In 1955, responsibility for the health care of American Indians and Alaskan Natives was transferred from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the U.S. Public Health Service and the Indian Health Service was established by Federal Legislation (P. L. 83-568).’ Since 1955, approximately 41 5 dental officers have been employed and subsequently separated from duty in the Indian Health Service. The succes...

BACKGROUND Since many offenders have drug problems, investigators have proposed that drug testing and treatment should be an integral part of probation. In 1994, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) funded a demonstration project designed to integrate drug treatment with traditional supervision services. As part of this demonstration a new procedure called 'seamless' probation was...

The present study aimed to verify the prevalence of psychoactive drug use (amphetamines, methamphetamines, cannabinoids, cocaine, opioids and benzodiazepines) among military police officers in the state of Goiás. Data were obtained from urine samples voluntarily provided by the officers participating in the study, who were informed of the study methods and signed a free and informed consent for...

The current study contributes to what is known about police officers‟ attitudes toward rape. A survey was administered to 891 sworn police officers in two states in the southeastern United States. The surveys were designed to assess police officers‟ acceptance of rape myths. It was hypothesized that police officers would be accepting of rape myths, which are inherently misogynistic. Attitudes t...

The present study investigated the beliefs of students and police officers about cues to deception. A total of 95 police officers and 104 undergraduate students filled out a questionnaire addressing beliefs about cues to deception. Twenty-eight verbal cues were included in the questionnaire, all extracted from verbal credibility assessment tools (i.e., CBCA, RM, and SCAN). We investigated to wh...

Science press officers can play an integral role in helping promote expectations and hype about biomedical research. Using this as a starting point, this article draws on interviews with 10 UK-based science press officers, which explored how they view their role as science reporters and as generators of expectations. Using Goodwin's notion of 'professional vision', we argue that science press o...

For decades, law enforcement agencies have attempted to maximize the quality of their officers through psychological selection procedures. Since 1978, psychological examination of all new peace officer hires in the State of Minnesota has been required under the POST board rules. This mandate assures that prior to joining a department, new officers are screened for psychological conditions or ch...

Elections were held at St. Mary's yesterday for class officers, hall officers and Student Assembly representatives. Results of the race for senior class officers were Nancy Mogab, president, Pat Caserio, vice-president, Maureen Morris, secretary, and Shelagh Crook, treasurer. elections resulted in the only run-off election. The ticket of Karen Bickel and Val Homola will run against Teresita Val...

The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) recently implemented an optimization-based decision support system for deploying patrol officers. It forecasts hourly needs, schedules officers to maximize coverage, and allows fine tuning to meet human needs. The fine-tuning mode helps captains evaluate schedule changes and suggests alternatives. The system also evaluates policy options for strategic ...

1. This service should be on an equal footing with the Provincial Medical Service, i.e., the health officers should be gazetted officers and should enjoy all the rights and privileges of a Government servant as regards leave, pension, &c. 2. The health officers should be absolutely independent of the Municipal Commissioners and should be vested with both administrative and executive powers. The...