law enforcement
noun
: the department of people who enforce laws, investigate crimes, and make arrests : the police
She works in law enforcement.
Law enforcement officials in the area were alerted of the suspect's escape.
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But despite these threats, election officials and law enforcement have worked rigorously to ensure that those ballots are not only delivered and counted on time but also free from any type of fraud.
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Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024
Surrounded by other top law enforcement officers, Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said during a Tuesday afternoon news conference that multiple search warrants were conducted in the early hours in Tulare, Fresno, Merced and San Benito counties.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
One-hundred and forty law enforcement officers were injured because of that attack, and while Donald Trump sat in the White House watching as the violence unfolded on television, he was told by his staff that the mob wanted to kill his own vice president, and Donald Trump responded with two words.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
An immigration and border law enforcement measure—which would make unlawfully crossing the Arizona border from Mexico a state crime, letting state police arrest and detain migrants and allowing state judges to deport them— will also be on the ballot.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024
Surrounded by other top law enforcement officers, Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said during a Tuesday afternoon news conference that multiple search warrants were conducted in the early hours in Tulare, Fresno, Merced and San Benito counties.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
One-hundred and forty law enforcement officers were injured because of that attack, and while Donald Trump sat in the White House watching as the violence unfolded on television, he was told by his staff that the mob wanted to kill his own vice president, and Donald Trump responded with two words.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
An immigration and border law enforcement measure—which would make unlawfully crossing the Arizona border from Mexico a state crime, letting state police arrest and detain migrants and allowing state judges to deport them— will also be on the ballot.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Law enforcement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/law%20enforcement. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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