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		Chief of Police is the title typically given to the head of a police department, particularly in the United States and Canada.
		In contrast to a sheriff, who is generally elected by the voters of a county, chiefs of police usually are municipal employees who owe their allegiance to a city.
		The usual compromise is one which allows the chief of police to exercise law enforcement jursidiction and to give the sheriff and his or her deputies authority over jails; an alternative and lesser-used solution is to make the office of sheriff a purely ceremonial one.
	encyc.connectonline.com /index.php/Chief_of_Police (472 words)

	Blazes & Signs: Trail Signs, Trail Markers, Boy Scout
		By spreading and lifting a blanket over this smudge the column could be cut up into pieces long or short, and by a preconcerted code these could be made to convey tidings.
		But the simplest of all smoke codes and the one of chief use to the Western traveler is this:
		It is accredited to Professor Wallace Ernster (Michigan University) and Chief of Police C. McCabe, of Poughkeepsie, N. It gives the following as well-established Tramp Signs:
	www.inquiry.net /outdoor/skills/seton/blazes.htm (1367 words)

	Harbottle's Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		You never go to London, Manchester, Glasgow etc - you go to 'The Big Smoke'
		If the police ever ask you where you were at a particular time, you always have at least 50 witnesses that you were nowhere near the scene of the crime (or you were at a restaurant with the Chief Constable at the time)
		You have chunky gold jewelery to match your tan
	www.professorharbottle.co.uk /criminal.html (174 words)

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