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Drop the cops? Not so fast: Closing department not an easy fix

Sunday, March 15, 2009

By Kathleen Moore (Contact)
Gazette Reporter

The city can rip up its police union contract, shutter police headquarters and give away the department’s budget — but it can’t get rid of the officers....

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