law enforcement agency

Example Sentences

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Once primarily a maritime law enforcement agency, it now serves as the island democracy’s first line of defense.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Does anyone think it would have been a good idea to keep an allegedly “reformed” Gestapo in place as a postwar law enforcement agency?

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

The leak contains other messages in which a foreign law enforcement agency responds to Moscow's request for information.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

French police controller Lucas Philippe was elected head of Interpol on Thursday at its 93rd assembly general in Morocco, the law enforcement agency posted on X.

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

As Treasury police, the Secret Service guards the nation's currency; it is the only federal law enforcement agency with direct jurisdiction over counterfeiting and forgery.

From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce