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Palm Beach County<br />
PBSO Fleet Makes<br />
“Top 100 Fleets“<br />
- pg 10<br />
New <strong>Dr</strong>ug Dealer in<br />
Town - pg 12<br />
PBSO Hurricane<br />
Safety Tips - pg 15<br />
1891 -1953 The Old<br />
Jail in St. Augustine,<br />
FL - pg 37<br />
August / September 2012 - www.police-news.us<br />
WORLD WIDE EXCLUSIVE<br />
The Life & Death of <strong>Dr</strong>. <strong>Josef</strong> <strong>Mengele</strong><br />
<strong>“The</strong> <strong>Angel</strong> of <strong>Death”</strong><br />
- pg 19
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<strong>Police</strong> work is challenging, stressful<br />
and dangerous. It’s not just writing<br />
tickets or pulling over cars. It’s not a<br />
traditional 9-5 desk job either. And it’s<br />
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Today’s law enforcement is a modern<br />
profession involving a range of skills<br />
from problem solving and technical<br />
writing to applied sociology and<br />
hi-tech know-how. On any given day,<br />
many officers blend tactical response,<br />
critical thinking, and interpersonal<br />
skill.<br />
At the Sheriff ’s <strong>Of</strong>fice, our philosophy<br />
isn’t just to respond to tens of thousands<br />
of calls for service every year. We<br />
do problem solving to prevent longstanding<br />
problems from resurfacing<br />
and draining public resources.<br />
We ask questions like: Can we refer<br />
troubled residents to drug counselors<br />
or financial aid assistants? Should we<br />
call in code enforcement to resolve a<br />
neighborhood dispute over a messy<br />
foreclosed property? Do we call county<br />
roads engineers because we’re seeing<br />
too many accidents at a certain intersection?<br />
The answer is usually “yes.”<br />
These are hard times in law enforcement.<br />
Our budgets are being cut due<br />
to declines in property revenue. We’ve<br />
got skeletal crews on many shifts.<br />
Specialized units have fewer resources.<br />
Many deputies are working 12-hour<br />
shifts and running up to a dozen calls<br />
a day. But the public’s demands aren’t<br />
slowing down. In fact, the community<br />
needs us more and more to handle everything<br />
under the sun.<br />
As I mentioned, police work is dangerous.<br />
Tragically, so far this year, 36<br />
police officers have died in the line of<br />
duty across our nation, according to<br />
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very nature of police work often means<br />
seeing people at their worst moments:<br />
in the middle of heated domestic disputes<br />
or in street fights outside of bars.<br />
My deputies handle situations from<br />
which most people would turn and run<br />
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<strong>Of</strong>ten the first on the scene, ahead of<br />
paramedics, firefighters and other<br />
emergency officials, my deputies never<br />
know what to really expect when they<br />
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to contain or diffuse situations. They<br />
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In addition, they are equipped with<br />
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We don’t go into situations unprepared.<br />
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at the forensic remains of Nazi war criminal, <strong>Dr</strong>. <strong>Josef</strong><br />
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POLICE NEWS<br />
PBSO, FEMA, & PBCFR Secure Homeland<br />
Security Grant<br />
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Working in collaboration with the<br />
Federal Emergency Management Agency<br />
(FEMA), the Palm Beach County<br />
Sheriff’s <strong>Of</strong>fices (PBSO) and the Palm<br />
Beach County Fire Rescue (PBCFR),<br />
and the Port of Palm Beach has secured<br />
$500,000 in Homeland Security Grant<br />
Funding.<br />
A $500,000 check was presented to<br />
Sheriff Ric Bradshaw by Port of Palm<br />
Beach Commission Chairman Wayne<br />
Richards on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at<br />
the Port of Palm Beach.<br />
The Grant will fund waterborne response<br />
platform equipment to detect<br />
and respond to Chemical, Biological,<br />
Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive<br />
(CBRNE) incidents.<br />
The partnership of the Port, PBSO and<br />
PBCFR is an ongoing effort to prevent,<br />
deter, respond and recover from acts of<br />
terrorism and aggression to protect and<br />
defend the citizens of the Port of Palm<br />
Beach District, Palm Beach County and<br />
our local community. PN
POLICE NEWS POLICE NEWS<br />
PBSO Fleet Makes “Top 100 Fleets”<br />
PBSO Fleet Management has again,<br />
for the second year in a row, ranked<br />
within the Top 100 Fleets in North<br />
America.<br />
The Top 100 Fleet Award is open to all<br />
Federal, State, and Local Government<br />
Fleets in North America. This includes<br />
fleets that are operated by local government<br />
personnel or contracted services.<br />
The award is a comprehensive set of<br />
criteria specifically tailored around the<br />
challenges and requirements of the<br />
government fleet manager. All entries<br />
are rated on the content of their<br />
application.<br />
The criteria is carefully selected and<br />
compiled over a period of several<br />
months, using hundreds of sources<br />
in fleet planning and methodology.<br />
It not only functions as the assessment<br />
standards for the yearly award,<br />
but also serves as a foundation for<br />
drafting and implementing a successful<br />
fleet program.<br />
Each year the process is open to<br />
roughly 38,000 governmental fleets<br />
across the country and the top 100<br />
are chosen based on criteria submitted.<br />
This year PBSO has improved<br />
its ranking over the previous year<br />
from 95th to 81st as one of the Top<br />
100 Fleets in North America.PN<br />
The National Campaign to Stop Violence Announces Local Teens in the<br />
Do the Write Thing Challenge<br />
Ashley Coons, an eighth grader from Loxahatchee and David<br />
Dunleavy, an eighth grader from Boca Raton have been selected<br />
by the Palm Beach County Steering Committee of the National<br />
Campaign to Stop Violence as the first place “Ambassadors”<br />
for their efforts to stop youth violence in the Do the Write Thing<br />
Challenge (DTWT.)<br />
Coons and Dunleavy were recognized with the other finalists, on<br />
May 7th at a luncheon at the Kravis Center for the Performing<br />
Arts in West Palm Beach. Coons and Dunleavy received an allexpenses-paid<br />
trip to Washington, D.C. in July, where they and<br />
other “Ambassadors” from around the country will be honored<br />
in a national ceremony.<br />
From over 19,000 Palm Beach County middle school students<br />
who participated in the Do the Write Thing Challenge, 210<br />
were selected as finalists.<br />
The program gives Palm Beach County sixth, seventh and<br />
eighth grade students an opportunity to examine the impact of<br />
violence on their lives through written essays or poems reflecting<br />
on what they can do as individuals to reduce youth violence.<br />
The goal of the program is to reduce youth violence in schools,<br />
at home and in neighborhoods. Many young teens have been<br />
bullied or stigmatized by the way they look or talk or act, and<br />
that can be very traumatic, sometimes resulting in enormous<br />
pain and even suicide.<br />
Not all students who submitted writings are at risk<br />
or have had experience with violence in their lives.<br />
Others may have witnessed it.<br />
All of the entries were read by multiple panels of volunteer<br />
judges representing a cross section of Palm<br />
Beach County educators, law enforcement and judicial<br />
leaders. Submissions were evaluated solely for<br />
their content, not for grammar, spelling or structure.<br />
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POLICE NEWS POLICE NEWS<br />
The New <strong>Dr</strong>ug Dealer in Town<br />
I want to tell you about the new drug dealer in town.<br />
It’s important that you at least know about him even<br />
