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...also a saucy girl with two love interests - Ranger, also a bounty hunter, and Joe Morelli, a cop. What's that about...
...Look at how technology is freeing parents from having to be the bad cop all the time. We use television as an alarm clock for our children: when the show's over, it's time for bed, or time for school. We don't have to be the bossy parent who enforces bedtimes - we get to be the cool parent who lets his kid watch a show. Now there's a DVD filtering device called Clearplay, which edits out violence, sex, and foul language on the fly. You no longer have to be the meanie who puts his foot down...
...ladies from the bowling club across the road have an important matter to discuss with Senior Constable Frank Taylor, the only cop in Stratford, 230 km east of Melbourne. Taylor greets Marge and Joan at the front fence of his house, which is next door to the brand-new police station. The grand opening is in a couple of weeks, and some bigwigs of policing are expected to attend. In charge of catering, the ladies want to check on numbers and whether Frank would prefer sandwiches or sausage rolls as the morning tea's centerpiece. Though Taylor...
...This is nothing like policing in Melbourne, where Taylor spent his first seven years as a cop. It's quieter, subtler work aimed at teaching young people the difference between right and wrong. There are five locals, he says, whom "I've had to visit on a number of occasions. But they're not bad people. This is not a job where you have to be heavy-handed." Retirement is six years away and Taylor wants to see out his time right where he is. "I could never go back to a metropolitan area as a policeman," he says...
...Hawks has paid off immensely in my work," he says. "There might be a big brawl down at the pub. You can work the crowd more effectively because you've got respect in the community. They know who you are. They don't just see you as some robotic cop depriving people of their liberty." Three other officers are also involved in the club, whose player base is as diverse as the town's-teenagers, teachers, tradesmen, and bureaucrats. Shane Pickett, 19, is one of the club's bright talents and a good role model for younger kids...