https://brettpodolsky.com/general-law/public-urination-tickets-in-texas-the-consequences-of-peeing-in-public#:~:text=It's%20true%20that%20urinating%20in,addressed%20by%20a%20local%20ordinance.&text=For%20example%2C%20in%20some%20cities,disorderly%20conduct%20or%20indecent%20exposure. Above is a link to a factual account from a first-rate criminal-law defense attorney in Houston, Brett Podolsky, about circumstances in which a person in Austin, Texas, or elsewhere in our state can potentially be charged by a law-enforcement agency with the crime of public urination. On a related note, the following very recent post I found online refers to drastically reduced access to public restrooms in Chicago, due to COVID-19-related restrictions there. I haven't yet found a very recent post of that type which is focused on Austin, Texas. But I have observed that many of the public restrooms and restrooms in businesses here in north Austin are currently closed to the general public. https://chi.streetsblog.org/2020/06/02/the-lack-of-public-restrooms-during-the-pandemic-is-impacting-mobility/ One comment of my own in regard to the crime of public-urination: I was told by someone earlier this century here in Austin that in a worst-case scenario in which a pedestrian outdoors is not able to find a public restroom in which to urinate, he can at least protect his own legal position by keeping his clothes on while NOT UNZIPPING or unbuttoning his hiking-shorts or trousers.
Observations for a rationally religious and implicitly deistic modern religion, public-policy writing, creative brainstorming and sociological writing from an environmental-protection-minded and crime-deterrence-minded, law-enforcement-minded, alcohol-free, lifelong non-Christian, conservative left-wing single adult gentleman who is also a direct descendant of Rev. William Brewster--Head Chaplain on Mayflower, religious leader at Plymouth, and adviser there to Governor William Bradford.
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
POSSIBLE INCREASED RISK OF ALLEGED 'URINATING IN PUBLIC' CRIME CASES RELATING TO COVID-19 PUBLIC-RESTROOM-ACCESS RESTRICTIONS:
https://brettpodolsky.com/general-law/public-urination-tickets-in-texas-the-consequences-of-peeing-in-public#:~:text=It's%20true%20that%20urinating%20in,addressed%20by%20a%20local%20ordinance.&text=For%20example%2C%20in%20some%20cities,disorderly%20conduct%20or%20indecent%20exposure. Above is a link to a factual account from a first-rate criminal-law defense attorney in Houston, Brett Podolsky, about circumstances in which a person in Austin, Texas, or elsewhere in our state can potentially be charged by a law-enforcement agency with the crime of public urination. On a related note, the following very recent post I found online refers to drastically reduced access to public restrooms in Chicago, due to COVID-19-related restrictions there. I haven't yet found a very recent post of that type which is focused on Austin, Texas. But I have observed that many of the public restrooms and restrooms in businesses here in north Austin are currently closed to the general public. https://chi.streetsblog.org/2020/06/02/the-lack-of-public-restrooms-during-the-pandemic-is-impacting-mobility/ One comment of my own in regard to the crime of public-urination: I was told by someone earlier this century here in Austin that in a worst-case scenario in which a pedestrian outdoors is not able to find a public restroom in which to urinate, he can at least protect his own legal position by keeping his clothes on while NOT UNZIPPING or unbuttoning his hiking-shorts or trousers.
POSSIBLE RECENT DECLINE IN 'COFFEE WITH A COP' MEETINGS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
"I'm not seeing anything right now for the entire state of Texas for any events listed for 'Coffee With A Cop'," Austin 311 telephone information and reference-service staff member LJ stated to me from his end of the phone line shortly after 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 10, 2020. "Coffee With a Cop" events are designed to offer members of the general public the opportunity for friendly in-person dialogues with APD officers in a relaxed context such as inside a people-friendly restaurant. If you are interested in attending a "Coffee With a Cop" meeting in north Austin, you have the option of visiting the website of https://coffeewithacop.com/ for factual information, according to LJ. Another possibility might be for you to obtain the name of an APD representative for your neighborhood or district of Austin. You could then call or write one of your APD reps to find out when the next "Coffee With a Cop" civic event will occur here in north Austin. Several APD officers each serving as APD representatives for northeast Austin, along with their official APD phone numbers, are cited in the following link to an official APD webpage: http://www-stage.austintexas.gov/department/northeast-edward-district-representatives One 2019 "Coffee With a Cop" event that was scheduled to take place in south central Austin is highlighted by the following link: https://patch.com/texas/downtownaustin/coffee-cop-gathering-set-south-austin
THE GREAT SUCCESS OF 'CAPITAL AREA CRIME STOPPERS' GROUP IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, AT HELPING TO SOLVE CRIMES IN THIS STATE-CAPITAL CITY FOR TEXAS
http://austincrimestoppers.org/sitemenu.aspx?P=statistics&ID=103 "Our Local Statistics "Arrests Made 8,116 "Cases Cleared 12,052 "Rewards Paid $1,155,798 "Property Recovered $11,053,511 "Drugs Seized $24,670,658 "Total $ Recovered $35,819,886 "As of May 26, 2020" It is not clear whether these statistics are for the entire approximately 41-year history of the local Crime Stoppers organization in Austin; for the most recent approximately 12-month period of the local Crime Stoppers group; or for the first approximately five-month period of 2020. I plan to contact the local Crime Stoppers group during the daytime tomorrow for factual information that will enable me to clarify the exact time frame for this statistical chart at their official website. Another statement from the local Crime Stoppers website: "Capital Area Crime Stoppers (CACS) encourages members of the Austin, TX and Travis County community to assist local law enforcement agencies in the fight against crime by overcoming the two key elements that inhibit community involvement: fear and apathy. Callers remain anonymous and are eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $1,000 if their information leads to an arrest or indictment of a felony offender." The toll-free, 24/7 crime-tip-hotline phone number to call for making confidential crime-tip reports on the telephone to Capital Area Crime Stoppers is: 1-800-893-8477.
YOU CAN QUICKLY OBTAIN CRIMINAL RECORDS IN TEXAS THROUGH TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STATE AGENCY WEBSITE:
If you visit the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) state law-enforcement agency website, you can obtain within seconds an online result from the DPS that contains any and all noteworthy arrests, dismissals, convictions or deferred adjudications on a cited person that occurred anywhere in Texas.
As the DPS website explains, the online records you immediately obtain from each search on a person you pursue, with the financial charge to you of about $3 per search that you pay the DPS online in advance, will include:
"Arrests, prosecutions and the disposition of the case for persons arrested for Class B misdemeanor or greater violation of Texas criminal statutes, as well as Class C convictions or deferred adjudications that are reported to the Department. The statute identifies many of the actual data elements. In addition, although not required by statute, CCH has traditionally included limited supervision data reported to DPS by TDCJ."
https://records.txdps.state.tx.us/DpsWebsite/Login.aspx
A GREAT SOURCE OF IMMEDIATE ONLINE IDENTIFICATION OF CURRENT OR FORMER FEDERAL PRISON INMATES OF THE USA:
You can find out online, at no financial charge to yourself, whether any cited person has ever been an inmate in a federal prison in the United States:
https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/
https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/
FIND OUT FOR $5 OR LESS WHETHER ANOTHER TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS, RESIDENT HAS A FELONY CONVICTION RECORD OR MISDEMEANOR CONVICTION RECORD IN THIS COUNTY:
This type of factual information that's available from Travis County Government here in Austin can help you to protect your own personal safety and compliance with the law.
The more you can associate with local residents who are honest and law-abiding, the better your own emotional well-being, medical health, personal safety, freedom from scams, and ability to lead an honorable law-abiding lifestyle.
One official e-mail address you can use to obtain felony-convictions information about a neighbor, prospective roommate, current or former acquaintance, associate, coworker, or relative of yours, or anyone else you encounter in Austin, is: districtclerkhelp@traviscountytx.gov.
The office phone number for the District Clerk's Office is: (512) 854-4957.
You can obtain felony-convictions records for anyone, including yourself, by visiting the clicking on the following link to an official Travis County District Clerk's Office webpage:
https://www.traviscountytx.gov/district-clerk/records-request
No staff member at the District Clerk's Office was available to take my phone call when I called there on June 2, 2020. However, I was able to speak on the telephone that morning with a staff member for the Travis County Clerk's Office in regard to misdemeanor-conviction records.
Yolanda, a staff member in the Travis County Clerk's Office, told me on the telephone at about 9:40 a.m. today that you can call her at her office phone number of (512) 854-9188, option 0, for factual misdemeanor-convictions information on the telephone about yourself or anyone else you want information about.
You will need to provide the full legal name (first and last name generally are sufficient) for the person you need a database search on, along with that person's date of birth. No additional information is needed in order to find out whether someone has a misdemeanor-conviction record on file with the Travis County Clerk's Office.
The Travis County Clerk's Office accepts phone calls from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. However, because of government-imposed restrictions from the current COVID-19 crisis you currently do not have the option of visiting the county clerk's office in person.