though you cannot arrest him. He is responsible for<br />
more deaths in Florida than any other drug dealer, yet<br />
he’s immune to our laws. This dealer is on every street<br />
corner – it’s the best distribution network ever imagined.<br />
He’s cooking his poison right here in the US and<br />
there is absolutely nothing you can do about it.<br />
The perpetrator I’m referring to is the pharmaceutical<br />
companies, or more specifically by the makers of addictive<br />
drugs who aggressively market their products<br />
through our health care system. Please don’t miss understand<br />
my position on modern eastern medicine. I<br />
firmly support the development of drugs for disease<br />
and even pain management. However I would like<br />
to see alternatives be examined and – if feasible – be<br />
implemented before some of these harsh toxic medications<br />
are prescribed. We’ve become a pill society;<br />
there’s a pill for everything.<br />
Unfortunately the ensuing result<br />
is only the symptom gets<br />
treated and not the disease or<br />
injury.<br />
I can’t tell you how many stories<br />
I’ve heard from people<br />
in my center who had experienced<br />
some type of injury<br />
– car accident, sports injury,<br />
back, job related injury, a slip<br />
or fall etc. – were told they needed a procedure, but for<br />
whatever reason didn’t get it. They were given a handful<br />
of highly addictive pain killers and sent home. It even<br />
happened to me once. After a rigorous workout I felt<br />
chest pain and stopped at the ER to have it checked. The<br />
first thing the nurse did was hand me a pill and told me<br />
to take it. Come to find out it was morphine. I told the<br />
nurse what I do and asked why she was handing out<br />
these highly addictive pills like candy canes at Christmas.<br />
Her response: “it’s policy.”<br />
By: John Giordano PhD.<br />
plain to the patient just how addictive these pills really<br />
are. The simple truth of the situation is that doctors are<br />
only required to have one hour of addiction education<br />
per year. One hour per year!<br />
In all my years in addiction treatment I never meet anyone<br />
who grew up with aspirations of becoming a drug<br />
addict. The causes of addiction are many. Some people<br />
have a genetic link to addiction while others may be<br />
suffering from an emotional trauma, Thyroid condition,<br />
heavy metals, diet and a host of other conditions.<br />
Much of the pain, suffering and malevolence associated<br />
with addiction could be avoid with very little effort. My<br />
first recommendation to move forward to an efficient<br />
early detection and treatment program would be an on<br />
going comprehensive addiction educational program<br />
for all physicians, nurse practitioners and nurses. One<br />
hour per year is not enough time to grasp even the simplest<br />
of concepts much less understand the complexities<br />
of addiction.<br />
Another effective method for the<br />
early detection and treatment of<br />
addiction would be a screening<br />
process. I’ve been working very<br />
closely with <strong>Dr</strong>. Kenneth Blum –<br />
discoverer of the addiction gene<br />
– to put into place a program at<br />
my center where we test our clients<br />
DNA for a predisposition<br />
to addiction and then treat these<br />
people with genetically directed nutraceuticals. We’re<br />
having great success with this program. The screening<br />
process we use could easily be implemented in every<br />
doctor’s office, pain management center, clinic and hospital<br />
in the country. It only takes a second to swab the<br />
patient. This DNA test in combination with an open<br />
dialog between doctors and their patients would go a<br />
long way in preventing the progression of this deadly<br />
disease.<br />
pies. Acupuncture is a popular and proficient pain relief<br />
therapy at my center and is gaining acceptance in<br />
western medicine. It has received several endorsements<br />
from The United States’ National Institutes of Health<br />
(NIH) who has stated that acupuncture can be effective<br />
in the treatment of neurological conditions and<br />
pain. Chiropractics have also demonstrated their value<br />
in pain management as well as massage therapies and<br />
non-addictive medication remedies. These non-toxic<br />
evidence based modalities have been proven effective<br />
time and again for my clients and millions of men and<br />
women across the country. It only makes sense that addictive<br />
pain killers be recommended when all else fails,<br />
as apposed to the first option that it has become.<br />
My last recommendation is more of a calling for the<br />
pharmaceutical companies to reevaluate their marketing<br />
programs and to make a commitment to ending<br />
prescription drug abuse. Their involvement and cooperation<br />
is paramount.<br />
The time for a comprehensive addiction prevention<br />
program has long past. The senseless and avoidable<br />
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pain, suffering and malevolence will continue to grow<br />
every time a person is handed a pain killer. I have made<br />
this my personal mission and I fell compelled to share<br />
my message with everyone I come in contact with – and<br />
if you felt inclined, please share this message with everyone<br />
you can. It will make our community and country<br />
a better place.<br />
If you or someone you know is having problems with<br />
addiction, please call me directly at 305-945-8384. Also<br />
check out my website: www.holisticaddictioninfo.com<br />
John Giordano is a counselor, president and founder of<br />
G & G Holistic Addiction Treatment Center in North<br />
Miami Beach and Chaplain of the North Miami <strong>Police</strong><br />
Department.<br />
All Angles Surveillance is a security company owned by Michael Kennedy. Michael built his company from the<br />
ground up. Prior to starting his security company, Michael served as a Palm Beach County Sherriff ’s Deputy.<br />
Currently Michael is serving as a Sergeant with the Palm Beach County Sherriff ’s <strong>Of</strong>fice. Along with being the<br />
owner of a security company and a Sergeant, Michael also prides himself on spending time with and taking care<br />
of his family.<br />
Protecting innocent people from harm has always been important to Michael. The idea for his company came<br />
when he heard a deputy say, “We are out here protecting people, but who is protecting us?” Michael began<br />
thinking about all of the protectors out there, firefighters, police officers, military, etc., and decided he wanted to<br />
help them feel safer too. That is when he developed the idea behind All Angles Surveillance. The security company<br />
offers alarm monitoring and installation, camera surveillance systems, home automation, home theater,<br />
and more.<br />
There are a few things that set Michael’s company, All Angles Surveillance, aside from all other alarm companies.<br />
First of all, after almost four years in business and several hundred customers, All Angles Security continues<br />
to provide affordable security for many Palm Beach County residents. All Angles Surveillance also prides<br />
itself on getting to know each customer and understanding their individual security needs. Michael wants each<br />
customer to feel good about the decisions they make.<br />
These are just a couple of a plethora of examples of how<br />
regular law abiding people get hooked on prescription<br />
As I mentioned before people with chronic pain often<br />
become addicted to their pain killers. Most of the<br />
people we see who are experiencing chronic pain have<br />
All Angles Surveillance started with a few law enforcement customers and has grown quickly to several hundred<br />
customers throughout the community. All Angles Surveillance will continue to strive to ensure each customer<br />
feels like a person and not just a number.<br />
drugs. One would think that a doctor would at least ex- found relief with alternative pain management thera-<br />
(561) 844-7300 • www.allanglessurveillance.com<br />
