They'd typically be assigned to the stationhouse for several years before being transferred to another precinct, or often downtown to Police Plaza and a desk job.

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They'd like names and numbers assigned much like they are now, without regard for the real world, because everything about the Internet is, man, like, totally without precedent.

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They'd assign Internet names and numbers as they have assigned trademarks in the past: for the usual fee.

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I'd have to go back and look at the calendar and look at the dates that are assigned to various events.

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