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  2. Calgary Police Service - Wikipedia

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    The Calgary Police Service was founded on February 7, 1885, [1] and initially consisted of two constables led by Chief Jack Ingram. [2] On October 8, 1993, Constable Rick Sonnenberg was preparing a spike strip to stop a stolen vehicle when he was struck by the fleeing motorist and killed. [3] In the wake of his death and fundraising from the ...

  3. Civilian Public Service - Wikipedia

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    Civilian Public Service firefighting crew at Snowline Camp near Camino, California, 1945. The Civilian Public Service ( CPS) was a program of the United States government that provided conscientious objectors with an alternative to military service during World War II. From 1941 to 1947, nearly 12,000 draftees, willing to serve their country in ...

  4. Philippine National Police - Wikipedia

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    pnp.gov.ph. The Philippine National Police ( Filipino: Pambansang Pulisya ng Pilipinas, PNP) is the armed national police force in the Philippines. Its national headquarters is located at Camp Crame in Bagong Lipunan ng Crame, Quezon City. Currently, it has approximately 228,000 personnel to police a population in excess of 100 million.

  5. Manac (trailers) - Wikipedia

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    Manac is the biggest manufacturer of trailers in Canada and is also one of the most important manufacturers of custom-built trailers in North America. They are the 7th biggest manufacturer of semi-trailers in North America. [1] Manac's target market within the trucking industry is of custom-built units. Its products are sold under the brand ...

  6. Back office - Wikipedia

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    A back office in most corporations is where work that supports front office work is done. The front office is the "face" of the company and is all the resources of the company that are used to make sales and interact with customers and clients. The back office is all the resources of the company that are devoted to actually producing a product ...

  7. Chicago Teachers Federation - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago Teachers Federation was an organization of women elementary school teachers founded in 1897. In its first few years, it ran a successful campaign to increase teacher pay, and its membership grew to 2,500. [1] In 1900, the CTF elected Catherine Goggin and Margaret Haley as its officers, deciding to pay them the same wages as those ...

  8. Cyber–physical system - Wikipedia

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    Cyber–physical system. Cyber-Physical Systems ( CPS) are integrations of computation with physical processes. [1] In cyber-physical systems, physical and software components are deeply intertwined, able to operate on different spatial and temporal scales, exhibit multiple and distinct behavioral modalities, and interact with each other in ...

  9. Kenwood Academy - Wikipedia

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    Kenwood Academy [4] is a comprehensive public 4–year high school and magnet middle school located in the Hyde Park – Kenwood neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Operated by the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) district, Kenwood opened in temporary quarters in 1966 and in its permanent building in 1969.