police up
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It required the city to spend 25% of general revenue on police, up from the previous 20% requirement.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
These obligations also set police up to fail by badly straining the time and resources they can dedicate to solving serious crimes.
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2021
Devon and Cornwall data showed that in March there were 1,023 mental-health-related incidents flagged to police, up from 816 in the same month last year and 582 the year before.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2020
His arrest gave police up to 96 hours to charge or release him, but it would be four weeks until a key piece of DNA evidence was recovered.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2019
“It looks like the troops are goldbricking again and the C.O. needs to revamp the work detail. Let’s cut the idle chitchat and police up the area.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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