constable
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Whittome said she spoke to the chief constable of Nottinghamshire Police on Sunday night, and added she understood the officer was "now out of surgery".
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Mountbatten-Windsor's lawyers used a judicial review to successfully challenge the actions of the force's chief constable and the Central Criminal Court in the build-up to his arrest.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Andrew's lawyers have used a judicial review to challenge the actions of the force's chief constable and the Central Criminal Court.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Breandán Mac Cionnaith, from the GRRC, also met the chief constable.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The constable went home to his wife and children.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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Chief constables have also recently announced that all forces will introduce mandatory recording of police officer suicides.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 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It also called for a new sergeant qualification to replace an "outdated" exam currently passed by fewer than half of candidates, as well as "urgent action to build a credible pipeline of future chief constables".
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 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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