police action
Example Sentences
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Decisions about where to draw the line determine when an algorithmic suspicion becomes a real-world police action, even though the public rarely sees or debates how those thresholds are set.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
Either way, these algorithmic thresholds are often invisible to the public and are set quietly by vendors or agencies, even though they shape when police action begins.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
Both men were arrested but Hehir was subsequently released and told he would face no further police action.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026
The men were both arrested, however Hehir was subsequently released and told he would face no further police action.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026
Richard was surprised when he heard the announcement that the federal government had declared a police action to bring the rebels to order.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
