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Creditability of PDFs
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- —Please be aware that our proprietary software that searches for and vets all PDFs isn’t always completely accurate (what technology is?), which is why we inspect each PDF individually, in other words, we give them the human touch. Therefore, you have our assurance that PDFs you access on this website have a high level of creditability. Be advised that you should never depend on or otherwise take note of any PDFs on this website as being singularly or collectively authoritative in their given subject area. We have considerable confidence in the creditability of the PDFs presented here, however, due diligence corroboration is always suggested.
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- —Some (relatively very few) PDFs available on Soft Targets and Crowded Places (ST-CP) have questionable content. We've included them because they're compelling or interesting, but we're not absolutely sure of their creditability. PDFs that fit this description have been prominently labeled as such. Their title, in brackets, will always be preceded with a cautionary or warning statement. Please take note of these statements before absorbing or citing their content. However, it's possible that one or more PDFs on this Website lack the indicated cautionary or warning statement. If you find that to be the case please contact us immediately so we can take corrective action if necessary.
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- —Be advised that some PDFs on Soft Targets and Crowded Places (ST-CP) are clearly academic assignments and/or are labeled (usually following their title) "A thesis submitted to the faculty of … in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the/of the …" or something like that. While we haven't programmatically or systematically excluded PDFs with that very low level of expertise, we have rejected most of them for that reason. However, it sometimes makes sense to include these PDFs, because, while they lack expertise and in some cases have numerous typos, they provide an "angle" not found elsewhere. Their title, in brackets, will always identify them for what they are. Please make note of PDFs labeled as such and very carefully
digest and ponder their content accordingly. If you believe any such labeled PDF is unworthy of being on Soft Targets and Crowded Places (ST-CP) please contact us immediately so we can take corrective action if necessary.
Malware Free PDFs
Permanently or Temporarily Hidden PDFs
Newspaper PDFs
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) PDFs
PDFs That Weren’t Released Specifically for Public Consumption
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- —Some cases have substantial records/reports available, in one instance there are 840 reports available in downloadable zipped folders.
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- —Records/reports often have file names which are generally meaningless to laypeople (like strings of letters and/or numbers) and are available for download, sometimes in zipped folders.
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- —In some categories we’ve included only one record/report. Illustrative of this is the case of meetings attended, property receipts, and victim death notifications, where only one report is included because all the others that we have don’t differ in any meaningful way.
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- —These records/reports are heavily redacted despite the fact that all the blanks (blackened areas) can be easily filled in with data from media outlets and other online sources.
Accessible PDFs
Soft Targets and Crowded Places (ST-CP) prefers PDFs that are highly accessible. PDFs should have accessibility tags to make sure that people who use screen readers and other assistive technologies can read and navigate a PDF using alt text, bookmarks, hyperlinks, tables of contents, and so on. Accessibility tags also make it possible to read the information on different devices, such as large type displays, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and mobile phones. In Microsoft 365 for Windows, Microsoft 365 for Mac, and Office for the web, tags can automatically be added when a file is saved in PDF format so making PDFs accessible is very easy. Regardless, Soft Targets and Crowded Places (ST-CP) does not reject PDFs that are not accessible because by doing so we would be excluding a lot of PDF content. If you need to access a inaccessible PDF on Soft Targets and Crowded Places (ST-CP) and require accessible PDF features please contact us and we will convert it for you.