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  1. 02/24/1993
  2.    PITTSBURGH (UPI) -- Pittsburgh has placed an additional 20 police
  3. officers on patrol in specially designated high-crime neighborhoods.
  4.    Pittsburgh officials say the move is designed to give the police
  5. department higher visibility in areas where it is most need.
  6. Officials say the patrols, which began Tuesday night, should be a
  7. deterrent to criminals and provide some reassurance to residents of
  8. high-crime neighborhood.
  9.    The beats were created after police identified the neighborhoods
  10. most in need of extra police officers.
  11.    Officers who volunteer for the duty are being paid overtime to
  12. patrol for gang activity, drug dealing, robberies and prostitution.
  13. Most of the areas consist of a few blocks and are designed to
  14. patroled on foot when weather allows.
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