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police force

[ puh-lees fawrs ]

noun

  1. Often the force or the Force. the police, an organized civil force for enforcing laws.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of police force1

First recorded in 1830–40
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Example Sentences

But officers who left the police force before 2017 could not face disciplinary proceedings regardless of findings due to the legislation in place at the time, she said.

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But as he walked through the busy streets and crowded markets on 4 November 2017, he was surrounded by officers from the local police force.

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Jake Hurfurt, the head of research and investigations at Big Brother Watch, said pressurising police forces to retract data was "the practice of an authoritarian censor not an accountable public body".

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Despite never drawing a weapon, an officer shot Augustus multiple times until he was dead in the street, a chillingly familiar image of a Black civilian killed by police force.

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A misconduct meeting for three police officers in relation to a police force's contact with the Nottingham attacks killer has been postponed.

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