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Walnut Creek Lets Police Games Begin

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This one will be about parental abduction, kidnapping and possible murder of witnesses.
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Walnut Creek Lets Police Games Begin


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1998-06-19 04:00:00 PDT Contra Costa County -- So, this cop walks into a doughnut shop and . . .
Well, fill in the punch line yourself. Those jokes have become as stale as a 3-day-old cruller. Police officers have heard them all. Cracks about their laziness, their predilection for fried and frosted dough, their bellies spilling over their holsters. Next to lawyer jokes, those quips are staples among hack comics. Truth is, though, most law enforcement officers are fit. They have to be. Starting Sunday and continuing through next Saturday, the public can judge for itself, when Contra Costa and the Tri-Valley host the 30th California Summer Police Games. Open to any law enforcement or fire officer, the event billed as an alternative Olympics is expected to draw more than 5,000 participants competing in 50 events that test athletic ability and specific job skills.
Concord is the host city, but events will take place at venues as far west as Contra Costa College in San Pablo, as far south as Shadow Cliffs in Pleasanton and as far east as Deer Valley High in Antioch. With as many as 25,000 visitors expected, including the athletes, it should mean big crowds at many of the events -- and long lines at the doughnut shops.
"Hey, there's nothing wrong with doughnuts," said Neil Stratton, a retired Walnut Creek police captain who is the director of the games, which are hosted by Contra Costa. "Doughnuts are good, although they may not be good for you. I know a lot of officers who like doughnuts. But we also have some world-class athletes who do a lot more than eat doughnuts."
Those officers will compete in a variety of events, including swimming, track and field, tug-of-war, water-skiing, trap shooting and hard-tip darts. One of the more intriguing competitions is the "Toughest Cop Alive," which involves eight events in a single day: a 5K run, 100-yard dash, 100-yard swim, the shot put, bench press, upper body rope climb, pull-ups and an obstacle course.
There also is a police dog competition, testing obedience and agility, and an obstacle course race, in which Concord's two canine cops, Rico and Mikey, will compete.
There also is a special narcotics sniffing division for the dogs. That division will be closed to the public, according to Concord police officer Dan Moore, who is organizing the canine events. All other events, featuring officers on two or four legs, are free.
"It's the only (competition) I know of where the athletes pay and the spectators get in free," Stratton says.
It has been that way since 1967 when Duke Nyhus, the deputy chief of the San Diego Police Department, organized the first California Police Games in Long Beach to benefit youth and anti-drug programs. It began with 15 sports and 500 competitors and has grown steadily since. Now it is the second largest event for police and fire officials in the world, behind only the biannual World Games.
The Police Games serves as more than just a physical outlet, according to Stratton. It's a way to network.
"Before I retired, I had all sorts of contact all over the state with people I met through the Games," Stratton says. "It makes a big difference when you're working on a case and you have to call another department and you deal with somebody you've competed against. You get more cooperation. You're not just another cop wanting a favor. I've traveled all over the world with members of the LAPD, for instance."
Cops may be collegial outside of the competition but, once the games begin, it's fierce. Most police officers train for the Games year- round. For the 56-year-old Stratton, a master's swimmer, retirement means he doesn't have to cram in his workouts between police shifts.
"I no longer have to get to the pool at 5:30 (a.m.) to swim," he said. "I can concentrate on it more."
Stratton won five gold medals in his age group at last year's Police Games in Fresno and was part of a 50-meter breaststroke relay team that won the world title. Though he's had considerable success, Stratton quickly adds, "I'm no professional or anything."
True, but others who will compete have been elite athletes or even professionals. Former Olympic shot putter John Powell, for instance, formerly worked for the San Jose Police Department after his competitive days were over, and he dominated the Police Games for a several years.
"Just in swimming alone," Stratton says, "we have some guys who swam in the NCAAs last year. We've had people who, given the choice between pro sports and a more secure career in law enforcement, have chosen public service. But they still get to compete."

POLICE GAMES

The California Police Games will begin Sunday throughout Contra Costa County. All competitons are free. Here is a list for selected sports. For a complete list, call the Contra Costa Police Athletic Association at (925) 827-1998.
-- Boxing: Richmond Auditorium and Concord Pavilion, 6:30 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, Friday.
-- Road Race: St. Mary's College, Sunday, 7 a.m.
-- Soccer: Central Park, San Ramon, Sunday-Friday, 8 a.m.
-- Softball (men's senior): Willow Pass Park, Concord, Thursday-Saturday, 8 a.m.
-- Toughest Cop Alive: Alhambra High School, Monday-Wednesday, 7 a.m.
-- Track and Field: Contra Costa College, Thursday-Saturday, 7 a.m.
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Captain Neil Stratton of Walnut Creek Police Department

The Captains Wife

His wife disappears, his step children vanish and the Contra Costa DA accepts the goodbye letter as fact.

Captain Neil Stratton

Elizabeth Stratton vanished, her car found at the Sacramento Airport but she is married to Neil Stratton of the Walnut Creek Police Department. The same city where San Francisco Officer Lester Garnier was found dead in 1988 located at the Ross Stores parking lot.

