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2010 POLICE OFFICER’S POWERS OF ARREST ASSIGNMENT

Wait, I thought I was done with these assignments…

Watch for more as I do the assignment; full thing will be posted after November 11, as that appears to be the due date, and I don’t want anybody stealing my answers. You’re in police training for a reason!
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So you move out, right? And it’s all WHOA, NEW LIFE OUT THERE!
But let’s have some basics?

http://www.salient.org.nz/tags/yo-mama-shoulda-told-you-this
This is possibly the single most useful series of hints and tips for living in ( Read more... )

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Anybody who uses the word ‘bejeebers’ in a courtroom whilst acting in an official capacity is awesome in my book. Especially if that official capacity is being the judge. Just sayin’.

Original text from Stuff.co.nz

A surprised 91-year-old resthome resident woke to find an 18-year-old sleeping off a big night in the ( Read more... )

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How much do I love my country’s attitude?
THIIIIIIIIS much!
Okay, so I’m not at all groovy with the alleged stabbing.
It’s that THIS became the top news story in the country that makes me laugh a little:

An Auckland pie-lover has been arrested after allegedly stabbing his stepson in the neck.

The man approached police as ( Read more... )

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Hi everybody. I’m back!
Well, sort of. I’m actually at my aunt and uncle’s house at the moment, using their Internet connection to post this blog and aid in job searching.

Wait, does that mean I’m back in New Zealand now? After all, I don’t have any relatives in Canada!
Well, actually, I do have relatives in Canada, I’ve ( Read more... )

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Coaster’s wee police car incident

From Stuff.co.nz, By The Press’s Giles Brown

When you’ve got to go, you’ve got to go. However, a young West Coast man has found out that there is a time and a place.
Ryan Stentiford, 21, of Greymouth, has pleaded guilty to trespass after entering a police car park.
On November 1, ( Read more... )

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This meme is brought to you by the blog of Benjamin Solah, and the letter N.

When and how did you find out about NaNoWriMo? How did you go?
I found out about NaNo sometime in 2002, then a friend suggested I participate in it in 2003. Naturally, being 14 at the time, I knew I wouldn’t have the patience to do that sort of ( Read more... )

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This year, I have done something very, very, very stupid.
I’ve Signed Up For Things.
Some of you may be aware that I’m vaguely considering writing a novel. Well folks, I’ve decided to take the plunge. This year, in addition to doing the due South Seekrit Santa, running On the Nightstand for November, moving house, ( Read more... )

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If you eliminate the destination from the equation and make it about the journey again, you may find your path simpler.

Well, that’s fairly deep - I might even go so far as to call it zen-like, but that may be the influence of watching Life again. And it’s a piece of advice I recently gave to a writer who happened to be ( Read more... )

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Psst.

Hey, don’t tell Catherine this, but I’m gonna start on another beta job of hers. It’s gonna be a surprise, so I’m swearing ALL of you to secrecy.

Shhhhhhhh…

Oh, P.S.: I appear to have started my own novel with another friend of mine. Be afraid, be very afraid…