police force
Example Sentences
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The university has a 13-member police force, but on the day Kirk was shot, only six were working, the report said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Jagannathan’s character belongs to an ancient, shape-shifting race created by the Guardians of the Universe as the galaxy’s first police force, but they’ve since gone rogue and are now out to eliminate the human race.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
PC Blades taught English at Carmel College in Darlington before joining the police force.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Any citizen who steps out of line risks the ire of an even dumber police force, riding around in cruisers that lift their design language from Ed Hardy clothing.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
By a conservative calculation, this huge expansion of New York’s police force would be expected to reduce crime in New York by 18 percent relative to the national average.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