  • Neil Stratton former Walnut Creek Police Captain.
A dead straight connection to the 1988 murder of San Francisco Officer Lester Garnier and likely responsible for whereabouts of his wife missing since 1997. 
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President at Contra Costa Police Athletic Association

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me Job Title/Employer/Pension Pension Benefits Disability Years of
Service
Year of
Retirement
Total pension &
benefits amount
Neil R Stratton Employer: CITY OF WALNUT CREEK
Pension: CalPERS, 2018
$104,166.00 Not provided N/A 32.85 1995 $104,166.00
Neil R Stratton Employer: CITY OF WALNUT CREEK
Pension: CalPERS, 2017
$100,618.56 Not provided N/A 32.69 1995 $100,618.56
Neil R Stratton Employer: CITY OF WALNUT CREEK
Pension: CalPERS, 2016
$99,463.04 Not provided N/A 32.69 1995 $99,463.04
Neil R Stratton Employer: CITY OF WALNUT CREEK
Pension: CalPERS, 2015
$97,513.56 Not provided N/A 32.6 1995 $97,513.56
Neil R Stratton Title: N/A
Employer: CITY OF WALNUT CREEK
Pension: CalPERS, 2014
$96,228.84 Not provided N/A 32.69 1995 $96,228.84
NEIL R STRATTON Title: N/A
Employer: CITY OF WALNUT CREEK
Pension: CalPERS, 2013
$94,342.32 Not provided N/A 32.69 1995 $94,342.32
NEIL R STRATTON Title: N/A
Employer: CITY OF WALNUT CREEK
Pension: CalPERS, 2012
$92,496.12 Not provided N/A 32.69 1995 $92,496.12
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Media for Pete Bennett | Aired September 14, 2002 - 13:00 ET

Pete Bennett appearing on CNNNext in 2002

During 2001, Bennett was contracted to SBCGlobal beginning in June 2001 which ended abruptly just after 9/11 when his computer issued computer was wiped by a computer virus


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(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

HATTORI (voice-over): These days, computer programmer Pete Bennett is building boats for his kids instead of software.

PETE BENNETT, COMPUTER PROGRAMMER: Well, I was a cabinetmaker for 15 years.

HATTORI: But after more than a decade in high tech, this year Bennett has worked on just one software project so far, a victim of the economic slowdown and, he says, an immigration program that's making the job market even worst.

BENNETT: The American citizens are getting hurt. The H1-B workers are getting hurt. And something needs to be done to straighten this thing out -- and quit.

HATTORI: Bennett believes the federal H1-B visa program, which allows nearly 200,000 skilled workers a year into the U.S., is unnecessary and being abused.

HATTORI (on camera): Bottom line, are H1-B visa holders taking jobs that American citizens could be filling?

BENNETT: That's the general consensus among my peers, and myself.

HATTORI: He's not alone. An organization representing nearly 250,000 high-tech professionals has written to Congress. They want to know why Americans are getting laid off while workers from abroad continue to work. The H1-B program was supposed to give skilled overseas workers jobs when qualified Americans cannot be found. The visas were initially capped at 65,000 in 1998, but Congress upped it to 195,000 last year. HATTORI: In fact, perhaps because of the U.S. economic slump, H1-B applications are down dramatically, 48 percent fewer so far this year compared to last. But critics say the decline is not keeping pace with layoffs here in the U.S.

Norm Matloff is a professor at the University of California at Davis, who has studied hiring practices at high-tech companies.

NORM MATLOFF, UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA-DAVIS: What Congress ought to do is just cancel the whole H1-B program. And in its place put a very small program with very strong protections, and without the loopholes they have now.

HATTORI: Loopholes that, critics say, for example, let companies hire H1-B visa workers at lesser paying positions than the jobs they actually perform.

MATLOFF: There is tailoring the job requirements, so that only the foreign national -- you know, that's the only person on the whole planet that would qualify because you've deliberately set it up that way.

HATTORI: Mahesh Nagaranjaiah, who heads up a Silicon Valley organization that counsels many H1-B visa holders says they're missing the bigger picture -- U.S. jobs are being exported anyway.

MAHESH MAGARAJAIAH, H1-B VISA ADVOCATE: I don't think American companies need to find loopholes in the H1-B programs, but they are sending work back to other countries like India, Russia, Israel, China, and other places, where the work can be done at a lot cheaper cost.

HATTORI: The industry also cites a dwindling pool of qualified graduates in U.S. schools.

HARRIS MILLER, INFORMATION TECH. ASSN. OF AMERICA: Half of all graduate students in the math and science programs are foreign students. When a company is looking for the best and brightest, particularly people with advanced degrees, master degrees and Ph.D.s, frequently, many of those candidates are born abroad.

BENNETT: You got any friends at Technical that have been laid off...

HATTORI: Still, that hasn't stopped Pete Bennett who takes his anti-H1-B campaign anywhere people will listen in hopes of saving any jobs he can.

