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police

[puh-lees] / pəˈlis /


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This summer André, alongside fellow comedian Clayton English, settled a racial profiling suit against Clayton County police in Georgia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The movie was shot in London due to problems securing permission from Glasgow City Council and the police to film in Ferris's home city.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Carson is now the chief of police in the fictional Southern town of Anne’s Ferry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The presenter said he told the teacher "I could call the police on you for that" and that the teacher appeared "chastened."

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Nollie, we soon learned, had been taken to the police station around the corner, to one of the cells in back.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Those who benefit from these polices already will not lose those advantages.

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

“Not all term polices have conversion features,” Harrison said.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 13, 2026

It polices remedies and the finality of convictions, not the enforceability of unconstitutional laws going forward.

From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2026

The statewide agency, which mainly polices traffic violations on freeways and oversees state property, has sworn in more than 600 new officers this year — a total that many departments would envy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2025

It is England that polices the Seven Seas, and America has reaped no small benefits from the self-imposed task, an aspect of the matter to which every thoughtful American is alive.

From The Crime Against Europe A Possible Outcome of the War of 1914 by Roger Casement

Law enforcement policed criminal activity; agencies with national-security duties kept their distance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

It was the era of “Urban Cowboy” and purity was being policed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Zoë Billingham, a former independent police inspector who pushed for reforms on how violence against women in girls is policed, said that "too often in cases like this the dots aren't being joined up".

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

"I feel like a stranger," she said of her recent experience of her home city, echoing several women who told AFP the fear of being policed made them stay home.

From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026

The stock market was not only transparent but heavily policed.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

More than a quarter of Brazilians are now evangelical Christians, up from just 9% in 1991, while violent crime has fueled demands for tougher policing and greater access to guns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Trauma-informed policing recognizes that trauma can affect behavior, memory, emotion, and a survivor’s ability to recount an experience—and that investigative practices themselves can either reduce or compound that trauma and any subsequent investigative challenges.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

Chief Constable Jon Boutcher has said the policing operation over the Drumcree parading dispute has cost about £3m so far.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

He’s worked as a community organizer for decades and said he’s running to improve quality of life in the city, including by making housing more affordable and spending money on basic services other than policing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The policing trend was put in reverse, with wide-scale hiring in cities across the country.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt




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