A Violent Police Unit, on Film and in Rioâs Streets
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A new film is drawing attention to Rio de Janeiroâs violent and feared elite anti-trafficking police force, the BOPE.
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Iano Romano (Italy), Nov. 12: It is not a toy, they swear, but a serious piece of police gear, no matter how many Japanese tourists stood at a highway rest stop here snapping away in awe.
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A spray used by the police to stop aggressors in their tracks is more harmful than previously thought.
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Manchester cops will visit both dressing rooms ahead of tomorrow&#39;s blockbuster between Manchester United and Arsenal. Cops fear a repeat of last season&#39;s unruly scenes could see the tension spill over into the stands.
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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Days before Gov. Sergio Cabral took his oath of office this year, drug gangs in this city set fire to public buses and opened fire on police stations in what Brazil's president called the "most violent terrorist act I have ever seen in this country."
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A new study challenges conventional wisdom,  suggesting that violent films prevent violent crime by attracting and keeping would-be assailants occupied.
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With officers like these on the beat, we might feel safe. But they're not targeting the dangerous criminals now terrorising our streets. The simulated shoot-out was part of training to deal with biological or chemical terrorist threats.  (c) 2006 Daily Mirror.
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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Police killed at least 18 suspected drug traffickers in a massive operation yesterday to serve arrest warrants and seize drugs and arms in a vast Rio de Janeiro shantytown, a state security official said.
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Police agencies around the country may soon be able to equip street corners with microphones and video cameras to fight gun-related crime.
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Gangs of youths allied to feuding East  Timor police or army units went on the rampage in parts of the  capital on Saturday, torching houses and vehicles as Australian  and Malaysian peacekeeping troops stepped up patrols.
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Seventy-five Rio de Janeiro state police officers &#151; most from one of the city's most violent neighborhoods &#151; were arrested Friday as they arrived at work as part of a probe into drug trafficking.
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The Los Angeles Police Department will begin installing digital video cameras in some patrol cars to better track how arrests are made &#151; an issue under scrutiny since two amateur videos recently surfaced showing forceful tactics by officers.
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Brazil is cracking down on the drug gangs, prompting many a shootout in the poorer districts, known as favelas. The Guardian spent a day with a Rio photographer who risks his life almost daily to cover the battle
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MADRID, Spain - Spanish police officers settling in for a video presentation on how to get promoted to sergeant were instead shown footage from a hard-core pornographic film, officials said Tuesday.
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Though illegal, dog fighting continues to draw crowds hungry for the sight of blood and the gambling thrill. A law enforcement officer takes us inside this underground world.
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Brazil's policemen have a well-earned reputation for brutality and corruption.
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InfoWorld - The French Constitutional Council has approved a law that criminalizes the filming or broadcasting of acts of violence by people other than professional journalists. The law could lead to the imprisonment of eyewitnesses who film acts of police violence, or operators of Web sites publishing the images, one French civil liberties group warned on Tuesday.