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...dusk fell on Tulsa's bustling Memorial Drive, Mike Hall, 14, was playing cop -- but the blue-and-white Gran Fury police car he was sitting in was no toy. The driver, patrolman Rick Coleman, had just hauled over a truck for driving without lights. As Coleman climbed out to question the trucker, his passenger couldn't resist temptation. He flicked on the car's red spotlight and played the beam up and down the side of a darkened warehouse...
...program has had its failures. One 14-year-old who did a five-month stint riding with the cops later viciously attacked and robbed a motorist in a parking lot. Police blamed a lack of concern and discipline at home. "This program's a shot in the arm," says patrolman Greg Ball, "but it's only one part of the puzzle." Other officers agree -- but they are also convinced that reforming a teenager is easier and far cheaper for society than dealing with a hardened criminal...
Community police may also use unconventional means to combat more serious crimes. When drug dealers in Houston turned a bank of pay phones outside a convenience store into their personal business office, a patrolman got the phones removed. In the same city, a deserted apartment complex where dealers flourished was finally boarded up after a community cop tracked down and harangued the property's bankruptcy trustee...
...given to her." The same refrain is heard during a gripe session with beat cops at a police station in a rough neighborhood. To them, Brown was anathema, an outsider, but Watson is almost family. About the harshest assessment of Watson came from a sergeant: "When she was a patrolman, she couldn't ride the streets. So you can't blame her for not having that experience. But you can blame her for not listening to those...
...element of surprise is incredible," says Grady. "Criminals still aren't used to us whipping around the corner and taking drugs right out of their hands. They look around, don't see a patrolman, car or horse, and make the deal. We whip around and catch them...