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Subject: Re: Future Police Speculations Needed
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Date: Wed, 28-Oct-87 08:37:53 EST
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Posted: Wed Oct 28 08:37:53 1987
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In article <1463@haddock.ISC.COM> laura@haddock.isc.com (The writer in the closet) writes:
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>What will a police station/police fortress be like in the 2030's?
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No matter what the technical capabilities of the future police, it seems to
me that you should consider the changes in the institutional structure of
the police "department."  It seems doubtful to me that the future police
will be under the control of any monolithic governmental control; rather,
there will be multiple independent police departments, each specializing
in a different service which the government will contract with.  There will
be much policing of the police; the "crooks" will be able to purchase the
power of the police, etc.  What did Dickens say?  They do the police in
different voices?



John Norman
Department of English and American Literature and Language
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