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POLICE NEWS<br />
PBSO Hurricane Preparedness<br />
Preparedness is essential, and Sheriff Ric Bradshaw and the members of the Palm Beach County Sheriff ’s <strong>Of</strong>fice<br />
would like to ensure you and your family’s safety during the Hurricane Season.<br />
Below please find information, which will help you and your family become better prepared for any situation<br />
Hurricane related. If you need additional information, please refer to the Palm Beach County Sheriff ’s <strong>Of</strong>fice<br />
website at www.pbso.org and don’t forget to print out an Emergency Door Hanger if you or someone you know<br />
will need assistance before or after the storm.<br />
Develop a Family Hurricane Plan<br />
Discuss the types of hazards that could affect your family.<br />
Know your home’s vulnerability to storm surge,<br />
flooding and wind.<br />
Secure your home (doors and windows).<br />
Locate a SAFE ROOM or the SAFE AREAS in the home<br />
for each hurricane hazard.<br />
Determine safe escape routes and meeting places prior<br />
to the storm<br />
Have an out-of-state friend as a family contact, so all<br />
your family members have a single point of contact.<br />
Make arrangements prior to the storm for pets in case<br />
of mandatory evacuation.<br />
Gather all non-emergency phone numbers and discuss<br />
the proper use of 911 with all children.<br />
Prepare a Family First Aid Kit and put it in the SAFE<br />
ROOM.<br />
Have a battery-operated radio for weather and safety<br />
updates.<br />
Hurricane Watch<br />
vs. Hurricane Warning:<br />
Know the Difference<br />
Hurricane Watch: Hurricane conditions are a possibility<br />
for a specific area usually within 24 to 36 hours.<br />
Hurricane Warning: A Hurricane is expected within<br />
24 hours or less (winds 74 miles per hour or greater, or<br />
dangerously high water or rough seas). Begin precautionary<br />
actions immediately.<br />
Prepare a Disaster Supply Kit:<br />
• Water (1 gallon per person for 3 to 7 days)<br />
• Food (3 to 7 day supply for each person)<br />
• non-perishable packaged or canned food/juices<br />
• foods for infants or elderly individuals<br />
• snack foods<br />
• non-electric can opener<br />
• cooking tools/fuel<br />
• paper plates/plastic utensils<br />
• Blankets/Pillows, etc.<br />
• Clothing<br />
• First Aid Kit/Medicines/Prescription <strong>Dr</strong>ugs<br />
• Special Items<br />
• Toiletries/Hygiene items/Moisture wipes<br />
• Flashlight/Batteries<br />
• Radio (battery operated)<br />
• Cash<br />
• Keys<br />
• Toys/Books/Games for children<br />
• Important documents (waterproof container:<br />
birth certificates, insurance documents, medical<br />
records, bank account information, pictures)<br />
• Tools<br />
• Vehicle fuel tanks filled<br />
• Pet care items (If not going to shelter)<br />
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POLICE NEWS POLICE NEWS<br />
Hurricane Watch - What To Do<br />
• Listen to local radio and television stations for up-to-date storm information.<br />
• Prepare to bring inside any lawn furniture, outdoor decorations, trashcans, hanging plants, and anything else that can<br />
become a flying object during a storm.<br />
• Cover all windows and doors of your home.<br />
• Fill your car/vehicles with gas.<br />
• Check your Disaster Supply Kit.<br />
• Turn refrigerator/freezer to coldest settings.<br />
• Store drinking water in clean jugs, and bottles.<br />
• Secure boats and trailers.<br />
• Make arrangements for pets.<br />
• Make arrangements for elderly and others with special needs such as those who depend on electrical life support.<br />
• Make arrangements for a shelter if you are in an evacuation area.<br />
Hurricane Warning - What To Do<br />
• Listen to local radio and television stations and listen to the advice of local officials on whether to evacuate or not.<br />
• Complete preparation for storm.<br />
• If you are not advised to evacuate, stay indoors and away from windows.<br />
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Want To Lose ½ <strong>Of</strong> Your Retirement…?<br />
…Get a divorce. Yes, in divorce proceedings your retirement<br />
is a marital asset which is subject to distribution.<br />
Absurd you say? Welcome to Florida, an equitable<br />
distribution state. Florida’s dissolution of marriage laws<br />
found in Chapter 61 of the Florida Statutes provide for<br />
equitable distribution.<br />
In essence, all assets acquired during a marriage are<br />
considered marital and therefore equitably divided.<br />
This applies to assets despite whose name they are titled<br />
in. For example, take this fictitious couple, <strong>Of</strong>ficer<br />
Smith is married to Wife Smith. They have been married<br />
for 15 years. <strong>Of</strong>ficer Smith has been with the PBSO<br />
for 14 years. He has acquired retirement, accrued vacation<br />
time and an investment account which he worked<br />
very hard to save from his detail work. Wife Smith files<br />
for a divorce. Wife Smith is entitled to half of the retirement,<br />
cash value of the vacation time accrued and half<br />
of the investment account. Best bet for <strong>Of</strong>ficer Smith?<br />
Marriage counseling.<br />
There are circumstances in which would change the<br />
equitable distribution of your retirement to where one<br />
party would be entitled to slightly more than the other<br />
(unequal distribution). However, these circumstances<br />
are so limited that they rarely apply in practice.<br />
In the event that your spouse also has a retirement plan<br />
then it would of course be part of the marital pile of assets<br />
to be divided. Consider this example: Detective Alvarez<br />
has a retirement which he has been accumulating<br />
for 20 years. Wife Alvarez has a retirement she has been<br />
accumulating for 22 years. They have been married for<br />
10 years. In this case, there are 10 years of accumulation<br />
of marital retirement assets which need to be divided. If<br />
during the 10 years of marriage/accumulation the Detective<br />
accumulated $75,000 and the Wife accumulated<br />
$50,000 then we would be equalizing the marital portion<br />
of the retirement accounts. The pre-marital portions<br />
would remain in-tact.<br />
Whatever your factual situation, have an expert assist<br />
you in the process so that you don’t end up like Client<br />
X. Client X thought he had struck a great deal with his<br />
spouse. X’s retirement assets were worth $750,000. Their<br />
post tax investment account was also worth $750,000.<br />
After agreeing to the “equal” exchange with Wife X (and<br />
signing the agreement) Client X wanted me to filing the<br />
divorce case. Lesson? Retirement accounts are pre-tax<br />
assets and therefore the net value of the pre-tax retirement<br />
account is lower than after tax assets. This is not<br />
an “equal” exchange. Don’t make this or other costly errors.<br />
Be sure to have a Board Certified Marital & Family<br />
Law attorney on your case.<br />
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& Family Law Attorney and the founder of Beaulieu<br />
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can be reached at: 561-819-6208; Stacy@BLGFL.com;<br />
www.ChristianDivorceAttorney.com. This article is not<br />
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has been established by the article. Contact<br />
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Living Life to the Fullest in the Last Months of Life<br />
As residents, we often need to know about the resources in our community.<br />
We asked Laurel <strong>Dr</strong>azen of Hospice of Palm Beach County<br />
to tell us her story, one that speaks powerfully to the gift that they<br />
offer.<br />
Having had two parents in Hospice of Palm Beach County’s care, my<br />
family has experienced the gift of their knowledge, skill and compassion.<br />
It was life-changing to give up the struggle of ICU stays,<br />
emergency room visits, invasive tests, pain, anxiety and stress…to<br />
then relax into the loving arms of their incredible staff.<br />
My mother had a joy for life that was contagious and could be<br />
