A successful March 2004 regional transportation ballot measure included funding to rehabilitate the rail bridge for the commuter rail service, but in October 2008 the Metropolitan Transportation Commission transferred $ 91 million from this project to the BART Warm Springs Extension Project in Fremont

The musical debuted at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space on September 4, 2008 running through September 14.

Hong Kong 41 %, Metropolitan France 20 %, Japan 14 %, United States 8 % ( 2008 )

Metropolitan France 30 %, Singapore 14 %, United States 10 %, China 7 %, New Zealand 6 %, Australia 3 % ( 2008 )

* 2008 Botham was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Sports Science by Leeds Metropolitan University.

As the Jets sought to become a stronger franchise and remove themselves from their counterparts ' shadow, the team entered into negotiations with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in an attempt to build a stadium on the west side of Manhattan, entering a bidding war with TransGas Energy Systems and Cablevision for the rights to the West Side Yard property — Hess, prior to his death, had been approached by former mayor Rudy Giuliani about bringing the team to the West Side when their lease at Giants Stadium expired in 2008.

Today, Ernani is an infrequently performed work, although it appeared on the roster of the Metropolitan Opera as early as 1903 and has been given eighty-eight performances up to the March / April stagings in 2008.

Between 1 October 2007 and 21 September 2008, the first major exhibit of Turner's works in the United States in over forty years came to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and the Dallas Museum of Art.

Time Warner Cable and Cablevision, both of which serve New York Metropolitan Area have also recently picked up the HD channel in late July 2008.

In London, a Metropolitan Police report showed that in 2008 only one crime was solved per 1000 cameras. In some cases CCTV cameras have become a target of attacks themselves.

According to the Congressional Quarterly Press ' 2008 City Crime Rankings: Crime in Metropolitan America, Virginia Beach, Virginia ranks 311th in violent crime amount 385 cities containing more than 75, 000 inhabitants.

In 2008, he was made an Honorary Doctor of Arts at Manchester Metropolitan University ( MMU ) in recognition for his ongoing contribution to photography and to MMU's School of Art.

Located primarily in Seminole County, the city is in the northern suburbs of the Orlando – Kissimmee – Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area, which the United States Census Bureau estimated had a population of 2, 054, 574 in 2008.

The estimated population of the three-county Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes the nearby cities of Marion and Hiawatha, was 255, 452 in 2008.

Las Cruces and the Las Cruces Metropolitan Statistical Area's July 1, 2008 populations were estimated at 91, 865 and 201, 603 respectively by the United States Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program.

The Metropolitan Statistical Area population was nearly 150, 000 in 2008.

The most recent All-American Council ( 15th ) was held in November 2008, at which time the current primate of the OCA, now Metropolitan Jonah ( Paffhausen ), was elected.

Mankato was designated a Metropolitan Statistical Area by the U. S. Census Bureau in November 2008.

On 8 May 2008 this referendum was held, with an overwhelming result in favour of staying within Cheshire, with less than 1 / 3 of the electors wanting to become part of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport and an even lower proportion of the population wishing the village to become part of Derbyshire's High Peak Borough.

In May 2008, London Metropolitan University presented the 14th Dalai Lama with an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy, for " promoting peace globally ".

In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, London Metropolitan was ranked equal 107th out of 132 institutions by the Times Higher Education's RAE league table.

Eight actors have played more than one character in the series: Nicholas Farrell appeared as Donald Fraser in The ABC Murders ( 1992 ) and then as Major Knighton in The Mystery of the Blue Train ( 2005 ), Simon Shepherd appeared as David Hall in " Jewel Robbery at The Grand Metropolitan " ( 1993 ) and then as Dr Rendell in Mrs McGinty's Dead ( 2008 ) and Carol MacReady appeared as Mildred Croft in Peril at End House ( 1990 ) and then as Miss Johnson in Cat Among the Pigeons ( 2008 ).

Martha Stewart at the Metropolitan Opera opening in 2008

Between 1992 and 2008, the 1st, 2nd and 16th Jungle Infantry Brigades, the 3rd Infantry Battalion, the 19th Logistics Battalion, and the 22nd Army Police Platoon were transferred by the Army from the states of Rio de Janeiro and Rio Grande do Sul to the Amazon region in accordance with the friendship policy with Argentina.

After the 2008 Mumbai attacks, the Mumbai Police created specialized, quick response teams to deal with terror threats.

The Gendarmerie may call upon the assistance of the Municipal Police in cases of major crime or national security, and ( following revised regulations for both corps introduced by the Government of San Marino in 2008 ) may also call upon soldiers and border guards of the Fortress Guards Corps, in their secondary role as ' Criminal Police Officers '.

In " Turn Left " ( 2008 ), the " Police Box " sign and all other text on the TARDIS is shown as replaced with the words " Bad Wolf ", as is all text in the universe ; this is interpreted by the Doctor as an urgent warning concerning the end of the universe.

Following the city's launch of the so-called " CleanAir Cabs " program the previous year, in August 2008 the Boston Police Department's Hackney Carriage Unit mandated that the city's entire taxicab fleet must be converted to hybrid vehicles by 2015. web | url = http :// www. cityofboston. gov / police / hackney / drivers. asp >

The Kyiv Post reported on 26 November 2008 that American citizen Robert Fletcher ( Robert T. Fletcher III ; aka " Rob ") was arrested by the SBU ( Ukraine State Police ) after being accused by Ukrainian investors of running a Ponzi scheme and associated pyramid scam netting US $ 20 million.

The Police have sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, and were the world's highest-earning musicians in 2008, thanks to their reunion tour.

The Police also headlined the last night of the 2008 Isle of Wight Festival on 15 June 2008 ,< ref > in addition to headlining the Sunday night at Hard Rock Calling ( previously called Hyde Park Calling ) on 29 June.

On December 10, 2008, the California Highway Patrol announced its officers, along with San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department deputies and US Marine Corps Military Police, would jointly staff some sobriety and drivers license checkpoints.

The Belize National Police is a quasi-military unit in Belize with strength of 1200 sworn officers and 700 civilian staff ( 2008 ).

The Police played their final show of their reunion tour at the Garden in 2008.

In November 2008, the Servicio Aéreo Nacional ( National Air Service ) merged with its maritime counterpart, the Servicio Maritimo Nacional ( National Maritime Service ) to become the Servicio Nacional Aeronaval ( National Aeronaval Service ), also the creation of the new Servicio Nacional de Fronteras ( National Borders Service ) as an independent force from the National Police.

A 2008 Report by UK Police Chiefs concluded that only 3 % of crimes were solved by CCTV.

On February 15, 2008, Audrain County Joint Communications assumed the communications responsibilities for the Vandalia Police Department, Vandalia Fire District and Van-Far Ambulance District.

Huron Police Department, shown circa 2008

In 2008, some of the Cochran Police Force came under scrutiny for various acts of misconduct, which include child molestation charges.

In 2008 Jena K. Hargrove became the first female Police Officer to complete the Police Academy under the age of 21 who is from the City of Ville Platte.

( 1934 – 2010 ), as a Republican member of the Jackson Parish Police Jury from 1988 – 2008, Garrett worked to construct the Jackson Parish Community Center, Health Unit, and the Veterans Memorial Park.

These establishments continued to operate until 1952, when they were shut down after a statewide crackdown on illegal gambling after the appointment of United States Army Colonel Francis Grevemberg ( 1914 – 2008 ) as superintendent of the Louisiana State Police.

The current Chief of Police is Bruce E. Hall who started in this position in February 2009 following Police Chief Robert C. Holmes Sr. retiring suddenly on New Year's Eve 2008.