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...result of the identification, a second complaint has been filed against Ramos, who is now charged with two counts of indecent assault and battery...
...should cough up the funds to restore the system they enjoyed as students, where the government paid nearly all tuition and living expenses. They think Blair's plan to require fees of up to €4,360 per year will discourage poorer applicants. The government tried to counter this complaint by deferring all repayments until the graduate earns at least €21,800 per year. The poorest third would also get grants to defray some of their debts. But Nick Brown, a former Agriculture Minister and leading rebel, thinks this won't help the hardworking lower-middle classes...
...drop in crime before he moved to New York City, where, as police commissioner from 1994 to 1996, he presided over a 50% drop in homicides. But his techniques--putting more cops on the street, making individual officers more accountable for offenses in their neighborhoods and shortening the civilian-complaint process--have been controversial. The U.S. as a whole experienced steep drops in crime in the '90s. But even as cities across the nation hired more cops and jailed more young men, many academics disputed the idea that strong policing was the key to controlling crime. "It is still...
...single biggest gripe that cops had about the pre-Bratton era was the proliferation of citizens' complaints that blocked promotions and pay increases, even though many claims turned out to be frivolous. So Bratton has moved quickly to simplify the complaint process. Now a division captain can decide whether or not a charge is unfounded, rather than send every file downtown for a lengthy investigation that could last for months. "I feel I am O.K. to do my job again," says Griffith...
...Griffith's job included fielding complaints from neighbors about drug dealing out of a house seven blocks from the police station. The house had a shed in the back where, they said, crack was sold, and over the summer there were two murders nearby that Griffith thought were linked to the drug trade. He went to the city attorney and the DEA, had some covert surveillance put on the house, served several search warrants and finally found the evidence he needed to evict the drug dealers and send at least three of the ringleaders to jail. After Griffith executed...