Word: patroller
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...switch sides - will be incorporated into the Iraqi security forces. The rest will be given civilian jobs or training in a bid to help reintegrate them into the general population. But it won't be that simple: after years of vicious sectarian violence, many Sunni Arab patrol members fear retribution from the government; and indeed, some government officials consider the SOIs as little more than thugs and murderers. And as is so often the case in Iraq, the U.S is being blamed - this time by Sunni allies, such as tribal leader Sheikh Saleh al-A'ghayde, who accuse the Americans...
...potential of filming real people live their lives was not lost on the earliest entertainment honchos. Nightwatch, a popular radio serial in the early 1950s, followed a group of Culver City, Calif. police officers on patrol (and became the ancestor of another reality giant, Cops). In 1973 An American Family, a 12-part series that brought us the Santa Barbara, Calif. Loud clan, broke new ground with its artful, excruciatingly real portrayal of a family in transition. With its unabashed invasion into the private lives of the Louds, and exploration of taboo subjects like the divorce of parents...
...skunks and rabbits creep through the streets of Bensenville, Ill., a blue collar community nestled against the edge of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. Rows of houses, a few still ribboned with Christmas lights, lie empty, their doors boarded up. Low-flying jets pierce the silence. Police still patrol for vandals, and contractors tend to unkempt lawns, but in the fading afternoon light, parts of this eerie village resemble a ghost town...
...sure, the town's recent litany of crime is horrendous: a 21-year-old woman stabbed a juvenile, a 57-year-old man raped an 8-year-old girl, and drug trafficking was rampant. In order to bring peace to his city, Valley expanded his curfew into a "saturation patrol" plan that now allows Helena police to stop and search anyone. Under the emergency curfew, those stopped who couldn't give a good reason for their activity or were acting nervously got additional attention. "Now, if somebody wants to sue us, they have an option to sue," says Valley, citing...
...when Marty and Cheryl Metiva, a power couple in town (he's on city council, running for mayor, and she leads the Chamber of Commerce), take me up the Palin's driveway to look at the house, we are met by police officers in two Wasilla patrol cars, who then spend a while copying down our drivers license information. "We're on watch now, you bet," one of the officers said with a smile...