Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Nov 24, 2009, 5:38 pm
About two months ago I was minding my own business blogging when I received an email from PayPal, or at least I thought it was from PayPal. The email looked completely authentic down to the crappy lit...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Nov 24, 2009, 4:58 pm
USA Crusader Blog-11/2009 When I was a small boy in Vincennes, Indiana, I heard, I think, one of the most outstanding speeches I ever heard in my life. I think it compares with the Sermon on the Moun...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Nov 23, 2009, 7:25 pm
USA Crusader Blog-11/2009 In some neighborhoods, crime, drugs and violence run rampant. If crime has a strong grip on a neighborhood, it’s hard to take the first steps toward reclaiming the streets...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Nov 23, 2009, 7:02 pm

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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Nov 22, 2009, 9:01 pm
Not a day goes by that I don’t receive an email notifying me that I have one a lottery, sweepstakes, or that I have an opportunity to help a descendant of an important person who has been murder...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Nov 22, 2009, 7:14 am
USA Crusader Blog 11/2009 by Ken Donovan This blog post is from the writings of USA Crusader Ken Donovan on race relations in the United States. Just before Christmas, something happened to me th...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Nov 21, 2009, 5:31 pm
The Contra Costa Timeshad an interesting article about gangs using cell phones and social media to communicate. I wrote an article about this a few weeks ago Gangs Go Cyber which chronicled a similar...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Nov 19, 2009, 8:54 pm
Facebook is an extremely powerful social media community that has become larger than I am sure many Facebook executives would admit they thought was possible. Facebook had over 2.5 billion visits last...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Nov 19, 2009, 8:01 pm
USA Crusader Blog-11/2009 Law enforcement, firemen and paramedics on occasion are expected to put themselves in harms way. The first responder’s job is to confront dangerous situations by taking ri...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Nov 18, 2009, 10:08 pm
As many of you know there is this crazy mircoblog platform called Twitter, which mystifies many on how or why to use this communication platform. Simple answer is because millions of people are using...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Nov 18, 2009, 5:20 pm
USA Crusader 11/2009 We are living in rapidly and exponentially changing times. We are farther removed from the world of our grandchildren than the world of our grandparents. And the world our grandc...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Nov 17, 2009, 4:39 pm
USA Crusader-Blog-11/17/09 By C. Donovan About three weeks ago, our Art Director sent me a link to an essay contest that was being held, with a message that maybe I ought to write something on the su...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Nov 16, 2009, 12:37 am
USA Crusader 11/2009 With fire wise common sense, you can make sure tragedy does not come between you and the festive holiday you have planned. Follow these fire prevention tips to help you and your ...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Nov 14, 2009, 6:20 pm
TAMPA, Fla. – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has a media initiative to inform the public about the horrors and the prevalence of human trafficking, which is modern-day slavery. As p...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Nov 10, 2009, 7:11 pm

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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Nov 4, 2009, 8:19 pm
Apparently there are still a lot of corporations that are very disconnected from their employees. The most disconnected corporations are those whose employees are their number one resource to generate...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Nov 2, 2009, 6:29 pm
The US army with approximately 1,050,000 active duty soldiers is keeping up with social media when a lot of others are still trying to figure out what a Tweet is. The Army’s brand for their soci...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Oct 31, 2009, 1:09 pm
A great article from Asiaone Digital called Booked through Facebook? provides a some very insightful vision on how law enforcement agencies can use Facebook as one of their tools. Progressive agencie...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Oct 26, 2009, 10:38 pm
So to prep for this blog post I decided to post a question on two of my Twitter accounts Michael Vallez and CrazyMikesapps asking “what is honesty.” I got only one question, but no answ...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Oct 24, 2009, 2:26 pm
When I started this blog Mike’s Social Media Blog I wanted one of my first post’s to be on customer service. Well this blog has been a little neglected due to simply being to damn busy. Y...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Oct 12, 2009, 9:34 pm
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Oct 12, 2009, 8:36 pm
The week of the Blog World & New Media Expo 2009 is upon us. The event will take place at the Las Vegas Convention Center from 10/15 to 10/17 and there will be some heavy hitter social media experts a...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Oct 7, 2009, 6:14 pm
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Oct 4, 2009, 10:32 pm
Twitter was founded in 2006, but it was not until this year that it has reaped what was sowed the last three years. When I talk with people (who are not in social media) they often ask 1) what is Tw...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Sep 24, 2009, 5:11 pm
As I navigate through the many different social media websites, blogs, microblogs and beyond the continued mantra of “transparency” is apparent. As a blogger and someone who consumes the ...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Sep 21, 2009, 10:11 pm
The Journal-news.net reports how a rather unaccomplished burglar ends up getting caught by his Facebook login, yep, you heard me right. Here is a recreation of the crime: 1) break window of victims ho...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Sep 20, 2009, 3:27 pm
SGV Tribune posted an article on how a missing person search was established by private citizens (not police) using Facebook. A young man named Vincent Giovanazzi went missing and unfortunately he ...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Sep 20, 2009, 12:13 am
Some of today’s hottest social media stories and what not: This is a very interesting article and one to watch. Basically, it is a legal proceeding determining if Facebooking messages on your ow...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Sep 17, 2009, 2:25 pm
Fox 23 news station out of Tulsa, Oklahoma had a recent story that peaked my interest. Gang members in Tulsa are using “social media” outlets like MySpace and Twitter to further their cri...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Sep 14, 2009, 11:45 pm
Recently I had the opportunity to meet with Assistant Chief of Police Bill LePere of the Lakeland PD located in Lakeland, Florida. My reason for meeting with Chief LePere was to continue to gain know...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Sep 7, 2009, 4:25 pm
Boca-Raton-PD-Takes-Advantage-of-Social-Media-Tools.mp3 Enable Javascript to play audio content on this site. 0:00 / 0:00 Download A little over a week ago I ...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Sep 6, 2009, 6:01 pm
Mike’s Social Media Today: 09/06/09 a montage of several links referencing social media, social media and law enforcement, and social media and law. The Crime Report:This is Why Law Enforcement is...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Sep 2, 2009, 4:38 pm
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Sep 2, 2009, 3:41 pm
Mikes-Blog-Social-Media-Today-090209.mp3 Enable Javascript to play audio content on this site. 0:00 / 0:00 Download The below links are some of today’s ...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Aug 29, 2009, 4:57 pm
... managed by the chief or his executives. Law enforcement needs to embrace social media and investigate what benefits they can realize. These may include better communication with their customers ...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Aug 24, 2009, 10:00 pm
Jennifer Van Grove over at Mashable brings to light the potential for social media to have a very negative impact on a companies social media efforts. Whole Foods CEO John Mackey wrote an opinion art...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Aug 22, 2009, 10:03 pm
Tampa Police Department (TPD) Corporal Mike Roberts was killed in the line of duty 08/19/09 while investigating a suspicious person News Story. I worked at TPD during the same time Corporal Roberts di...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Aug 15, 2009, 5:53 pm
Social media is blowing up in the business world due to the networking abilities that businesses just can’t turn a blind to any longer. Some jumped on the “social media highway” muc...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Aug 14, 2009, 2:13 pm
The Boston Police Department has been using @stolenbikebos and FaceBook Stolen Bikes Boston page to locate stolen bicycles in their jurisdiction. This is an opportune use of two of the largest soci...
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Mike Vallez posted an article on Mike's Blog - Aug 13, 2009, 6:11 pm
A little over a week ago the U.S. Marine Corp banned all social media, or as they call it “social networking sites” from the Marine Corp enterprise network. Marine Order Banning Social Ne...
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