police personnel

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meaningsofpoliceandpersonnel

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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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personnel
noun[U, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˌpɜː.sənˈel/
us
/ˌpɝː.sənˈel/
the people who are employed in a company, organization, or one of the ...
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(Definition ofpoliceandpersonnelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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On the other hand, those involved in the fight did not take much notice of the town council'spolicepersonneleither.
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The old style 'policepersonnel' of late medieval and early modern towns were very diverse in terms of their occupations and legal status.
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Local government officials often used them aspolicepersonnelto carry out all kinds of coercive operations.
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We should call the police either the police orpolicepersonnel, not just policemen.
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And arrangements have been put in hand for the exchange ofpolicepersonnel.
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One of the advantages is that it does not involve in any way the use ofpolicepersonnelin looking after it.
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They think it a strain onpolicepersonnel.
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Its police problems would be unfamiliar to anypolicepersonnelwho might come in from outside.
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We need improvement inpolicepersonnel, manpower and training.
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It comprises some 16,000 military, 4,000 civilians and 3,000policepersonnelas well as almost 60,000 locally engaged staff.
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There are other important implications, not least in matters of welfare and other matters of direct concern topolicepersonnel.
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Training is being offered only to a few elite police officers, and regularpolicepersonnelon the streets have had none.
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Military andpolicepersonnelmust be able to have that practice so as to become proficient.
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It is notoriously difficult to get cases brought againstpolicepersonnel.
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What does accommodation for control ofpolicepersonnelmean?
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It comes down to not only legislation, butpolicepersonnelengaged in prevention and successful detention.
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To this day, they continue to gather information onpolicepersonnel.
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My comments are not an attack onpolicepersonnel, who make big contributions into an unfunded scheme.
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