sparked by the simplest things – watching old movies or listening<br />
to the operas she loved so much. After a month in ICU, she chose to<br />
begin hospice care so she could live her life to the fullest, spend precious<br />
time with her beloved family, and enjoy the things she loved.<br />
Despite Mom’s weakened state, the staff recognized her spirit, encouraged<br />
her, and gave her hope. Treating her with incredible kindness,<br />
her hospice caregivers told her that each day was a gift and it<br />
was an honor to care for her. Actually, they lovingly cared for all of us<br />
– patiently taking time to answer questions, ease our fears and guide<br />
us through our grief. A few months after my mother’s death, I came<br />
to work for Hospice of Palm Beach County. I was overwhelmed to<br />
discover the organization’s deeply-held reverence for each family. I<br />
saw how decisions are made based on the needs of the family, not<br />
the bottom line - going beyond what is reimbursed by Medicare/<br />
insurance to do what is best for them and brings them comfort. It<br />
is hospice care the way you hope it will be. More than 70,000 families<br />
have been the recipients of the love and care of Hospice of Palm<br />
Beach County. Many more could benefit from it if they knew and<br />
understood the help that was available…that is why I have written<br />
about what we offer.<br />
What is hospice care? Hospice is a very special type of holistic care<br />
and support for the entire family. When a cure is no longer likely,<br />
our care focuses on improving quality of life by enhancing physical,<br />
psychological and spiritual well-being. By controlling the symptoms<br />
of illness and reducing anxiety, hospice care helps patients feel better.<br />
As they feel better, it is easier to enjoy more of their normal activities<br />
and precious time with family and friends.<br />
Who is eligible? Patients and families make the choice to have hospice<br />
care. To qualify, a physician must certify that a patient has a lifelimiting<br />
illness with a prognosis of six months or less. To continue to<br />
receive hospice care, the prognosis must remain six months or less.<br />
Each patient also has the freedom to move out of our Hospice care if<br />
they wish, and re-enroll if they qualify.<br />
What services does hospice provide? When you elect our hospice<br />
care, you have a team of experts providing care based on the patient<br />
and family goals of care. As our clinical staff control pain and<br />
other physical symptoms, our counselors and chaplains offer emotional<br />
and spiritual support. We offer extensive caregiver education,<br />
hands-on training, and household assistance. We are here to answer<br />
questions 24/7. We also offer professional grief support for children,<br />
teens and adults…and we consider it an honor to do so.<br />
You can call Hospice of Palm Beach County at 561.227.5140 day or<br />
night, and a registered nurse will answer your call. Or, if you prefer,<br />
you can speak to your physician, who can make a referral to our care.<br />
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<strong>Dr</strong>. <strong>Josef</strong> <strong>Mengele</strong> : <strong>“The</strong> <strong>Angel</strong> <strong>Of</strong> <strong>Death”</strong><br />
<strong>Dr</strong>. <strong>Josef</strong> <strong>Mengele</strong> was a reputed surgeon and a craftsman<br />
with operational apparatus. However, his medical<br />
excellence did not place him in the book of remembrance<br />
but it was his brutal actions through which he<br />
gained recognition as the “<strong>Angel</strong> of Death.”<br />
<strong>Dr</strong>. <strong>Josef</strong> <strong>Mengele</strong> had an appetite of insane human<br />
experimentation and was put in charge of the infamous<br />
prison camp at Auschwitz in the war wretched<br />
Hitler era. <strong>Dr</strong>. <strong>Mengele</strong> was also the chief operator for<br />
the gas chambers and their crematoria.<br />
”He had a look that said ‘I am the power,’” said one<br />
survivor.<br />
This can be illustrated through his every day practices.<br />
For example, when <strong>Mengele</strong> learned that a prison<br />
block was infected with Lice , he immediately solved<br />
the problem by gassing all the 750 women assigned<br />
to it. At the time, the doctor just turned 32 years old.<br />
At another instance, <strong>Mengele</strong> drew a line of about 5<br />
feet and measured all the captives in the children’s<br />
block against the line. All those unfortunate children<br />
whose head could not reach the line were dragged to<br />
the gas chamber for execution. These are just a few<br />
cases of the many murderous policies of <strong>Dr</strong>. <strong>Mengele</strong>,<br />
however as a doctor his brutality had no limits.<br />
As a Nazi scientist and the man in charge of the prison,<br />
<strong>Dr</strong>. <strong>Mengele</strong> was handed a free pass for genetic<br />
experimentations. He was obsessed with genetics and<br />
performed experiments on twins and dwarfs. His infamous<br />
tales of saving nine dwarfs from certain death<br />
in the gas chamber only to then treat them as guinea<br />
pigs for experimentation.<br />
Twins also fascinated <strong>Dr</strong>. <strong>Mengele</strong>. His approach to<br />
these unsuspecting children was usually very friendly<br />
and he was warmly called ”Uncle <strong>Mengele</strong>” in the<br />
children’s block. Later the same children would end<br />
up on dissection tables for genetic studies. There were<br />
many brutal experiments that <strong>Dr</strong> <strong>Mengele</strong> is famous<br />
for trying. he tried to take one twin’s eyeball and then<br />
attach it to the back of another twin head .There were<br />
various acts of amputations, injecting chemicals into<br />
children’s eyes in order to change their eye color ,<br />
shock treatments and other horrifying experiments.<br />
Most of the victims died, because of either the experiments<br />
or later infections.<br />
“Once <strong>Mengele</strong>’s assistant rounded up 14 pairs of<br />
twins during the night. <strong>Mengele</strong> placed them on his<br />
polished marble dissection table and put them to<br />
sleep. He then injected chloroform into their hearts,<br />
killing them instantly. <strong>Mengele</strong> then began dissecting<br />
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and meticulously noting each piece of the twins’ bodies.”<br />
One twin who survived being in the care of the doctor<br />
recalled how his brother came to lose his life;<br />
“<strong>Dr</strong>. <strong>Mengele</strong> had always been more interested in Tibi.<br />
I am not sure why, perhaps because he was the older<br />
twin. <strong>Mengele</strong> made several operations on Tibi. One<br />
surgery on his spine left my brother paralyzed. He<br />
could not walk anymore. Then they took out his sexual<br />
organs. After the fourth operation, I did not see Tibi<br />
anymore. I cannot tell you how I felt. It is impossible<br />
to put into words how I felt. They had taken away my<br />
father, my mother, my two older brothers and now,<br />
my twin.”<br />
This is one monster whose psychological behavior and<br />
pattern is a subject of discussion for many psychologists.<br />
Labeled as a very normal and a sharp young<br />
man, <strong>Dr</strong> <strong>Mengele</strong> ; wearing a SS cap and a grin while<br />
greeting twins in Nazi camps depicts how deceiving<br />
the appearance can be in real monsters. PN<br />
<strong>Dr</strong>. <strong>Mengele</strong>’s Brasilian ID Card<br />
<strong>Josef</strong> <strong>Mengele</strong>, FBI - Department of Justice - SS Files<br />
647 pages of FBI/Department of Justice files relating to<br />
<strong>Josef</strong> <strong>Mengele</strong>, “<strong>Dr</strong>. <strong>Mengele</strong>”, archived on CD-ROM.<br />
Material is composed of a 202 page 1992 Department<br />
of Justice report and 445 pages of copies of documents<br />
and exhibits used in the Department of Justice investigation.<br />
The report is the culmination of the DOJ investigation,<br />
