11.   Several years before, he had wanted to be a policeman and applied at one local department.

12.   Some local departments have complained that the police should not be the repository of the information.

13.   The commission recommended that Westchester County form a skilled countywide squad that would supersede local departments in investigating homicides and other major felonies.

14.   The EPA generally recommends that people call the local department of public health or state department of natural resources.

15.   The only people with less initiative around these parts are the members of the local Spurberry police department.

16.   The state agency contracts with the local department to inspect day-care centers.

17.   Web sites were set up and local departments relayed information to their firefighters.

18.   You are going to ask the local department to check the address.

19.   You may also need a building permit from your local building department to have this work done.

20.   Among those left in the dark was the National Police Agency, which oversees the work of local departments such as the one in Tokyo, NHK said.