policing

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A previous amnesty named "Operation Blade", run in the former Strathclyde policing area in 1993, saw about 4,500 weapons voluntarily given up.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

In their view, policy decisions that affect policing in their neighborhoods are made far away by people with little knowledge of or connection to the area.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

A leader with a reputation for speaking her mind in plain terms, Badenoch questioned the way some podcasters have, as she put it, taken to policing identity.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

It was introduced as part of efforts to improve policing for black people, who statistics show are more than two times more likely to be arrested than white people in Britain.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

“Mom, I think tone policing is the least of our problems.”

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed