A phalanx of Home Office interpreters has had to be brought in to help with police inquiries into alleged attacks on and by asylum-seekers.
The city has heightened security around its reservoirs since the Sept. 11 attacks, and on Monday Gov. George E. Pataki offered 38 state prison guards to help with police patrols, said Charles G. Sturcken, chief of staff for the city's Department of Environmental Protection.
Although UCSB has no direct authority over Isla Vista, the university contributes several million dollars a year to help with police and fire protection, according to campus spokesman George Foulsham.
Advocates for immigrants argue that it would undermine local crime-fighting by making immigrants even more fearful of reporting crimes or helping with police investigations.
But the United Nations was asked to organize a technical mission to Libya to help with matters from policing to technical aid.
Gail Gorman, director of education and children's services at Aberdeen City Council, told reporters the school would be closed for the next two days to help with the police investigation.
On many such quiet nights, he says, they are frequently called to help with regular police operations in neighbouring Tower Hamlets, a neighbourhood of London that sometimes needs all the lawful assistance it can get.
Get involved with the search and ask your parents if they need help with the police or anything.
Bulgaria has built a fence on its border with Turkey in an attempt to stem migrant inflows and has asked Brussels to help it with police, specialized vehicles and tracking equipment to better protect its borders.
