police report

collocation in English

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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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report
noun[C]
uk
/rɪˈpɔːt/us
/rɪˈpɔːrt/
;
a teacher's written statement to parents about a child's ability and performance ...
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(Definition ofpoliceandreportfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the case of the conference thepolicereportnoted that ' more or less 200 persons ' were present at the inaugural ceremony.
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Investigation was made by them and when thepolicereportwas received by the procurator fiscal it was considered and marked "no proceedings".
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So must thepolicereportand the report of the prison authorities, and, if appropriate, of a doctor.
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Thepolicereportis a somewhat different matter.
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The local authority would then be able to consider the evidence in thepolicereportand come to a judgment.
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The document to which it referred was apolicereportand not, as wrongly stated, a public report.
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I have considered thepolicereporton this incident.
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They remained dissatisfied, however, because they had not been shown thepolicereportor the fiscal's report.
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It is not possible to assess in advance of receipt of thepolicereportwhat action or further inquiries may be appropriate.
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I have made fill inquiry, but can find no trace of anypolicereporton the subject.
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I deal first, briefly, with thepolicereport.
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Thepolicereportof their investigation of the allegations has been considered by counsel, who has advised that further essential inquiries should be made.
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Policereportto me that the vast majority of the teenagers they arrest come from chaotic family backgrounds.
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Some consideration has already been given to the content of thepolicereportin such cases.
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There was some flooding also in other places, but thepolicereportthat this affected relatively few houses.
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After all, thepolicereportnot the total number of crimes but the number of recorded crimes.
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In the officialpolicereportfiled the next day there was no mention at all of the incident.
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A local authority may refuse to renew or transfer a licence following apolicereport.
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We expect that thepolicereportwill form part of the evidence presented at the inquest.
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