County Case Studies Samples For Students

Politics and government is a very touchy subject for a lot of people. This is especially true right now with the presidential election right around the corner. All of the focus is on the national stage and many people forget that local governments have their issues as well. These issues come from there being too much bureaucracy and too many people that want to be in charge.
​ This is the ongoing issue in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. They are a large county with various towns and boroughs. Every town has a legislative body all encompassed and watched over by the ...

Background

The case study is in regards to Allegheny County of Pennsylvania. The study relates to human services that were offered in the county from 1968-1995. “In this time frame, the commissioner who served the area was Thomas Foerster” . The county was one of the biggest counties in Pennsylvania and consisted of more than a million people who lived in the area. The services that people used and relied on had changed in regards to how many services was offered, and how long the programs were allowed to be used. The case study will reflect how the Commission Thomas Foerster ...

Business

VENTURA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION (VCTC) FISCAL YEAR 2015/2016
VENTURA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION (VCTC) FISCAL YEAR 2015/2016

The Ventura County Transportation Commission (VCTC) or generally the commission was developed by the Senate Bill in 1880 under Chapter 1136 of the well known Public Utilities Code. It was developed in order to counter the defects of the previous body and for this case was identified as the major successor agency to the previous that existed Ventura County Association of Governments (VCAG). The body was succeeded under the conditions of assuming all the overlying assets and liabilities that were overlying. The ...

Describe your department/agency/division budget, and main focus

or purposes of the document (Mission, Vision, and Values)
The Ventura county probation agency is given the mandate to supervise offenders of different ages on probation. It also has the role of preparing sentencing report required by the courts. On the juvenile context, it ensures there is preparing for an equivalent for their facilities operations. The mission of this agency is to safeguard the community security by initiation of a program that graduated sanctions. The sanctions are purposed to bring balance of services between the lawbreaker and the community. Under the jurisdiction of the agency, the young , adult and ...

Introduction and Engagement of Stakeholders

The purpose of this formative evaluation is to take an intricate look into the health problems that have affected San Joaquin County in California. They include the following: The asthma problems affecting the young population due to air pollution, the problem of Obesity, which is still prevalent among the young children, and the risk of cervical cancer. All these issues have been cited in the health assessment and it is therefore prudent to look into the planning of how this health promotion program is going to be developed in order to benefit all those at stake in the county ( ...

The landlord’s strongest position arises out of the Lease Agreement dated November 1, 2005, together with the Smoke Detector Agreement dated the same day (attached as Exhibits A & B, respectively), taken together with the tenant’s undisputed actions from the facts given.
1. Affidavits from both the electrician (later identified as Lech Triscian) and the landlord (attached as Exhibits C & D, respectively) which outlines what was observed when they entered the premises, specifically;
A. The occupants appeared to include the person who was in the premises when the landlord and the electrician entered, which would violate ...

Analysis of the FTAA Case Study and FTAA After-Action Reports

Introduction
On 17th to 21st, November, the Miami town of Florida experienced widespread demonstrations during the Free Trade Area of the America’s Summit (FTAA) held there. The demonstrations caused two departments of police in Miami to collaborate in a special way that saw them working together so as to ensure that peace was restored in the area (Driscoll, 2005). These two departments were the City of Miami Police Department and the Dade County Public Safety Department which now goes by the name Miami-Dade Police Department.
This paper will interrogate the case study and all that transpired that ...

(Name of Professor)
U.S. Supreme Case of Shelby County v Holder
1.
Shelby County v Holder is a landmark case involving the Supreme Court ruling declaring the provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, particularly sections 5 and 4 (b), as unconstitutional. Section 5 of the said Act requires the local government to get a pre-clearance from the US Attorney General or three judges acting as a panel of the US District Court in Columbia prior to changing the laws on voting to ensure that the new law will not result in the denial of the right to vote ...

A case brief of Bush v. Gore (2000)
The case of George W. Bush, et al v. Albert Gore, Jr., et al (531 U. S. 98, 121 S. Ct. 525), familiar as Bush v. Gore was a disputable one, and was heard on December 11, 2000. The case determined the results of the presidential election in 2000. By court’s order (7-2), the ballot recount that was conducted in certain counties in Florida, was stopped due to the absence of approved standards. The Court declared (in 5 – 2 vote) that there was no sufficient time for establishment of new ...

a)

Lt. Gov. Michael mars completed the statewide tour today.

