"Duke of URL" <macbenahATkdsiDOTnet> wrote in message
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> In news:7164002b.0401170600.2798e1a9@posting.google.com,
> Jack Linthicum <jacklinthicum@earthlink.net> radiated into the
> > would become even more intense and precise. Has the local cop as
> > guardian of the community idea gone?

Pretty much. They are still trying, though. There are a few police boxes
that the police officer and his family live in. The cop doesn't have to pay
rent, so it kind of reminds me of programs in the US that pay cops
bonuses/subsidize loans if they will live in the areas they patrol.

Also, the cops kind of make the rounds of the neighborhood door to door
every once in a while, apparently mostly to get to know everybody's faces
(and maybe who belongs and doesn't belong in the neighborhood). I had one
over about 6 months ago.

As a way to kind of get an idea of how cops operate here, a foreign woman
once showed me a note the police had left on her windshield, wondering what
it said (It said: "Please don't park your car on the street with your window
down and your purse on the front seat, as it invites crime.")

One thing you don't see a lot of is patrolling, or even much of a cop
presence on the streets. But there are police boxes everywhere, so at least
you know where to drop off that lost wallet you found.

> And, as a sort of
> > accompanyment is there more and better coordination of government
> > agencies?

I would say no.

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Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom