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2. Police uniforms in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Unique elements. Several United States police forces are known for unique uniform items not commonly used by other departments. Police uniforms in Chicago and Pittsburgh feature peaked hats incorporating the Sillitoe tartan checkerboard design, similar to taxicab decor. The Washington State Patrol and New Mexico State Police wear bow ties.

3. Baton (law enforcement) - Wikipedia

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   Baton (law enforcement) A 1968-era Chicago Police helmet and billy club. A baton (also truncheon, nightstick, billy club, billystick, cosh, lathi, or simply stick) is a roughly cylindrical club made of wood, rubber, plastic, or metal. It is carried as a compliance tool and defensive weapon [1] by law-enforcement officers, correctional staff ...

4. Police uniforms and equipment in the United Kingdom

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   e. Police uniforms and equipment in the United Kingdom vary enormously per force or service, and different uniforms and equipment is used for different situations. Both what is worn and what is carried have varied considerably from the inception of the earliest recognisable mainstream police services in the early 19th century. As various laws ...

5. Weighted-knuckle glove - Wikipedia

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   Weighted-knuckle glove for the left hand, clearly displaying pouches on its back side containing powdered metal covering its knuckles. Weighted-knuckle gloves, also called sap gloves, are a type of handwear-concealed melee weapon used in hand-to-hand combat, consisting of a pair of ordinary-looking impact protection gloves usually made of leather or a synthetic material, with powdered lead or ...

6. List of characters in the Breaking Bad franchise - Wikipedia

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   This article describes a work or element of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. Please help rewrite it to explain the fiction more clearly and provide non-fictional perspective. (April 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Breaking Bad is a neo-Western crime drama franchise about a chemist and a young man, created by American filmmaker Vince Gilligan, primarily based on the ...

7. List of Saturday Night Live commercial parodies - Wikipedia

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   Gandhi and the Bandit – A movie trailer spoofing Smokey and the Bandit, with law enforcement chasing a speeding 18-wheeler driven by Mahatma Gandhi (Tim Kazurinsky). Gangsta Bitch Barbie — A parody of the use of hip hop culture in advertisements promotes a new Barbie doll that perpetuates stereotypes of black people living in the ghetto.

8. Personal protective equipment - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. Personal protective equipment ( PPE) is protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury or infection. The hazards addressed by protective equipment include physical, electrical, heat, chemical, biohazards, and airborne particulate matter.

9. Oklahoma City bombing - Wikipedia

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   Events Planning Motive McVeigh and Nichols cited the federal government's actions against the Branch Davidian compound in the 1993 Waco siege (shown above) as a reason why they perpetrated the Oklahoma City bombing. The chief conspirators, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, met in 1988 at Fort Benning during basic training for the U.S. Army. McVeigh met Michael Fortier as his Army roommate ...