constable
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Monday's legal challenge was originally scheduled for last week, but was delayed after the Orange Order added the chief constable to the case.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
"But it seemed to me that the real threat was, precisely as the chief constable had outlined, I couldn't see how the procession could take place."
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
There were also seven novels about a fictional policeman, William Warwick, who rises from humble constable in the Metropolitan police to the very top of his profession.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Breandán Mac Cionnaith, from the GRRC, also met the chief constable.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
And at that very moment, riding through the pine trees just in time to see it all, came the Treegap constable.
From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit
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All 43 chief constables in England and Wales are urging Burnham to establish an "additional public protection safeguard" in cases involving violent and dangerous offenders.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Long before modern professional police forces, public order depended on watches, constables, alarms, and forms of compelled or expected community response.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
It will be made up of an inspector, three sergeants and 45 constables.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Badat worked on a challenge to DeSoto County districts that were used for the county’s board of supervisors, school board, election commission, county constables and their judges.
From Salon ● May 16, 2026
I opened the door to a chauffeur, and past his shoulder I could see some police constables dispersing to various points of the grounds.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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