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police force

noun as in law enforcement group

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Specifically, I was attacked by the police forces of my country, Guatemala, who are supposed to ensure my safety and integrity.

The New York City Council has announced an ambitious slate of legislation to reshape the NYPD and increase accountability at the nation’s largest police force.

The borders of India’s national capital are buzzing with increased police forces to prepare for a crackdown against farmers protesting three new farm laws introduced by the Narendra Modi government.

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The United States Capitol Police, or USCP, is one of the most well-funded police forces in the country.

The Capitol has its own 2,100-member police force controlled by Congress.

Memes that ridiculed political leaders and the Hong Kong Police Force shot through fiber optic cables at light speed.

The group might have condemned violence while still maintaining an adversarial relationship with the police force.

James Trainum was a police officer with the Washington, DC Metropolitan police force.

“For the record, I do not believe unions belong in government—including the police force,” Sherk said in an e-mail.

Despite the actions of a flawed few, it is arguably the finest professional police force in the world.

Once he had been a young cop, determined to work his way up in the police force.

The tribal ward headmanʼs district deputies together constitute the police force of the whole ward.

He was not of the Allied Patrol nor of any branch of the police force that encircled the world in its operations.

There is a police force of about 2000 men, and two battalions of the King's African Rifles are stationed in the protectorate.

A large police force of one hundred and fifty men, and a company of the 72nd depot, comprised the guard in attendance.

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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to police force, such as: force, police, security force, highway patrol, law enforcement agency, and long arm of the law.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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