today’s news and information gleanings from here and there!

Quote for today … “The Susquehanna River is sick and needs help.” – Quote from the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission Website

• Go figure; this guy just cannot take a broad hint. Rick $antorum is back at it again; despite being rejected by Pennsylvania voters when he was a senator, somehow he thinks the US is ready for him? Can our situation be that bad? Salon.com’s headline for the story is accurate: “Running for president is tough when everyone hates you: Why Rick Santorum’s second White House try is a wild goose chase.”

• Here’s why some folks think it’s OK to take money that’s not yours – “A former Fairview Township businessman told a York County judge on Thursday he’d been warned that his former bookkeeper would likely face no significant punishment for stealing more than $80,000 from him.” There’s no jail time. Life just goes on and the slimy culprits have to pay pennies on the dollar for what they took … on a monthly payment plan. – The York Dispatch

• It could happen! – “Often, it’s one of the most trusted people in the church who’s pilfering from the collection plate, or diverting funds from the church budget or investment accounts.” – Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Company Website

• Preventing Fraud and Embezzlement at Your Worship Center – a presentation

• “Social media is a communication tool the police can use to engage the community on issues of importance to both and to gauge community sentiment regarding agency policies and practices.” – Interim Report of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing

• “Agencies should also develop policies and practices on social media use that consider individual officer expression, professional representation, truthful communication, and other concerns that can impact trust and legitimacy.” – Ibid

Click on the above graphic to register your thoughts in a survey about the state’s transportation programs.

• Really … and he want to keep his job! “Chicago cop fights dismissal over photo of him pretending to hunt a black man.” – PennLive

• Letter to the editor in today’s LNP – Always Lancaster wants police to attend to the “deviant hoodlums in the park.”