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I heard on the grapevine that top telcos in this country have been elevated to fully-fledged police stations, complete with Officers Commanding Police Divisions (OCPD) deployed to every sub-county headquarters.
You will never see the police officers on patrol, because they literally let their fingers do the walking, by scanning through our phones' data. The only time they venture out will be to abduct those they have been trailing. And since they use smart, unmarked vehicles, complaints about jalopies that stall for lack of fuel will be a thing of the past.
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