provincial police

collocation in English

meaningsofprovincialandpolice

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provincial
adjective
uk
/prəˈvɪn.ʃəl/us
/prəˈvɪn.ʃəl/
relating to an area that is governed as part of a country or ...
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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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(Definition ofprovincialandpolicefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As a response, large contingents of theprovincialpoliceand paramilitary forces were deployed by the state.
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First, more encouragement should be given to chief constables of theprovincialpoliceauthorities further to increase foot patrols.
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However, over the last 10 years we have approved 6,800 additional police officer posts forprovincialpoliceforces.
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Are similar proportionate privileges enjoyed by the men of theprovincialpoliceforce?
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Speaking by and large, however, the position of theprovincialpoliceforce is easing considerably.
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We are maintaining the local authority control, and amalgamated joint police authorities will continue to be responsible for theprovincialpoliceforces.
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The prospects for recruiting amongst theprovincialpoliceforces seem on the whole to be good.
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I am not in a position to give any details of the building schemes ofprovincialpoliceauthorities.
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There is a shortage of practically allprovincialpoliceforces, and, because of that shortage, there must be some very definite risk.
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I shall shortly be meeting chief constables at their annual meeting and theprovincialpoliceat one or more meetings.
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But what it is not doing is attributing those arrests to the many previously unsolved crimes, as is the practice in theprovincialpoliceforces.
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He has neither the time nor the opportunity to exercise even the degree of responsibility which is accepted by aprovincialpolicecommittee.
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I doubt whether these remarks apply to theprovincialpolice.
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Has that instruction been sent to theprovincialpolice?
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There is no reason to think that theprovincialpoliceneed reminding of their duty in this respect.
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In 1969, 13 requests, 8 of them on behalf ofprovincialpoliceforces, were made for provisional arrest abroad pending extradition applications.
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That is something quite new as regardsprovincialpolice.
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Is similar progress being made in the training ofprovincialpolice?
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I want to raise a point about public involvement in the work ofprovincialpoliceforces.
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I welcome the fact that 16 graduates enteredprovincialpoliceforces last year.
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