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I counseled, advised, lectured, and admonished kids and adults of all ages in all kinds of situations imaginable. At parent’s
requests I scared straight a lot of youths, using a variety of means and tactics. I also managed to scare straight quite a few adults
and I made a lot of people cry, not always unintentionally. Including many grown men.

I gave a lot of people a lot of breaks when I felt they did not probably deserve full punishment as allowed or required by law.
The breaks ranged from not giving them traffic tickets to not taking them to jail and on very rare occasions when it was
warranted and just, I sometimes didn’t even write a police report for a felony they committed; knowing it would show up in
future background checks and cause serious complications for future job prospects. I talked a few folks out of committing serious
crimes either before or during, and conversely, when warranted, I let more than a few folks start committing a crime so I could
catch them in the act.

I counseled scam, fraud, and identity theft victims. When the scams were unbelievably blatant (and virtually all of them were)
and the victims unbelievably stupid then there was usually not much sympathy from me. I just can’t reward stupidity with
sympathy.