commenced in 1985, into the whereabouts and<br />
postwar activities of this infamous Nazi criminal.<br />
For decades before the time of this report, former SS<br />
Hauptsturmfuehrer [Captain] <strong>Josef</strong> <strong>Mengele</strong> was the<br />
most notorious Nazi criminal thought to be alive.<br />
<strong>Mengele</strong> served during World War II as a “doctor” at<br />
the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp in Nazioccupied<br />
Poland, where more than one million prisoners,<br />
the overwhelming majority of them Jews, were<br />
systematically executed. When prisoners arrived at<br />
Auschwitz, <strong>Mengele</strong> and his “doctor” colleagues selected<br />
for slave labor those who appeared medically<br />
“fit” (thus consigning them to toil under inhumane and<br />
often deadly conditions) or who could be used by the<br />
Third Reich in some other way. All other prisoners, the<br />
vast majority, were immediately murdered by gassing<br />
in specially designed asphyxiation chambers. <strong>Mengele</strong><br />
was also notorious for performing grotesque pseudomedical<br />
experiments on prisoners, children and adults<br />
alike, especially those who were twins.<br />
In 1981, the State Prosecutor in Frankfurt issued a warrant<br />
for <strong>Josef</strong> <strong>Mengele</strong>’s arrest. This document contains<br />
a lengthy recitation of <strong>Dr</strong>. <strong>Mengele</strong>’s crimes. It is perhaps<br />
most accurately described as a catalog of horror.<br />
<strong>Dr</strong>. <strong>Mengele</strong> is accused of murder on a colossal scale.<br />
He held in his pointing index finger the power of life<br />
and death for the hundreds of thousands of innocents<br />
whom he confronted as they stepped from the overcrowded<br />
freight trains that brought them to Auschwitz<br />
(Oswiecim), Poland, some from the farthest corners of<br />
Europe.<br />
Because of his highly visible and significant role in<br />
the Hitler regime’s homicidal reign of terror, Doctor<br />
<strong>Mengele</strong> effectively became a symbol of the Holocaust;<br />
in particular, his name became synonymous with the<br />
evil of Auschwitz, the site on which more people were<br />
murdered than any other in recorded human history.<br />
Understandably, the thought of his remaining a free<br />
man was most acutely painful for all Holocaust survivors,<br />
especially his victims. If indeed he were alive, as<br />
conventional wisdom held at the time, justice demanded<br />
that he be held legally accountable for his role in the<br />
Third Reich’s genocidal policies.<br />
In February 1985, the U.S. Department of Justice in-<br />
vestigated allegations that <strong>Mengele</strong> had been in U.S.<br />
custody and might have had a relationship with U.S.<br />
government institutions or personnel during the period<br />
immediately following the Second World War. Four<br />
allegations emerged: (1) that <strong>Mengele</strong> was a prisoner of<br />
war in U.S. custody in 1945 and had been knowingly released;<br />
(2) that he had lived openly under his own name<br />
in his own home town following the war, with tacit U.S.<br />
approval; (3) that he was arrested by U.S. forces in Vienna<br />
in 1946 and released; and (4) that he was used by<br />
U.S. intelligence agencies which then assisted him in escaping<br />
Europe for South America in 1949.<br />
The Department of Justice’s Criminal Division’s <strong>Of</strong>fice<br />
of Special Investigations (OSI ) was instructed by the<br />
Attorney General to initiate a comprehensive investigation.<br />
This investigation had two primary goals: 1) to<br />
determine <strong>Josef</strong> <strong>Mengele</strong>’s whereabouts, activities and<br />
affiliations from 1945-1949, and 2) to determine his<br />
whereabouts in 1985, so that authorities in Germany or<br />
Israel could put him on trial.<br />
Among many topics the report covers are: Allegations<br />
against <strong>Dr</strong>. <strong>Mengele</strong>, <strong>Mengele</strong>’s immediate postwar<br />
movements, <strong>Mengele</strong>’s autobiography as a source, The<br />
Idar-Oberstein Question: <strong>Mengele</strong> a POW?, Attempts<br />
to prevent release of war criminals, The <strong>Mengele</strong> family<br />
and the city of Guenzburg, U.S. contact with the family<br />
of <strong>Mengele</strong>, The Gorby question: arrest of <strong>Mengele</strong><br />
in 1946-1947?, Polish Auschwitz trials, Questioning<br />
of <strong>Mengele</strong>’s wife Irene <strong>Mengele</strong>, Comparisons to<br />
the Klaus Barbie case, <strong>Mengele</strong>’s escape from Europe,<br />
<strong>Mengele</strong>’s residence in South America, Medical records<br />
From Germany, and DNA testing.<br />
Included among the copies of documents in the compilation<br />
of exhibits are: Warrant for the arrest of <strong>Josef</strong><br />
<strong>Mengele</strong>, Map of <strong>Mengele</strong>’s movements, List of German<br />
nationals detained, List of people named <strong>Josef</strong><br />
<strong>Mengele</strong>, Documents related to “No Man’s Land”, Photograph<br />
of Schauenstein, Discharge certificate, Discharge<br />
directives, Wanted lists, Gorby memorandum,<br />
List of Auschwitz war criminals extradited to Poland,<br />
Muench wanted report, International Red Cross travel<br />
document, Preliminary Forensic Report, June 21, 1985,<br />
Translation of <strong>Josef</strong> <strong>Mengele</strong>’s SS File, Forensic report<br />
on SS File, Letter describing <strong>Mengele</strong>’s death, <strong>Mengele</strong>’s<br />
school records, Forensic Report, dated November 6,<br />
1986, FBI letter concerning DNA, A chronology, DNA<br />
Analysis Report, March 12, 1992, by Professor Alec<br />
J.Jeffreys and <strong>Dr</strong>. Erika Hagelberg, and a 1968 report of<br />
Brazilian <strong>Police</strong> Special Agent Erich Erdstein<br />
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Facts and Fiction Concerning the Proper Identification<br />
of the skeleton of <strong>Josef</strong> <strong>Mengele</strong> – “the <strong>Angel</strong> of <strong>Death”</strong><br />
<strong>Dr</strong>. Robert von Zieten, Ph.D.<br />
professorbones.police-news@usa.com<br />
In the summer of 1982 we were able to perform an intensive<br />
Forensic Anthropological examination of the<br />
assumed remains of the infamous concentration camp<br />
doctor <strong>Josef</strong> <strong>Mengele</strong> housed in the Institute of Forensic<br />
Medicine at the University of São Paulo, Argentina.<br />
Prior to that our first official requests for an examination<br />
of the skeleton of <strong>Josef</strong> <strong>Mengele</strong> were denied by the Argentine<br />
officials. Joseph <strong>Mengele</strong> had worked in the Institute<br />
of Anthropology of the University of Frankfurt,<br />
Germany, from 1936 to 1942. He was the assistant of the<br />
chair- holder of anthropology, my predecessor, Prof. <strong>Dr</strong>.<br />
<strong>Dr</strong>. Ottmar Freiherr (Baron) von Verschuer. The heads<br />
of the University of Frankfurt (Johann Wolfgang Goethe<br />
Unversity), the Chancellor and the President, were not<br />
in favor of our project and tried forbid it. A personal visit<br />
and connection to one of the members of the Institute<br />
in São Paulo made it finally possible for us to conduct<br />
a detailed Forensic Anthropological examination of the<br />
probable <strong>Mengele</strong>- skeleton. We examined the skeleton<br />
in detail and came to the conclusion that the remains<br />
were those of a male skeleton aged between 50 to 60<br />
years. This age estimation was based on proper anthropological<br />
and anatomical determinations used to analyze<br />
a skull and pelvis, as well as all of the bones of the post-<br />
cranial skeleton of an individual in question. The result<br />
of this specific age estimation indicated that the skeleton<br />
could not belong to the much older <strong>Josef</strong> <strong>Mengele</strong>, who<br />
was reported to have died when he was 68 years old.<br />
Those specialists, who had conducted prior research<br />
