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- Lewiston Police cruisers are cleaned inside and out at a minimum once per week by the officers assigned to them.
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- Lewiston Police Officers keep law books, a HAZ-MAT manual, a digital camera, and a spit hood in the glove box of their cars. The spit hood is a mesh garment placed over the head of a person arrested who is spitting at the officer. It allows the person to breath, but prevents the biohazard from striking the officer.
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- The tips of a spike mat must be kept covered at all times because of their extreme sharpness.
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- The back seat of a police cruiser is an uncomfortable, hard plastic seat that is easier to clean and has no crevices where an arrested indiviual can hide things they were carrying on their person.
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- The view you never want to see: looking from the back seat of a police cruiser through the solid plexiglass barrier into the front seat.
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- The video camera in a Lewiston Police Cruiser records both what’s in front of the camera and what’s behind the device. The camera is always recording, but only saves to the hard drive when either it is manually activated or when the blue lights are activated on top of the car.
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- The Mobil Data Terminal, or M.D.T., is how police officers in Lewiston receive information on the complaints to which they are responding. The reports shows who called, when the person called, what they called about, and any prior complaints at that address.
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- Standard equipment in a police cruiser is a radio and a flashlight.
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- “It’s a dirty job,” said Lewiston Police Officer Robert Dionne of taking fingerprints at a crime scene. The finger printing kit in the trunk of a Lewiston Police cruiser consists of a brush, black powder, and a print lifting agent.
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- Each police cruiser is equipped with a shot gun, pictured, and a rifle.
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- The Lewiston Police carry in their trunk water rescue devices, a finger printing kit, a rifle, a fire extinguisher, an expandable blockade, a spike mat, a first aid kit, and a spare tire.
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