Yolanda also stated that if you want a copy of misdemeanor-conviction records for yourself or anyone else, you may obtain them at a charge of $1 per page.
If you request a certified copy of misdemeanor-related records, the charge is $6 for the first page, and $1 per page for each additional page, Yolanda said.
You also have the option of visiting the Travis County Clerk's Office website in order to obtain that factual information online on your own at no charge:
https://countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov/component/chronoconnectivity6/?cont=manager&conn=misdemeanor-data
Another option for obtaining factual information about whether a Travis County resident has a misdemeanor-criminal conviction record in this county is to contact the County Clerk's office using this official e-mail address: misdemeanor@traviscountytx.gov .
https://countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov/misdemeanor.html
https://www.traviscountytx.gov/district-clerk/contact
A GREAT PUBLIC-SAFETY-MINDED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION FOR LAW-ABIDING, HONEST, AND PRO-LAW-ENFORCEMENT AUSTIN RESIDENTS TO BECOME AFFILIATED WITH: THE GREATER AUSTIN CRIME COMMISSION
This very influential non-profit group offers a free subscription to its e-mail updates service:
http://www.austincrime.org/about/
http://www.austincrime.org/about/
I am hopeful that many of you honest, law-abiding, and law-enforcement-minded Austin residents will consider registering online with the Greater Austin Crime Commission at no financial charge to yourself.
I signed up today for affiliation with that non-profit group, so I will be receiving regular updates from that noble commission on a year-round basis.
HOW THE LANGUAGE THEY USE IDENTIFIES VICTIMS AND ALLEGED PERPETRATORS OF SEX TRAFFICKING
https://sharedhope.org/the-problem/trafficking-terms/ As vigilant citizens in north Austin, we can benefit from studying the language of sex-trafficking (see link). This knowledge can enable us to be more effective at identifying possible evidence of alleged sex-trafficking activities that we can then cite in contacting the appropriate law-enforcement agency that can investigate and arrest suspects. The Office of the Governor of Texas here in Austin has a Child Sex Trafficking Team that is specifically focused on making arrests in cases of minors victimized by sex-trafficking in Texas. The e-mail address for the Governor's Sex Trafficking criminal-investigations team is: cstt@gov.texas.gov .
HAVE YOU BEEN INJURED BY A DRUNK PERSON WHO HAD BEEN SERVED ALCOHOL BY A SOCIAL PARTY HOST?
IF SO, YOU MAY HAVE A BASIS FOR FILING A SUCCESSFUL LEGAL COMPLAINT IN A COURT OF LAW IN TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS, as this informative blog from DC Law, a personal-injury law firm in north Austin, helpfully explains:
https://www.texasjustice.com/blog/social-host-liability-in-texas/
Some key paragraphs from this helpful post by the highly-regarded "DC Law" law firm of Austin, Texas:
"In 2005, Texas passed legislation that imposed liability to social hosts who provide alcohol to underage minors. As a result, § 2.02 of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code holds social hosts liable in two situations:
"(a) If the host knowingly serves alcohol to minors.
"(b) At the time such alcoholic beverages were provided, it was apparent to the provider that the individual being sold, served, or provided with an alcoholic beverage was obviously intoxicated to the extent that he presented a clear danger to himself and others; and the intoxication of the recipient of the alcoholic beverage proximately causes damages. "
AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE SENDS NUMEROUS LEGAL DOCUMENTS IN ATTACHMENT FORM IN RESPONSE TO MY APRIL 22, 2020-DATED PUBLIC-INFORMATION REQUEST FOCUSED ON ME
Below are some of the noteworthy legal documents that the Austin (TX) Police Department Open Records Unit sent me through an attachment to a June 25, 2020, reply e-mail letter from that APD unit in response to my April 22, 2020, public-information request (final item, below) to APD. (I am currently waiting for a hard-copy printout from APD that will provide me with numerous other legal documents responsive to that public-information request from myself.)
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"Campbell, Cassie
"From: Benningfield, Sandra
"Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 10:06
"To: Campbell, Cassie
"Subject: FW: 16-1340923
"Good morning,
"This is the only e-mail I found that I generated that referred to Mr. Millian (typographical error by Sgt. Benningfield).
"Sgt. Benningfield
"From: Benningfield, Sandra
"Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2020 8:03 AM
"To: Laduque, Jason ;
Jennings, Richard
"Cc: King, Michael
"Subject: RE: 16‐1340923
"We have a new case with him where he turned in a thumb drive with video. It has been assigned to Tom to review video to make sure there isn’t anything there. We also have a large folder with his video’s. He has been calling up here several times a week and sending e‐mails."
"From: Laduque, Jason
"Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2020 7:51 AM
"To: Jennings, Richard ;
Benningfield, Sandra
"Subject: FW: 16‐1340923
"Just fyi on this
"From: Laduque, Jason
"Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2020 7:13 AM
"To: King, Michael
"Subject: 16‐1340923
"Hello Mike,
"Hope all is well. Can I request a follow up on a subject that seems to be possibly deteriorating? He regularly sends large group emails to every police, city and state official you can think of. I have been saving the email under the above case number, however he does have several more recent cit interactions. Our admin said he is now calling several times a day, and his large group emails seem to be increasing. He is always polite but it is too much.
"The reason he contacts the sex crimes unit is because he says someone is coming through the walls and raping him multiple times on a nightly basis. He was instructed to set up deer cameras in his room, which he did and he thinks he has caught the suspect on the deer camera. Unfortunately it is just a lot of photos of him in his underwear in bed. There are some saved under the attachments in the above case number so you can get an idea of what I am talking about. He is a very educated man but has some issues that may be getting worse.
"His name is John McMillan, w/m 4/27/1957
"Let me know if I need to generate a new report and I can do that.
"Thanks,
"Jason
"Jason LaDuque Sergeant – Violent Crimes Area Command Austin Police Department 512.974.6872 | jason.laduque@austintexas.gov One Austin, Safer Together Keeping you, your family & our community safe through innovative strategies & community engagement."
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----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Austin Public Records Center
To: mcmillanj@att.net
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2020, 04:32:05 PM CDT
Subject: [Austin Public Records Center] :: R036772-042220
The City of Austin has responsive information for your request. Please log in to the Open Records Center at the following link to download the responsive records.
Austin Police Department - R036772-042220
Please be advised the website only allows for two downloads of your files, once you have opened your files please save a copy for your records
Thank you for contacting the City of Austin.
Open Records Unit
Austin Police Department
To monitor the progress or update this request please log into the Austin Public Records Center"
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--- Please respond above this line ---
Re: Public Information Request of April 22, 2020, Reference # R036772-042220; 16-1340923 (but there may also be other cited applicable APD cases)
Dear John McMillan,
The Austin Police Department received a Public Information request from you on April 22, 2020, to request copies of records pertaining to the following:
“16-1340923 (but there may also be other cited applicable APD cases):
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: John McMillan
To: "management.records@austintexas.gov" ; ....(and numerous other cited carbon-copy recipients)
From: John Kevin McMillan, public-information requestor.
8805 North Plaza Drive, Apt. 2418 (in Building 17), Austin, TX 78753.
Home phone: (512) 342-2295.
April 15, 2020
To: Public Information Office,
Austin Police Department,
715 East 8th Street,
Austin, Texas 78701
Office phone: (512) 974-5017.
Dear Public Information Administrator for the Austin Police Department (APD),
This is a Texas Open Records request in which I seek to obtain from you a copy of any and all e-mail communications that were written by any of the following 15 cited APD officers----regardless of the their cited rank or APD division or assignment as officers during that period---at any time from 8 a.m. April 1, 2011, through the present, and that directly referred at least once in any manner to myself, John Kevin McMillan of Austin, Texas:
---Austin Police Chief Brian Manley.
---APD Chief of Staff and Assistant Police Chief Troy Gay.
---Assistant Police Chief Jennifer Stephenson.
---Commander Catherine Johnson.
---Commander Arthur Fortune.
---Lt. Gena Curtis.
---Lt. Brian Gruetzner.
---Sgt. Mark Jelesijevic.
---Sgt. Sandra Benningfield.
---Sgt. Micah Roberts.
---Sgt. Lance White.
---Detective Rob Field.
---Detective John Hitzelberg.
---Detective Jason Martin.
---Officer Ashley Uniszkiewicz
Included in the scope of this public-information request are any and all e-mail letters that any of the above-cited 15 APD officers wrote and sent sent to me.
My legal name is "John Kevin McMillan. I was born on April 27, 1957, at Lincoln, Nebraska.
