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10,000 Police Officers to Work Holidays

More than 10,000 police officers will work on Christmas and New Year’s to keep crime down, Public Security Minister Fernando Berrocal told the press this week.

Together with 18,000 officers from private security firms, they will largely target highcrime areas in the Central Valley.

 

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