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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López Obrador slashed crucial federal funding for local law enforcement, forcing some municipalities to disband their police forces.
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Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
The Haitian police force has been so outgunned in violent confrontations with the gangs that the agency recently acquired weapons from the U.S. government, which has had a long-standing arms embargo against Haiti and bars firearms exports to the country.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 28 May 2024
Human rights groups have criticized the Kenyan police forces for extra judicial killings and what happened with the protests in Kenya last year where several protesters were killed.
—Abc News, ABC News, 24 May 2024
To avert a lawsuit, the city promised to overhaul the city’s police force, create a permanent memorial to the victims and pay $2 million, the lawyers said.
—J. David Goodman, New York Times, 22 May 2024
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Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
The Haitian police force has been so outgunned in violent confrontations with the gangs that the agency recently acquired weapons from the U.S. government, which has had a long-standing arms embargo against Haiti and bars firearms exports to the country.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 28 May 2024
Human rights groups have criticized the Kenyan police forces for extra judicial killings and what happened with the protests in Kenya last year where several protesters were killed.
—Abc News, ABC News, 24 May 2024
To avert a lawsuit, the city promised to overhaul the city’s police force, create a permanent memorial to the victims and pay $2 million, the lawyers said.
—J. David Goodman, New York Times, 22 May 2024
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“Police force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/police%20force. Accessed 14 Jun. 2024.
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