Collocations withpolice
These are words often used in combination withpolice.
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corrupt police
Thank heaven, in this country we have not got a corrupt police.
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local police
They do not have access to # official disciplinary structures, for example, in the form of a local police force.
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mounted police
Around 300 police and special constables were on the scene, including thirty-six mounted police who charged and dispersed the crowd.
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off-duty police
The regulations governing the activities of off-duty police officers are designed to ensure the proper exercise of the functions of a constable, in particular, the impartial discharge of his duties.
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police academy
However, the eligible pool was skewed due to negotiations between the two parties in 1993 which permitted fewer ex-guerrillas in the very first senior officers' class of the police academy.
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police accountability
That organisation has campaigned for police accountability and has set up a successful office in my constituency.
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police barracks
He has a police barracks on his demesne—an interesting object no doubt, but not a very pleasant one.
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police brutality
An interesting example of the novel topics targeted by new human rights organisations is that of police brutality.
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police cadet
There is a reference in paragraph 12 to police cadet pensions.
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police checkpoint
There is a rural health centre, police checkpoint, fire-fighters, harbour master, municipality and civil registration.
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police commissioner
In reality, though, he remained a frustrated small-town police commissioner, blocked at every turn by a stubborn town council.
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police crackdown
Online activists' calls for support against the police crackdown increased the number of sit-in protesters by the evening.
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police cruiser
Two policemen in a police cruiser come to pick them up and take them back to the station.
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police detective
Further, broader comparisons between the development of the secret service operative and the professionalization of the urban police detective would be helpful.
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police headquarters
The union building, a restaurant and police headquarters overlook the entrance to the industrial area.
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police helicopter
Information was provided on local radio, from a police helicopter, loudspeaker vans and letter drops.
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police informer
Is everyone who gives evidence, other than a policeman, a police informer?
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police inspector
The number of applicants for probationary police inspector posts has nearly doubled in the last two years and in 1997 included 246 university graduates.
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police interview
The chapter ends with directions for future research and suggestions for police interview practice.
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police investigator
The formal-wearing police investigator seems as a rather anachronistic figure, more reminiscent of a figure from a gothic fiction work or a costume drama.
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police lieutenant
The city was divided into three districts, each managed by a police lieutenant.
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police lineup
The police lineup scene ran into scheduling conflicts because the actors kept blowing their lines.
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police misconduct
The most common violations were to do with disappearances, judicial malpractice, police misconduct and prison conditions.
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police official
Like the mining engineer, the police official had to design and construct a machine.
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police precinct
If access to resources is the focus, then the area defining a police precinct, school district, or health department catchment area may be a more suitable unit of analysis.
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police presence
I then asked her about police presence in the area.
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police protection
We might still justify police protection of one's negative rights at the social level by reducing all mixed positive rights to derived positive rights.
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police report
In the case of the conference the police report noted that ' more or less 200 persons ' were present at the inaugural ceremony.
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police repression
The reality of police repression in 1961 was sufficiently brutal for there to be no need for unfounded exaggerations.
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police sergeant
At least two planes were heard, a police sergeant said, but they could not be seen above the clouds.
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police siren
Words might be whispered, wailed with a police siren or roared with a motorbike.
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police spokesman
A local police spokesman stated that the scene resembled a festival.
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police uniform
Existing legislation, together with the common law, is already adequate to prevent anyone wearing articles of police uniform for an unlawful purpose.
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police unit
It has reached such an extent that the council has its own police unit.
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police van
One of 75 people had 12 foot police and a police van in reserve.
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provincial police
As a response, large contingents of the provincial police and paramilitary forces were deployed by the state.
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retired police
No figures are available to show how many retired police officers, if any, have been appointed to the commissions of the peace since 1945.
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sworn police officer
Police forces are made up of accountable, professional, trained, disciplined and sworn police officers, who provide a distinct public service.
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uniformed police
Esther herself commends the uniformed police, who conduct themselves "with the greatest despatch, and without the waste of a moment" (ch. 57; 826).
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unmarked police
The decision whether to use an unmarked police vehicle in any operation is a matter for the senior officer involved.
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