departments
Example Sentences
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“We’re living in this upside-down world where departments that were set up for one purpose are acting in a way that’s antithetical to the purpose of the department.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
Now it investigates police departments with excessive delays in approving gun permits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
By 2023, a survey found that 82% of police departments used them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
After the 2014 death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and other high-profile police killings, activists demanded that departments adopt the cameras.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Ethnic studies departments were founded on romantic hopes.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
