police
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In the capital, more than 30,000 police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed and authorities have appealed to citizens to stay away from protests.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Streets on the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach were flooded with at least a foot of water during high tides, with police advising residents and motorists to avoid the area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Is it compassionate to leave people detached from reality out on the cold street, or to police when something terrible happens?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
They added that there was no sign that police systems had been breached or department data compromised.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Two police officers are helping someone get out of the back of the car.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
A Spotify spokeswoman said the company polices spam aggressively and has been removing content related to this attack for more than a year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 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
He refused to comment further on individual businesses' polices.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
The society now protects and polices about one hundred of these refuges, which, of course, are worthless unless thus protected.
From A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open by Theodore Roosevelt
By Monday, the highway had reopened and the campus was calmer, but heavily policed.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Visitors are advised to not wander far from the heavily policed capital.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
“It is great to see…the fans being policed according to their behavior, not an outdated reputation,” said chief constable Mark Roberts, head of the UKFPU.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 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
Although the Food and Drug Administration permits no residues of pesticides in milk, its restrictions are not only inadequately policed but they apply solely to interstate shipments.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
As of last Thursday, the policing operation over the dispute had cost about £3m.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
"At this stage there is nothing to suggest this incident is connected to the events at RAF Fairford last week," said counter-terrorism policing head Helen Flanagan.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
"We are delivering the biggest reforms to policing in over 200 years, alongside record funding to protect Muslim and Jewish people and places of worship," she added.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
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
There was perhaps no more attractive theory than the belief that smart policing stops crime.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
