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03.20.2009 - The future of ThePolice.com...

We know that many of you have been wondering what will happen to ThePolice.com now that the band has completed their hugely successful reunion tour and once again gone their separate ways. We are pleased to tell you that ThePolice.com will remain online as the band's official free-to-access web presence. We have decided to leave the Community area online and we will be making this whole area free for anyone who wishes to join and post including the virtual ticket material. There will be no further membership charges to access the site and no termination date imposed to existing memberships. In addition, for the next three months we'll pick three new members who have subscribed in the previous month at random and each will win a copy of the Police.com fan club DVD.
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