police force

as in police
a body of officers of the law mobilized practically the entire police force to track down the escaped criminal

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Recent Examples of police force However, the presentation to the electorate was not solely about a stadium; the CIT was also pitched as a way to fund public safety, police forces, fire services, storm infrastructure and education. Adam Crafton, New York Times, 13 May 2025 Organized crime seeks to control local mayors, whose responsibilities include police forces, budgets and contracts, experts say. Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025 The collectives are able to pull adolescents into their orbit by first establishing contact on public platforms, according to an April report from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canada’s national police force. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2025 Anti-Irish sentiments continued into the 20th century, but a significant number were able to mobilize, finding jobs in local government and making up large portions of New York City’s police force, which became its own legacy. Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for police force
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Noun
  • He was later found and taken to the hospital by police before being arrested on a charge of murder.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 20 May 2025
  • The Justice Department is in talks to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Ashli Babbitt, an Air Force veteran who was killed by police at the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot, multiple outlets reported.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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  • The news went out last weekend that Cadillac had been accepted by the F1 constabulary as the sport’s eleventh team, slated to enter the competition in 2026.
    Peter Lyon, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
  • It was reportedly embraced by law enforcement and Clearview sold its services to hundreds of agencies, ranging from local constabularies to sprawling government agencies like the FBI and U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
    Robert Hart, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024

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“Police force.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/police%20force. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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