I am the longstanding criminal-law-complainant in the still-unsolved APD Case 16-1340923. It is an alleged continuous and continuing Sex Crimes case for which APD's Sex Crimes Unit in the latter half of 2019 and early January 2020 accepted from me a half-dozen or more flashdrives containing thousands of photo images of alleged home-invasion-crimes perpetrators and alleged sex-crimes perpetrators and alleged
personal-injury-crimes perpetrators that had been obtained for me in the latter half of 2019 by either of two motion-sensitive infrared cameras of mine from inside my bedroom during my sleeping hours as I lay ALONE on a twin-size bed I myself own inside my current solo-occupancy efficiency apartment unit in Building 17 at Pebble Creek Apartments, 8805 North Plaza Drive, in north Austin.
This public-information request was prompted by my noting today that in the approximately 13-year period ever since July 29, 2007, I myself can currently recall having received reply e-mail letters from at least 10 of APD's higher-ranking officers in response to e-mails from me referring to my being a victim of crime.
One of those e-mail letters directly addressed to me and directly sent to me, the very last item below, was from Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo.
Those 10 current or former higher-ranking APD officers are or were: APD Chief Art Acevedo; APD Assistant Chief Sean Mannix; APD Commander Julie O'Brien; Lt. Brian Gruetzner; APD Lt. Gena Curtis; APD Sgt. Mark Jelesijevic; APD Sgt. Micah Roberts; APD Sergeant Lance White; APD Night Shift Detective Rob Field; and Sergeant Michael King.
I have been a resident of Austin, Texas, on a continuous and uninterrupted basis ever since mid-March 1997.
In the applicable period ever since April 1, 2011, I have resided as a rent-paying official tenant or rent-paying management-team-approved occupant at the following respective home addresses:
---Wind River Crossing Apartments, 11411 Research Boulevard, Apt. 325, Austin, TX 78759.
---Crossland Economy Studios, 12621 Hymeadow Road, Room 133, Austin, TX 78729.
---Village Oaks Apartments, 10926 Jollyville Road, Apt. 902, Austin, TX 78759.
---Village Oaks Apartments, 10926 Jollyville Road, Apt. 1609, Austin, TX 78759.
---Austin Motor Inn, 11400 N Interstate Hwy 35, Austin, TX 78753.
---Pebble Creek Apartments, 8805 North Plaza Drive, Apartment 2418, Austin, TX 78753.
I have paid for and maintained the same landline phone number (512-342-2295) and the same primary e-mail address (mcmillanj@att.net) throughout the entire approximately nine-year period applicable to this public-information request. Ever since August 2019, I have also paid for and obtained cell phone service for myself through AT&T, with my cell phone number being (512) 993-7305.
Below, for your convenience, are copies of e-mail reply letters, each of them sent to me this century, that I have received from seven respective higher-ranking APD officials and, in one other case immediately below, a lower-ranking APD officer, Officer Ashley Uniszkiewicz, who emphasized to me in writing in her January 22, 2020, reply letter to me that she serves as a negotiator and a "special response team" member, and that she also does patrol duty for APD:
Uniszkiewicz, Ashley
To:John McMillan
Wed, Jan 22 (2020) at 8:05 AM
Good Morning John,
I am an officer with APD just trying to assist you. I do work with the CIT unit but am also a negotiator and on special response team. I also still work quite a bit of patrol. You have every right to file any criminal charge, however due to various reason, charges are unable to be pressed against the people you are wanting to press
charges against. I am merely trying to assist you in the best way possible. The individuals you keep emailing are unable to help you, and have asked me to try and assist you.
Thank you,
Officer Uniszkiewicz #6837
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John McMillan
To:Uniszkiewicz, Ashley,Fbinaa Info,Mike Henderson,sandra.benningfield@austintexas.gov,Hernandez Sally [TCSO]
Tue, Jan 21 (2020) at 3:47 PM
Dear APD Officer Uniszkiewicz,
One polite question for you:
Are you a crime investigator for Austin Police?
If not, an attorney member of the State Bar of Texas has helpfully advised me not to have any communications with an APD mental-health office.
I am psychologically healthy, as you know, and I am among the top 1 percent of the most honest and law-abiding single adult white men of Austin. I am also gainfully employed and have good continuity with my employers.
I am very law-abiding and vigilant and I am a longstanding criminal-law complainant with APD. I do very emphatically insist on my legal right to press criminal-law charges through APD or the FBI against any and all persons---regardless of whether they are "effeminate", "gay", "homosexual", "bisexual", "African-American", "dark-skinned", "Jewish", "Italian", "senior citizens", cited "relatives" of mine, etc.,--- who allegedly are ever determined to have been physically present ANYWHERE inside my bolt-locked apartment unit at any time during my sleeping hours or at any time during my napping hours.
Sincerely and Best Wishes,
John Kevin McMillan.
8805 North Plaza Drive, Apt. 2418, Austin, TX 78753.
Home phone: (512) 342-2295.
Cell phone: (512) 993-7305
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Uniszkiewicz, Ashley
To:mcmillanj@att.net
Tue, Jan 21 (2020) at 2:06 PM
Hi John,
My name is Officer Uniszkiewicz and I have been forwarded some of your recent emails you have been sending to numerous people. Unfortunately none of the people you are emailing can help you with the concerns that you have and would like me to speak with you to see how we can help you.
Please email me back or call me at the below phone number so I can assist you in the best way possible.
Thank you,
Officer Ashley Uniszkiewicz #6837
512-854-3442—desk
Ashley.uniszkiewicz@austintexas.gov
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Jelesijevic, Mark
To:John McMillan
Cc:Martin, Jason [APD]
Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 3:19 PM
Mr. McMillan,
As per our conversation yesterday I told you that you could make arraignments for a patrol officer to pick up your video for submission to the Sex Crimes Unit. As for confirmation regarding reports , videos, and misc. documents you will need to contact the Records Unit and request them under open records.
In regards to suspicious subjects you will need to call 311 to report and request a patrol officer to respond.
Sgt. Jelesijevic # 3462
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----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Field, Robert
To: "mcmillanj@att.net"
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2014, 12:36:29 AM CST
Subject: RE: rejection E-mail to me from 'San Antonio FBI' re: my PIR to OAG on rape-crime evidence kit
Mr McMillan,
Could you please remove me from your email list.
Thank you
Detective Rob Field 2752
Austin Police DepartmentRegion 1 / Night Shift Detectives
(512) 974-8146
Robert.field@austintexas.gov
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From: "White, Lance"
To: 'John McMillan'
Cc: "Suitt, Keith" ; "Baker, Donald"
Sent: Monday, May 5, 2014 11:26 AM
Subject: RE: 5-1-14 follow-up question for APD Sgt. Lance White (AP3667)
Mr. McMillan,
I have reviewed the report and the audio/video recording of the incident under case number 14-0200747. Officer Best clearly states that “I am not forbidding you from calling.”
Officer Best suggested to you that “you need to stop calling for this event,” however, “if you have locked your door and it is broken in the morning, or there is some amount of evidence that furthers something then yes you need to call us, or if you want to speak with a mental health officer then yes we will come out and talk with you.”
I find no evidence that Officer Best has prohibited you from calling 911.
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Gruetzner, Brian
To:John McMillan
Mon, Feb 10 (2020) at 12:57 PM
Hello Sir,
I am not assigned to the Sex Crimes Unit and I do not supervise Sgt. Benningfield.
Thank you,
Lt. Brian Gruetzner
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----- Forwarded Message
From: Roberts, Micah
To: John McMillan
Cc: Robinson, Brian Sr
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020, 07:38:46 AM CST
Subject: RE: 2-17-20 ORR re: TX OAG Human Trafficking/Organized Crime Section and me
Mr. McMillan,
I have received your email. However, I am over the firearms unit. This email you provided has been forwarded to our Human Trafficking Unit.
Thanks,
Austin Police Department Sergeant Micah Roberts 4499
Career Criminal Unit
Office: 512-974-4499
Micah.roberts@austintexas.gov
__________________________________
---- Forwarded Message -----
From: Curtis, Gena
To: John McMillan
Cc: King, Michael ; Larroque, Lelan
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2020, 09:40:36 AM CST
Subject: RE: 2-17-20 ORR re: TX OAG Human Trafficking/Organized Crime Section and me
Good morning,
In the future if you need to connect with someone at the Austin Police Department please feel free to reach out to either Officer Larroque or Sgt. Mike King; both are copied on this email. Please have no further contact with me, Lt. Gena Curtis. Have a great day!
Lt. Gena Curtis #2170
Investigations 2(Sex Crimes, Domestic Violence & C.R.A.S.H. Units)
Austin Police Department
P.O. Box 689001
Austin, Texas 78768-9001
(512) 974-5570
....
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For the record, and as noted above in this public-information request, Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo was the most recent APD Chief or Interim APD Chief who wrote and sent me a reply letter of any type or in any context.
That reply letter from Chief Acevedo was written and sent to me about 13 years ago, in 2007:
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Acevedo, Art [APD]
To: "mcmillanj@att.net"
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007, 09:57:07 AM CDT
Subject: RE: 7-27-07 reply sought re: four criminal-law issues in Austin
Dear Mr. McMillan,
Thank you for your note. I expect our members to enforce violations of law as required. Reports to Council will be made consistent with past practice and statute.
