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  • "In all these protests, there are KGB or plain-clothed people who are constantly filming," she said.

    Belarus Talking to China Firm About Surveillance Gear Paul Sonne 2011

  • Marching past large groups of plain-clothed and uniformed police, the group waved banners and shouted slogans saying the Paracel and Spratly islands belong to Vietnam.

    Vietnam Security Forces Detain Anti-China Protesters 2011

  • The BBC's Jon Leyne, in Tehran, says he understands plain-clothed militias have been authorised to use live ammunition for the first time.

    Iran Election Live-Blogging (Monday June 15) The Huffington Post News Team 2009

  • The agency also pairs up a plain-clothed officer with a social worker in specialized teams to respond to calls related to mental illness in the hopes of connecting individuals with the services they need — not just locking them up, he said.

    Police training eyed after mentally ill man dies 2011

  • Activists say that after Friday's large demonstrations, military officers joined plain-clothed security forces in door-to-door home raids across most of Syria's southern Houran region and in a handful of major suburbs around the capital Damascus.

    Syria Protests Spread Amid Widespread Detentions Nour Malas 2011

  • He's embarrassed by his family's grimy dwelling, but his biggest fear is that the plain-clothed men who have been harassing him, who he suspects are with the Kurdish security forces, will return and force them to leave it.

    In Iraq, Counting Heads Is A Political Headache 2010

  • He's embarrassed by his family's grimy dwelling, but his biggest fear is that the plain-clothed men who have been harassing him, who he suspects are with the Kurdish security forces, will return and force them to leave it.

    In Iraq, Counting Heads Is A Political Headache 2010

  • A jewellers was also reportedly attacked before plain-clothed police nearby ran in to arrest two looters from the shop.

    Lockdown in London, while trouble flares in Nottingham and Manchester 2011

  • He's embarrassed by his family's grimy dwelling, but his biggest fear is that the plain-clothed men who have been harassing him, who he suspects are with the Kurdish security forces, will return and force them to leave it.

    In Iraq, Counting Heads Is A Political Headache 2010

  • The agency also pairs up a plain-clothed officer with a social worker in specialized teams to respond to calls related to mental illness in the hopes of connecting individuals with the services they need — not just locking them up, he said.

    Police training eyed after mentally ill man dies 2011

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