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American TV and movies once gave a tough and brutal picture of the American police, though now there are TV series which have cops as heroes and defenders of society. The police are (51)__ for the good publicity and

their new image, especially in cities where there are back ghettos. White policemen are now careful of how they speak and (52)__towards their fellow black citizens.

The, cop, or ordinary policeman, is a city or a State employee. He cannot (53)__anyone outside his city or his State.

Since the (54)__of criminals are armed, American cops have to use their guns more often than most policemen in other places and the car chases through the crowded streets of Manhattan, which are a favorite feature of gangster movies, are mot so exaggerated. American cops get shot down, run over, stabbed, beaten up, and their wives are in (55)__fear that one day their men will not come home.

Many policemen do a lot to help children whose parents are criminals. They understand better than most citizens the awful (56)__of the ghettos. They feel sorry for the drug addicts, but often treat roughly the "pushers" who sell the drugs- -when they can catch them. They have been (57)__of making no serious attempt to break up the various drug rings. They claim that such a task would be never-ending.

In big cities, the Police Commissioner (Head of the Force) is often (58)__ by Mayor and therefore senior police offices tend to be too closely linked to (59)__ Their ambitions sometimes tempt them to turn a (60)__eye or to accept bribes, which lowers the morale of the ordinary cop. The structure of the many different American police forces is said to be the most varied in the whole world.

(From The Police and the Intelligence Agents)

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