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The Police Department gave 30 city letter carriers cellular telephones this week as part of a partnership between the department and the U.S. Postal Service. The phones are programmed with an emergency number; if a letter carrier notices a crime in progress, he or she is to call that number and police will be dispatched. Each letter carrier received training from police on spotting potential crimes.
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