Mars is coordinating the state drought assistance

He called it an eye opening experience.
The southern half has been hit hardest by the drought.
The 15768 Sturbridge residents are within 30 days of water shortage.
Mars described the situation as worse than people realize
The state could receive federal support.
This is after it submitted an application last week
The federal decision will be made tomorrow.
This could end the drought, which had lasted for two months
b)

Montana’s prison guards have been on strike since four days ago.

1600 national guards have been called to duty in the prisons.

National guards started today after 5000 guards went on strike.

Elsewhere, ...

Background

Over the past 100 years, more than 60 percent of world’s wetlands have been destroyed as people search for land to settle on, farm, and establish other types of business investments. Currently, wetlands cover 6 percent of the world’s surface providing a wide array of environmental services, including soil erosion control, water storage and filtration, a buffer against flooding, biodiversity maintenance, nutrient recycling, nursery for fisheries, and carbon storage among others.

However, destruction and drainage of these ecosystems has led to large amounts of carbon emissions equivalent to 40 tons of carbon per hectare per year for degraded swamp ...

Kitsap County V. Mattress Outlet/Kevin Gould

- ISSUE:
- Mattress Outlet files a case against Kitsap County for unconstitutionally prohibiting it from using rain coat clad workers in advertising products.
- SUBSTANTIVE FACTS:
- Kitsap County is sued by the petitioner for contravening the constitution
- It prohibits the Mattress Outlet from conducting its businesses without any prohibition
- Kitsap County is sued under Kitsap’s Code number KCC 17.445.0770 (C)
- PROCEDURAL FACTS:
- On 03/27/2003, Mattress Outlet moved to Superior Court of Kitsap County
- The respondent was sued of prohibiting the petitioner from using the ...

Summary

The 1872 case, In Re Slaughter-House Cases, 83 U.S. 36 (1872) [83 U.S. 36 (Wall.)], the U.S. Supreme Court in response to appeal of Supreme Court of Louisiana decision on three cases reviewed under “An act to protect the health of the City of New Orleans, to locate the stock landings and slaughter-houses, and to incorporate 'The Crescent City Live-Stock Landing and Slaughter- House Company" enacted 8 March 1869, and enforced 1 June the same year offers precedent to municipal ordinances for the control of keeping or slaughter “any cattle, beeves, calves, sheep, swine, or other animals, or to ...

Sandra is a 35 year old single female living in San Antonio. She has a 16 year old daughter. During her last annual exam her blood pressure is 142/92, height is 5 foot 2 inches, weight is 273 pounds, body fat 58%. She is also borderline diabetic. In general, she is alert, oriented, cooperative and in no apparent distress. She reported a decrease in her energy level, particularly in the afternoons.
She has started to become depressed about her weight. When she was younger she was active and liked to run, but now she states that her knees and joints hurt ...

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The most succinct answer to your question is this – Health Care. We almost wonder if this is a trick question to be honest. The demographics are clear and America is, as we all know, “graying.” Add to that the fact that Sarasota is in Florida, also known as “God’s waiting room,” and this became what we ...

Policy and procedure directives are meant to ensure that all actions taken in every institution of the criminal justice system abides not only to the federal constitution, but also to ethics and human rights. Therefore, when policies and procedures are being drafted, their main foundation is the constitution. However, as history has shown, things are not always direct in the criminal justice system. An action taken in criminal justice system such a jail and that seemingly abides by the constitution may later be interpreted as an infringement on the constitutional right of the defendant. Such is the case of Carter ...

Introduction

Legal Brief is a written procedural argument of the case in court of law. It outlines court orders during a case in a manner that is easy to understand. Legal Brief is categorized into Appellate Brief and Student Brief according to state laws (Tomkovicz & White, 2012, p.23). Appellate Brief contains records of court proceedings of the case in an Appellate Court while Student Brief is a short analysis of case proceedings that is used for the purpose of learning. In this case, we are going to consider the Student Brief for the purpose of analysis of the case of Florence v. Board of ...

