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police force

[puh-lees fawrs] / pəˈlis ˌfɔrs /


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The school system has added staff in support of this approach, while simultaneously banning school police officers from campus except in emergencies and sharply reducing the size of the school police force.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

A cyber attack on a police force in Wales may have resulted in staff information being "accessed or compromised".

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

The university has a 13-member police force, but on the day Kirk was shot, only six were working, the report said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Any citizen who steps out of line risks the ire of an even dumber police force, riding around in cruisers that lift their design language from Ed Hardy clothing.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

Reports from his sources indicated that the riot was going to grow, and the Chicago police force was too small to handle it alone.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield




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