In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.

Q: Police officers arrest criminals , prevent crime , protect and help the public , and keep public order .

A: Police officers are generally charged with the apprehension of criminals and the prevention and detection of crime , protection and assistance of the general public , and the maintenance of public order .
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Q: Gideon argued that he had been denied a lawyer , which violated his Sixth Amendment rights .

A: Gideon argued in his appeal that he had been denied counsel and , therefore , his Sixth Amendment rights , as applied to the states by the Fourteenth Amendment , had been violated .
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Q: As the state-supported schools became bigger , it became difficult for the church-supported schools to pay for their sports teams .

A:
Rapid growth in enrollment of the state-supported schools made it difficult for the church-supported schools to finance their athletics programs and one by one they fell victim to the growing prowess of the state-supported colleges .
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