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Jedi to protect Scottish public

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April 24, 2009, 11:26 AM — We all know that a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, the noble Jedi Knights kept the peace in the Old Republic ... but now they are also beginning to protect the citizens of Scotland. Eight police officers in the Scottish region of Strathclyde declared themselves to be Jedi in a recent diversity survey. The police agency will have no problem in recruiting more: the 2001 census recorded over 14,000 Scottish Jedi. Keep reading