Dublin swarms with soldiers, constabulary and police.
I inquired if he thought the Irish constabulary a loyal body.
I'll see you tomorrow, after I stop at the constabulary post.
Members of the constabulary were always considerate and accommodating towards him during his periodic outbursts of alcoholic craving.
Proprietors, agents, and large farmers required "protection" from the constabulary, and there was no longer anything to attract capital to the neighbourhood in the face of a deterrent population.
The metropolitan police is quite distinct from the constabulary, and under a different chief.
constabulary
noun[C,+ sing/pl verb]
uk/kənˈstæb.jə.lə.ri/us/kənˈstæb.je.ler.i/
the Britishpoliceforcefor aparticulararea
(英国某一地区的)警察部队
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Many constabularies have a domestic violence unit with trained, experienced officers.
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But the localconstabularyrefused to take him into custody.
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Fortunately theconstabularycaught him below.
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I am informed by theconstabularyauthorities that on the date in question two police were protecting two water bailiffs on the steam launch.
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Deployments can be, and are, discussed with inspectors ofconstabulary.
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I trust that the considerable sums of money flowing into the coffers of theconstabularywill not be the deciding factor.
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In one part of my constituency, the police and the specialconstabularyhave already been making valiant strides to place greater responsibility on parents.
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Some citizens with wireless experience greatly assisted police communications during the strike: others joined the specialconstabulary.
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An ex-policeman, who had spent the greater part of his life in theconstabulary, went into possession of a derelict piece of land.
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A huge burden is being placed on local authorities and theconstabularyin my constituency, and it is created by the landfill tax.
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I suspect that if an officer was called to a domestic dispute, he would have time to inform the localconstabulary.
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If we had not spent that money, the strength of the specialconstabularywould have dropped, which is not what we want.
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We are examining appropriate ways to organise magistrates courts across the huge area of the metropolitanconstabulary.
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The way in which the rent allowance formula is applied varies fromconstabularytoconstabulary.
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It is a successfulconstabulary, but it is to be examined once again.
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