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Extreme Volunteer

Arizona Extreme Volunteer

About Me

I am semi professional photographer in Scottsdale, Arizona and work as an IT project manager as an independent consultant. I have lived and worked in New York, New Jersy, North Carolina, Colorado, California, Ohio, Toronto, London and travelled to 16 counties and most of the US with my camera. I perform community service as a police officer. I have written some blogs on some events as a police officer that I have encountered, "the madest, the badest and the sadest of the community". Please take the time to read them and leave comments.My latest update in my life is that I have moved to the state of Hawaii.

My Interests

Photography, History, Law Enforcement, Culture, Fine Foods, Wine, Good Conversation, Classy Ladies, Participating in sport activities

Movies:

Shawshank Redemption, Lonestar, Sleepers, Million Dollar Baby

My Blog

First Week in Hawaii

Completed my first week in Hawaii.  During the work week, had not much of a chance to look around.  Really no different for anyone, working, going home and relax, then get up and do it again...
Posted by Extreme Volunteer on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:53:00 PST

Goodbye Buttons

Goodbye Buttons       Police dogs are wonderful tools for law enforcement.  Besides being more agile and faster then the bad guys, they have these wonderful sensitive noses that ar...
Posted by Extreme Volunteer on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:37:00 PST

Some Bad Guys You Just Just Don't Want a Break

Officers have a lot of discretion when it comes to what police action they may take on a criminal.  There are times when an officer will arrest a suspect and other times the officer will just ci...
Posted by Extreme Volunteer on Tue, 16 May 2006 05:47:00 PST

An Off Duty Encounter, (as told to me)

  Off duty encounters potential are dangerous in many ways. Some of those inherent dangers are that the officer lack of body armor for personal protection, no radio to call others for help, and ...
Posted by Extreme Volunteer on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:11:00 PST

Before Criminals Act

Before criminals act, which they often do not, it would often t be to their advantage to prepare for their criminal act. Often they have not completely thought out their plan nor made proper preparat...
Posted by Extreme Volunteer on Sun, 16 Apr 2006 12:55:00 PST

Fun with suspects' text messaging phones

At about 10PM on a weeknight we picked up a male juvenile for possession of marijuana. It was a large amount of pot but still under the threshold of what is commonly known as "personal use" amount. T...
Posted by Extreme Volunteer on Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:57:00 PST

Stinky Pierced Guy

Stinky Pierced Guy We were on routine patrol in what is known as a ritzy are of Phoenix. This area is probably one of the more wealthy areas of the city, frequented by the citys elite and tourist. T...
Posted by Extreme Volunteer on Tue, 17 Jan 2006 06:30:00 PST

Polygraph Exam

Polygraph Exam   One of the many steps in becoming a Police Officer is to pass a polygraph exam. A polygraph exam is also known as a lie detector test. It is a fairly stressful test and I dont ...
Posted by Extreme Volunteer on Thu, 12 Jan 2006 10:59:00 PST