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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by vsmith</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by espeefoamer</i> <br /><br />It's amazing the stuff one can learn on this forum[:)]. I find this very interesting.I ,too, have wondered where all the "shire" and "sex" names came from, and now my Questions have been answered. Thanks,everyone involved! <br />By the way, in California, at least, a county policeman is called a sheriff. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />L.A. County cops are Sheriffs <br />L.A. City cops are Police Department <br />Interstate cops are the Highway Patrol <br />other municipalities are similarly organized but we also have California State Troopers, mostly in NoCal and other rural areas. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br /> <br />Where are Ponch and John? They must be at the same cafe as Joe Friday and Bill Gannon throwing a dragnet over their chips!!![:D]
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