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Street crime, Wilson concedes, is less tractable. His basic approach is to flood difficult areas with highly qualified, tightly supervised patrolmen. His force is still 500 men short of its authorized strength of 5,100, but Wilson has intensified recruiting???in part by using a Pentagon program that releases servicemen five months early if they sign up to be cops. Thanks to his extensive lobbying before Congress, starting salaries have been raised to $8,500 (his own salary is $28,500). Wilson

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: What the Police Can--And Cannot--Do About Crime | 7/13/1970 | See Source »

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