Overview

The second half of summer, 1982. Five women were found strangled to death at the Green river banks in King County, Washington. During the investigation, the detectives found out that all they were prostitutes. They were working nearby. All the women were announced to be lost for some time already. This was only the beginning. In the next several years, more and more girls have been found along the Green River banks and in the woods nearby. If the first five murders made investigators suspect a serial killer in the King County, now there was no doubt about that. Sometimes ...

Executive Summary

This case takes off from a school related incident wherein a fifteen year old girl was shot by another classmate. She died inside their school, Dillard High School at Fort Lauderdale. This case provides a preview of the greater case of increasing school related incidences at Broward County, Florida and the rest of the country. This case study selects a school based violence prevention program, which requires community-wide collaborative efforts from students, families, teachers, administrators, staff, social and mental health professionals, police officers, emergency response personnel, security experts, among others. There is remarkable evidence that violence in schools and programs to prevent bullying ...

The probation department is a critical constituent of the criminal justice system. Probation officers have a fundamental obligation to the system and society at large to ensure that they facilitate the administration of justice in a fair, just and objective manner. They attain this essential duty mainly by preparation of presentence investigation report, which gets then submitted to the court of law. The report should be based on the defendant's character, criminal history, background, his family life and any other relevant facts that the officer may deem fit to aid in the administration of justice. The report will then be used by ...

Assignment 2: Loads of Fun

The paper analyses the case of Taira (Salmon) Brandt who is about to take over the family business of party invitation named “Loads of Fun”. Taira is known as the boss’ daughter and is not very much involved in taking big decisions for the business. The company is aware of the business decision that will be taken by the new CEO, but she is surely looking forward to addressing certain aspects that can have an impact on the business.
Taira is about to face new challenges because of an article published in the Kent County Gazette that challenged the ...

Chapter 11, pg. 427: Denver Goes Alfresco

- What type of problems was the consolidated city-county government of Denver, Colorado, experiencing with documented management before instating the Alfresco ECM system?

Before the introduction of the Alfresco ECM system, the consolidated city-county government of Denver, Colorado experienced many problems with the documented management system. Before introducing the Alfresco ECM system, more than 70 of the consolidated city-county government used 14 different documented management systems, none of which could communicate or interact with each other (Laudon & Laudon, 2012).

The information Technology department had to manually supervise many stand-alone autonomous IT units with their own systems and standards. Using a decentralized system created problems, including document sharing, document security, and the ability to audit record keeping functions, especially financial records and scanned ...

Facts of the case: The petitioner in this case, Mr Albert Florence, was arrested on charges of obstruction of justice and use of a deadly weapon. He was eventually sentenced to pay a fine in installments of a certain amount. After he defaulted on these payments, the authorities issued a bench warrant for his arrest. Due to a mistake in the system, however, this warrant was not removed from a statewide computer database. As a result, two years later he was arrested by an officer and brought to the Burlington County Detention Center. After spending six days in detention there, he was brought to the Essex ...

Virtual City Police Department. Case Study

Nowadays the Virtual City Police Department face several significant problems. The point is that if the problems are not fixed, the Virtual City citizens will suffer because the level of crimes will increase. This report is aimed at outlining four major problems and finding solutions on them.
The main problem of the Virtual City Police Department is unqualified personnel. The point is that until the mid-1990s every person who had graduated from school and got a certificate could become a police officer in the Virtual City Police Department. However, in the 1990s the situation has changed a bit: college education became a ...

Brief of Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

Decided
Decided June 19, 1961
Character of Action
The case of Dollree Mapp v. State of Ohio (henceforth Mapp v. Ohio) was brought before the Supreme Court of the United States in March of 1961. The case was brought before the Supreme Court after an incident with local law enforcement and a search of Mapp’s home. The defendant was initially convicted in the Cuyahoga County Ohio Court of Common Pleas. The conviction was later affirmed by the Ohio Court of Appeals, and after the affirmation by the Court of Appeals ...

The duty of any medical practitioner is to provide a quality service to the client(s) that is ensuring that the patients’ safety and care come first (Grace & Willis, 2012). However, the clinician has to weigh and judge who need the most attention among the four patients and decide whom to attend to first keeping in mind about the health care ethics. Ms. Cora must work without contravening any legal or practice guidelines. The reasons are because the patients require her.
Because the nurse has a duty to care for patients, Ms. Bingham has to consider some factors like age. ...

