Gap Filling

The following passage is taken from the textbook. Fill in the numbered gaps with the correct form of the words or phrases in the box (there are more words than necessary).

accuse/appoint/arrest/behave/blind/majority/constant/grateful/catch/misery/police/politics

     American TV and movies once gave a tough and brutal picture of the American police, though now there are TV series which have cops as heroes and defenders of society. The police are _______ for the good publicity and their new image, especially in cities where there are black ghettos. White policemen are now careful of how they speak and ______ towards their fellow black citizens.
     The cop, or ordinary policeman, is a city or a State employee. He cannot _______ anyone outside his city or his State...
     Since the ______ of criminals are armed, American cops have to use their guns more often than most policemen in other places and the car chases through the crowded streets of Manhattan, which are a favorite feature of gangster movies, are not so exaggerated. American cops get shot down, run over, stabbed, beaten up, and their wives are in ______ fear that one day their men will not come home.
     Many policemen do a lot to help children whose parents are criminals. They understand better than most citizens the awful ______ of the ghettos. They feel sorry for the drug addicts, but often treat roughly the “pushers” who sell the drugs—when they can catch them. They have been ______ of making no serious attempt to break up the various drug rings. They claim that such a task would be never-ending.
     In big cities, the Police Commissioner (Head of the Force) is often ______ by Mayor and therefore senior police officers tend to be too closely linked to ______. Their ambitions sometimes tempt them to turn a ______ eye or to accept bribes, which lowers the morale of the ordinary cop. The structure of the many different American police forces is said to be the most varied in the whole world.