Regards,
ART ACEVEDO
Chief of Police
Austin Police Department
________________________________
From: John McMillan [mailto:mcmillanj@att.net]
Sent: Fri 7/27/2007 12:28 AM
To: Acevedo, Art [APD]
Subject: 7-27-07 reply sought re: four criminal-law issues in Austin
To: Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo, Austin Police Department, City of Austin, Austin, Texas.
July 27, 2007
Dear Chief Acevedo,
Congratulations on your very influential new position as Chief of Police for the City Government of Austin.
As a resident of Austin ever since mid-March of 1997, most recently, I am writing to ask you:
---whether you have any plans to request that the Austin Police Department (APD) compile and share with the Austin City Council at a designated public meeting of the Council, a monthly or semiannual or annual APD report providing statistics and other factual information about APD's most recent efforts at enforcing any and all applicable laws, including any municipal ordinance, prohibiting or restricting noise pollution in Austin.
---whether you believe that the Austin Police Department at present adequately enforces any and all applicable laws prohibiting or restricting certain types of anonymous communications in any and all contexts that might ever arise for which a criminal-law implication deriving from those anonymous communications might ever be cited or alleged.
----whether the Austin Police Department should have any role in helping to deter fraudulent or obscene verbalized communications by any media company or any cited business entity or non-profit organization or government-owned entity operating in Austin, Texas.
---whether you believe that the Austin Police Department currently does enough to compile statistical data relating to, and also investigate, alleged cases of verbal harassment or alleged terroristic threats being verbalized in Austin, Texas, in which alleged slander or alleged verbalization of death threats, for that matter, allegedly occur as well.
Thank you in advance, Chief Acevedo, for your very helpful responses to these four hopefully-polite questions from myself.
Sincerely and Best Wishes from a law-abiding and honest, clean-talking, non-stalking and consistently civil, teetotaling and alcohol-free, tobacco-free, facially cleanshaven, tattoo-less, former full-time clerical employee of the Texas Department of Public Safety state agency in Austin, John Kevin McMillan,
11411 Research Boulevard, Apt. 325, Austin, Texas, 78759.
Phone: (512) 342-2295
"Campbell, Cassie
"From: Benningfield, Sandra
"Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 10:06
"To: Campbell, Cassie
"Subject: FW: 16-1340923
"Good morning,
"This is the only e-mail I found that I generated that referred to Mr. Millian (typographical error by Sgt. Benningfield).
"Sgt. Benningfield
"From: Benningfield, Sandra
"Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2020 8:03 AM
"To: Laduque, Jason ;
Jennings, Richard
"Cc: King, Michael
"Subject: RE: 16‐1340923
"We have a new case with him where he turned in a thumb drive with video. It has been assigned to Tom to review video to make sure there isn’t anything there. We also have a large folder with his video’s. He has been calling up here several times a week and sending e‐mails."
"From: Laduque, Jason
"Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2020 7:51 AM
"To: Jennings, Richard ;
Benningfield, Sandra
"Subject: FW: 16‐1340923
"Just fyi on this
"From: Laduque, Jason
"Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2020 7:13 AM
"To: King, Michael
"Subject: 16‐1340923
"Hello Mike,
"Hope all is well. Can I request a follow up on a subject that seems to be possibly deteriorating? He regularly sends large group emails to every police, city and state official you can think of. I have been saving the email under the above case number, however he does have several more recent cit interactions. Our admin said he is now calling several times a day, and his large group emails seem to be increasing. He is always polite but it is too much.
"The reason he contacts the sex crimes unit is because he says someone is coming through the walls and raping him multiple times on a nightly basis. He was instructed to set up deer cameras in his room, which he did and he thinks he has caught the suspect on the deer camera. Unfortunately it is just a lot of photos of him in his underwear in bed. There are some saved under the attachments in the above case number so you can get an idea of what I am talking about. He is a very educated man but has some issues that may be getting worse.
"His name is John McMillan, w/m 4/27/1957
"Let me know if I need to generate a new report and I can do that.
"Thanks,
"Jason
"Jason LaDuque Sergeant – Violent Crimes Area Command Austin Police Department 512.974.6872 | jason.laduque@austintexas.gov One Austin, Safer Together Keeping you, your family & our community safe through innovative strategies & community engagement."
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----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Austin Public Records Center
To: mcmillanj@att.net
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2020, 04:32:05 PM CDT
Subject: [Austin Public Records Center] :: R036772-042220
The City of Austin has responsive information for your request. Please log in to the Open Records Center at the following link to download the responsive records.
Austin Police Department - R036772-042220
Please be advised the website only allows for two downloads of your files, once you have opened your files please save a copy for your records
Thank you for contacting the City of Austin.
Open Records Unit
Austin Police Department
To monitor the progress or update this request please log into the Austin Public Records Center"
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--- Please respond above this line ---
Re: Public Information Request of April 22, 2020, Reference # R036772-042220; 16-1340923 (but there may also be other cited applicable APD cases)
Dear John McMillan,
The Austin Police Department received a Public Information request from you on April 22, 2020, to request copies of records pertaining to the following:
“16-1340923 (but there may also be other cited applicable APD cases):
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: John McMillan
To: "management.records@austintexas.gov" ; ....(and numerous other cited carbon-copy recipients)
From: John Kevin McMillan, public-information requestor.
8805 North Plaza Drive, Apt. 2418 (in Building 17), Austin, TX 78753.
Home phone: (512) 342-2295.
April 15, 2020
To: Public Information Office,
Austin Police Department,
715 East 8th Street,
Austin, Texas 78701
Office phone: (512) 974-5017.
Dear Public Information Administrator for the Austin Police Department (APD),
This is a Texas Open Records request in which I seek to obtain from you a copy of any and all e-mail communications that were written by any of the following 15 cited APD officers----regardless of the their cited rank or APD division or assignment as officers during that period---at any time from 8 a.m. April 1, 2011, through the present, and that directly referred at least once in any manner to myself, John Kevin McMillan of Austin, Texas:
---Austin Police Chief Brian Manley.
---APD Chief of Staff and Assistant Police Chief Troy Gay.
---Assistant Police Chief Jennifer Stephenson.
---Commander Catherine Johnson.
---Commander Arthur Fortune.
---Lt. Gena Curtis.
---Lt. Brian Gruetzner.
---Sgt. Mark Jelesijevic.
---Sgt. Sandra Benningfield.
---Sgt. Micah Roberts.
---Sgt. Lance White.
---Detective Rob Field.
---Detective John Hitzelberg.
---Detective Jason Martin.
---Officer Ashley Uniszkiewicz
Included in the scope of this public-information request are any and all e-mail letters that any of the above-cited 15 APD officers wrote and sent sent to me.
My legal name is "John Kevin McMillan. I was born on April 27, 1957, at Lincoln, Nebraska.
I am the longstanding criminal-law-complainant in the still-unsolved APD Case 16-1340923. It is an alleged continuous and continuing Sex Crimes case for which APD's Sex Crimes Unit in the latter half of 2019 and early January 2020 accepted from me a half-dozen or more flashdrives containing thousands of photo images of alleged home-invasion-crimes perpetrators and alleged sex-crimes perpetrators and alleged
personal-injury-crimes perpetrators that had been obtained for me in the latter half of 2019 by either of two motion-sensitive infrared cameras of mine from inside my bedroom during my sleeping hours as I lay ALONE on a twin-size bed I myself own inside my current solo-occupancy efficiency apartment unit in Building 17 at Pebble Creek Apartments, 8805 North Plaza Drive, in north Austin.
This public-information request was prompted by my noting today that in the approximately 13-year period ever since July 29, 2007, I myself can currently recall having received reply e-mail letters from at least 10 of APD's higher-ranking officers in response to e-mails from me referring to my being a victim of crime.
One of those e-mail letters directly addressed to me and directly sent to me, the very last item below, was from Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo.
Those 10 current or former higher-ranking APD officers are or were: APD Chief Art Acevedo; APD Assistant Chief Sean Mannix; APD Commander Julie O'Brien; Lt. Brian Gruetzner; APD Lt. Gena Curtis; APD Sgt. Mark Jelesijevic; APD Sgt. Micah Roberts; APD Sergeant Lance White; APD Night Shift Detective Rob Field; and Sergeant Michael King.
I have been a resident of Austin, Texas, on a continuous and uninterrupted basis ever since mid-March 1997.
In the applicable period ever since April 1, 2011, I have resided as a rent-paying official tenant or rent-paying management-team-approved occupant at the following respective home addresses:
---Wind River Crossing Apartments, 11411 Research Boulevard, Apt. 325, Austin, TX 78759.
---Crossland Economy Studios, 12621 Hymeadow Road, Room 133, Austin, TX 78729.
