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policing

[puh-lee-sing] / pəˈli sɪŋ /


NOUN
law enforcement
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Legislators advanced bills, backed by California’s powerful trial lawyer trade group, aimed at policing the state’s legal industry, which has been bruised by ‘a wave of inappropriate attorney conduct’ highlighted by The Times.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

"It's a real sense of people starting to understand what the sacrifice of policing is."

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

Burnham's comments on policing prompted concern from one Labour MP, who told BBC Wales: "It will be a travesty and not in Wales's interest."

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

How does bias enter algorithms used in policing?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Earlier that year, he’d written the introduction to a book on the new scientific policing.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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