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police force

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Definition of police force

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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 The campus police force operates independently from municipal police in Ithaca, New York, where the university is located. — Leah Willingham, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026 Without progress on either Hamas’s disarmament or Israel’s withdrawal, the Palestinian governing committee (currently marooned in Cairo) and police force cannot enter Gaza; neither can any international force. — Khaled Elgindy, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026 The original audit revealed that the airport was paying more to contract law enforcement services than peer airports and recommended the county create its own police force. — Zoey Thomas, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026 Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is taking legal action against the police force that arrested him earlier this year. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for police force

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One injured woman was rescued and hospitalized, and another person who was crying for help had gone silent, the police chief said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
Around 200 firefighters and emergency personnel ⁠in the area around Berchtesgaden in the southern region of Bavaria were battling the flames after the building, known as the Kehlsteinhaus, caught fire on Friday, police said.

— Reuters, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2026

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Meanwhile, police forces across the country have transformed from lightly armed constabularies to small-scale armies.

— Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026
Several British constabularies have added EVs to their fleets for urban policing duties, often using models such as the Hyundai Kona Electric, Nissan Leaf and the BMW i3.

— Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 8 Mar. 2026

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