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New York Cops to Get Machine Gun Training

Academy recruits prepare for Mumbai copycat attacks

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 8, 2008 11:53 AM CST

(Newser) – The New York Police Department is preparing for the possibility of a Mumbai-style terrorist attack on multiple targets by training all 1,000 of its latest recruits to use M4 automatic machine guns, the New York Post reports. The 2,000 officers in the Organized...   Read full story »

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