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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2024-07-25T14:50:36Z" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="1593" ns="0" title="Hutchinson County" pageid="214" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Dsarkozi" timestamp="2024-07-25T15:34:33Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="13075" prev="9196" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1592" ns="0" title="Hunt County" pageid="323" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Dsarkozi" timestamp="2024-07-25T15:33:04Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="13074" prev="9195" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1591" ns="0" title="Hudspeth County" pageid="120" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Dsarkozi" timestamp="2024-07-25T15:27:38Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="13073" prev="9194" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1590" ns="0" title="Howard County" pageid="212" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Dsarkozi" timestamp="2024-07-25T15:25:33Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="13072" prev="9193" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1589" ns="0" title="Houston County" pageid="377" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Dsarkozi" timestamp="2024-07-25T15:24:29Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="13071" prev="9192" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1588" ns="0" title="Hopkins County" pageid="376" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Dsarkozi" timestamp="2024-07-25T15:22:47Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="13070" prev="9191" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1587" ns="0" title="Hood County" pageid="322" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Dsarkozi" timestamp="2024-07-25T15:03:30Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="13069" prev="9190" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1586" ns="0" title="Hockley County" pageid="210" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Dsarkozi" timestamp="2024-07-25T14:57:39Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="13068" prev="9189" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1585" ns="0" title="Hill County" pageid="357" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Dsarkozi" timestamp="2024-07-25T14:56:31Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="13067" prev="9187" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1584" ns="0" title="Hidalgo County" pageid="82" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Dsarkozi" timestamp="2024-07-25T14:54:06Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="13066" prev="9186" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>