Delves McCain

Profiles international
5025 Lake Shore Drive
71652 Warrensville heights, Cleveland

8th June 8, 2014

Raymond Nicholson
The president
Redrose Manufacturing Limited
Cherry Way, Fence Houses
County Durham DH4 5RJ, United Kingdom
Dear Mr. Raymond:
I was significantly enthused after getting a glimpse of the information that you are planning to relocate the headquarters of your company to Cleveland. Apparently, it is a great idea and the company will benefit inevitably from the decision. The Cleveland society is ready and willing to accept the company into this highly harmonized community and my assurance is that the residents, the ...

The use of force is Prerogative of law enforcement officials. Sometimes using force becomes necessary but it should not be exercised unnecessarily or exceed the limit. Authorities, in no case, should exercise excessive force and doing so is a criminal offence. Law enforcement authorities though do not hesitate from using excessive force and the same was evident from the incidents that took place in Los Angeles County where numerous prisoners were beaten severely by deputy of sheriff department.
Videos show how inmates were screaming while and after beaten up by deputy of sheriff department and his men. They were ...

Introduction

One of the outstanding collections of contemporary art is the Rubell Family Collection (RFC) which was founded in 1964 in New York City immediately after its founders Donald and Mera Rubell tied knot. Being one of the largest privately owned contemporary art collections, the RFC showcases its collections in a 45,000 square foot warehouse owned by former Drug Enforcement Agency. The museum of RFC comprises 27 galleries, a film and lecture theatre, a research library with more than 40,000 volumes, a media room, a gift shop, a book store and a sculpture garden. The collection which is open for public view since 1996 features ...

In light of the proposed bill to ban advertisements for healthcare organizations in Vermont, one way for Putney County Hospital to protect their patient base is to continue to build and foster its relationship with members of the community. This can be done by strengthening doctor-patient relationships and by holding community service programs (Brenner, 1994) that will allow the hospital’s staff to directly interact with members of the community. Whether the bill gets passed or not, this will allow the hospital to keep the community members informed about its services. By engaging in such relationship-building activities even before ...

The case study is important for it brings to light essential matters of coordination and efficiency in addressing critical incidents. Students need to spend some time on it so as to learn from the mistakes and oversights committed by responsible officers that led to the losses both in terms of lives and property. Indeed, it must be appreciated that the approach by the response teams was not necessarily the most tactical and that a more prepared team would have saved more lives in good time. The case falls within this article for it shows the role of administrative communication and ...

Abstract

Cultural sensitivity is an issue that is central to health and ethnicity, and also to creating programs for disease prevention and health promotions for varying ethnic and racial populations. The rationale, under which programs for promoting health are build, is based on three basic observations; the varying patterns in the predictors of the behaviors of health, different groups show; the differences in the rates of disease prevalence as indicated by various ethnic and racial groups; and the patterns exhibited by the same groups in the prevalence of risk factors imposed by their behaviors. The differences between the prevalence rates ...

Castore v Tutto Bene Rest. Inc. (2010 NY Slip Op 07695 [77 AD3d 599]).

Plaintiff: Emmy Castore, Appellant
Defendant: Tutto Bene Restaurant Inc., dba Chelsea Restaurant, Respondent.

Procedural History:

Castore brought suit in the Civil Branch of the Supreme Court, New York County. The plaintiff sought damages for injuries she sustained as the result of a slip and fall that occurred on Defendant’s premises. The defendant moved for summary judgment to dismiss the complaint. The motion was granted unanimously by the Supreme Court. The case was then brought before the Appellate Court, First Division.

Facts:

The plaintiff contended that the defendant ...

Introduction

Following the discovery of the extremely toxic contamination of surrounding land, that is believed to have been caused by leakages of the underground storage tanks, ConsoE has decided to handle the case as a crisis. As such, the Office of Communications and Marketing has been tasked with the management of all the information during the crisis, the director will be the official spokesperson for ConsoE.

Crisis Situation

Contamination of land as a result of a leaking underground storage tank
Possible adverse financial loss and negative publicity
Objectives of the Communication Plan
Convey accurate information to the public, employees, local community, and ...

