secret police
noun
: a police organization operating for the most part in secrecy and especially for the political purposes of its government often with terroristic methods
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So now Newsom has a choice — back new legislation by Wiener that does not exempt state forces, or take a pass on the profoundly important and real possibility of curbing secret police in America.
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Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
The royal government was also known as a dictatorship for banning political parties, suppressing revolts and political opposition, controlling the press and having its own secret police force called SAVAK.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
When federal immigration authority is used to justify militarized tactics, the brutalization of civilians, and what increasingly resembles the behavior of a secret police force, the issue is no longer immigration.
—Jody Agius Vallejo, Oc Register, 28 Jan. 2026
Poland was run by allies of Soviet leader Josef Stalin who were known for their authoritarian rule, including Boleslaw Bierut, who, through 1956, headed a secret police responsible for the deaths of thousands.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
The royal government was also known as a dictatorship for banning political parties, suppressing revolts and political opposition, controlling the press and having its own secret police force called SAVAK.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
When federal immigration authority is used to justify militarized tactics, the brutalization of civilians, and what increasingly resembles the behavior of a secret police force, the issue is no longer immigration.
—Jody Agius Vallejo, Oc Register, 28 Jan. 2026
Poland was run by allies of Soviet leader Josef Stalin who were known for their authoritarian rule, including Boleslaw Bierut, who, through 1956, headed a secret police responsible for the deaths of thousands.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
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