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
It is clear he is not put off by the police action.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2025
That evening, while he was cooking dinner, a quiet voice on the radio announced that Nigeria would embark on a police action to bring back the rebels of Biafra.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
