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Re:Is the NYPD About to Start Ticketing More Cyclists Due to... by avn2109 on Wednesday November 26, 2014 @12:29PM (#8663411)
>> "If there's some cop standing around with nothing to do..."

Honestly, I have (almost) only ever seen NYPD officers standing around with nothing to do. I don't know if that's because they are drastically overmanned or because they intentionally deploy loafing cops for the deterrent effect.

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Re:Is the NYPD About to Start Ticketing More Cyclists Due to... by keithpeter on Wednesday November 26, 2014 @12:53PM (#8663585)
"Walking the beat" in the UK.

It is what uniformed police officers are supposed to do in popular imagination. Many in evidence in most UK cities in the run up to Xmas.

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