police force

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Navy became the global maritime police force after World War II.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Raman has said that she believes the police force is the right size at around 8,700 officers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

A police force has been told it will not be reimbursed more than £900,000 spent policing US president Donald Trump's state visit to Windsor.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

The government in Mogadishu still considers Somaliland an integral part of Somalia even though the territory has run its own affairs since 1991, with its own passports, currency, army and police force.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

The police force responded by declaring that the regulation banning them from forming a union was “invalid, unreasonable and contrary to the express law of Massachusetts.”

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler