police force

Example Sentences

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In June 2020 the school board made cuts to the school police force and ended their on-campus presence in most situations.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

Which would get tiresome if she weren’t being blackmailed about William, the money and Neha’s perilous position with the police force.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

He was caught alone with her in her house, Muhammad Rizal, the head of Aceh's Islamic police force told BBC Indonesian, adding that the officer would be dismissed.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

Several thousand people protested in Paris Sunday over the death in custody of a Mauritanian immigrant worker, yelling slogans against "a police force that kills us", an AFP journalist saw.

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

I could feel the colour rising to my cheeks; if this man didn’t know 1 was lying then, he didn’t deserve to be on the police force.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins