police force

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The local police force apologized for arresting Nowak and an independent investigation into the matter has been launched.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Establishing a new police force would require changing the city charter, meaning voters will have a say come the November midterm elections.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

"They had a very distant attitude," a spokesman for Portugal's GNR police force, Carlos Canatario, told Portuguese television station SIC, adding the pair appeared "detached".

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

However, talks on disarmament remain deadlocked, while Hamas has since reactivated its police force and appears to be reasserting its authority.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

But even in Los Angeles, a city notorious for bad policing, crime fell at about the same rate as it did in New York once the growth in New York’s police force is accounted for.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt