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Another one of my coworkers had inflicted some law and order on a citizen and it made the front page news, and not in a good
way. A local newspaper reporter then filed a public disclosure request to get any and every scrap of paper from that officer’s
personnel file, just to dig up dirt. Written reprimands, disciplinary action, evaluations..it’s all fair game to be released to the
public. I saw it happen several times over my career..thank god it never happened to me though.

A general contractor of a big construction company reported vandalism to one of his bulldozers on a construction site: some
activist, upset about new houses being built, had poured sand into the gas tank. By the time the damage was discovered, the
engine had been run a bit and was completely destroyed. Suspect: unknown. New engine replacement: $26,000 dollars.

The day before I had to testify in court for a criminal trial, the defendant decided to plead guilty. Good thing, the case was over
2 years old and specific details were a bit hazy in my memory, although I did have my original police report to refresh my
memory. He had some other cases pending, and he combined them all to get a 7 year sentence.