police headquarters

collocation in English

meaningsofpoliceandheadquarters

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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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headquarters
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˌhedˈkwɔː.təz/us
/ˈhedˌkwɔːr.t̬ɚz/
the main offices of an organization such as the army, the police, or a ...
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(Definition ofpoliceandheadquartersfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The union building, a restaurant andpoliceheadquartersoverlook the entrance to the industrial area.
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Half a mile away is the federal capital's administrativepoliceheadquarters.
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The nationalpoliceheadquartersare new, quiet, smartly functional and staffed by efficient and educated officers in well-pressed uniforms.
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She came round atpoliceheadquarters, from where she was released after a few hours.
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A newpoliceheadquartershas been designed and will shortly be built, and a new police launch is being provided.
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The presentpoliceheadquartersforms part of the town hall and is centrally situated for police and magisterial jurisdiction.
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They want theirpoliceheadquartersin a place of their own choosing.
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However, the assertion is a complete fantasy and overlooks the fact that the boroughpoliceheadquartersis situated in that estate.
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The costs also include planning and the staffing ofpoliceheadquarters.
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We need more civilians inpoliceheadquarters, and we need more security services provided by the private sector.
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The second is held inpoliceheadquarters, where it is of little use to anybody, except to those inpoliceheadquarters.
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What guidance he issues to police forces on the use of private security firms to protectpoliceheadquarters.
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I cannot find words to describe the conditions at the so-calledpoliceheadquarters.
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There will be savings resulting from reductions in the number ofpoliceheadquarters.
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In the last year, for example, 707 calls from the public were received by the countypoliceheadquarters, resulting in proceedings against 112 juveniles.
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No damage was caused to thepoliceheadquarters.
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Policeheadquartersdid not have a report of the accident at the time of the sister's enquiry.
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We have the countypoliceheadquartersand the county and borough civic offices.
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A complaint was made to the localpoliceheadquarters.
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He is in touch by wireless withpoliceheadquarters.
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