Detroit mayor pledges crime crackdown
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Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick on Tuesday pledged a crackdown on crime, calling a spike in narcotics-related violence and the city's nagging reputation for unsafe streets a barrier to its economic recovery.
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Abandoning the long-held belief that naming the worst gangs boosts their street image, the mayor and police chief identified 11 of the most violent groups Thursday and promised to confront them with more law enforcement.
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A top Justice Department official said Wednesday the government would strive to work better with cities to stem crime on the streets.
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The police chief has declared a crime emergency in the nation's capital, and every major law enforcement agency from the FBI to the U.S. Park Police has teamed up to help stem the recent surge of violent attacks on residents and tourists this summer.
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With tensions rising and its police department and municipal budget stretched thin, this small northeastern Pennsylvania city is about to begin what the mayor calls one of the toughest crackdowns on illegal immigrants in the United States.
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Boris Johnson launched his campaign to succeed Ken Livingstone as London mayor yesterday, promising to tackle crime, get more people on to the property ladder and give the city the transport system it deserved.
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Mayor Richard Daley has faced down his share of scandals in 15 years running City Hall. But a stream of recent indictments and nonstop news reports of corruption have the mayor on the defensive like never before.
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Mayor Frank Melton, who has been accused of being too heavy-handed in fighting crime, was indicted Friday on charges he directed young people to use sledgehammers to smash up a home where he suspected drugs were being used.
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg apologized and promised to waive parking tickets issued to snowbound cars.
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Hungary's Prime Minister Ferenc   Gyurcsany said on Tuesday he would crack down after a night of   rioting saw anti-government protesters clash with police and   occupy state television.
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The Democratic challenger outlined his own $5 billion plan to fight crime and picked up the endorsement of a coalition of police unions.
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Home secretary pledges local crime figures and drive to cut offending through better designed technology.
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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom  on Monday vowed to campaign against the interests of the city's  hotel owners and join the picket line if management fails to  end a lockout of about 4,000 workers by 2 p.m. on Tuesday.
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Detroit's mayor issues a televised plea for forgiveness over explicit text messages he allegedly sent to a top aide.
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Crystallizing his message for his re-election campaign, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said yesterday that crime has fallen nearly 5 percent this year in New York, and wrapped the announcement
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Police beefed up patrols around national landmarks Wednesday, a day after the District of Columbia&#039;s police chief declared a crime emergency in response to a string of violence that included the killing of a British activist.
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Alarmed by the way authorities confiscated guns in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, the National Rifle Association called on all police chiefs and mayors Thursday to sign a pledge that they will never forcibly disarm law-abiding citizens.