and examination of the skeleton, neglected the facts that<br />
<strong>Mengele</strong> had broken his right fibula at an age of 15 as well<br />
as a healed fracture on one finger of his right hand, the<br />
Metacarpale radiale, of his forefinger. He broke his finger<br />
in 1940 at a time when he still worked in the Institute of<br />
Anthropology at the University of Frankfurt. The fracture<br />
could be confirmed by his friend and colleague <strong>Dr</strong>.<br />
G. L. Strangely enough none of the bones of the skeleton<br />
which we examined showed any signs of healed fractures<br />
which should have been evident. In our opinion, the assignment<br />
of this skeleton to <strong>Josef</strong> <strong>Mengele</strong> was a “convenient<br />
identification” especially useful to the German<br />
authorities which wanted to close the case and the search<br />
for the Nazi criminal permanently.<br />
According to the official records <strong>Mengele</strong> had died, during<br />
a swimming accident in the ocean, suffering a heart<br />
attack, on February 7, 1979. This again was a false assumption<br />
and statement, since <strong>Mengele</strong> could not swim.<br />
Colleagues attest that he actually hated salt water. He was<br />
born in 1911 and his age would have been, at the time<br />
of death, 68. We also arrived at the conclusion that the<br />
skeleton we examined was at least eight years younger<br />
than the actual age of the war criminal. One of the main<br />
indicators assigning a proper age to a skeleton is the degree<br />
of ossification of certain sutures of the skull and<br />
these clearly indicated a younger age for the individual<br />
we examined. The skeleton we analyzed had most of the<br />
sutures still open and some were only partially ossified.<br />
Ossification of the sutures of the skull can be somewhat<br />
different in modern day races and ethnical groups. Closure<br />
of sutures and ossification could also be different if<br />
the individual had suffered certain diseases. It can be assumed<br />
that a 68 year old <strong>Mengele</strong> would have nearly all<br />
the sutures closed and ossified.<br />
My specific interest in the correct and valid identification<br />
of Joseph <strong>Mengele</strong> were the numerous reports in the<br />
press and on TV as to his whereabouts and identification.<br />
<strong>Josef</strong> <strong>Mengele</strong> had worked as an assistant to the director<br />
of the Institute of Anthropology at the University of<br />
Frankfurt from 1936 to 1942. When his boss, Prof. <strong>Dr</strong>.<br />
Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, became the director of<br />
the “Kaiser Wilhelm Institute” in Berlin, <strong>Josef</strong> <strong>Mengele</strong><br />
followed him to Berlin. My direct predecessor Prof. <strong>Dr</strong>.<br />
Peter Kramp had in his private possession a number of<br />
photographs and documents showing all the members of<br />
the Institute, including <strong>Mengele</strong>, before 1945.<br />
It was easy to reconstruct all facial features of a living person<br />
using a skull. The reconstruction of the facial features<br />
of the skull in question, housed in the Institute of Forensic<br />
Medicine in São Paulo, were not those of <strong>Mengele</strong>. I was<br />
hired as a director of the Institute of Anthropology of the<br />
University of Frankfurt in 1973 and immediately tried<br />
to find some evidence of the former work of <strong>Mengele</strong>.<br />
Most of the material was destroyed by the University,<br />
with the exception of some photographs which were in<br />
the possession of Prof. <strong>Dr</strong>. Hans Fleischhacker and his<br />
academic assistant. When the latter retired he gave me<br />
all of the photographs showing former members of the<br />
Institute, including those of <strong>Josef</strong> <strong>Mengele</strong>. In 1976 Prof.<br />
Fleischhacker introduced me to a visitor with the name<br />
of Rudolf Weiss who claimed to be the former assistant<br />
of Prof. Mollison at the University of Munich. His facial<br />
features seemed somewhat familiar to me but I could not<br />
place him exactly at that time. It was easy for me later to<br />
research all of the material available at the Institute and I<br />
came to the conclusion that the visitor Rudolf Weiss was<br />
actually <strong>Josef</strong> <strong>Mengele</strong>.<br />
Since at that time an intensive search for <strong>Josef</strong> Megele<br />
was evident, I reported the visit to the authorities of the<br />
university but they did not seem to have any interest. By<br />
the way, the founder of the institute, Prof. Franz Weidenreich,<br />
was fired, along with another 127 jewish professors<br />
and academic personnel of the university, in 1938<br />
in order to establish a new “Nazi Anthropology”. Being<br />
an American anthropologist, I had little knowledge of<br />
the internal affairs of the University of Frankfurt. When<br />
I asked for any anthropological materials of the time of<br />
Hitler between 1936 and 1945 they informed me that it<br />
had all been destroyed. I did find, however, stashed away<br />
and marked as personal property of the director of the<br />
institute, a small library of 312 volumes of anthropological<br />
literature in the basement of the institute. This library<br />
was the property of another assistant, <strong>Dr</strong>. G. Lange, who<br />
sold it to me for a substantial amount of money. He also<br />
told me that most of the books were property of <strong>Josef</strong><br />
<strong>Mengele</strong>. This seems to be the only library intact containing<br />
that type of anthropological literature, since most of<br />
it was destroyed in all German universities towards the<br />
end of WW II. I donated the volumes to our National<br />
Library in Washington.<br />
<strong>Mengele</strong> performed in the “Institute of Anthropology<br />
and Racial Hygiene” so-called “Vaterschaftsgutachten”<br />
(paternity tests) which were, before DNA tests were<br />
available in the 1990s, administered by anthropologists<br />
in order to determine paternity of an individual. Alongside<br />
these paternity tests the anthropologists performed<br />
“racial examinations” in order to find out whether individuals<br />
were jewish or not. All of the papers are still located<br />
in the archives of the university of Frankfurt.<br />
Presumably DNA tests were performed on the remains of<br />
J. <strong>Mengele</strong> housed in Sao Paulo. The son of <strong>Josef</strong> <strong>Mengele</strong>,<br />
Rolf <strong>Mengele</strong>, confirmed that these were those of his father.<br />
How he was able to do this, lacking any knowledge<br />
of anatomy, is a miracle. A detailed analysis report on<br />
these remains was never published and there seems to be<br />
great doubt and skepticism as to the authenticity of the<br />
corpse, assigned to <strong>Josef</strong> <strong>Mengele</strong>, housed in Argentina.<br />
PN<br />
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From the Frying Pan Into the Fire:<br />
A Perspective of a Former FBI Agent Now Practicing<br />
Personal Injury Law<br />
POLICE NEWS<br />
After 25 years as a Special Agent in the Federal Bureau of Investigation I honestly believed I knew it all.<br />
Having earned a Juris Doctor Degree from Nova University Center for the Study of Law and passing the Florida<br />
Bar Exam, I had entered <strong>“The</strong> Bureau” as a lawyer.<br />
In the back of my mind I always knew I would someday practice law, but my time in the FBI never prepared<br />
me for what came next when I signed on as a partner in the Law <strong>Of</strong>fices of Kaplan & Sconzo, PA in Palm<br />
Beach Gardens, Florida. On the first day after retiring, I signed up two personal injury cases, a slip and fall and<br />
an automobile accident, and that is when I learned that there was life outside <strong>“The</strong> Bureavu” and the education<br />
process began.<br />
Stuart Kaplan, also a former Special Agent with the FBI, and I left the confines of our well-decorated<br />
