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"The spectator turned out to be a provincial deputy-commissioner of SAPS who ... confirmed the incident," the report says.
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If there is another appointment from police ranks deputy-commissioner Lt-Gen Johan Swart, as the most senior officer, has been named as the man with the outgoing commissioner's backing.
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Police have tightened security around the premier, provincial deputy-commissioner Maj-Gen Spaumer said.
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Prison Services acting deputy-commissioner Col Hennie du Toit said no details of the damages were available as he was still awaiting a full report.
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British Baluchistan was incorporated with British India by the resolution of 1st November 1887, and divided into two districts -- Quetta-Pishin and Thai Chotiali -- to be administered by a deputy-commissioner and a regular staff.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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The union, the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association, wants the department to slash some of the hundreds of administrative staff who work at the department's headquarters in Albany, eliminate some of the 53 deputy-commissioner jobs and other administrators at the state's 69 prisons.
unknown title 2009
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The union, the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association, wants the department to slash some of the hundreds of administrative staff who work at the department's headquarters in Albany, eliminate some of the 53 deputy-commissioner jobs and other administrators at the state's 69 prisons.
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For example, how residents in the town of Al-hawa were furious with Hamas forces; these, at the height of the war with Israel, were more interested in finding the police deputy-commissioner - who was suspected of being a Fatah man
Harry's Place 2009
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For example, how residents in the town of Al-hawa were furious with Hamas forces; these, at the height of the war with Israel, were more interested in finding the police deputy-commissioner - who was suspected of being a Fatah man - and torturing him.
unknown title 2009
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In the company of Mr. Claude Joli Cour, deputy-commissioner of the NFB, His Excellency will take part in the inauguration of the e-cinema at the Centre culturel canadien, an NFB project.
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