However, no policemen were out on patrol or in their stations.

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No wonder some financial policemen claim that they are being asked to fight laundrymen with one hand tied behind their backs.

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"We can no longer put up with corrupt policemen in our force, " he said.

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All this will be no surprise to America's policemen.

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Haiti itself has only 5, 000 policemen, most poorly equipped, and no army.

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Last Friday, two policemen disappeared but Farc chief negotiator Ivan Marquez said he had no knowledge of their whereabouts.

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