police force
noun
: a body of trained officers entrusted by a government with maintenance of public peace and order, enforcement of laws, and prevention and detection of crime
Examples of police force in a Sentence
He joined the local police force.
mobilized practically the entire police force to track down the escaped criminal
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The protests that shut down Serbia’s capital were fiery but mostly peaceful, in no small part due to a police force that understood the entire government’s fate rested on its restraint.
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Tiana Lowe Doescher, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
The United States, wary of centralized government power in the wake of its fight for independence from Britain, has consciously never formed anything resembling the national police forces that are so common in other countries.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
Local police forces around the country have long been preoccupied with enforcing state and local law because that’s their reason for existing and primary responsibility to local taxpayers.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
That goes double when the county and its police force are explicitly saying that officers will be out enforcing immigration law.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
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Tiana Lowe Doescher, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
The United States, wary of centralized government power in the wake of its fight for independence from Britain, has consciously never formed anything resembling the national police forces that are so common in other countries.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
Local police forces around the country have long been preoccupied with enforcing state and local law because that’s their reason for existing and primary responsibility to local taxpayers.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
That goes double when the county and its police force are explicitly saying that officers will be out enforcing immigration law.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for police force
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“Police force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/police%20force. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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