---Village Oaks Apartments, 10926 Jollyville Road, Apt. 902, Austin, TX 78759.
---Village Oaks Apartments, 10926 Jollyville Road, Apt. 1609, Austin, TX 78759.
---Austin Motor Inn, 11400 N Interstate Hwy 35, Austin, TX 78753.
---Pebble Creek Apartments, 8805 North Plaza Drive, Apartment 2418, Austin, TX 78753.
I have paid for and maintained the same landline phone number (512-342-2295) and the same primary e-mail address (mcmillanj@att.net) throughout the entire approximately nine-year period applicable to this public-information request. Ever since August 2019, I have also paid for and obtained cell phone service for myself through AT&T, with my cell phone number being (512) 993-7305.
Below, for your convenience, are copies of e-mail reply letters, each of them sent to me this century, that I have received from seven respective higher-ranking APD officials and, in one other case immediately below, a lower-ranking APD officer, Officer Ashley Uniszkiewicz, who emphasized to me in writing in her January 22, 2020, reply letter to me that she serves as a negotiator and a "special response team" member, and that she also does patrol duty for APD:
Uniszkiewicz, Ashley
To:John McMillan
Wed, Jan 22 (2020) at 8:05 AM
Good Morning John,
I am an officer with APD just trying to assist you. I do work with the CIT unit but am also a negotiator and on special response team. I also still work quite a bit of patrol. You have every right to file any criminal charge, however due to various reason, charges are unable to be pressed against the people you are wanting to press
charges against. I am merely trying to assist you in the best way possible. The individuals you keep emailing are unable to help you, and have asked me to try and assist you.
Thank you,
Officer Uniszkiewicz #6837
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John McMillan
To:Uniszkiewicz, Ashley,Fbinaa Info,Mike Henderson,sandra.benningfield@austintexas.gov,Hernandez Sally [TCSO]
Tue, Jan 21 (2020) at 3:47 PM
Dear APD Officer Uniszkiewicz,
One polite question for you:
Are you a crime investigator for Austin Police?
If not, an attorney member of the State Bar of Texas has helpfully advised me not to have any communications with an APD mental-health office.
I am psychologically healthy, as you know, and I am among the top 1 percent of the most honest and law-abiding single adult white men of Austin. I am also gainfully employed and have good continuity with my employers.
I am very law-abiding and vigilant and I am a longstanding criminal-law complainant with APD. I do very emphatically insist on my legal right to press criminal-law charges through APD or the FBI against any and all persons---regardless of whether they are "effeminate", "gay", "homosexual", "bisexual", "African-American", "dark-skinned", "Jewish", "Italian", "senior citizens", cited "relatives" of mine, etc.,--- who allegedly are ever determined to have been physically present ANYWHERE inside my bolt-locked apartment unit at any time during my sleeping hours or at any time during my napping hours.
Sincerely and Best Wishes,
John Kevin McMillan.
8805 North Plaza Drive, Apt. 2418, Austin, TX 78753.
Home phone: (512) 342-2295.
Cell phone: (512) 993-7305
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Uniszkiewicz, Ashley
To:mcmillanj@att.net
Tue, Jan 21 (2020) at 2:06 PM
Hi John,
My name is Officer Uniszkiewicz and I have been forwarded some of your recent emails you have been sending to numerous people. Unfortunately none of the people you are emailing can help you with the concerns that you have and would like me to speak with you to see how we can help you.
Please email me back or call me at the below phone number so I can assist you in the best way possible.
Thank you,
Officer Ashley Uniszkiewicz #6837
512-854-3442—desk
Ashley.uniszkiewicz@austintexas.gov
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Jelesijevic, Mark
To:John McMillan
Cc:Martin, Jason [APD]
Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 3:19 PM
Mr. McMillan,
As per our conversation yesterday I told you that you could make arraignments for a patrol officer to pick up your video for submission to the Sex Crimes Unit. As for confirmation regarding reports , videos, and misc. documents you will need to contact the Records Unit and request them under open records.
In regards to suspicious subjects you will need to call 311 to report and request a patrol officer to respond.
Sgt. Jelesijevic # 3462
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----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Field, Robert
To: "mcmillanj@att.net"
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2014, 12:36:29 AM CST
Subject: RE: rejection E-mail to me from 'San Antonio FBI' re: my PIR to OAG on rape-crime evidence kit
Mr McMillan,
Could you please remove me from your email list.
Thank you
Detective Rob Field 2752
Austin Police DepartmentRegion 1 / Night Shift Detectives
(512) 974-8146
Robert.field@austintexas.gov
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From: "White, Lance"
To: 'John McMillan'
Cc: "Suitt, Keith" ; "Baker, Donald"
Sent: Monday, May 5, 2014 11:26 AM
Subject: RE: 5-1-14 follow-up question for APD Sgt. Lance White (AP3667)
Mr. McMillan,
I have reviewed the report and the audio/video recording of the incident under case number 14-0200747. Officer Best clearly states that “I am not forbidding you from calling.”
Officer Best suggested to you that “you need to stop calling for this event,” however, “if you have locked your door and it is broken in the morning, or there is some amount of evidence that furthers something then yes you need to call us, or if you want to speak with a mental health officer then yes we will come out and talk with you.”
I find no evidence that Officer Best has prohibited you from calling 911.
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Gruetzner, Brian
To:John McMillan
Mon, Feb 10 (2020) at 12:57 PM
Hello Sir,
I am not assigned to the Sex Crimes Unit and I do not supervise Sgt. Benningfield.
Thank you,
Lt. Brian Gruetzner
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----- Forwarded Message
From: Roberts, Micah
To: John McMillan
Cc: Robinson, Brian Sr
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020, 07:38:46 AM CST
Subject: RE: 2-17-20 ORR re: TX OAG Human Trafficking/Organized Crime Section and me
Mr. McMillan,
I have received your email. However, I am over the firearms unit. This email you provided has been forwarded to our Human Trafficking Unit.
Thanks,
Austin Police Department Sergeant Micah Roberts 4499
Career Criminal Unit
Office: 512-974-4499
Micah.roberts@austintexas.gov
__________________________________
---- Forwarded Message -----
From: Curtis, Gena
To: John McMillan
Cc: King, Michael ; Larroque, Lelan
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2020, 09:40:36 AM CST
Subject: RE: 2-17-20 ORR re: TX OAG Human Trafficking/Organized Crime Section and me
Good morning,
In the future if you need to connect with someone at the Austin Police Department please feel free to reach out to either Officer Larroque or Sgt. Mike King; both are copied on this email. Please have no further contact with me, Lt. Gena Curtis. Have a great day!
Lt. Gena Curtis #2170
Investigations 2(Sex Crimes, Domestic Violence & C.R.A.S.H. Units)
Austin Police Department
P.O. Box 689001
Austin, Texas 78768-9001
(512) 974-5570
....
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For the record, and as noted above in this public-information request, Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo was the most recent APD Chief or Interim APD Chief who wrote and sent me a reply letter of any type or in any context.
That reply letter from Chief Acevedo was written and sent to me about 13 years ago, in 2007:
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Acevedo, Art [APD]
To: "mcmillanj@att.net"
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007, 09:57:07 AM CDT
Subject: RE: 7-27-07 reply sought re: four criminal-law issues in Austin
Dear Mr. McMillan,
Thank you for your note. I expect our members to enforce violations of law as required. Reports to Council will be made consistent with past practice and statute.
Regards,
ART ACEVEDO
Chief of Police
Austin Police Department
________________________________
From: John McMillan [mailto:mcmillanj@att.net]
Sent: Fri 7/27/2007 12:28 AM
To: Acevedo, Art [APD]
Subject: 7-27-07 reply sought re: four criminal-law issues in Austin
To: Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo, Austin Police Department, City of Austin, Austin, Texas.
July 27, 2007
Dear Chief Acevedo,
Congratulations on your very influential new position as Chief of Police for the City Government of Austin.
As a resident of Austin ever since mid-March of 1997, most recently, I am writing to ask you:
---whether you have any plans to request that the Austin Police Department (APD) compile and share with the Austin City Council at a designated public meeting of the Council, a monthly or semiannual or annual APD report providing statistics and other factual information about APD's most recent efforts at enforcing any and all applicable laws, including any municipal ordinance, prohibiting or restricting noise pollution in Austin.
---whether you believe that the Austin Police Department at present adequately enforces any and all applicable laws prohibiting or restricting certain types of anonymous communications in any and all contexts that might ever arise for which a criminal-law implication deriving from those anonymous communications might ever be cited or alleged.
----whether the Austin Police Department should have any role in helping to deter fraudulent or obscene verbalized communications by any media company or any cited business entity or non-profit organization or government-owned entity operating in Austin, Texas.
---whether you believe that the Austin Police Department currently does enough to compile statistical data relating to, and also investigate, alleged cases of verbal harassment or alleged terroristic threats being verbalized in Austin, Texas, in which alleged slander or alleged verbalization of death threats, for that matter, allegedly occur as well.
