police
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The force said several police, coastguard and Border Force vehicles had been damaged during the evening.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The Sept. 1 release of a 218-page federal police report on evidence taken from the phone of Mr. Vorcaro suggests the banker called on Justice de Moraes shortly before he was arrested.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The very name of this vast new police agency with nearly unlimited power gave many of us the creeps.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
In July, So opened her gate to dozens of lands department officials and police, who declared the area government property.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
A contingent of German soldiers seemed to be supplementing the regular police force.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Those who benefit from these polices already will not lose those advantages.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
“Right now is the moment to do a lot of the movement work, a lot of the policymaking, because those polices are going to last far beyond Trump,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
As part of a highly credentialed startup team that worked on this problem for many years, I saw firsthand how difficult it is to make progress against a cartel that polices its own borders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
“Not all term polices have conversion features,” Harrison said.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 13, 2026
It is England that polices the Seven Seas, and America has reaped no small benefits from the self-imposed task, an aspect of the matter to which every thoughtful American is alive.
From The Crime Against Europe A Possible Outcome of the War of 1914 by Roger Casement
Compliance would be policed for 10 years by an independent auditor chosen jointly by Meta and the states, and paid for by the company.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Visitors are advised to not wander far from the heavily policed capital.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
They policed their own house, enforcing norms of truth-seeking, maintaining scholarly integrity and rigor, and ensuring that students emerged with basic knowledge, employable skills and civic competency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
At first, the Supreme Court policed these discriminatory plans under the 14th and 15th amendments.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2026
The stock market was not only transparent but heavily policed.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Rowlinson said: "The reality of public order policing is that arrests at the time are not always possible, especially where evidence may need to be reviewed to clearly identify who is responsible for offences."
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Chelmsford City Council's Stephen Robinson, who leads the Lib Dem-run authority, said: "I think it's really important that we don't create division and that policing is carried out by the police."
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Beggs said when policing was "running hot all the time, the risks of things going wrong increases".
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The report continued that the greatest strength of policing is its workforce, with the vast majority of officers showing professionalism and courage.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
There will be no "policing" of students our age.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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