police commissioner

collocation in English

meaningsofpoliceandcommissioner

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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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commissioner
noun[C]
uk
/kəˈmɪʃ.ən.ər/us
/kəˈmɪʃ.ən.ɚ/
an important official who has responsibility in a government department or ...
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(Definition ofpoliceandcommissionerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thepolicecommissionerwarned television channels against telecasting violence.
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He was reelected in 1967, and served as bothpolicecommissionerand deputy supervisor for his hometown.
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In reality, though, he remained a frustrated small-townpolicecommissioner, blocked at every turn by a stubborn town council.
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For example, aspolicecommissioner, with reporters at hand, he would stalk the roughest neighborhoods at night, ferreting out criminals and police laxity.
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A newpolicecommissionerand deputy have already assumed duties.
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Thepolicecommissionerhas a clear duty to make sure that areas of high crime in an inner city are properly policed, which may required a large number of policemen.
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According to thepolicecommissioner, the crime figures are amazingly low—there are 13 street crimes and 30 burglaries a day in a community of 5·5 million people.
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I will only take orders from thepolicecommissioner, who is my supreme commander.
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His roles ranged from father, uncle, great-uncle, grandfather, police officer,policecommissioner, courtroom judge and doctor.
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The nationalpolicecommissioneris vested with the day-to-day management of the police force.
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From the 1960s through to the end of the 1980s he appeared mostly as a judge orpolicecommissioner.
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Examples included officers assigned as bodyguards and drivers to the mayor,policecommissionerand other senior officials.
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The organization of a police force similar to those in other cities came in 1859 with the appointment of the firstpolicecommissioner.
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A few days later his friend, thepolicecommissionertakes him to a remote lab.
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She is the daughter of apolicecommissioner.
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However, apolicecommissionerwho comes up from the uniformed ranks retains that status while serving aspolicecommissioner.
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Instead, the new laws sent all appeals to thepolicecommissionerwhich resulted in appeals not being passed.
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Apolicecommissionerknown as hsien wei was entrusted with law enforcement and had the authority to arrest suspects.
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Following his playing and managing career, he served as a districtpolicecommissionerand police chief.
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Initially the request was dismissed because of defamatory statement made by thepolicecommissioner.
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In addition to his role as county commissioner he was also thepolicecommissioner, land commissioner, and bank president.
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