Marijuana is the most profitable drug business in California. Growing marijuana for medicinal purposes is legal in California, but illegal according to the federal law (Cherney 1). Marijuana is known to be the number one crop growing in California. Many people are involved in the marijuana business and they say it is a multimillion dollar business. The pot industry gives rise to profitable and violent enterprises. The people grow marijuana in homes, backyard gardens, and parks. The growers protect themselves with guns because they are often attacked by thieves who come to steal the marijuana (CNBC 1). The local ...

Northern University

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Abstract

The research concentrated on developing a case plan for a neglected child. The introduction helps in determining pointers of child abuse or neglect in the community, as well as, the effects of child abuse or neglect on the child. Finally, the research was also interested in determining interventions for child abuse and neglect, how they could be applied in different ways and their effects on the children. A case plan involved members of a family in the Broward County in Florida. The family was selected after pre-qualification determining that the family was ...

The trend towards the globalization extension covers the desire of the developed economies to approach the developing nations to the growth and position of the first ones. However, the contemporary world faces the necessity to understand the social structure of the developing countries in order to develop the policies that may assist in the elimination of the imbalances between the countries. In this respect, the evolution of the society is divided into three stages applicable to the countries. For the purposes of this paper, the author draws attention to the issues as to whether Tunisia falls within the scope ...

Other Details

Introduction
The City and County of Denver have a massive airport. The airport authorities decided to build an automated baggage system. Unfortunately the project failed to achieve its goal. We have been tasked with analysing the project, identifying the reasons for the failure, and suggesting alternative measures which may have helped in making the project a success. This exercise is conducted with a view to aiding similar projects in the future.

Background

The city of Denver built its airport in 1994 at an approximate cost of 5 million. The authorities decided to build an "Integrated Automated Baggage Handling System" (Henderson, 1994 in ...

Bush, et.al. vs Gore, et.al.
531 U.S. 98
FACTS : In 2008, the lower court in the State of Florida ordered for the manual counting of votes during the recently concluded Presidential election participated by George W. Bush and Al Gore. Bush won but only a few votes over Gore. Because of this, an automatic recounting of votes was set. The Secretary of State issue a deadline as far as the recount was concerned. The Florida Supreme Court extended the deadline from November 14 to November 26. In the counting, the lower court order that a total of 383 votes ...

The acquisition of the Brain Electrical activity mapping will reduce the physicians the time they spend on a patient. The Hippocratic Oath requires medical physicians to perform their tasks with due diligence and provide effective treatment methods to the patient. The medical field has recognized the need for the need for the BEAM technology in their institutions. Any healthcare facility that acquires the technology will become reputable and attract high profile patients.
The Metropolitan Hospital has already recognized that necessity and is planning to acquire a Brain Electrical Activity mapping machine. The machine will help physicians to detect abnormalities in ...

Introduction

The service that police agencies towards a community cannot be belittled. However, the effectiveness of an agency while dealing with various responsibilities from the management to operational level depends on various aspects. The operations command of a police department is usually perceived, rightly so, as the most important. However, it is important to note from the outset that most operational work is usually performed without the watchful eyes of the administrators. As such, effective work depends on the motivational levels and professionalism of the officers.
- How the history of the agency has contributed most of the issues that have ...

Torts Exercise—Fall 2013

1.) Issue: Is Dr. Intenzio liable for selecting Madison Outpatient Pharmacy?
Rule: Under the principle of negligence, the law requires evidence that must show that there was a specific duty on the part of Dr. Intenzio to provide care for Adam and that he breached the duty of care, which resulted to actual and the proximate cause of Adam’s death. As a result, it entitled the estate of the deceased to recover for damages for failure of the parties to present an adequate defense.
Application: In the case of Dr. Intenzio, he has the duty to provide care ...

Question 1

Health informatics came it to existence after the growing need to address the need to apply new tools in healthcare for better services. According to Bemmel and Shortliffe (1986), it began in 1970s as Medical and Nursing Informatics. The growth of health informatics field is very rapid with the advent of cheap hardware and more powerful software applications. Health informatics was used for electronic data processing in health facilities.
There more advancement in information technology has led to more complex informatics systems being used in medical diagnosis. Decision making in healthcare is now enhanced by the use of ...

