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LINE AND STAFF – implies that a system of varied
functions arrange into a workable pattern. The line
organization is responsible for the direct
accomplishment of the objectives while the staff is
responsible for support, advisory or facilitative
capacity.

LINE INTELLIGENCE – the kind of intelligence
required by the commander to provide for planning
and conduct tactical and administrative operation
in counter insurgency. This pertains to knowledge
of people, weather, enemy and terrain used in
planning and conducting tactical and
administrative operation in a counter insurgency.

LINE OF DEMARCATION – the line between the
charred and portion of a burned material.

LINE ORGANIZATION – a simple straight line
organization often called the individual, military or
departmental type of organization and perhaps the
oldest type where authority and responsibility
extends in a direct line from top to bottom within
the structures.

LINE-UP – an assembly of person’s including the
suspect, viewed for identification purposes by a
crime victim or witness; also called line up
identification – the method of having the victims or
witnesses identify suspects from a group of at least
5 “suspected” individuals presented before them;
used when the suspect is in custody.

LIQUEFIED PETROLUEM GAS – any flammable gas
liquefied through pressure. The liquid vaporized
under normal atmospheric pressure.

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