BENNETT: These people are deserving American citizens, and they deserve the opportunity to be employed. And it's a tragedy the way the jobs have been manipulated.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

HATTORI: Now you might get the idea that every software programmer in the world wants to work in Silicon Valley. But some of the high-tech workers and entrepreneurs who moved from Asia to California are heading home. Kristie Lu Stout reports on the two-way flow of talent across the Pacific.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)




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Election Crimes

When Pete Bennett attempted to run for City Council of Walnut Creek he was escorted from City Hall.  Oh Well! 

Bennett had all of his nomination papers signed, completed and ready for filing. 

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Election Crimes

In democratic societies like the United States, the voting process is a means by which citizens hold their government accountable; conflicts are channeled into resolutions and power transfers peacefully. Our system of representative government works only when honest ballots are not diluted by fraudulent ballots. The FBI, through its Public Corruption Unit, has an important but limited role in ensuring fair and free elections. Election crimes become federal cases when:
  • The ballot includes one or more federal candidates;
  • The crime involves an election official abusing his duties;
  • The crime pertains to fraudulent voter registration;
  • Voters are not U.S. citizens.
Federal election crimes fall into three broad categories—campaign finance crimes, voter/ballot fraud, and civil rights violations.
Campaign finance
  • A person gives more than $4,600 to a federal candidate (various limits apply for donations to and from committees and groups);
  • A donor asks a friend to give money to a federal candidate, promising to reimburse the friend; the friend makes the donation and the real donor reimburses him;
  • A corporation gives corporate money to a federal candidate;
  • A person who is neither a citizen nor a green card holder gives money to a federal, state, or local candidate.
Civil rights violations
  • Someone threatens a voter with physical or economic harm unless the voter casts his ballot in a particular way;
  • Someone tries to prevent qualified voters from getting to the polls in a federal election;
  • A scheme exists to prevent minorities from voting.
Voter/ballot fraud
  • A voter intentionally gives false information when registering to vote;
  • A voter receives money or something of value in exchange for voting in a federal election or registering to vote;
  • Someone votes more than once in a federal election;
  • An election official corrupts his or her office to benefit a candidate or party (e.g., lets unqualified voters cast ballots).
What is NOT a federal election crime:
  • Giving voters a ride to the polls;
  • Offering voters a stamp to mail an absentee ballot;
  • Giving voters time off to vote;
  • Violating state campaign finance laws;
  • Distributing inaccurate campaign literature;
  • Campaigning too close to the polls;
  • Trying to convince an opponent to withdraw from a race.
If you think an election crime is occurring, call the election crimes coordinator at your local FBI office.
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17 CFR § 248.30 - Procedures to safeguard customer records and information; disposal of consumer report information.

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The 2011 PG&E Data Breach from the PG&E Microsoft Sharepoint Server

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17 CFR § 248.30 - Procedures to safeguard customer records and information; disposal of consumer report information.

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§ 248.30 Procedures to safeguard customer records and information; disposal of consumer report information.
(a) Every broker, dealer, and investment company, and every investment adviser registered with the Commission must adopt written policies and procedures that address administrative, technical, and physical safeguards for the protection of customer records and information. These written policies and procedures must be reasonably designed to:
(1) Insure the security and confidentiality of customer records and information;
(2) Protect against any anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of customer records and information; and
(3) Protect against unauthorized access to or use of customer records or information that could result in substantial harm or inconvenience to any customer.
(b) Disposal of consumer report information and records -
(1) Definitions (i) Consumer report has the same meaning as in section 603(d) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a(d)).
(ii) Consumer report information means any record about an individual, whether in paper, electronic or other form, that is a consumer report or is derived from a consumer report. Consumer report information also means a compilation of such records. Consumer report information does not include information that does not identify individuals, such as aggregate information or blind data.
(iii) Disposal means:
(A) The discarding or abandonment of consumer report information; or
(B) The sale, donation, or transfer of any medium, including computer equipment, on which consumer report information is stored.
(iv) Notice-registered broker-dealers means a broker or dealer registered by notice with the Commission under section 15(b)(11) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78o(b)(11)).
(v) Transfer agent has the same meaning as in section 3(a)(25) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(25)).
(2) Proper disposal requirements -
(i) Standard. Every broker and dealer other than notice-registered broker-dealers, every investment company, and every investment adviser and transfer agent registered with the Commission, that maintains or otherwise possesses consumer report information for a business purpose must properly dispose of the information by taking reasonable measures to protect against unauthorized access to or use of the information in connection with its disposal.
(ii) Relation to other laws. Nothing in this section shall be construed:
(A) To require any broker, dealer, or investment company, or any investment adviser or transfer agent registered with the Commission to maintain or destroy any record pertaining to an individual that is not imposed under other law; or
(B) To alter or affect any requirement imposed under any other provision of law to maintain or destroy any of those records.
[65 FR 40362, June 29, 2000, as amended at 69 FR 71329, Dec. 8, 2004]
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