Thank you in advance, Chief Acevedo, for your very helpful responses to these four hopefully-polite questions from myself.
Sincerely and Best Wishes from a law-abiding and honest, clean-talking, non-stalking and consistently civil, teetotaling and alcohol-free, tobacco-free, facially cleanshaven, tattoo-less, former full-time clerical employee of the Texas Department of Public Safety state agency in Austin, John Kevin McMillan,
11411 Research Boulevard, Apt. 325, Austin, Texas, 78759.
Phone: (512) 342-2295
CITY GOVERNMENT OF AUSTIN IN THIS STATE-CAPITAL CITY FOR TEXAS INVITES YOU TO HELP PUT A STOP TO GRAFFITI ON PUBLIC PROPERTY AND PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT ARE VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC
https://www.austintexas.gov/department/graffiti-removal
This City of Austin webpage states:
"Graffiti is a mark -- including an inscription, slogan, drawing, painting, symbol, logo, name, character, or figure -- made in any manner on public or private property that is visible to the public. Creating graffiti without consent of the property owner is a crime in the City of Austin, and taggers are subject to various penalties under state law."
The name of this initiative by the City of Austin: "Make Art Not Marks". The initiative is designed in part to encourage Austin residents to pursue art projects in a law-abiding manner that does not involve defacement of a public property, business property, or privately-owned property.
I am hopeful that many residents of our section of North Austin will be willing to report to the City of Austin graffiti they observe on public properties.
"Report graffiti or tagging in progress online, with the 3-1-1 mobile app or by calling 3-1-1", as the above-cited City of Austin webpage helpfully states.
Those reports to Austin 311 telephone information and reference service staff can contribute significantly toward beautification of our urban landscape and toward promotion of law-abiding, property-rights-respectful conduct by all residents here.
IS CITY OF AUSTIN HEALTH DEPARTMENT MONITORING LIVING-CONDITIONS TEMPERATURE INSIDE TENTS OF AUSTIN'S HOMELESS?
There appears to be an urgent need for the City of Austin to address this public-policy issue.
KOA Campgrounds, which reportedly owns the most extensive network of privately-owned campgrounds in the entire world, offers the following factual information online at Koa.com about living conditions inside a tent during the summertime:
"When it is blazing hot during the day, your tent acts like a greenhouse. It absorbs the sun’s rays and becomes a storehouse for heat, making getting back into the tent feel like stepping into a sauna."
https://koa.com/blog/tips-for-staying-cool-on-summer-camping-trips/
It seems likely that many of Austin's homeless who reside in tents suffer from severe dehydration as well as heat prostration.
One reliable medical-information online source, Medicine.net, defines "Heat Prostration" as "Overheating of the body due to extreme weather conditions. Unrelieved hyperthermia can lead to collapse and death, particularly in the elderly. Prevention via air conditioning, ventilation, and drinking extra water is the key for vulnerable persons. In emergency cases, injections of saline solution and rapid cooling of the body may be needed. Also known as heatstroke or hyperthermia."
https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=11406
WARNING FROM OUR STATE PENAL CODE OF TEXAS: YOU COULD FACE FINE OF $500 OR MORE AND BE CONVICTED OF A MISDEMEANOR CRIME IF YOU STEAL SOMEONE ELSE'S DOG
https://legalbeagle.com/8715357-punishment-stealing-dog-texas.html
I decided to share this factual information about the current state law on dog-napping in Texas because it seems likely to me that many of the "mysterious" disappearances of dogs that occur in our section of Austin may involve an alleged dog-napping by someone else residing in or visiting north Austin.
HOW TO HELP PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN FROM WOULD-BE KIDNAPPERS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
I recently re-studied a currently-copyrighted March 5, 2020, "Austin Monitor" online news story (link below) by reporter Jessi Devenyns that cited "large jumps" in "kidnappings"in northeast Austin (the "Edward Sector", as the Austin Police Department refers to northeast Austin) in the period from January 2019 to January 2020.
https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2020/03/austin-police-department-sees-increase-in-violent-crime/
That alarming news about a very recent major increase in alleged kidnappings in our section of Austin prompted me to pursue some online research today.
I was pleased to find one online website from the non-profit group "Polly Klaas (registered trademark) Foundation" of Petaluma, California, that offered numerous tips on how to protect a child in your household from any risk of their being kidnapped. Among those tips (see link immediately below): "Ask the police to intervene and warn the non-custodial parent of criminal consequences—family abduction is often a felony."
http://www.pollyklaas.org/safe/familyabduction.html
An excerpt from another section of this very informative website: "Five Things You Might Not Know About Family Abductions "Each year, over 203,000 children (78% of all missing children!) in the U.S. are abducted by a family member, usually a parent. "The biggest motive for family abduction is revenge against another parent, not the child's safety. "More than half of abducting parents have a history of violent behavior, a criminal record, or a substance abuse problem. "Children abducted by family members often suffer severe lifelong emotional and psychological damage. "Nearly 70% of law enforcement agencies do not have a written policy on how to respond to a family abduction." I plan to call the City of Austin or APD later today to find out whether APD is among the law-enforcement agencies that DO have a written policy on their own response to cases of alleged abduction of a child by a former parental-guardian of that child. According to a statement at their website, the Polly Klaas Foundation strives to promote "safety of all children, the recovery of missing children, and public policies that keep children safe in their communities. "We have helped more than 9,500 families of missing children, counseling them on ways to find their children and work with law enforcement. We make and distribute posters of missing children for these families..." The group's 24/7 hotline phone number is: 1-800-587-4357. The main e-mail address for the Polly Klaas Foundation is: service@pollyklaas.org . The link to that blog is: http://www.stopfamilyabductionsnow.org/about_us.html
An excerpt from another section of this very informative website: "Five Things You Might Not Know About Family Abductions "Each year, over 203,000 children (78% of all missing children!) in the U.S. are abducted by a family member, usually a parent. "The biggest motive for family abduction is revenge against another parent, not the child's safety. "More than half of abducting parents have a history of violent behavior, a criminal record, or a substance abuse problem. "Children abducted by family members often suffer severe lifelong emotional and psychological damage. "Nearly 70% of law enforcement agencies do not have a written policy on how to respond to a family abduction." I plan to call the City of Austin or APD later today to find out whether APD is among the law-enforcement agencies that DO have a written policy on their own response to cases of alleged abduction of a child by a former parental-guardian of that child. According to a statement at their website, the Polly Klaas Foundation strives to promote "safety of all children, the recovery of missing children, and public policies that keep children safe in their communities. "We have helped more than 9,500 families of missing children, counseling them on ways to find their children and work with law enforcement. We make and distribute posters of missing children for these families..." The group's 24/7 hotline phone number is: 1-800-587-4357. The main e-mail address for the Polly Klaas Foundation is: service@pollyklaas.org . The link to that blog is: http://www.stopfamilyabductionsnow.org/about_us.html
City of Austin to Decide Whether It Will Post Sign Warning Beer-Bottle Smashers on Sidewalk Along Eastern Side of North Plaza Drive About One Block South of East Rundberg Lane in northeast Austin
I am grateful to Austin 311 telephone reference staff member Josh for stating to me on the telephone at about 6 p.m. on June 16, 2020, that he was willing to contact the City Government of Austin agency with legal authority over the placement of signs and ask that department if it can post a warning sign near the sidewalk along the east side of North Plaza Drive about one block south of East Rundberg Lane.
The departmental office with legal authority to install a warning sign along North Plaza Drive is the Austin Department of Transportation Signs & Markings Division, according to Austin 311 staff member Josh.
https://www.austintexas.gov/department/signs-markings
I mentioned to Josh that I hope the message on the proposed warning sign from the City of Austin will be in English and in Spanish. My hope is that the proposed warning sign along the sidewalk at this location will declare: "Warning: If You Smash a Bottle Or Otherwise Litter on or near the Sidewalk, You can be Charged with a Misdemeanor Crime and Be Ordered to Pay a Fine Up to $500." After I watched a young boy age 5 or younger walk with his mother this evening on the sidewalk along the east side of North Plaza a bit south of Rundberg --- a portion of that sidewalk where minutes later I counted an estimated 50 total shards of green glass from a broken beer bottle lying on the sidewalk this evening--- I also need to find out if state law in Texas imposes a criminal penalty on individuals whose littering practices ENDANGER THE SAFETY OF PEDESTRIANS, JOGGERS, BICYCLISTS, OR MOTORISTS. According to Austin 311 staff member Tanika, who offered me this information about about 9:15 p.m. this Tuesday (June 16), the City Clerk's Office, phone number 512-974-2210, can provide information over the telephone in regard to whether any current City of Austin ordinance imposes penalties for littering practices that endanger the safety of others. There may also be a current state law in Texas that addresses that specific issue. I left a voice mail message on this with the City Clerk's Office at 3:32 p.m. this Wednesday, June 17, after no member of their staff answered my phone call. The current anti-littering law in Texas reportedly states: "Litter weighing five pounds or less is a class C misdemeanor, punishable by a fine up to $500. If between five and 500 pounds, class B misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $500, imprisonment up to 30 days, or both. If between 500 and 1,000 pounds or for a commercial purpose, class A misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $4,000, imprisonment up to one year, or both. State jail felony if the litter to which the offense applies: (1) weighs 1,000 pounds or more; (2) disposed of for a commercial purpose and weighs 200 pounds or more; or (3) contained in a closed barrel or drum. Punishable by imprisonment up to two years and a fine up to $10,000. (See Tex. Penal Code §12.21 et seq.)"
