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
Ms. Demings is also co-sponsoring a separate bipartisan bill to fund the police, up for consideration in the House.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 9, 2022
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
The order of the day is to help your mother police up the house.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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