31.   Most of the time, police abuse starts when an officer feels that his or her authority has been challenged.

32.   Nugent said the case had stirred many Hispanic residents in Houston because it resembled other incidents of police abuse.

33.   Now she has become something of a crusader against police abuses.

34.   On one side, Elliot argued, was the threat of police abuse if the public could not monitor their activities through access to records.

35.   On specific matters, she criticized Giuliani for failing to sign legislation that would create an independent civilian board to review allegations of police abuse.

36.   Paul Chevigny, a New York University law professor and expert on police abuses, said dismissal is such a powerful punishment that careful departmental deliberations are important.

37.   Separate investigations are under way by the Department of Justice and FBI into alleged police abuses.

38.   The British replied in kind by condoning police abuses and dispatching covert squads to kill IRA operatives.

39.   The Department of Justice was conducting a study on attitudes towards police abuse.

40.   The dollar amounts being paid to victims of police abuse by taxpayers are mounting.