police accountability

collocation in English

meaningsofpoliceandaccountability

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police
noun[plural]
uk
/pəˈliːs/us
/pəˈliːs/
the official organization that is responsible for protecting people and property, making people obey the law, finding out about and solving crime, and catching people who have committed ...
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accountability
noun[U]
uk
/əˌkaʊn.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/us
/əˌkaʊn.t̬əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the fact of being responsible for what you do and able to give a satisfactory reason for it, or the degree to which ...
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(Definition ofpoliceandaccountabilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That organisation has campaigned forpoliceaccountabilityand has set up a successful office in my constituency.
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We must have apoliceaccountabilitysystem through a local authority and there must be an independent police complaints authority.
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There is still concern that the process ofpoliceaccountabilitydepends on the goodwill and response of the police force rather than its structure.
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I consider that a move in the wrong direction in terms of trying to securepoliceaccountability.
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One is community policing, about which enough has already been said, and the other is democratic control of the police andpoliceaccountability.
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We should not shut our minds topoliceaccountability.
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That is the finest form ofpoliceaccountabilityand it is far better than a police committee of politically motivated councillors.
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The training will include modules on human rights,policeaccountabilityand the rule of law.
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I wish to raise the issue ofpoliceaccountability, which at present is clouded in a good deal of political controversy.
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However, there is nothing new about a debate onpoliceaccountability.
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I have long believed in the key role of police authorities in ensuringpoliceaccountability.
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A proper system ofpoliceaccountabilityis needed in which the police and the public have confidence.
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Community or neighbourhood policing has often been advocated as providing an important form of localpoliceaccountability.
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There is no reason why we should be frightened ofpoliceaccountabilityand the setting of police priorities.
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The report made sweeping recommendations to improvepoliceaccountability.
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Parliamentary questions are frequently sidestepped, and no one can pretend that the annual debate we have had in recent years could conceivably constitute the effectivepoliceaccountabilitywe need.
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I am pleased that we have it, but no one should think that it is sufficient or that it in any way constitutes the effectivepoliceaccountabilitythat we need.
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Policeaccountabilityshould be examined and continually debated until we find a formula.
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Police numbers should be evident, as this is an important part ofpoliceaccountability.
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If we are to deal with that problem, we need a perfectly normal local authority input—such as is provided for the social services, education or housing—forpoliceaccountability.
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