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Greece shifting many police guards to patrol duty
Aug 1st, 2012
Greece plans to shift roughly half of its police officers who are used for guard duty to crime-fighting efforts in cities instead, the national police spokesman said Tuesday. He added that a move to massively boost security at the border with Turkey, in part out of concerns about an influx of Syrian refugees, would be permanent. (Source: Associated Press) -
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