constable
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The assistant chief constable added that officers were now subject to annual integrity testing and routine re-vetting.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The chief constable of Thames Valley Police says he will consider joining legal action to block the release of two of PC Andrew Harper's killers.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Stuart Hooper, an assistant chief constable at Essex Police, says it has been an "incredibly challenging" period for the force.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Becky Riggs will remain as Staffordshire Police's acting chief constable.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Then the inner door opened—the door, she now saw, which separated the office from the pair of cells—and in the light that streamed before him, the constable appeared, carrying a breakfast tray.
From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit
The Police Federation represents more than 145,000 rank-and-file officers, up to and including the rank of chief inspector as well as special constables.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
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
The crimes are alleged to have taken place between 1995 and 2004 while the officers were on duty as constables.
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
The two constables had been sent out to join those looking for Pierrot and Jackson, and more policemen were supposed to be on their way down to the bungalow in case Robbie had gone there.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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