office and set out to meet two new clients. What came next was truly a sight for sore eyes. Stuart parked his wellmaintained<br />
car in a dirt parking lot in front of a row of one story, run down apartments in Lake Worth. The<br />
neighborhood was one that I had fearlessly visited during my FBI days; carrying a shoulder weapon, a side arm,<br />
and wearing a bullet proof vest. Back then, I entered places like this with an arrest warrant, and now I was there<br />
to represent a man who had sustained a serious injury because his landlord failed to maintain the property in a<br />
safe manner.<br />
We walked up two cracked concrete steps, opened an aluminum door that was missing its screens, and<br />
knocked on the rotting door. A loud, steady stream of barking followed our knock, and then the door was<br />
slightly opened by a man who was in his thirties, but looked at least 25 years older. We identified ourselves<br />
as the lawyers he had called earlier that morning and he invited us inside. As he did so he yelled for his dog<br />
to “shut up” and then opened the door wide to allow us to follow him in. Once inside, in full view was a large<br />
brown Pit bull, occupying the only place to sit in the front room of the apartment. The dog stared and growled<br />
as the man began to detail the events that led us to his door. The man was a mess; clothes hanging off him, hair<br />
unkempt, and barely standing erect. Stuart and I stood close to the door taking notes, just in case the dog came<br />
toward us.<br />
The man then led us through his run down and mostly unfurnished apartment to the bathroom. There<br />
was no door, and the floor had a gaping, jagged hole in front of the shower. He described how he was walking to<br />
the shower and the floor gave way causing him to fall about three feet down to the dirt below. He recounted being<br />
stuck waist deep in the floor until a friend came to help him up. He showed us the bruising on his side and<br />
back, and explained how intense the pain in his knee and back has been since the fall.<br />
After photographing the scene and sizing up the man and everything involved in this accident, Stuart<br />
and I signed on as his attorneys. We left shaking our heads and discussing whether the man had invited such an<br />
accident just by living in such a dump.<br />
The next stop was Starbucks in Wellington. As we drove west on Forest Hill Blvd, one can only envision the<br />
smiles on our faces as the neighborhoods changed. We walked inside Starbucks, took turns washing our hands,<br />
ordered Cappuccinos, and then sat on two chairs waiting for a female Palm Beach County Sheriff ’s Deputy to<br />
meet with us. Shortly thereafter, a very neatly dressed, attractive woman in her forties, entered Starbucks and<br />
walked toward our table.<br />
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After exchanging war stories and talking about our common friends in the law enforcement world, the<br />
deputy detailed the car accident she was involved in. She was sitting at a traffic signal, when without warning<br />
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snapping back and detailed how sore she’s been since the accident. We looked at her vehicle and found a scratch<br />
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Welcome To Jail! The Old Jail in St. Augustine, FL<br />
That is the rallying cry that visitors hear as they eagerly<br />
approach the podium to be processed through the St.<br />
Johns County Old Jail. The Old Jail was in use from<br />
1891-1953. When people visit the Old Jail they are<br />
transported back in time more than 100 years, to 1908.<br />
The first thing they notice as they come onto the Old<br />
Jail property is the appearance of the building. It was<br />
financed by the late, great Henry Flagler, the hotelier<br />
that brought tourism to towns all along the east coast<br />
of Florida. He did not want the county jail to be an<br />
eyesore, so in order to get his money the county had<br />
to make it look nice. They accomplished this by using<br />
Queen Ann Victorian style architecture. The St. Johns<br />
County Sheriff would actually live in the Sheriff ’s quarters<br />
attached to the jail, just across the hall from the<br />
inmates, and his part of the building even has a front<br />
and back porch. The only indication that the building<br />
was a jail are the bars on the windows.<br />
the treatment of prisoners, and the enforcement of constitutional<br />
rights. One hundred years ago criminals<br />
were sent to prison for punishment, today prison is the<br />
punishment. It is no longer acceptable to take unruly<br />
prisoners to the stocks or the whipping post, instead<br />
their sentence is extended or privileges, such as use of<br />
the commissary, are revoked.<br />
As the new prisoner walk around to the back of the jail<br />
they notice the gallows where the public executions took<br />
place. There were eight documented hangings at the St.<br />
Johns County Jail, the last in 1912. “Now, wait just a<br />
minute. This is a county jail. County’s don’t administer<br />
executions.” County jails are used in a very different<br />
manner today than they were one hundred years ago.<br />
In 1908, anyone that was convicted of a crime in St.<br />
Johns County could be put in the county jail. Whether<br />
they had gotten into a bar fight downtown or had murdered<br />
a local shopkeeper. A hundred years later that is<br />
no longer the case. More than 80% of the population<br />
at the St. Johns County ‘New Jail’ is inmates that are<br />
waiting for the courts to decide their fate. Inmates that<br />
have been sentenced for less than one year may also be<br />
kept at the new jail, but if they are sentenced for more<br />
than a year they are immediately transferred to a state<br />
or federal institution.<br />
As the processing moves into the Old Jail the ladies<br />
Costumed Deputies or prisoner trustees process visitors<br />
through the jail as if they are prisoners in 1908.<br />
They are led around and through the building, each<br />
area being described using colorful ‘Old South’ colloquialisms.<br />
But visitors who can see past the humor and<br />
the light mood of the tour begin to realize that being<br />
an inmate at the Old Jail was no picnic. The first area<br />
that visitors are introduced to is the “attitude adjustment<br />
center”. This is where the public humiliation took<br />
place, where inmates would stand in the stocks or the<br />
‘birdcage’ for hours while locals taunt and tease them. are shown the cells that will be their home away from<br />
home. They are told about the lack of plumbing in the<br />
While doing research for this article I recently visited building;the bucket that serves as their toilet and the<br />
the current St. Johns County Jail, and the Director of barred window that isthe usual method for disposing<br />
Corrections, Frank Cyr, allowed me to tour the jail and of the waste. As they enter maximum security they<br />
helped me to understand both the differences and simi- see four cells; solitary confinement, death row, maxilarities<br />
between the county jail then and now.<br />
mum security, and the infirmary. The infirmary is a<br />
cell with four bunks. There is no examination table,<br />
One of the biggest changes has been the attitude toward no tools that doctors and nurses may need while treat-<br />
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ing a patient, in fact, there was no<br />
doctor at all unless it was a hangin’<br />
day. Inmates either walk out of the<br />
infirmary on their own two feet<br />
or they are carried out in a box.<br />
Could you imagine that happening<br />
today? Jails today are staffed<br />
with doctors and nurses around<br />
the clock. All inmates get a medical<br />
screening when they are first<br />
processed and any medical care<br />
that they need while incarcerated<br />
is taken care, whether it is diabetes,<br />
chemotherapy for cancer patients,<br />
or even surgery. Maximum security at the Old Jail has<br />
a common area that can be used by the inmates for exercise,<br />
inmates in maximum never go outside. This is<br />
something that the courts have since labeled cruel and<br />
