Cops find themselves in arms race with criminals

The war on the streets is escalating. As gangs and other criminals pack more firepower, police departments say they find themselves in an arms race.

"It's not nice we have to arm ourselves like the soldiers in Iraq," said Sgt. Laurie Pfeil, who supervises a sheriff's road patrol in Palm Beach County and is now certified to carry a semiautomatic AR-15 rifle on the job. It's the civilian version of the military's M-16 used by U.S. soldiers in Iraq.

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