The extension of the role of the police from preserving the peace at home to that of preserving the peace abroad brought implications to which the present paper is addressed. These include the acceptance of responsibility by individuals, by groups, and by the employing authority in the selection, preparation, maintenance, and return of phrases of such an assignment. They involve lessons that can be transferred from comparable phases in the work of people who serve with Volunteer Service Abroad in exotic places such as Antarctica, and who work with indigenous groups.
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