unusual punishment. Today all prisoners must be given<br />
a certain amount of time outside every week.<br />
Just like in the St. Johns County Jail of today, the food<br />
preparation is done by the female inmates. At the Old<br />
Jail ladies are shown the kitchen and given a description<br />
of what their chores will be;the tools they will use<br />
to transport food, make coffee, and cook. They maintain<br />
a garden that supports the beans and greens that<br />
they eat on a daily basis. This is another practice used<br />
by many jails today. Jails can save a lot of money by establishing<br />
a small farm that supports the diets of their<br />
prisoners. However, unlike the jails of yesterday, if<br />
something that happens that prevents their farm from<br />
supporting their inmates those jails still have to feed<br />
their prisoners. Not only do they have to provide the<br />
inmates with food, but they have to respect the inmates’<br />
religious and medical diet as well.<br />
Upstairs is general population,where the male inmates<br />
will be housed together. Unlike today,<br />
there was no attempt to separate<br />
violent inmates from non-violent<br />
inmates. Inmates of different<br />
ages were kept together, and inmate<br />
safety was not a top priority.<br />
The inmates kept in general population<br />
were forced to work on the<br />
chain gangs, and were woken every<br />
morning at 5:00a.m. and taken<br />
to the work site, sometimes they<br />
would even be made to sleep on<br />
the transport cart at night until the<br />
work was done. Today inmates are<br />
still compelled to work, but first they have to pass the<br />
medical and religious screenings to be sure that they are<br />
fit to work, and that the work being done doesn’t violate<br />
their beliefs. The inmates work for the county that they<br />
are incarcerated in. Landscaping, painting, roadside<br />
cleanup, etc.; in fact, St. Johns County has programs<br />
in place to certify inmates in trades such as landscaping,<br />
pressure washing, and serve safe so that they have<br />
some tools they can build on when they are released.<br />
St. Johns County also administers work release, which<br />
allows certain inmates to go to work and make money.<br />
The money they make pays for their room and board<br />
at the county jail, as well paying toward their fines and<br />
restitution. Anything left over can be put aside for<br />
their use when<br />
they are released.<br />
One hundred<br />
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the least desirable<br />
work available,<br />
the work<br />
that no one else<br />
wanted to do.<br />
They worked in<br />
turpentine camps, built roads, and worked on swamp<br />
drainage.<br />
There have been a lot of changes over the years in the<br />
county jail system. Some people visit the Old Jail and<br />
comment on how horrible the conditions were. Some<br />
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their own ideas and opinions about how things should<br />
be. Take a trip through time at the St. Johns County Jail<br />
and decide for yourself. PN<br />
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Certain restrictions may apply. <strong>Of</strong>fer valid for new ADT Authorized Dealer customers only and not on purchases<br />
from ADT Security Services, Inc. Other rate plans available. Cannot be combined with any other offer.<br />
TN (C-1508) | NC (13717 SP-LV/FA) | FL (EF20000578) | VA (11-6294) | WV (LV337050430311) | Savannah, GA (LVU405565) Marietta, GA (LVA205858) Lawrenceville, GA (LVU405234) | McDonough, GA (LVU404905) |<br />
Augusta, GA (LVU405234) | Columbus, GA (GA Lic. #LVA205887/AL. Lic. # 11-1413) Mobile, AL (11-1395) Hoover, AL (11-1423) | Montgomery, AL (11-1420) | Huntsville, AL (11-1412) Greeneville, SC (BFS15637) | Columbia,<br />
SC (BFS.15638BAQ) Charleston, SC (BFS.4286BAQ) | Memphis, TN | TN Lic. # C-1508/Miss. Lic. #15017206) | Biloxi, MS (15016775) | Jackson, MS (15017222) | Hattiesburg, MS (15017205) | TX (B17615) | AR (E2011 0068)<br />
digital data that can be sent anywhere.<br />
“You can’t tell where anybody really is.”<br />
<strong>Dr</strong>iving the trend is that people don’t always plan to call<br />
locksmiths, instead turning to them in an emergency, for example,<br />
when they’re unexpectedly locked out of their home<br />
or car. Also, locksmiths aren’t licensed, which opens the field<br />
to workers with little training.<br />
The epidemic is putting consumers’ security at risk and costing<br />
brick-and-mortar companies hundreds of thousands of<br />
dollars in lost business.<br />
<strong>“The</strong> tipoff is they won’t give a written estimate, and they<br />
want payment upfront. They want cash. They will take the<br />
ATM card and ask people to get money out. It gets consumers<br />
at their most vulnerable.”<br />
If someone answers the phone with a generic “lock smith”<br />
or “lock smith’s service,” or “Florida lock smith” rather than<br />
a company name, it’s most likely not a legitimate locksmith.<br />
Be wary of a worker who shows up in an unmarked vehicle,<br />
isn’t wearing a company uniform and doesn’t carry business<br />
cards, work orders or an invoice with the company’s name,<br />
he said.<br />
40 <strong>Police</strong> <strong>News</strong> | www.police-news.us | August / September 2012 August / September 2012 | www.police-news.us | <strong>Police</strong> <strong>News</strong> 41
Benvenuto<br />
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Weddings . Seminars . Corporate Events<br />
1730 N. Federal Highway . Boynton Beach . 561.364.0600<br />
BenvenutoRestaurant.com . JP@BenvenutoRestaurant.com<br />
European<br />
White Gloved Service<br />
for Parties of up to<br />
400 Guests<br />
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email schedule, please contact<br />
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All American Defense MFG, LLC products<br />
are 100 percent designed and built in<br />
the U.S.A. Our products are made by<br />
shooters for shooters, with one goal:<br />
Customer Satisfaction.<br />
AD-45-3 (3" Rail)<br />
AD-45-6 (6" Rail)<br />
This mount allows a<br />
secondary sight (such<br />
as a MRDS) to be<br />
mounted at a 45 degree<br />
offset to the primary<br />
sight. Any type of<br />
configuration is<br />
available, the AD-45<br />
comes in both 3" and<br />
6" rail models.<br />
www.adm-mfg.com<br />
3" rail shown.<br />
For these and other quality products, visit our website at:<br />
www.adm–mfg.com<br />
American Defense MFG, LLC. | 2525 S. 162nd Street, New Berlin, WI 53151 | 262.780.9831 Phone<br />
Vertical Grips<br />
Scope Mounts<br />
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Bipod Mounts<br />
VLTOR Flashlight Mounts<br />
Night Vision Mounts<br />
Aimpoint Mounts
Benvenuto<br />
Caterestaurant<br />
Weddings . Seminars . Corporate Events<br />
1730 N. Federal Highway . Boynton Beach . 561.364.0600<br />
BenvenutoRestaurant.com . JP@BenvenutoRestaurant.com<br />
European<br />
White Gloved Service<br />
for Parties of up to<br />
400 Guests<br />
If you would like to receive<br />
“Dining with Entertainment”<br />
email schedule, please contact<br />
Gloria@BenvenutoRestaurant.com<br />
“Like”<br />
us on<br />
The AD-45 Mount<br />
All American Defense MFG, LLC products<br />
are 100 percent designed and built in<br />
the U.S.A. Our products are made by<br />
shooters for shooters, with one goal:<br />
Customer Satisfaction.<br />
AD-45-3 (3" Rail)<br />
AD-45-6 (6" Rail)<br />
This mount allows a<br />
secondary sight (such<br />
as a MRDS) to be<br />
mounted at a 45 degree<br />
offset to the primary<br />
sight. Any type of<br />
configuration is<br />
available, the AD-45<br />
comes in both 3" and<br />
6" rail models.<br />
www.adm-mfg.com<br />
3" rail shown.<br />
For these and other quality products, visit our website at:<br />
www.adm–mfg.com<br />
American Defense MFG, LLC. | 2525 S. 162nd Street, New Berlin, WI 53151 | 262.780.9831 Phone<br />
Vertical Grips<br />
Scope Mounts<br />
Modular Risers<br />
Bipod Mounts<br />
VLTOR Flashlight Mounts<br />
Night Vision Mounts<br />
Aimpoint Mounts