https://www.austintexas.gov/department/signs-markings
I mentioned to Josh that I hope the message on the proposed warning sign from the City of Austin will be in English and in Spanish. My hope is that the proposed warning sign along the sidewalk at this location will declare: "Warning: If You Smash a Bottle Or Otherwise Litter on or near the Sidewalk, You can be Charged with a Misdemeanor Crime and Be Ordered to Pay a Fine Up to $500." After I watched a young boy age 5 or younger walk with his mother this evening on the sidewalk along the east side of North Plaza a bit south of Rundberg --- a portion of that sidewalk where minutes later I counted an estimated 50 total shards of green glass from a broken beer bottle lying on the sidewalk this evening--- I also need to find out if state law in Texas imposes a criminal penalty on individuals whose littering practices ENDANGER THE SAFETY OF PEDESTRIANS, JOGGERS, BICYCLISTS, OR MOTORISTS. According to Austin 311 staff member Tanika, who offered me this information about about 9:15 p.m. this Tuesday (June 16), the City Clerk's Office, phone number 512-974-2210, can provide information over the telephone in regard to whether any current City of Austin ordinance imposes penalties for littering practices that endanger the safety of others. There may also be a current state law in Texas that addresses that specific issue. I left a voice mail message on this with the City Clerk's Office at 3:32 p.m. this Wednesday, June 17, after no member of their staff answered my phone call. The current anti-littering law in Texas reportedly states: "Litter weighing five pounds or less is a class C misdemeanor, punishable by a fine up to $500. If between five and 500 pounds, class B misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $500, imprisonment up to 30 days, or both. If between 500 and 1,000 pounds or for a commercial purpose, class A misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $4,000, imprisonment up to one year, or both. State jail felony if the litter to which the offense applies: (1) weighs 1,000 pounds or more; (2) disposed of for a commercial purpose and weighs 200 pounds or more; or (3) contained in a closed barrel or drum. Punishable by imprisonment up to two years and a fine up to $10,000. (See Tex. Penal Code §12.21 et seq.)"
NEED FOR A CRIME-DETERRENCE STRATEGY FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT IN THE NORTHEASTERN SECTION OF THIS STATE-CAPITAL CITY (AUSTIN) FOR TEXAS IN THE USA
I am hopeful that as many neighbors as possible will be willing to take the time to study this factual account from a first-rate local criminal-defense attorney, Ms. Kiele Linroth Pace, about aggravated assault and how that crime is defined in the state penal code of Texas: "In Texas, Aggravated Assault is when a person commits assault and he either: 1. causes serious bodily injury to another, or 2. uses or exhibits a deadly weapon during the commission of the assault."
https://www.pacefirm.com/faq/assault.html
Aggravated assault is one of two categories of violent crime that the Austin Police Department has specifically identified as having increased significantly in northeast Austin (identified by APD as the "Edward sector" of Austin) in the period from January 2019 to January 2020, according to a recent news report in the "Austin Monitor" online newspaper: https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2020/03/austin-police-department-sees-increase-in-violent-crime/ If more residents of our section of Austin obtain additional information about what an aggravated assault consists of and what the penalty is for committing that crime, that knowledge could help to deter violent crime of that type in northeast Austin. It seems to me that people who are inebriated or under the influence of an illicit drug and also own a gun are at increased risk of committing an aggravated assault in our section of town. If people in our northeastern section of Austin would strive to refrain from binge drinking or from consuming any illicit drug, this could help our neighborhoods to achieve a dramatic reduction in aggravated assault. Some factual information from a portion of Ms. Pace's blog that responds to the mistaken belief of many Austinites that an aggravated assault can only occur if the victim is injured: "It is even possible to commit Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon without anyone actually being injured...."
KIDPOWER: A NON-PROFIT GROUP IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, TO CONTACT FOR PROTECTING YOUR YOUNG CHILD'S OR YOUR TEENAGER'S SAFETY
https://www.kidpower.org/what-we-do/locations/austin/
An excerpt from this webpage:
"Kidpower Austin was established in 2012 by school teacher and mother Eve Margolis. Eve found Kidpower International when looking for a way to help her then three-year-old daughter (learn) how to be safe without (that educational program) being scary (to her)....(Kidpower Austin Director Margolis) serves as an expert resource for parents and is available to respond to requests for workshops in the Austin area. Kidpower Austin brings safety education to children, teens, and adults of all ages and abilities in Austin."
Contact information:
e-mail: austin@kidpower.org
Phone: 512-666-4543
Another noteworthy excerpt from the Kidpower Austin website:
"I was recently sent this video that demonstrates how ineffective it is just to tell our children not to talk to strangers. A man with a puppy asks different parents for permission to approach their children with the puppy to see how they handled it. All of these parents said they have consistently told their children never to talk to strangers. Much to their horror, it took him about 30 seconds to draw their children away from a park."
AN INEVITABLE QUESTION: HOW MANY ILLICIT YOUTH GANGS DO WE HAVE IN OUR NORTHEASTERN SECTION OF THIS STATE-CAPITAL CITY FOR TEXAS?
I was reminded of the need for an answer to this question after I read the following factual information tonight in regard to the alleged perpetrators of graffiti (an alleged criminal activity involving alleged vandalism or criminal mischief) on public properties:
"Graffiti is also used to mark which gang controls or rules a certain territory. The graffiti that marks the boundaries of that area are guarded by the gang members themselves and trouble happens (exact quote) when any of them (any of the graffiti messages) are defaced or tampered with...."
The online source for this statement:
https://whydopeople.net/why-do-people-graffiti/
TEN WORST MISTAKES BY MOTORISTS WHILE DRIVING BEHIND THE WHEEL
https://www.idrivesafely.com/defensive-driving/trending/top-10-worst-driving-habits-how-many-have-you-done The above copyright-2020 online blog from IDriveSafely.com, an online driver-safety program based in San Marcos, California, could potentially be a life-saver for motorists in our northeastern section of Austin. Anyone who drives a motor vehicle and anyone learning how to drive a motor vehicle could benefit greatly from reviewing this factually-incisive blog.
TRAGIC PHOTOS OF MURDER VICTIMS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA, THAT ARE PROVIDED AT A COPYRIGHT-2020 'AUSTIN HOMICIDES PROJECT' WEBSITE OF THE 'AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN' DAILY NEWSPAPER
https://apps.statesman.com/homicides/stats/
This same website contains the following shocking statistic: that 206 persons---including a 2-year-old boy, a 2-year-old girl, and a 1-year-old girl---have been murdered in Austin, Texas, in the six-and-one-half-year period ever since January 1, 2013.
Annual statistical totals, by category, on the reported cause of death for the respective murder victims from that calendar year are also provided in this continuing online 'Austin Homicides' project from the "Austin American-Statesman".
The seven cited categories for cause of death in the multi-year period ever since 2013 are: "Blunt-Force Trauma", "Shooting", "Stabbing", "Strangulation", "Suffocation", "Hit and Run" collision, and "Unknown or Other" cause.
WHY YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WON'T HAVE ANY REGRETS IF YOU ENJOY JULY 4 WEEKEND WITHOUT FIREWORKS
https://soapboxie.com/social-issues/Are-Fireworks-Dangerous
The above-cited very informative June 9, 2020-dated blog by a public-safety-minded female writer, Madeleine Clays, bears a copyright date of 2020.
SHOULD AUSTIN FOLLOW THE LEAD OF PFLUGERVILLE BY URGING HOMEOWNERS TO REGISTER THEIR OUTDOOR HOME-SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS WITH THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT?
https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/pflugerville-police-want-to-know-if-you-have-a-home-security-camera/269-521197220
I was reminded of this issue for Austin after reading for the first time tonight (see link above) about the special agreement and cooperation between residents of nearby Pflugerville and the Pflugerville Police that has apparently played a role in their police department solving crimes there.
The attached first-rate 2018 report from KVUE Television News also refers to a similar cooperative arrangement between homeowners and local police in Georgetown, Texas.
One portion of this ABC-affiliate 2018 KVUE television news report that specifically refers to a recent or current APD-sponsored program in our state-capital city for Texas: "...Austin police are testing a pilot (outdoor surveillance-camera-registration) program specifically with businesses (in Austin), but they have the option to give (Austin) police access to their live video feed." I need to pursue some online research to find out whether this pilot program for businesses in Austin has been successful at helping to solve and deter crimes.
