1.   Prime Minister Alberto Pandolfi said that police were securing the area in anticipation of eventual talks between the government and the rebels.

2.   Bermudez wanted police to secure the house, then allow the consulate official to take custody of those found inside.

3.   He pledged to push for changes in the criminal code making it easier for police to secure search warrants and utilize high-tech surveillance gear against gang hangouts.

4.   Police secured the perimeter.

5.   Scotland Yard police secured and detonated the other suspicious packages.

6.   The police also secured a four-block zone in the area to protect household belongings, although reports of theft or looting have been virtually nonexistent.

7.   Two hours after police had secured the school and blocked the road leading to it, Freeman was getting gas at a station down the road from Heritage.

8.   While police secured the building and searched for the gunman, paramedics removed the injured.

9.   Police heavily secured the Jerusalem court where a powerful ethnic political leader was convicted Wednesday of bribe taking and fraud.

10.   Police now must secure a warrant from a judge, a time-consuming process, before they can raid a house and make arrests.