More police officers out on the beat may help to cut crime.

增加巡逻的警察可能有助于减少罪行。

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The police beat him up afterwards, the first of several beatings (he would show the scars on his head, where bottles had been broken on him), and arrested him, the first of three arrests.

随后他就遭到了警察的毒打，这只是第一次(他头上还留着被瓶子砸过后的伤疤)，而且被捕了，也是他三次被捕中的第一次。

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In March police beat hundreds of men and women who had assembled to commemorate International women's Day.

3月份，数百位集结一起纪念国际妇女节的男女也受到警察的挨打。

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Eyewitnesses say police and paramilitary basij forces carrying clubs beat demonstrators at Tehran's Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery, arresting dozens and dispersing dozens of others.

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The government is currently working on a number of initiatives aimed at reducing youth crime, which includes stationing a police beat officer in secondary schools.

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After graduation a few years ago, Mower landed a full-time job as a reporter for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, where today he covers the police beat.

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