One portion of this ABC-affiliate 2018 KVUE television news report that specifically refers to a recent or current APD-sponsored program in our state-capital city for Texas: "...Austin police are testing a pilot (outdoor surveillance-camera-registration) program specifically with businesses (in Austin), but they have the option to give (Austin) police access to their live video feed." I need to pursue some online research to find out whether this pilot program for businesses in Austin has been successful at helping to solve and deter crimes.
AN AUSTIN (TX) POLICE DEPARTMENT SUCCESS STORY: THEY ARE VERY EFFECTIVE AT IDENTIFYING AND ARRESTING HOMICIDE SUSPECTS
https://www.statesman.com/news/20190607/why-is-austin-polices-homicide-arrest-rate-highest-in-country
I am very hopeful that this June 7, 2019, factual report from the "Austin American-Statesman" about the phenomenal success of APD's Homicide Unit detectives is also true in the year 2020.
One key paragraph in this much-appreciated article written by reporter Ryan Autullo of the American-Statesman staff:
"From 2007 to 2017, Austin police arrested a suspect in 73% of the city’s homicide investigations, the highest rate in a 'Washington Post' analysis last year of homicide arrests in the nation’s 55 largest cities. Austin loomed significantly above the analysis’ average arrest rate of 49.6% and other large Texas cities like San Antonio (57%), Fort Worth (54%), Dallas (52%) and Houston (49%)."
As a homicide-prevention-minded private citizen in Austin, I will also be very, very grateful to APD if Austin Police in the year 2020 identify and arrest a higher percentage of all of the alleged ATTEMPTED-HOMICIDE PERPETRATORS than any other big-city municipal law-enforcement agency in the U.S. If APD can earn a first-place award in that category, I will be very, very pleased to the point of elated.
SUBSTANCE-ABUSE DISORDERS AMONG THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO POLICE OFFICERS IN THE USA COMMITTING SUICIDE
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cop-doc/201809/cops-who-kill-themselves
One 2018 online article for "Psychology Today" that was written by Dr. Ellen Kirschman, a self-identified "Cop Doc", offers intriguing insights about what might explain why some police officers attempt to commit suicide.
Another 2018 online "Psychology Today" article, written by the medical physician Dr. Indra Cidambi, points out that nationwide an estimated 20 to 30 percent of all police officers suffer from substance-abuse disorders---compared with only 10 percent of the general population, Dr. Cidambi stated:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sure-recovery/201803/police-and-addiction
URGENT GOAL OF HELPING TO REDUCE SUICIDE RATE AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE RATE BY POLICE OFFICERS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, ELSEWHERE IN TEXAS, AND THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES
https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-police-officer-suicide-rate
I hope that the above link will help convey the urgent need for additional factual research and public-policy brainstorming on how to help reduce the suicide rate by peace officers in our state-capital city for Texas and elsewhere in our state and nation.
This first-rate January 14, 2020, report from Fox News reporter Hunter Davis in Austin, Texas, states that the Austin Police Department has an APD Peer Networking Unit to help APD officers experiencing emotional duress. That unit has reportedly been active ever since 2006.
As a concerned citizen, I haven't seen any actual statistic on either the suicide rate or the attempted suicide rate among members of the Austin Police Department from this year, any recent prior year, or any recent five-year or 10-year period. Nor am I myself aware of any current tradition in which APD routinely publicizes to the general public a monthly or semi-annual or annual report on the total number of attempted suicides or actual suicides that were reportedly committed during that time period by an APD officer.
I am surprised that I myself have not heard or read any statement from any Austin City Council Member that directly expressed concern about this particular public-policy issue facing the City of Austin and the people of Austin.
Maybe the Greater Austin Crime Commission non-profit group will offer some additional suggestions to the City Government of Austin on how to help deter self-destructive conduct by some or many current or future members of the Austin Police Department in this state-capital city for Texas.
IF YOUR OCCUPATION IS AMONG THESE DANGEROUS CAREERS, YOU MIGHT BE DECLINED FOR A LIFE INSURANCE POLICY SHOULD YOU APPLY ON YOUR OWN
https://www.aol.com/article/finance/2015/06/15/life-insurance-reasons-for-decline/21193440/
This 2015-dated online post offers very helpful information about tangible reasons why your pursuing a dangerous career could disqualify you from obtaining a life insurance policy on you own. Fourteen other reasons why your life insurance application might get rejected by a life insurance company are also cited in this invaluable blog.
I was not able to find a post of this type that was written or updated in 2020. It is possible that some or several of the legal barriers for life-insurance applicants that are cited in this 2015-dated blog are not applicable in the year 2020.
According to the 'Forbes' magazine article cited in this blog, occupational groups pursuing hazardous careers include:
"Logging workers
"Fishers and related fishing workers
"Airline pilots and flight engineers
"Roofers
"Structural iron and steel workers
"Refuse and recyclable material collectors
"Electrical power-line installers and repairers
"Drivers/sales workers and truck drivers
"Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers
"Construction laborers".
HOW TO AVOID EVER BEING VICTIMIZED BY HOME-REPAIR FRAUD OR HOME-RENOVATION FRAUD BY A CONTRACTOR IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, OR ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES
https://naahrf.org/
The phone number for this Atlanta, Georgia-based non-profit organization, the National Alliance Against Home Repair Fraud, is: (404) 902-6100.
Their e-mail address: info@naahrf.org .
The following link offers 10 very helpful tips on how to avoid being scammed by a home-repair contractor:
https://naahrf.org/ncphif-tips-quoted-on-bankrate-coms-10-ways-to-avoid-contractor-scams/
DEMOCRATIC PARTY RUNOFF-ELECTION U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE MARY HEGAR PRAISES 'OUT OF THIS WORLD' BREAKFAST TACOS AT JUAREZ RESTAURANT & BAKERY IN ROUND ROCK, TEXAS:
"My favorite restaurant is Juarez Restaurant & Bakery in Round Rock. My husband and I are breakfast taco enthusiasts and Juarez's breakfast tacos are out of this world."
This praise was offered by political candidate Hegar in a copyrighted February 2020 television interview with an ABC-affiliate WFAA-TV station staff member:
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/politics/mary-mj-hegar-candidate-us-senate-texas/287-10c4dad3-e2be-45ab-8fc4-104d6d5d7fe4
MY PUBLIC-INFORMATION REQUEST THAT I WROTE AND E-MAILED TONIGHT TO STATE REP. EDDIE RODRIGUEZ OF THE AUSTIN AREA
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Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2020, 01:24:38 AM CDT
Subject: 6-30-20 PIR State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez
To: District 51 State Representative Eddie Rodriguez,
Texas House of Representatives,
Texas Legislature,
P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768
(512) 463-0674 Office Phone
(512) 463-0674 Office Phone
(512) 463-5896 FAX
June 30, 2020
Dear State Representative Rodriguez,
This is a Texas Open Records request in which I seek to obtain from you a copy of any and all written communications, including any e-mail communications, that you or a legislative staff member of yours has or have written at any time since June 14, 2016, and that in each such document referred at least once in any manner to myself, John Kevin McMillan of Austin, Texas.
My personal-computer-system records indicate that I have sent you a total of 302 e-mails in the four-year period ever since June 14, 2016, and that you have chosen not to send me any reply note or reply letter at any time during that four-year period. Of those 302 e-mails from me, 38 were sent to you at your previous official Texas Legislature e-mail address of: "eddie.rodriguez@house.state.tx.us".
According to my computer system records, my first-ever e-mail letter to you, which I sent to you on June 14, 2016, bore the subject heading of '6-12-16 request for prompt state aid boost to TX DPS DNA lab operations'.
My legal name is John Kevin McMillan. My e-mail address is: mcmillanj@att.net. My respective permanent home addresses ever since June 14, 2016, have been:
---10926 Jollyville Road, Apt. 902, Austin, TX 78759.
---10926 Jollyville Road, Apr. 1609, Austin, TX 78759.
---8805 North Plaza Drive, Apt. 2418, Austin, TX 78753.
My landline home phone number has remained the same ever since and including June 14, 2016. That home phone number is: (512) 342-2295.
My date of birth is April 27, 1957. I am a native of Lincoln, Nebraska. I have resided in Austin proper on a continuous and uninterrupted basis ever since mid-March 1997.
Rep. Rodriguez, I hope to hear from you soon in response to this public-information request from myself.
Sincerely and Best Wishes,
John Kevin McMillan, requestor.
Home address ever since June 21, 2019:
Pebble Creek Apartments, 8805 North Plaza Drive, Apt. 2418, Austin, TX 78753.
Home phone: (512) 342-2295.
Cell phone: (512) 993-7305.
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John Kevin McMillan