances. Bernstein did not believe the exploded round, a piece of evidence, would alter the course of any pending criminal cases. - http://www.click2houston.com/news/deputy-drops-evidence-bag-gets-hit-by-bullet-after-it-explodes/-/1735978/23987616/-/fw4emi/-/index.html?utm_source=01%2F22%

2F14+IAPE+Monthly+Newsletter+January+2014&utm_campaign=Jan+Newsletter&utm_medium=email

Small Arms Facts and Safe Handling

Stocks of small arms ammunition will NOT mass explode. That is to say, if one cartridge or shotshell in a carton or case is caused to fire, it will not cause other adja-cent cartridges or shotshells or their packages to explode sympathetically or in a simultaneous manner. Small arms ammunition is not a super-sensitive item. Packages of ammunition may be dropped from any height which the packages will physically withstand, and cartriges or shotshells therein will not fire due to the shock so long as it is in it’s original packaging. Small arms ammunition, if discharged in the open without the support provided by a firearm’s chamber

or other close confinement, discharges inefficiently. The flights—more accurately “movement”- of projectiles or debris particles from such incidents are ex-tremely limited in velocity, range and energy. Small ammunition shall be stored separately from any flammable liquid, solid and oxidizing material. Improper or incorrect ammunition can destroy a gun and can cause serious personal injury.

S.A.A.M.I. Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufactures' Institute, Inc.

Even though we as Property Technicians can’t have ammunition brought to us in it’s original packaging we can still be mindful of its storage and how we go about handling those items. As with any piece of evidence we must use caution in how we handle any item that comes our way. Review your policy and procedures for the safe practice in handling and storage of ammunition. Remind Officers to wear gloves at the scene when collecting shell casings - one may never know when DNA may be present. Store ammunition in a cool dry facility. As always don’t be complacent in your duties. We may get in a rut doing the same things over and over again but it only takes that one time to ruin your day.

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Preservation of evidence; an example of why we spend so much, to store so much, for so long.

State v. Glissendorf, Sept. 20, 1013, AZ Court of Appeals In 2001, Olivia (then age 7) reported to police that Glissendorf had molested her when she was 5 years old. Her interview with a police officer and a CPS worker was video recorded. Given that the evidence consisted of “a single victim case with no corroboration,” prosecution was declined and the police closed the case. The recording of the interview was destroyed within the year, pursuant to agency policy at the time. In August of 2011, Glissendorf was charged with two counts of child molestation, based on acts committed against two victims. Count one arose from Olivia’s original complaint of molestation between 1997 and 1999; count two alleged he had molested Tomora, then 6 years old at some time between 2009 and 2010. Glissendorf complained about the intentional destruction of the video recording of the victim’s initial conversation with the police and CPS. The victim’s testimony at trial varied significantly from the only written police report, which was six sentences long. Glissendorf argued that the State’s intentional destruction of the one hour, thirty- minute video recording of the interview severely hampered his ability to effectively cross-examine the victim. With regard to the destroyed recording, Glissendorf sought a jury instruction, known in the law as a Willits instruction, that would have advised the jury: If you find that the State has lost, destroyed, or failed to preserve evidence whose contents or quality are important to the issues in this case, then you should weigh the explanation, if any, given for the loss or unavailability of the evidence. If you find that any such explanation is inadequate, then you may draw an inference unfavorable to the State, which in itself may create a reasonable doubt as to the defendant’s guilt. The trial court refused to give this instruction to the jury. Glissendorf was convicted on both counts and sentenced to thirty-four years in prison. The Court of Appeals reversed the conviction on Count one, holding that Glissendorf was entitled to the jury instruction, given that the police had intentionally destroyed the video recording. Obviously, such an instruction to a jury can have a very negative effect on a jury’s ruling in a case. This case is a good example of why we need to gather all evidence in sexual misconduct cases and to preserve that evidence until no further prosecution is possible. Questions regarding this update may be directed to Eric Edwards at:

Edwards & Ginn, P.C. Serving Arizona Law Enforcement November 2013

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Did You Know?

March was named for the Roman God “Mars”

Over 34 million Americans are of Irish descent.

