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Group wants law on books to stop police friendly fire

The National Association of Black Law Enforcement Officers publicly asked Gov. David Paterson Wednesday to get a law on the books to protect plainclothes cops from friendly fire. The group wants statewide

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May 21, 2008, 6:45 PM

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