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...told, 18,000 of Israel's 26,000 police will patrol the trip, which Israeli police chief Yehuda Wilk calls "the most complicated in [Israel's] history." There are concerns about terrorist missiles (the Pope, atypically, will travel in a Blackhawk helicopter, a small target) and about the itinerary's effect on his health ("at the limit of what's prudent," says a veteran of 60 papal trips). And the expense: just one preparation, the hollowing of a hillside near the town of Korazim for a papal Mass, cost the Israelis $3 million...
...women of the HUPD are fully trained to deal with shoot-outs, crack busts and grand theft auto--should it arise. Like any other police agents, they attend a six-month training school where they learn the intricacies of criminal law, first aid, CPR, court procedures, self-defense, patrol procedure and firearm training. Think police academy, but without Proctor. Each officer packs a gun, along with other implements of destruction like batons and mace, for stunning even the most rabid pre-med intent on stealing a little nitrous after a chem final...
...uniform patrol, you cover a sector, you are in a marked patrol car and people notice who and where you are. Uniformed police presence can be a deterrent to crime. On the other hand when you're in plain clothes no one knows who you are. It's much easier to conduct surveillance on a suspect; you can be right next to a suspect when he or she commits a crime...
...possible assistance. We are headed to the Ground Round on Storrow Drive. There is construction in the area and homeless people or vandals might want to take advantage of the chaotic situation. There is a suspicious car in the parking lot and one of the plain-clothes officers on patrol asks for help. Any call that the HUPD receives for assistance from another officer gets blue-light priority, which means that the officer would use lights and sirens. They believe very heavily in protecting and assisting their...
...patrolling JFK park. For a while this was a drug arrest hotspot, but since it is state property that is kept up by Harvard, both the state police and Harvard patrol the area and the drug problem has pretty much been eliminated...