That’s almost nine times the population of Ireland

Saint Patrick’s day is held in honor of Saint Patrick,

the missionary who brought Christianity to the Irish

people in the 400’s AD.

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Important Dates

March 7th— Employee Appreciation Day March 12th—Girl Scouts Day

March 14th—National Potato Chip Day March 17th – Saint Patrick’s Day

March 20th—International Earth Day

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Best Advice: Every Day is Important,

Every Detail Matters.

This post is part of a series in which LinkedIn Influencers

share the best advice they've ever received. (Read all the

posts at https://www.linkedin.com/channels/best_advice?trk=prod-inf

-bestadvice-0225-cutline).

The best advice I ever received was from a guy who came

at me with scissors and cut off my tie. No, the guy was not

crazy and no, it was not because it was business casual

day. My tie had a stain on it. As he chopped away at my

$70.00 tie, he announced, “Stains do not come out of silk

ties and people notice stains on ties. This tie should be

thrown away but I am cutting it off to ensure you don’t

sneak around and wear it again.” I went out and bought a

new tie.

The cutter in question was Wilford Butler, my first boss,

and he was always full of advice and the tie incident was

only a metaphor for the best advice ever given to me. The

advice in the tie cutting exercise is two-fold as he would

explain.

1) Every day is important. Or, no day is so UNimportant

that one should consider wearing a tie covered with a glop

of salad dressing. Wilford would paraphrase CoCo Cha-

nel, proclaiming, “Today could be your date with destiny

– you need to look your best”. He had an entire drawer of

“half ties”.

Part of the message was about looking good, but the main

advice was about making every day count. About seizing

opportunities because those opportunities may not come

around again. About showing others that you care by al-

ways being at your best. About being ready for what the

world has to offer. And most importantly about not being

lazy about life.

Which leads to the second part of the one half tie lesson…

2) Every little detail matters. Or, others notice if you wear

a tie with a stain on it. Repeat, others notice. We some-

times fool ourselves into thinking that we can get away

with slices of easy choices. We cannot get away with little

factors that dictate success or not. Details can seem

like small choices we make that are insignificant,

but they matter. To name a few:

· Will anyone notice that typo on page 34? Yes.

· Will anyone notice that the numbers don’t

exactly match? Yes.

· Will anyone notice if I am always late? Even if

it is only a few minutes? Yes.

· Does it matter if I take credit when it is not

due? Even only a little credit? Yes.

· Will anyone notice if I always smell like gar-

lic? Yes.

· Will anyone notice if I work on teams but

don’t contribute? Yes.

· Expense reports are a pain. Does it matter if I

pad it a little? Will anyone notice? Yes.

The list of how both pieces of advice can be applied

can go on forever. The advice seems so simple but it

is as not as easy to live it each day as it may seem.

Now, any time I put on a tie I look for stains and

have my own set of scissors. In fact, I have cut off

more than a few ties in my time. Wilford taught the

lessons with scissors and ties and those lessons are

still with me.

Every day counts.

Details matter.

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Members: Lane Darling

Mesa Police

Chairman: Roy Casto—Gilbert PD

Members:

Lane Darling Mesa Police Roy Casto Gilbert Police Bob Reddington Avondale Police Jesse Joy Eloy Police

LOCK & KEY SPRING EDITION 2014

Robert Reddington Avondale Police Department

Roy Casto Gilbert Police Department (480) 635-7080 Fax (480) 635-7097 [email protected]

Deborah Shaw Peoria Police Department (623)773-7006 (623)773-8092 [email protected]

Sandie Imberi Phoenix Police Department (602) 534-8700 Fax (602) 534-8865 [email protected]

YOU WON’T GO TO JAIL

A man who had been caught embezzling millions

from his employer went to a lawyer seeking de-

feNse. He dIdN’T WANT TO GO TO JAIL. BUT HIs LAW-

Yer TOLd HIm, “dON’T WOrrY. YOU’LL Never HAve TO

GO TO JAIL WITH ALL THAT mONeY.” ANd THe LAWYer

was right. When the man was sent to prison he

dIdN’T HAve A dIme.