DATE: Friday, October 31, 1997              TAG: 9710290210

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ILLUSTRATION: Staff photo by JEN MYSTKOWSKI

          The Portsmouth Police Department won an award for ``Best Appearing
          City Police Cruiser'' at the seventh annual Firefighter and Public

          Safety Parade held in Surry this month. The award had special

          meaning to local officers because several of them served on a task

          force in 1995 to design the logo they hoped would give higher

          visibility to police vehicles. The police department liked the new

          gold and red striped logo so much they have created shirts,
          portfolios, hats and business cards to match.

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