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Meet the policeman next door

Check out scenes from the 10th annual COPS (Community Oriented Police Services) Festival at the Gwinnett Convention Center in Duluth, GA.

Gwinnett County Police Officers Ronnetta Coates (left) and Jason Allen (right) show a defensive technique called a horizontal elbow strike at the 10th annual COPS (Community Oriented Police Services) Festival at the Gwinnett Convention Center in Duluth, Ga.

Michael Kulp, of Snellville, gets on his toes to peer at an M-114 armored personnel carrier owned by the Gwinnett County Sheriff's SWAT team at one of the parking lot displays. The Festival helps encourage postive interaction between the public and law officers. The carrier can hold three officers and one driver.

Lisa Angove (back to camera), of Berkeley Lake, captures a photo of (left to right) Allison Sansone, Nicholas Angove, Cameron Sansone and Matthew Angove as they visit the COPS Festival.

Madison Fender, 10, of Lawrenceville, checks out her stick-on badge courtesy of the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Department's "Avoiding Drugs, Violence and Negative Choices Early" program.

Jesse Drobisch (left) and his mother Jodi Drobisch, of Lawrenvceville, look at the undercarriage of an M-114 armored personnel carrier owned by the Gwinnett County Sheriff's SWAT team. The festival helps to educate the public about law enforcement in Gwinnett County.

Chris Reagin (left), coordinator of the Gwinnett County Police Mobile Operations Center, shows Sean Comerford (right), of Norcross, an aerial view of his home. The mobile operations center computer program can show officers aerial views of "every square inch of Gwinnett County," Reagin said.

A portable sign advises visitors of a make-believe checkpoint as they stop at one of the exhibit stations.

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Gwinnett County Police Officers Ronnetta Coates (left) and Jason Allen (right) show a defensive technique called a horizontal elbow strike at the 10th annual COPS (Community Oriented Police Services) Festival at the Gwinnett Convention Center in Duluth, Ga.

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