police force

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He represents two Dallas residents in the lawsuit who say they’ve been harmed by the city’s failure to grow its police force.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

She also said the police force does not need to grow from where it stands, arguing that more officers will not solve underlying safety issues.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

By then, my father, John, had left the police force and worked for Cadbury selling chocolate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

A watchdog has advised a police force to investigate its handling of the initial Victoria Hall murder inquiry between 1999 and 2001.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Created in the nineteenth century as a volunteer citizen militia to fight American Indians on the frontier and, later, Mexicans along the border, the Rangers had evolved into a kind of state police force.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann