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
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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 Met police force commissioned the review after an officer admitted to kidnapping, raping and murdering a woman walking home, Sarah Everard, in 2021.
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Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
Lawmakers have dragged their feet on legislation that could meaningfully rein-in how and where these drones can harvest data, and police forces aren’t wasting time waiting for local authorities to shore up their rules.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 24 July 2024
The 27-year-old officer, who graduated from UC Berkeley before returning to join his home city’s police force, died of a single gunshot wound.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2024
Over 200 members of the police force were deployed to a site in Coolock where protesters had gathered outside an empty paint factory.
—Olivia Fletcher / Bloomberg, TIME, 16 July 2024
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Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
Lawmakers have dragged their feet on legislation that could meaningfully rein-in how and where these drones can harvest data, and police forces aren’t wasting time waiting for local authorities to shore up their rules.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 24 July 2024
The 27-year-old officer, who graduated from UC Berkeley before returning to join his home city’s police force, died of a single gunshot wound.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2024
Over 200 members of the police force were deployed to a site in Coolock where protesters had gathered outside an empty paint factory.
—Olivia Fletcher / Bloomberg, TIME, 16 July 2024
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“Police force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/police%20force. Accessed 2 Aug. 2024.
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