Introduction

Information systems are a key development measure in our current economy. They were initially developed to enhance better decision-making, planning and monitoring. Use of information appears to be appreciated and incorporated within many systems of work (Parman 2008). Many professions have transformed into intensive use of distinctive information systems. This is as a result of the notion that it will influence better decisions which are much more effective. Furthermore information systems are believed to hasten execution of the policies implemented in these departments.
Despite the fact that information systems are highly appreciated, there lies a great danger when they are used ...

Abstract

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a Clause statute. Its main aim is to guarantee that all children with a disability access free and appropriate public education. Each district is given the mandate to create a specialised education program for each child with a disability. An individual and a county have to satisfy certain requirements to obtain funds from the Education for all Handicapped Children board. The petitioner Amy Rowley demanded this hearing after being denied a sign interpreter in her regular classrooms in Furnace Woods.
Keywords: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, special education, disability, individualised education program

The Background of the Case

At the heart of ...

. Situation Analysis

Bearing in mind that the levels of unemployment stand at 12 per cent, according to the United States’ Bureau of Statistics’ April quarterly report, it is important to note the fact that demand for food will remain high in this county, this is based on the fact that the 12% population does not have a formal source of income. One important thing to consider in the promotional plan for example, is the fact that some of the governmental institutions such as the Agriculture Emergency Food Assistance department have reduced their levels of donation. This will be important especially ...

This case happened within Clark County’s incorporated industrial area, about 10 miles from Las Vegas. The actual site was the Count “Island”, bordered by the city of Henderson, Nevada where a sequence of explosions occurred on 4 May, 1988.
The origin of the explosion was The Pacific Engineering Production Company of Nevada (PEPCON) that is among the only two world manufacturers of ammonium perchlorate. This substance is a very strong oxidizer and it is combined with combustible substances and the product has high energy content that combusts rapidly. Consequently, it is “used in solid fuel rocket boosters, entailing military weapons ...

Strategic Planning Process Issues

Steve Cantwell, the external consultant hired by Mueller-O’Keefe Home. His task was to assist Mueller-O’Keefe in developing a long-term plan for the house, which would plan further capital development and consider the possibility of including new services. Steve Cantwell’s analysis of the situation and the method of evaluation is consistent with the strategic planning process. Thus, he spent significant amount of time analyzing external market environment and the internal situation in Mueller-O’Keefe. His suggestions were made with consideration of the organizational capabilities and the alternatives available in the market.

However, the process used by Cantwell lacks a ...

Introduction

In the period of the last five decades, the United States has documented a major reduction in the rate of infant mortality. Previously in 2003 the mortality rate has been 26 deaths in every one thousands birth. By the year 2007, the death rate was approximated at six deaths in every 1000 births (Gannaro, Shults & Garry, 2008). Various programs have since then been initiated with a major aim of reducing the rate of infant mortality. However, there is still some disparity when it comes to the mainstream population representatives in comparison to the minority populations especially in the case of ...

Strength

Artesian bread is a name that signifies freshness and quality. The whole grain bread is becoming more popular amongst the consumers as they become more aware of its nutritional benefits. The artesian bread contains ingredients such as fiber; omega-3, plant sterols and prebiotics.Some of the specialty bread include stollen, panettone and Greek Easter bread.(Megee,21) In the United States of America, people are looking for natural versions for everyday products (Ooyen and Tsuchiya, 2) this has fuelled the demand for the artesian bread.
Hudson valley in Ulster County boasts most of the shops that sell fresh produce; this ...

Lowell Bray, The Plaintiff, filed an appeal in the Douglas County District Court asking for damages for injuries protracted when he skidded on ice on defendant's grounds. In its adjusted answer, the defendant, Kate Inc on behalf of Stockade Restaurant & Lounge, denied the petition's allegations and alleged that plaintiff was contributory negligent in failing to keep a proper lookout and in walking in such a manner that he lost his balance. It additionally claimed that plaintiff willingly presumed the risk of whatever hazardous condition existed.

Evidence presented by the plaintiff at trial illustrated that the Millard area in Douglas County, ...