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Old 11-04-2010, 08:59 PM   #10
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I have seen the canal boats move people along, and the same boats come back 15 minutes later. The canal patrol comes back, moves them and does nothing else. .
That's all that they have the legal authority to do. They are all civilian employees of the US Army Corps of Engineers, and none of them--including the ones riding around in trucks wearing uniforms--have any law enforcement powers.

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